⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Winners: Eintracht Frankfurt!

[Boristhecat]

Judging by the pace at which Barcelona are building up their debt, the worst is yet to come. I don't even know how they are going to solve this debt problem - can't the club go bankrupt? Perhaps success in the Europa League will help Barcelona earn extra money, but this is clearly not enough to seriously affect something. The best they can achieve in this tournament is Champions League qualification, but it will be difficult given the motivated opponents.

I couldn't agree more because I really don't understand how Barcelona are gonna solve the problem. I hope they really don't have to do something like selling their best player again.
Well, actually in the recent past they did sell their best player "Messi", who was the best footballer ever but now I think they don't have someone like that in the team.

Anyway, in my opinion, if they failed to do something about this really quickly then there will be in big trouble again.

Even if Barcelona completely sell all the players, they will receive only 650 million euros (according to the transfermark). At the same time, they will be left with a debt of one billion euros. It's kind of a fantastic situation with no good solution, maybe soon we will know something about the reorganization of the club and the sale of shares to investors.

[alpamar99]

Alves has been ruled out of Barcelona's Europa League squad. Although his exclusion seems harsh, I understand it. Xavi chose to include Ferran Torres, Adama Traore, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, since the club could only sign three new players. The combination of Aubameyang on goal and Adama Traoré running is so crucial for Barcelona. The addition of quality players should make it easier for him to reach Europa this time around. It will certainly enhance their performance.

but on the other hand this will also be a gamble for them because these three attackers are new players and they still need to adapt there.
although indeed these three players are quite good but on the other hand there is no significant guarantee when playing because it is certain to unite chemistry with new people is something that will be difficult.
I hope they can do their best because indeed when they can adapt quickly then indeed I feel quite sure the productivity of goals from Barcelona will improve slightly

[CryptoBuds]

Judging by the pace at which Barcelona are building up their debt, the worst is yet to come. I don't even know how they are going to solve this debt problem - can't the club go bankrupt? Perhaps success in the Europa League will help Barcelona earn extra money, but this is clearly not enough to seriously affect something. The best they can achieve in this tournament is Champions League qualification, but it will be difficult given the motivated opponents.

I couldn't agree more because I really don't understand how Barcelona are gonna solve the problem. I hope they really don't have to do something like selling their best player again.
Well, actually in the recent past they did sell their best player "Messi", who was the best footballer ever but now I think they don't have someone like that in the team.

Anyway, in my opinion, if they failed to do something about this really quickly then there will be in big trouble again.

Even if Barcelona completely sell all the players, they will receive only 650 million euros (according to the transfermark). At the same time, they will be left with a debt of one billion euros. It's kind of a fantastic situation with no good solution, maybe soon we will know something about the reorganization of the club and the sale of shares to investors.

^ I don't think the current President is well enough to spend for Barcelona. In my opinion, Josep Maria Bartomeu was better at handling the money compared to the current one. They are buying players but seems like they are not looking after their financial situation.

I heard a news that of the 4 players they bought, they can only register 3 of them for EUL, and that's an embarrassing thing for the club. I just hope that another time like the Messi-Saga doesn't happen.

[jostorres]

Even if Barcelona completely sell all the players, they will receive only 650 million euros (according to the transfermark). At the same time, they will be left with a debt of one billion euros. It's kind of a fantastic situation with no good solution, maybe soon we will know something about the reorganization of the club and the sale of shares to investors.

With this all current situation Barcelona is in deep trouble but still they resources to settle these things in good way like we have news one Dubai based company offered them to pay their all debit with some terms and their management is already in talk with them but still they need to think about this and have some better solution for long way because currently they are not in good shape.

Still, one of the biggest brand in soccer world but if they have things like this selling share or having more investors these are also going to help them, and they will be able to have very good finances in future but with this all they also need to improve quality which is recently going down very badly even having some good come back but still need few star players for more attraction.

[Tony116]

Alves has been ruled out of Barcelona's Europa League squad. Although his exclusion seems harsh, I understand it. Xavi chose to include Ferran Torres, Adama Traore, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, since the club could only sign three new players. The combination of Aubameyang on goal and Adama Traoré running is so crucial for Barcelona. The addition of quality players should make it easier for him to reach Europa this time around. It will certainly enhance their performance.

Xavi has to go by the rules of the Europa league which only allows for three new registration ahead of the knock out stages. Which tactically mean one from the four signings wouid be exempted and unfortunately Dani Alves whose deal was on a free deal was left out. He just has to bear it sit back and cheer his new club has he won't participate in any of the knockout stage fixtures

This is sad for Alves but also the coach has gotta do what's best for the club and in order to do well in the EUL, maybe leaving out Alves was the best bet.

You know, Auba can score goals and Traore is a powerhouse.
Ferran will also contribute a lot in the final third, so Alves was the one to be left out. I just hope that they make the best use of the other three.

[RaltcoinsB]

The chances of Napoli winning should not be underestimated either. If they can beat Barcelona, ​​they can become champions.

All teams do have a chance to win the european league including Barcelona and Napoli, Barcelona is indeed a team that european clubs feared before, but not for now, so Napoli must believe that now there is nothing to fear from Barcelona, ​​because Barcelona are in a phase drastic decline in performance, I think for now Napoli are still better than Barcelona so their chances of going to the next round are bigger than Barcelona.

Of course, every team has a chance to win the Europa league. It is a fact that they play well, especially if they have come this far. However, we can make a guess when we look at the performances and the quality of the squad in the matches they played in their league. Especially this year is a successful year for Napoli. Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, is very bad. This year, Napoli could knock out Barcelona. Even if there was this match 5 years ago, then I would have said that Barcelona would have won.

[judas]

Another big matchup in this round of the tournament is Porto - Lazio of course. We should be watching a great rivalry between them in both games. It is not easy to predict which side is ahead here. Porto are really good in their domestic league now. But I can't say it for the European tournaments. They have been out of the Champions League group stage. However their group was really tough too. They should still be grateful for not being eliminated completely from the European tournaments for this season. And Lazio are doing a decent job in the Serie A. Their group stage performance here wasn't a very bad one also. I think both of the games will end by a close score and Lazio might eliminate them maybe.

[hahay]

Another big matchup in this round of the tournament is Porto - Lazio of course. We should be watching a great rivalry between them in both games. It is not easy to predict which side is ahead here. Porto are really good in their domestic league now. But I can't say it for the European tournaments. They have been out of the Champions League group stage. However their group was really tough too. They should still be grateful for not being eliminated completely from the European tournaments for this season. And Lazio are doing a decent job in the Serie A. Their group stage performance here wasn't a very bad one also. I think both of the games will end by a close score and Lazio might eliminate them maybe.

Even if compared to the previous competition in UCL Porto is still better than Milan, we can see that in the group stage of UCL Porto can still place itself in 3rd place. Although indeed, their gap is very close, but wasn't it yesterday that Milan was also in good form in Serie A? certainly better than Lazio. Here Porto will play against Lazio which I think, Porto still has a chance to get rid of Lazio too but I am not underestimating anyone here because for me it will still be a difficult prediction.

[Smartvirus]

~snipe~

It doesn't seem much like a tough game to me. From the way its looking, Porto is the better team here, Lazio is good too but, I don't consider them good enough to eliminate Porto. Although, there is room for surprises but again, should you look at there domestic league, Porto is way ahead on top while, Lazio is far 8th spot. Anyway, the Serie A is by far a difficult league when matched with the Portugal's premeira.
A game to watch out for would be Barcelona vs Napoli. While Barcelona still stuggles, Napoli has been at ots best and could best Barcelona still.

[bekti3]

Another big matchup in this round of the tournament is Porto - Lazio of course. We should be watching a great rivalry between them in both games. It is not easy to predict which side is ahead here. Porto are really good in their domestic league now. But I can't say it for the European tournaments. They have been out of the Champions League group stage. However their group was really tough too. They should still be grateful for not being eliminated completely from the European tournaments for this season. And Lazio are doing a decent job in the Serie A. Their group stage performance here wasn't a very bad one also. I think both of the games will end by a close score and Lazio might eliminate them maybe.

Even if compared to the previous competition in UCL Porto is still better than Milan, we can see that in the group stage of UCL Porto can still place itself in 3rd place. Although indeed, their gap is very close, but wasn't it yesterday that Milan was also in good form in Serie A? certainly better than Lazio. Here Porto will play against Lazio which I think, Porto still has a chance to get rid of Lazio too but I am not underestimating anyone here because for me it will still be a difficult prediction.

The logic is pretty good and it's true in any way, of course, Porto has the upper hand.
even though lazio is one of the teams that deserves to be reckoned with in Serie A, but porto is something different here.
I think it will be a pretty tough match for lazio and indeed the chances of them winning are definitely smaller.
it will be safer if you keep the bet on the port side I think

[baeva]

I wouldn't say Aubameyang is that good. At Arsenal he has played poorly recently to say the least, and I don't think he will strengthen Barcelona. No, maybe he'll play up at Barcelona, start showing a level, maybe he's just tired/he's tired of playing in England? Maybe, but personally I don't believe in him yet. In any case, better him than nothing

Exactly, I know that and that's why Arsenal don't need him anymore this season. I know the stats that Aubameyang has had this season at Arsenal and it has dropped a lot compared to the previous few seasons. He is no longer able to play at the high level he was a few seasons ago, but I still believe he can help Barcelona score goals this season.

Aubameyang has only played 14 times this season at Arsenal and has registered 4 goals and 1 assist. He's not done yet and maybe he can improve his form at Barcelona if he's really needed by a team that's been in a slump this season. I hope he can prove it well because his first game is getting closer.

I hope so too. Maybe a change of scenery, a change of coach, a change of team will help him play with new colours. In previous seasons his name was often on everyone's lips because he played really well and if I'm not mistaken, his name was constantly on the list of top scorers (right?). I hope that this will improve the situation at Barcelona and the player himself.

[Joca97]

We are two weeks before the 1/16-finals games. And the most interesting draw is obviously the Barcelona - Napoli one. This is like a Champions League draw actually as both of them are big teams in the end. But their inadequate performances have brought them to this tournament. And lately, Barcelona have started getting close to Napoli's level in performance I think. It looks like Barcelona have solved their striker problem with Aubameyang also which means they can be more capable of scoring many goals in a game from now on. I'm looking forward to watching a huge rivalry here. And I think that Barcelona might be the side to qualify for the next stage.

Aubameyang is a good player who has been linked with Real Madrid before and now Barcelona have him, but I don't think he is young anymore. I think he can still contribute to Barcelona this season when not many other players can match his attacking qualities. He will earn a place at Barcelona and maybe he will help the team more this season.

Although I think Aubameyang also needs time to adapt but I hope he will help the team a lot to win the games they are still playing this season. This signing shows that Barcelona still wants to compete to get back to their best until the end of the season.

I wouldn't say Aubameyang is that good. At Arsenal he has played poorly recently to say the least, and I don't think he will strengthen Barcelona. No, maybe he'll play up at Barcelona, start showing a level, maybe he's just tired/he's tired of playing in England? Maybe, but personally I don't believe in him yet. In any case, better him than nothing

I think Aubameyang in last 1-2 years is in bad form and has no motivation at all at Arsenal. This has been his main problem. He is an elite player and maybe moving to Barcelona will open a new chapter and hopefully a more positive one and that we see him playing in top form again.

[joker_josue]

I think Aubameyang in last 1-2 years is in bad form and has no motivation at all at Arsenal. This has been his main problem. He is an elite player and maybe moving to Barcelona will open a new chapter and hopefully a more positive one and that we see him playing in top form again.

This observation is interesting, given the news that is now emerging as to why he left Arsenal.
Apparently, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang clarified that his departure from Arsenal and going to Barcelona is linked to problems with the coach of Mikel Arteta.

Perhaps Arsenal now have more peace in the dressing room. Sometimes these changes have very positive effects.

[KTChampions]

I think Aubameyang in last 1-2 years is in bad form and has no motivation at all at Arsenal. This has been his main problem. He is an elite player and maybe moving to Barcelona will open a new chapter and hopefully a more positive one and that we see him playing in top form again.

I don’t know how the transition will affect him, but most likely scoring goals in La Liga is easier than in the EPL, so this transition is beneficial for him. It is a separate question how quickly he can fit into Barcelona's scheme with endless ball control - in the EPL he is used to more intense play in attack, now he will have to rebuild.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I think Aubameyang in last 1-2 years is in bad form and has no motivation at all at Arsenal. This has been his main problem. He is an elite player and maybe moving to Barcelona will open a new chapter and hopefully a more positive one and that we see him playing in top form again.

This observation is interesting, given the news that is now emerging as to why he left Arsenal.
Apparently, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang clarified that his departure from Arsenal and going to Barcelona is linked to problems with the coach of Mikel Arteta.
Perhaps Arsenal now have more peace in the dressing room. Sometimes these changes have very positive effects.

Actually, I was not expecting that. But nothing to be surprised about in my opinion because Arsenal in recent times has clearly shown that they have much more faith in their younger squad there than the experienced ones.

I don’t know how the transition will affect him, but most likely scoring goals in La Liga is easier than in the EPL, so this transition is beneficial for him. It is a separate question how quickly he can fit into Barcelona's scheme with endless ball control - in the EPL he is used to more intense play in attack, now he will have to rebuild.

Yes, this might take a little time because even the Barcelona squad is getting used to their new play style. But, I expect him to get used to things quickly, at least for Barcelona's sake. Because they need to win consistently.

[diderdrogba]

Barcelona have improved their lineup with Aubameyang two weeks before their Napoli game in the Europa League in Camp Nou. But he might need some time to adapt also. Barcelona will hope him to start playing decently before this game. Because Barcelona's situation is not very good in the La Liga and there is a chance for them not to qualify for the Champions League. Considering that, they might need to get themselves secured by winning the Europa League title as they would qualify for the Champions League group stage directly.

[laurenB7742]

Barcelona have improved their lineup with Aubameyang two weeks before their Napoli game in the Europa League in Camp Nou. But he might need some time to adapt also. Barcelona will hope him to start playing decently before this game. Because Barcelona's situation is not very good in the La Liga and there is a chance for them not to qualify for the Champions League. Considering that, they might need to get themselves secured by winning the Europa League title as they would qualify for the Champions League group stage directly.

I don't think Aubameyang is doing very well with Barcelona right now. Aubameyang may be talented and experienced, but adapting to new teams and players requires time for all players. Moreover, we all know that Aubameyang did not get a chance to play too many matches for Arsenal. For a long time he did not participate in any match. So I don't see any reason to think that he will play well when he suddenly enters the field with the Barcelona team. I don't think Barcelona will get a good performance from Aubameyang this season.

[joker_josue]

Actually, I was not expecting that. But nothing to be surprised about in my opinion because Arsenal in recent times has clearly shown that they have much more faith in their younger squad there than the experienced ones.

I think that's positive. Young people often work more in the field, because they want to show what they are capable of. They still don't have vices and usually don't think they're stars.

One thing that English football is good at is betting on young people with ease. If Arsenal are making that bet and having positive results, they have no reason to stop following that path.

[S A KHAIR]

~snipe~

It doesn't seem much like a tough game to me. From the way its looking, Porto is the better team here, Lazio is good too but, I don't consider them good enough to eliminate Porto. Although, there is room for surprises but again, should you look at there domestic league, Porto is way ahead on top while, Lazio is far 8th spot. Anyway, the Serie A is by far a difficult league when matched with the Portugal's premeira.
A game to watch out for would be Barcelona vs Napoli. While Barcelona still stuggles, Napoli has been at ots best and could best Barcelona still.

In my opinion, Porto is obviously better than Lazio. And in Barcelona versus Napoli match, I think it would be a tough one to call but I think Barcelona can beat Napoli if they can give their hundred percent. But it is obviously going to be hard to achieve.

[KTChampions]

In my opinion, Porto is obviously better than Lazio. And in Barcelona versus Napoli match, I think it would be a tough one to call but I think Barcelona can beat Napoli if they can give their hundred percent. But it is obviously going to be hard to achieve.

Of course Porto is stronger than Lazio, plus thanks to the situation in the championship they have a winning mentality. And if you look at Lazio and how many goals they conceded, then we can assume that Porto will win with a big score. As for the second pair, I think Napoli are stronger in all respects and the quotes of the bookmakers (which paint Barcelona as the favorite) are nothing more than a reflection of the opinion of the crowd.