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

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I think the second leg between Barcelona and Napoli will be very tough match,the Italian side will be coming with all they got and they also have added advantage of playing at their home soil but I still take Barcelona will pass through because of experience and knowledge of Europe competition than the Italian side who has not won Europe title for very long time,and they also have a very top striker in their rank who has lot to prove now in Aubameyang and he is in top form, so I will go with 1-3 scoreline in Barcelona favour.

Correct me if I'm wrong. When drawing with 0-0, Is Napoli going to the next round? because they won aggregate 1-1 in Barcelona. So far, in the last game, Napoli always draws in the row (vs Inter, Barca, and Cagliari), when I see that and Napoli Haven't improved the performance yet, that possible they will make it again. they will keep holding the defense for don't concede only.

Just because they got a win against Valencia this week doesn't mean that they are suddenly a great team.

yes, agree, that winning is just a small motivation for them to make more confidence.

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[BuNga_cute]

Barcelona won't have an easy job to do in the rematch that is seen clearly now. Maybe Barcelona are seen as the favourite by bookmakers now but this doesn't prove anything yet. We can see every kind of a result here. But I'm confident that this won't end in ninety minutes. Maybe we can see it ending by 1-1 and start watching the extra time after that. And this is likely to end by penalty shoot-outs too. I don't see any side being highly overwhelming the other in short. But my heart is with Barcelona to win.

Bookmakers may be considering Barcelona as favorites, their gameplay is good enough. Yet I cannot rely on this team. Now they are not stable. Their performance is not regular. However, in the first leg, Barcelona played a great game against Napoli. Napoli's performance was poor. The second leg If Napoli fails to improve their performance then they will be defeated. Because Barcelona is getting stronger day by day

It's true that Barcelona hasn't played consistently, so we can't guarantee that Barcelona will play well  against Napoli in the second leg of
the Europa League. We know Barcelona can only draw in the first leg, even though Barcelona dominated the match, maybe Xavi could learn
from the match in the first leg, to make Barcelona play much better in the second leg. It should be with the quality of players that Barcelona
have to beat Napoli in the second leg, the possibility is very large. Although Napoli's performance declined, even facing Cagliari who were
in the relegation zone Napoli almost lost. But maybe Napoli performance can look different against Barcelona, ​​because they will play at home,
and that becomes a motivation in itself. But I believe that Barcelona will qualify for the next round, because I see Barcelona playing a little better
than Napoli. And also some new Barcelona players are starting to adapt to the Barcelona game, this will make Barcelona more stronger.

[asus09]

I think the second leg between Barcelona and Napoli will be very tough match,the Italian side will be coming with all they got and they also have added advantage of playing at their home soil but I still take Barcelona will pass through because of experience and knowledge of Europe competition than the Italian side who has not won Europe title for very long time,and they also have a very top striker in their rank who has lot to prove now in Aubameyang and he is in top form, so I will go with 1-3 scoreline in Barcelona favour.

Correct me if I'm wrong. When drawing with 0-0, Is Napoli going to the next round? because they won aggregate 1-1 in Barcelona. So far, in the last game, Napoli always draws in the row (vs Inter, Barca, and Cagliari), when I see that and Napoli Haven't improved the performance yet, that possible they will make it again. they will keep holding the defense for don't concede only.

Just because they got a win against Valencia this week doesn't mean that they are suddenly a great team.

yes, agree, that winning is just a small motivation for them to make more confidence.

FIFA has issued a new regulation, FIFA has removed away goals, FIFA used to apply away goals, such as Barca vs Napoli, if Napoli vs Barca played a goalless draw it was certain that Napoli would qualify for the next round, because Napoli had away goals, but that rule has been revoked by FIFA, if Napoli vs Barca play in a draw, there will be extra time, if it is still a draw, the winner must go to a penalty shootout to determine the winner, and have the right to advance to the next round.

[muratsink]

Whether it is difficult or not, I still believe in Barcelona to advance to the next round in the tournament. Their recent effort has been promising and they can move Napoli out of their way too if they reflect this effort on this match too. Napoli are a solid team and they will do their best to finish the job in Italy. But I don't believe that they are stronger than Barcelona offensively now. If Barcelona keep the match under control, then they can get a win here this time.

A match awaited with a lot of speculation, Napoli will look defensive if look at the performance of Barcelona team in the last match. Aubameyang will be heavily guarded and it might be difficult to move, I wonder what strategy Xavi will use in this match considering their first match with a draw, I think hard to predict this match.

I have the believe in Barcelona that if they are ready and they are willing to win Napoli that they can do it. Napoli is a club that is doing well but they are facing some pressure or challenges in their league. They are at the third place and they also has the chance to win the title. If they give much attention to the league they may find it difficult to win Barcelona. But when you look at Barcelona you will know that the only important title they have chances of winning is europa and if they miss it, their name will go down the more.

today Napoli feel very burdened in their domestic competition where in the continuation of Serie A they only drew 1-1 against Cagliari, of course this can be used by Barcelona when they travel to Diego Armando Maradona's stadium and Barcelona can take the momentum to maintain hope qualify for the quarter-finals of the Europa league this season considering that currently Napoli are performing inconsistently in various competitions.but Barcelona also cannot make mistakes when they are hosted by Napoli if this happens then it is not impossible that Barcelona will certainly be eliminated in the round of 16 big in the Europa league this season,

[joker_josue]

FIFA has issued a new regulation, FIFA has removed away goals, FIFA used to apply away goals, such as Barca vs Napoli, if Napoli vs Barca played a goalless draw it was certain that Napoli would qualify for the next round, because Napoli had away goals, but that rule has been revoked by FIFA, if Napoli vs Barca play in a draw, there will be extra time, if it is still a draw, the winner must go to a penalty shootout to determine the winner, and have the right to advance to the next round.

I think this rule is fairer. And capable of making matches more competitive, not making the first leg more monotonous, as the home team is more focused on not scoring goals than scoring. And in turn, the second leg games also become more competitive, since when a first leg game ends in a 1-1 draw, both teams will try to score goals to avoid extra time.

Thus, the Napoli-Barcelona game will be very interesting to watch, because both teams will want to score goals.

[hahay]

FIFA has issued a new regulation, FIFA has removed away goals, FIFA used to apply away goals, such as Barca vs Napoli, if Napoli vs Barca played a goalless draw it was certain that Napoli would qualify for the next round, because Napoli had away goals, but that rule has been revoked by FIFA, if Napoli vs Barca play in a draw, there will be extra time, if it is still a draw, the winner must go to a penalty shootout to determine the winner, and have the right to advance to the next round.

I think this rule is fairer. And capable of making matches more competitive, not making the first leg more monotonous, as the home team is more focused on not scoring goals than scoring. And in turn, the second leg games also become more competitive, since when a first leg game ends in a 1-1 draw, both teams will try to score goals to avoid extra time.

Thus, the Napoli-Barcelona game will be very interesting to watch, because both teams will want to score goals.

Yes, this rule is fairer and I am also among those who do not agree with the old rule on away goals. But even so, if in the first leg one of the teams can win at least with a difference of two goals then I think it will also be safe because in the second leg the team that has won it can apply a defensive strategy. Although indeed, in this tournament anything can happen in the second leg with an incredible comeback like the ones in the past as well. So yeah, basically this new rule is very good because every team will certainly fight until the end and when it's a draw then they still have to fight longer and of course this will be very interesting.

[Distraction]

We are only one day away from the rematch of the Barcelona - Napoli matchup. As you all can remember, the first match ended up with a 1-1 draw. And it was in Camp Nou which is a good advantage for Napoli without any doubt. But Barcelona's performance is developing as time goes on. And in this match, I believe everything can happen. Barcelona are favoured by bookmakers by a slight margin now. And I think the same with them too. Maybe this match wouldn't end in 90 minutes. But by the extra time or penalties, I expect Barcelona to advance to the next stage.

[Jasad]

We are only one day away from the rematch of the Barcelona - Napoli matchup. As you all can remember, the first match ended up with a 1-1 draw. And it was in Camp Nou which is a good advantage for Napoli without any doubt. But Barcelona's performance is developing as time goes on. And in this match, I believe everything can happen. Barcelona are favoured by bookmakers by a slight margin now. And I think the same with them too. Maybe this match wouldn't end in 90 minutes. But by the extra time or penalties, I expect Barcelona to advance to the next stage.

I think match between Napoli vs Barcelona on UEFA Europa League 16 phase round will ability extended until extra time, without have allowed again one away goal created by Napoli on first leg I think both team will play as defensive game plays and have prefer match will extended until penalty kick. I think Barcelona have good performance after last match winning from Valencia with bigger score, but on UEFA Europa League face Napoli is not easy and have different game play or quality between Valencia and Napoli where will give hard extra work for Barcelona can pass on UEFA Europa League competition.

[Slow death]

after hearing the news that Garcia might not be able to play in the second LEG against Napoli I was worried that the barca defense would be very weak

Xavi must have a good strategy against Napoli, especially when facing the Napoli strikers who are famous for being very sharp when playing at home

Do not worry, I see them very confident after beating Valencia 1-4. Garcia's sacrifice was rewarded by hat-trick Aubameyang which means their strategy is going well even the next game is the strong team from Serie A. in the last 3 matches Napoli is never won, almost the same with Barcelona but, the last big win brings enough motivation and begin to confidently implement the tiki-taka strategy.

Just because they got a win against Valencia this week doesn't mean that they are suddenly a great team. They are doing fine and I believe that they will do even better but at the end of the day we are talking about Napoli here who is fighting for a title in Serie A this year. So, that means Napoli is still a great team and it will still be a very difficult game for Barcelona.

I wouldn't really give the favourites to any team here, I would say that they are as equals as it gets on this game. If you see one team favoured better than the other than I may end up betting on that team instead. Like I wish one team got 4.00 or higher odds, that would be awesome to wager in that case.

We have to look at the development of the two teams in the last games:

barcelona = they were very bad, they lost to any team, they had the best defense and they hired xavi who started to change the team little by little and corrected the mistakes little by little and if we look at the last game of barcelona we realize that the problem of their attack was solved , and I think their defensive problem is also being fixed

Napoli = napoli was very strong at the beginning of series A, they practically didn't lose, but in the last game they have lost, and it's as if that strength they had is gone, there's only a little left and that's going well. in the last game they draw against cagliari in serie A, cagliari is a weak team that is in the relegation zone and note that napoli only managed to score the equalizing goal in the 87th minute, napoli could lose to cagliari that's why I think what for the game

barcelona - napoli

barcelona Is favorite

[Boristhecat]

We are only one day away from the rematch of the Barcelona - Napoli matchup. As you all can remember, the first match ended up with a 1-1 draw. And it was in Camp Nou which is a good advantage for Napoli without any doubt. But Barcelona's performance is developing as time goes on. And in this match, I believe everything can happen. Barcelona are favoured by bookmakers by a slight margin now. And I think the same with them too. Maybe this match wouldn't end in 90 minutes. But by the extra time or penalties, I expect Barcelona to advance to the next stage.

I wonder how many goals we will see in this match - on the one hand, Napoli, playing at home, will try to decide the outcome of the match in their favor from a position of strength, and Barcelona, in turn, will attack because they don’t know how to play otherwise. It seems to me that there is a high probability that we will see much more goals scored than in the first meeting.

[bering]

I think the second leg between Barcelona and Napoli will be very tough match,the Italian side will be coming with all they got and they also have added advantage of playing at their home soil but I still take Barcelona will pass through because of experience and knowledge of Europe competition than the Italian side who has not won Europe title for very long time,and they also have a very top striker in their rank who has lot to prove now in Aubameyang and he is in top form, so I will go with 1-3 scoreline in Barcelona favour.

Since UEFA change the rules for away goals i think both of teams have equal chance for this match because draw for the first leg but indeed the difference is Napoli playing at home which is in the front of their supporters and usually home team will playing better for home match but everything can be changed depend on teams conditions and let's see later whether Napoli or Barcelona as the winner

[Roidz]

I think the second leg between Barcelona and Napoli will be very tough match,the Italian side will be coming with all they got and they also have added advantage of playing at their home soil but I still take Barcelona will pass through because of experience and knowledge of Europe competition than the Italian side who has not won Europe title for very long time,and they also have a very top striker in their rank who has lot to prove now in Aubameyang and he is in top form, so I will go with 1-3 scoreline in Barcelona favour.

Since UEFA change the rules for away goals i think both of teams have equal chance for this match because draw for the first leg but indeed the difference is Napoli playing at home which is in the front of their supporters and usually home team will playing better for home match but everything can be changed depend on teams conditions and let's see later whether Napoli or Barcelona as the winner

The abolition of the away goals rule will of course make the second leg match more interesting, so far the team that acts as the host prefers to play defensively in the second leg so as not to concede, but this season we will see if both teams will certainly play aggressive football both at home and away team, in my opinion the draw score obtained by barcelona and napoli in the previous match of course did not provide an advantage for napoli despite acting as the host later, so I think it would be very dangerous if napoli chose to stay in the match later, especially because barcelona was in good form after the arrival of Aubmeyang and I think Aubameyang has a good record goal at the moment against Italian teams.

[Zilon]

I think the second leg between Barcelona and Napoli will be very tough match,the Italian side will be coming with all they got and they also have added advantage of playing at their home soil but I still take Barcelona will pass through because of experience and knowledge of Europe competition than the Italian side who has not won Europe title for very long time,and they also have a very top striker in their rank who has lot to prove now in Aubameyang and he is in top form, so I will go with 1-3 scoreline in Barcelona favour.

Since UEFA change the rules for away goals i think both of teams have equal chance for this match because draw for the first leg but indeed the difference is Napoli playing at home which is in the front of their supporters and usually home team will playing better for home match but everything can be changed depend on teams conditions and let's see later whether Napoli or Barcelona as the winner

The abolition of the away goals rule will of course make the second leg match more interesting, so far the team that acts as the host prefers to play defensively in the second leg so as not to concede, but this season we will see if both teams will certainly play aggressive football both at home and away team, in my opinion the draw score obtained by barcelona and napoli in the previous match of course did not provide an advantage for napoli despite acting as the host later, so I think it would be very dangerous if napoli chose to stay in the match later, especially because barcelona was in good form after the arrival of Aubmeyang and I think Aubameyang has a good record goal at the moment against Italian teams.

The abolition of the away goal will bring both teams to play harder to secure their place in the Europa as both teams stands equal chance of winning. This will be a very aggressive game from both ends as both earn equal point in the first leg and no more aggregate advantage . Barcelona has seen lots of improvement lately and their finishing line is seeing heavy upgrade i hope to see a match to always make reference to

[borovichok]

Correct me if I'm wrong. When drawing with 0-0, Is Napoli going to the next round? because they won aggregate 1-1 in Barcelona. So far, in the last game, Napoli always draws in the row (vs Inter, Barca, and Cagliari), when I see that and Napoli Haven't improved the performance yet, that possible they will make it again. they will keep holding the defense for don't concede only.

I think Barcelona gave the squad and attacking players to unlock this Napoli defence, since Xavi Hernandez came they have been lot of improvement in the Barcelona attack,he has brought the team back to top four in the league now with the added players that came at January ( Aubameyang, Adama Traore) not forgetting that they didn't allow dembele to leave so there is enough fire power In the attack.

[Minor Miner]

I think the second leg between Barcelona and Napoli will be very tough match,the Italian side will be coming with all they got and they also have added advantage of playing at their home soil but I still take Barcelona will pass through because of experience and knowledge of Europe competition than the Italian side who has not won Europe title for very long time,and they also have a very top striker in their rank who has lot to prove now in Aubameyang and he is in top form, so I will go with 1-3 scoreline in Barcelona favour.

Since UEFA change the rules for away goals i think both of teams have equal chance for this match because draw for the first leg but indeed the difference is Napoli playing at home which is in the front of their supporters and usually home team will playing better for home match but everything can be changed depend on teams conditions and let's see later whether Napoli or Barcelona as the winner

This match is really hard to predict because at first, I thought that Barcelona has no chance of winning this match in the second leg. Because at that time the performance of Barcelona was not so good, to be honest. but recently they have been playing quite well and one of their main strikers Aubameyang started scoring for the team with a great hat trick.

So, now I am quite doubtful if they are going to win or lose in this match. I still think that Napoli playing in the home conditions will have the advantage over Barcelona.

[Furious 7]

This match is really hard to predict because at first, I thought that Barcelona has no chance of winning this match in the second leg. Because at that time the performance of Barcelona was not so good, to be honest. but recently they have been playing quite well and one of their main strikers Aubameyang started scoring for the team with a great hat trick.

So, now I am quite doubtful if they are going to win or lose in this match. I still think that Napoli playing in the home conditions will have the advantage over Barcelona.

Actually, if Napoli had shown their game like at the start of the season, then Barcelona had no hope against them, but now it seems like this has turned around.
I think for Leg 2, even though their chances are still the same, Barcelona can be superior even if they play Away.
Now that their new strikers are starting to make something interesting up front for Barca, Auba is starting to show what he is capable of now and this is sure to put Napoli in trouble in Leg 2.

[KTChampions]

barcelona = they were very bad, they lost to any team, they had the best defense and they hired xavi who started to change the team little by little and corrected the mistakes little by little and if we look at the last game of barcelona we realize that the problem of their attack was solved , and I think their defensive problem is also being fixed

Napoli = napoli was very strong at the beginning of series A, they practically didn't lose, but in the last game they have lost, and it's as if that strength they had is gone, there's only a little left and that's going well. in the last game they draw against cagliari in serie A, cagliari is a weak team that is in the relegation zone and note that napoli only managed to score the equalizing goal in the 87th minute, napoli could lose to cagliari that's why I think what for the game

barcelona - napoli

barcelona Is favorite

In my opinion, this is an illogical conclusion. Napoli were great this season (and are now in a great place in Serie A with every chance of winning the championship), then they had a natural decline in results. Barcelona have been bad all season and have never shown a series of good games - they are unstable. And you conclude that Barcelona is the favourite?

[bekti3]

Until Barcelona equalized from a penalty kick (which was highly dubious) they were losing the game in every way. The penalty broke Napoli's game, but even so, Barcelona could not win (by the way, Napoli also had dangerous moments and could come out ahead again). Now before the final match Napoli are the favourites, but in my opinion they are still very much underestimated:

2,50 - 3,50 - 2,80

I see that the latest results have led to a sharp change in the quotes of the teams and now Barcelona is the favourite:

2,80 - 3,50 - 2,55

For me, these are obviously distorted odds and an easy bet on Napoli. The crowd, as always, is emotional and draws conclusions from meaningless individual events. After the match with Napoli, Barcelona will most likely be underestimated as the emotional pendulum will swing in the other direction.

The situation is reversed now with Barcelona benefiting in this second leg. Actually this is quite reasonable I think because if you look at the performance of the first leg and the performance in the Domestic league, of course Barcelona is better now even though it has not completely dominated but if you compare the two teams, of course Barcelona is superior. But even though it's like that sometimes Barcelona also often loses momentum when the match takes place.
I'm still quite confused at the moment but most likely I'll be at Barcelona's side for Leg 2 later

[dbc23]

barcelona = they were very bad, they lost to any team, they had the best defense and they hired xavi who started to change the team little by little and corrected the mistakes little by little and if we look at the last game of barcelona we realize that the problem of their attack was solved , and I think their defensive problem is also being fixed

Napoli = napoli was very strong at the beginning of series A, they practically didn't lose, but in the last game they have lost, and it's as if that strength they had is gone, there's only a little left and that's going well. in the last game they draw against cagliari in serie A, cagliari is a weak team that is in the relegation zone and note that napoli only managed to score the equalizing goal in the 87th minute, napoli could lose to cagliari that's why I think what for the game

barcelona - napoli

barcelona Is favorite

In my opinion, this is an illogical conclusion. Napoli were great this season (and are now in a great place in Serie A with every chance of winning the championship), then they had a natural decline in results. Barcelona have been bad all season and have never shown a series of good games - they are unstable. And you conclude that Barcelona is the favourite?

The pitch will decide for both teams. Barcelona has had lots of inconsistency since the beginning of the season. Napoli in the Italian league has been up to their games. Now in the Europa we saw the first leg between both teams end in a 1:1 draw which means the second leg could be any man's game. But I still see Barcelona as the favorite. The just deserve a trophy this season even in their inconsistency. I wish luck shines on them

[Marvell1]

barcelona = they were very bad, they lost to any team, they had the best defense and they hired xavi who started to change the team little by little and corrected the mistakes little by little and if we look at the last game of barcelona we realize that the problem of their attack was solved , and I think their defensive problem is also being fixed

Napoli = napoli was very strong at the beginning of series A, they practically didn't lose, but in the last game they have lost, and it's as if that strength they had is gone, there's only a little left and that's going well. in the last game they draw against cagliari in serie A, cagliari is a weak team that is in the relegation zone and note that napoli only managed to score the equalizing goal in the 87th minute, napoli could lose to cagliari that's why I think what for the game

barcelona - napoli

barcelona Is favorite

In my opinion, this is an illogical conclusion. Napoli were great this season (and are now in a great place in Serie A with every chance of winning the championship), then they had a natural decline in results. Barcelona have been bad all season and have never shown a series of good games - they are unstable. And you conclude that Barcelona is the favourite?

About Barcelona, I think that they have solved a lot of problems that they had with their attacking and one of the major problems was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang not scoring but that is also solved because he scored a really good hat-trick in the last match.

So, I think Barcelona is going to perform a lot better than they did against Napoli in the first leg.

About Napoli, I  think that their draw against Cagliari has to downgrade their confidence a little but I think so they will be motivated to prove themselves. And in home conditions, they will have the fans backing them up and also certain advantages off the pitch. So, I think this is going to be a really good matchup.