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

[SirLancelot]

Barcelona struggled a lot in the Champions League but they seem to have things in order now and with their form they are certainly a contender to win this tournament. Then it would still be a successful season. Galatasaray is normally way too weak for Barcelona, but I've read that playing in front of that crowd in Turkey can be a bit of a nightmare. I don't know who will play at home first. if Galatasaray At home gets a good result, they still have a chance.

They didn't actually struggle in the Champions League, they just finished what they could to lose by a less embarrassing score. This half of the year, however, with the reinforcements, things have really started to improve and I think even with full stadiums Barcelona can still easily beat the Turkish team, although, the fans are able to motivate the players incredibly

Barcelona surely were not in good shape at start of this season, and they were facing some worst results with knock out of Champions League and having very bad results in La Liga now all suddenly change, and they are preparing for next season and going to for end of this season very positively after beating Napoli they have very good chance for win in this Cup because Xavi and Auba both factors are giving them very strong favor with now they are already in top four in Spanish League with chance of going at Third spot which is surely not bad for them after all these bad days.

Right now, they have nearly two weeks for next match in Europa League as first match is going to hold in Turkey on 17th March 2022 hopefully we will have another very strong and good performance from them in this match.

[Issa56]

Regardless of the results obtained barcelona gets when it face with galatasaray later, but I think now xavi has done a good job at barcelona and he managed to at least lift barcelona form now compared to when barcelona was coached by koeman, barcelona fans should be thanks to xavi whatever happens in the future, because with limited funds and limited players (free players) xavi is able to make Barcelona now compete in the top 4, besides that if we look at Barcelona style of play now it is starting to return to the tiki taka style of play and is very beautiful to watch menurut saya .

What Xavi has done for Barcelona so far is very impressive and he have shown us all that Koeman was not good enough for Barcelona. They‘ve won matches everyone didn't expect them to win just like the one against Napoli. He has brought back the team work and tiki taka they lost over the years. If he can do this with few experienced players and most of the players coming from their B' team then imagine what he could achieve when he makes transfers of his own. Xavi really deserves to be applauded for what he as done for Barcelona as a manager.

[Shasha80]

Sevilla are once again one of the biggest favourites to win the Europa League championship this season. But there is a really big hindrance ahead of them which is Barcelona of course. Barcelona have started improving their performance at an insane level in the recent times. Their very impressive effort helps them destroy their opponents one by one in every tournament now. We all watched how they demolished Napoli in the rematch for example. Let's say that we have a Sevilla - Barcelona finale, it can be very interesting and Barcelona still would be the favourite as long as they keep this level.

If we look at the winners of the most trophies in the Europa League, it is Sevilla who have the most. so I can understand if there are some people
who chose Sevilla as the favorite team to win the trophy this season. But as you said, now there is Barcelona participating in the Europa
League competition this season. Indeed Barcelona started this season very badly and Barcelona played badly in the Champions League until now
they have to play in the Europa League. But slowly Barcelona began to show improved performance after Xavi became the new Barcelona coach,
victory after victory continues to be achieved by Barcelona. The climax of Barcelona with a very convincing defeat of Napoli with a fairly large aggregate.
So I'm one of those people who prefer Barcelona as the winner of the Europa League trophy this season.

I also agree because at the moment they seem to be unstoppable. Even before the recent transfers that were made, I would have said that Barcelona is not that strong and quite inconsistent but now especially after the attackers started to perform well, I think they have a chance to compete at the top level with the strongest team of this League. Actually, at this point, it is expected for Barcelona to win the Europa League title.

Especially the appearance of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who began to rediscover his best form, by always scoring goals in the last few matches.
This made Barcelona's front line even more dangerous and finally Barcelona won many big wins. Where Barcelona has performed exceptionally
in the last 3 matches by scoring 4 goals in each of its matches. Even Barcelona is not only good at playing in the Europa League, but Barcelona
also looks impressive in La Liga. Like you said so far Barcelona is unstoppable, but the problem is whether Xavi can make Barcelona play
consistently until the end of the season or not. Hopefully Barcelona can maintain its consistency until the end of the season, so winning
the Europa League can become a reality.

[coolcoinz]

I just heard UEFA officially banned Spartack Moscow from appearing in the Europa League. If this is true then Leipzig will certainly go straight to the quarter-finals. It's an advantage for Leipzig but also bad news. I think it's unfair, sporting institutions shouldn't be tied to a country's affairs. Although the goal is good but I think it harms some people, because I believe the russian aggression does not fully have the support of all russian citizens.

Wow! 
Actually, this is not going to make any change in the mindset of Putin. Honestly, I think he couldn't care less. By doing this they are just causing problems for the particular teams that are being banned. I understand why this is being done but I am not sure if this is the right way.

It's a way of showing solidarity, that the world is not going to accept what's happening and that it's going to keep making Russian lives harder. I know it may not be the best course of action but it is better than being passive and better than escalating to a world war. Strong club, it's a shame they won't play, but Dynamo probably won't play too, so I guess that's fair.
Also, it's Spartak, not Spartack

[joker_josue]

Especially the appearance of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who began to rediscover his best form, by always scoring goals in the last few matches.
This made Barcelona's front line even more dangerous and finally Barcelona won many big wins. Where Barcelona has performed exceptionally
in the last 3 matches by scoring 4 goals in each of its matches. Even Barcelona is not only good at playing in the Europa League, but Barcelona
also looks impressive in La Liga. Like you said so far Barcelona is unstoppable, but the problem is whether Xavi can make Barcelona play
consistently until the end of the season or not. Hopefully Barcelona can maintain its consistency until the end of the season, so winning
the Europa League can become a reality.

Despite Barcelona being able to win the Europa League, there are clubs that will be more focused on conquering this torpheus than Barcelona.

Barcelona focus is to stay in third or fourth place in La Liga, because that's the only way they can guarantee entry into the Champions League next season, which is the most important thing.

So I think that despite being able to win the Europa League, Barcelona is not a candidate. Of course, he'll try to get there, but that won't be his main goal at the time, right now.

[baeva]

Barcelona struggled a lot in the Champions League but they seem to have things in order now and with their form they are certainly a contender to win this tournament. Then it would still be a successful season. Galatasaray is normally way too weak for Barcelona, but I've read that playing in front of that crowd in Turkey can be a bit of a nightmare. I don't know who will play at home first. if Galatasaray At home gets a good result, they still have a chance.

They didn't actually struggle in the Champions League, they just finished what they could to lose by a less embarrassing score. This half of the year, however, with the reinforcements, things have really started to improve and I think even with full stadiums Barcelona can still easily beat the Turkish team, although, the fans are able to motivate the players incredibly

Barcelona surely were not in good shape at start of this season, and they were facing some worst results with knock out of Champions League and having very bad results in La Liga now all suddenly change, and they are preparing for next season and going to for end of this season very positively after beating Napoli they have very good chance for win in this Cup because Xavi and Auba both factors are giving them very strong favor with now they are already in top four in Spanish League with chance of going at Third spot which is surely not bad for them after all these bad days.

Right now, they have nearly two weeks for next match in Europa League as first match is going to hold in Turkey on 17th March 2022 hopefully we will have another very strong and good performance from them in this match.

Yes, I agree with you. Only Barcelona are ALREADY in 3rd place and have a match in hand, in another thread I made a suggestion that they might even make it to second place at the end of the season. As for Galatsaray, I still think they will probably not be strong enough to win at least one match in the round against Barcelona

[Ratash]

Especially the appearance of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who began to rediscover his best form, by always scoring goals in the last few matches.
This made Barcelona's front line even more dangerous and finally Barcelona won many big wins. Where Barcelona has performed exceptionally
in the last 3 matches by scoring 4 goals in each of its matches. Even Barcelona is not only good at playing in the Europa League, but Barcelona
also looks impressive in La Liga. Like you said so far Barcelona is unstoppable, but the problem is whether Xavi can make Barcelona play
consistently until the end of the season or not. Hopefully Barcelona can maintain its consistency until the end of the season, so winning
the Europa League can become a reality.

Despite Barcelona being able to win the Europa League, there are clubs that will be more focused on conquering this torpheus than Barcelona.

Barcelona focus is to stay in third or fourth place in La Liga, because that's the only way they can guarantee entry into the Champions League next season, which is the most important thing.

So I think that despite being able to win the Europa League, Barcelona is not a candidate. Of course, he'll try to get there, but that won't be his main goal at the time, right now.

I think barcelona team will focus on both especially after the performance they are showing with xavi, barcelona is not a team that is satisfied with just playing in the champions league in my opinion they will go for the title and they are the favourites to win.

[Jasad]

What Xavi has done for Barcelona so far is very impressive and he have shown us all that Koeman was not good enough for Barcelona. They‘ve won matches everyone didn't expect them to win just like the one against Napoli. He has brought back the team work and tiki taka they lost over the years. If he can do this with few experienced players and most of the players coming from their B' team then imagine what he could achieve when he makes transfers of his own. Xavi really deserves to be applauded for what he as done for Barcelona as a manager.

Xavi have given impressive performance and result for Barcelona right now after success give several winning time for Barcelona on domestic league and UEFA europe league. Right now focus match against with Galatasaray and probably Barcelona have good situation right now after back to 4th standing position on la liga and winning from Elche last night, looks will keep touch good performance for against with Galatasaray and make chance Barcelona to next stage is easy.

[BALIK]

What Xavi has done for Barcelona so far is very impressive and he have shown us all that Koeman was not good enough for Barcelona. They‘ve won matches everyone didn't expect them to win just like the one against Napoli. He has brought back the team work and tiki taka they lost over the years. If he can do this with few experienced players and most of the players coming from their B' team then imagine what he could achieve when he makes transfers of his own. Xavi really deserves to be applauded for what he as done for Barcelona as a manager.

Xavi have given impressive performance and result for Barcelona right now after success give several winning time for Barcelona on domestic league and UEFA europe league. Right now focus match against with Galatasaray and probably Barcelona have good situation right now after back to 4th standing position on la liga and winning from Elche last night, looks will keep touch good performance for against with Galatasaray and make chance Barcelona to next stage is easy.

Looking at the gameplay of every match in Barcelona, I think their performance is better than the previous match. They are solving their own problems day by day and moving towards building strong teams. Galatasaray is not a strong team. Even in the Super Lig their performance is poor. Barcelona will not face any problems to win against Galatasaray.

[MonaLeeTracy]

Indeed and whether Xavi really "revived" Barcelona is also far-fetched. In fact I do believe that Xavi may never be able to bring Barcelona back to where they come from. I can't even judge Xavi's qualities as a coach. It doesn't feel to me as if he has the same aura of the real heavy weights like Guardiola, Klopp or Zidane (etc., incomplete list of course).

But Barcelona might even feel more pressure to win than Napoli because they are most likely also more broke and need every penny they can get...

I'm still not convinced. Barcelona are in a situation, I won't say that any coach changed the course, but they were so bad for the team they have, it was difficult to get worse. I think the two games against Galatasaray and then with Real Madrid, you can really understand that. Even so, I think that only in the next season will we see if Xavi is the right choice or not.

Xavi's project has only just begun, although the barcelona performances under Xavi were much better than Ronald Koeman, we can't say that Barcelona has bounced back, but we can't say that Xavi has failed with Barcelona.
Barcelona beautiful days began to look, Xavi managed to bring Barcelona back into the Champions League zone, this is just the beginning, the Xavi project is not finished yet. Next season we will see how Barcelona goes through every game with Xavi, only then can Xavi will be said to be successful with Barcelona or not.

Facing Galatasaray the next test for Xavi, if Barcelona can show a charming appearance when they beat Napoli, Barcelona will step into the next round.

[Kocret02]

Indeed and whether Xavi really "revived" Barcelona is also far-fetched. In fact I do believe that Xavi may never be able to bring Barcelona back to where they come from. I can't even judge Xavi's qualities as a coach. It doesn't feel to me as if he has the same aura of the real heavy weights like Guardiola, Klopp or Zidane (etc., incomplete list of course).

But Barcelona might even feel more pressure to win than Napoli because they are most likely also more broke and need every penny they can get...

I'm still not convinced. Barcelona are in a situation, I won't say that any coach changed the course, but they were so bad for the team they have, it was difficult to get worse. I think the two games against Galatasaray and then with Real Madrid, you can really understand that. Even so, I think that only in the next season will we see if Xavi is the right choice or not.

Xavi's project has only just begun, although the barcelona performances under Xavi were much better than Ronald Koeman, we can't say that Barcelona has bounced back, but we can't say that Xavi has failed with Barcelona.
Barcelona beautiful days began to look, Xavi managed to bring Barcelona back into the Champions League zone, this is just the beginning, the Xavi project is not finished yet. Next season we will see how Barcelona goes through every game with Xavi, only then can Xavi will be said to be successful with Barcelona or not.

Facing Galatasaray the next test for Xavi, if Barcelona can show a charming appearance when they beat Napoli, Barcelona will step into the next round.

Barcelona are much better now, under Xavi they are very productive scoring goals I think against Galatasaray is not a difficult opponent for them considering the very impressive game that Xavi's men continue to show.
after the chance of winning the Domestic league is very unlikely I think the Europa League is their main target so I think it is very possible for Barcelona to win with the composition of players they have at the moment, I have no doubts about that.

[cryptofrka]

Bowen's injury will come as a big blow to West Ham's ambitions against Sevilla. He was their standout player and one of the main threats going forward, Sevilla will be harder to break down without a player of his quality.

Sevilla will be without Martial (injury) and Delaney (suspension). Still, they are playing at home and should be considered as favorites.

[rby]

Sevilla are once again one of the biggest favourites to win the Europa League championship this season. But there is a really big hindrance ahead of them which is Barcelona of course. Barcelona have started improving their performance at an insane level in the recent times. Their very impressive effort helps them destroy their opponents one by one in every tournament now. We all watched how they demolished Napoli in the rematch for example. Let's say that we have a Sevilla - Barcelona finale, it can be very interesting and Barcelona still would be the favourite as long as they keep this level.

Sevilla is doing well and they are know for doing well. Apart from to say that they are doing well, they also have great history in the Europa League. Barcelona in their own has fixed their problems and doing well in the league. They are big favourites for the europa league for this season or year but I don't want to see spain- Spain finals.

[Boristhecat]

Barcelona surely were not in good shape at start of this season, and they were facing some worst results with knock out of Champions League and having very bad results in La Liga now all suddenly change, and they are preparing for next season and going to for end of this season very positively after beating Napoli they have very good chance for win in this Cup because Xavi and Auba both factors are giving them very strong favor with now they are already in top four in Spanish League with chance of going at Third spot which is surely not bad for them after all these bad days.

Right now, they have nearly two weeks for next match in Europa League as first match is going to hold in Turkey on 17th March 2022 hopefully we will have another very strong and good performance from them in this match.

Yesterday Barcelona played against Elche and won with great difficulty despite the fact that Elche is one of the worst teams in La Liga. I see that Barcelona still have a huge problem with efficiency in attack - they create a lot of chances but convert only some of them. Well, their defense is also not perfect. Therefore, I would not argue that Barcelona will easily beat Galatasaray.

[poldanmig]

Yesterday Barcelona played against Elche and won with great difficulty despite the fact that Elche is one of the worst teams in La Liga. I see that Barcelona still have a huge problem with efficiency in attack - they create a lot of chances but convert only some of them. Well, their defense is also not perfect. Therefore, I would not argue that Barcelona will easily beat Galatasaray.

Barcelona does have a difficult match in La Liga this week, a narrow victory over Elche should be a reference for Xavi to make their defense more solid before the match against Galatasaray starts, but I am quite pleased to see Barcelona journey this season which initially slumped but overall Slowly Xavi began to fix Barcelona as a whole, and as a result we can see if Barcelona are unbeaten in the last eight matches in all competitions. After the arrival of aubameyang, barcelona managed to make their attack very sharp but as you said, if xavi should have also prioritized their defense which was a bit fragile at this time, and it was proven by barcelona often conceding due to a defense that was not well organized.

[Minecache]

Sevilla are once again one of the biggest favourites to win the Europa League championship this season. But there is a really big hindrance ahead of them which is Barcelona of course. Barcelona have started improving their performance at an insane level in the recent times. Their very impressive effort helps them destroy their opponents one by one in every tournament now. We all watched how they demolished Napoli in the rematch for example. Let's say that we have a Sevilla - Barcelona finale, it can be very interesting and Barcelona still would be the favourite as long as they keep this level.

Sevilla is doing well and they are know for doing well. Apart from to say that they are doing well, they also have great history in the Europa League. Barcelona in their own has fixed their problems and doing well in the league. They are big favourites for the europa league for this season or year but I don't want to see spain- Spain finals.

But why not a Spain vs Spain final? I think this will be actually great to see because Sevilla is doing really well in the league and if Barcelona can actually beat them we will be able to know what they are actually made of. I think it will also show if Barcelona can improve with the same Squad further into the future.

[herurist]

Sevilla are once again one of the biggest favourites to win the Europa League championship this season. But there is a really big hindrance ahead of them which is Barcelona of course. Barcelona have started improving their performance at an insane level in the recent times. Their very impressive effort helps them destroy their opponents one by one in every tournament now. We all watched how they demolished Napoli in the rematch for example. Let's say that we have a Sevilla - Barcelona finale, it can be very interesting and Barcelona still would be the favourite as long as they keep this level.

Sevilla is doing well and they are know for doing well. Apart from to say that they are doing well, they also have great history in the Europa League. Barcelona in their own has fixed their problems and doing well in the league. They are big favourites for the europa league for this season or year but I don't want to see spain- Spain finals.

But why not a Spain vs Spain final? I think this will be actually great to see because Sevilla is doing really well in the league and if Barcelona can actually beat them we will be able to know what they are actually made of. I think it will also show if Barcelona can improve with the same Squad further into the future.

The problem is that the opponents that Sevilla have to face now are one of the teams that are quite superior in the Europa League this season.
Westham are solid in the group stage with only 1 defeat and 1 draw and with Sevilla's current form they are still not enough in my opinion to fight Westham.
Even though it's still quite good but it really takes a struggle if you really want to make a final for the Spanish team in both

[Ebede]

Yesterday Barcelona played against Elche and won with great difficulty despite the fact that Elche is one of the worst teams in La Liga. I see that Barcelona still have a huge problem with efficiency in attack - they create a lot of chances but convert only some of them. Well, their defense is also not perfect. Therefore, I would not argue that Barcelona will easily beat Galatasaray.

Barcelona does have a difficult match in La Liga this week, a narrow victory over Elche should be a reference for Xavi to make their defense more solid before the match against Galatasaray starts, but I am quite pleased to see Barcelona journey this season which initially slumped but overall Slowly Xavi began to fix Barcelona as a whole, and as a result we can see if Barcelona are unbeaten in the last eight matches in all competitions. After the arrival of aubameyang, barcelona managed to make their attack very sharp but as you said, if xavi should have also prioritized their defense which was a bit fragile at this time, and it was proven by barcelona often conceding due to a defense that was not well organized.

And Barcelona did had a hard game against Elche, I first thought it was going to end a draw full-time but they the Barcelona squad wanted the win at all cost.
Good attitude and mentality they fought till the end and Memphis Depay had the last goal of the game.
Back to back goals for him, they're going to end up in the top four spot.

[Jackl87]

But why not a Spain vs Spain final? I think this will be actually great to see because Sevilla is doing really well in the league and if Barcelona can actually beat them we will be able to know what they are actually made of. I think it will also show if Barcelona can improve with the same Squad further into the future.

To be honest at the moment i can not really see that FC Sevilla is able to reach the finals of the Europa League this year, because i think that they are not the favorite in the next round against Westham United. That being said, FC Sevilla is doing really great so far this season in the Primera Divsion and they are even in front of Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona at the moment which is quite an achievement. Even though i think that there are a few other teams that have stronger squads than FC Sevilla in my opinion i still think that we should never underestimate FC Sevilla in this competition because they have won it 6 times already which is an absolute record.

[BITCOIN4X]

But why not a Spain vs Spain final? I think this will be actually great to see because Sevilla is doing really well in the league and if Barcelona can actually beat them we will be able to know what they are actually made of. I think it will also show if Barcelona can improve with the same Squad further into the future.

The final of the Spanish team may be expected in the Europa League this season considering that there are 3 strong teams that will still play their matches in the round of 16. Barcelona and Real Betis have been good enough so far to hope to qualify for the next round, but only Sevilla may be hard to predict.

Sevilla got a more difficult opponent in the last 16 where West Ham also looked quite difficult to beat. However, the Europa League has been dominated and won more by Spanish teams in the last decade, so one of the 3 teams currently has a chance to reach the final this season or maybe the Spanish final can also be expected. I hope Barcelona can reach the final of the Europa League this season.