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

[zaim7413]

A win against Galatasaray is more important than a win over Real Madrid. Because Barcelona has not won a single title this season. They will definitely want to secure the Europa League title. On the other hand, Barcelona have no chance of winning the title despite winning against Real Madrid. Barcelona is 15 points behind Real Madrid. However, since the coach of Barcelona is now Xavi. He will definitely want to beat Real Madrid. Barcelona has lost the last 5 matches against Real Madrid.

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.
The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

[YOSHIE]

Today 15 march 2022, there is an interesting bet I saw today between Juventus U19 vs. Liverpool U19s, they are both also part of the UEFA match, I didn't find much information between Juventus U19 vs. Liverpool U19s and I see it's their first meeting, if I'm not mistaken.

Their bet:
2.80
1
3.60
X
2.05
2
Not much difference, a little confused to determine.

It means balanced, the odds are also not much different between Juventus U19 vs. Liverpool U19, if you know how much you believe in Juventus/% and how much in Liverpool U19/%.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I want coderben to know that a strong team on the field doesn't always determine by player popular names.

yes, it doesn't. I agree. But it does give the team players that are individually better. And that can give the team some moments of individual brilliance on the field which the other team might not produce.

Today 15 march 2022, there is an interesting bet I saw today between Juventus U19 vs. Liverpool U19s, they are both also part of the UEFA match, I didn't find much information between Juventus U19 vs. Liverpool U19s and I see it's their first meeting, if I'm not mistaken.

Not much difference, a little confused to determine.
It means balanced, the odds are also not much different between Juventus U19 vs. Liverpool U19, if you know how much you believe in Juventus/% and how much in Liverpool U19/%.

If you look at the last 5 matches for both teams I think Liverpool u19 is ahead.

But, still, the margin is really thin. Both are in okay form. Nothing substantial to separate these teams. In my opinion, I will say Liverpool u19 seems to be better than Juventus u19. But not sure if they will win though.

[hd49728]

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.

Barcelona recently have some great improvements and move straight on the table but it is too optimistic to think they will be able to make unbelievable race with Real Madrid and win La Liga. They have good form but Real Madrid don't show that they have deacreasing form. They don't give opportunity to Barcelona to hunt them too easily.

The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

Europa League is a more easily target for Barcelona. Arsenal and Roma are next big competitors for Barcelona. But they must beat Galatasaray in second leg to go farther.

Barcelona have enough power to beat Arsenal and Roma if they have to play against these clubs. Winning Europa League can help them to have a tittle and a ticket to Champions League.

[Roidz]

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.

Barcelona recently have some great improvements and move straight on the table but it is too optimistic to think they will be able to make unbelievable race with Real Madrid and win La Liga. They have good form but Real Madrid don't show that they have deacreasing form. They don't give opportunity to Barcelona to hunt them too easily.

The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

Europa League is a more easily target for Barcelona. Arsenal and Roma are next big competitors for Barcelona. But they must beat Galatasaray in second leg to go farther.

Barcelona have enough power to beat Arsenal and Roma if they have to play against these clubs. Winning Europa League can help them to have a tittle and a ticket to Champions League.

If you said that two seasons ago maybe I would have believed what you said, but if you said this season barcelona easily beat arsenal and roma, I doubt it...!
Because so far I see Barcelona performance is not as good as last season.

BTW, do you understand what you are saying?
If Barcelona have to face Galatasaray to qualify for the next round, I agree with that, however, I don't understand why Barcelona have to face Galatasaray first before facing Arsenal and Roma?  
Because as far as I know barcelona plays in a different competition from arsenal and rome, arsenal currently only plays in the premier league and they don't play in the european league at this time, while roma they play in the serie A and conference leagues and of course the three teams will never against each other this season

[onetwostep]

For Braga and Rangers yes i think so, Rangers are already 3 goals up against Red Star Belgrade, so that game should be as good as finished, the same can be said of Braga who lead Monaco 2-0, so it is really going to be difficult for Monaco to bet back into this game, though not impossible.

The match between Rangers and Monaco will be one-sided. Because their opponents Zvezda and Braga are relatively weak. And in the first leg Rangers and Monaco are ahead. So if they draw in the next match, they will be able to go to the next round. Moreover, the forwards of Monaco and Rangers are good enough. So I think they can win the next match. Monaco will play a home match. At home they would at least not want to be defeated and disappoint the audience.

Monaco is a good team but they didn't play well last game. The team's performance has been very low for a few weeks, and they have lost too many points in the French League. I think Braga will win this game and go to the round, I don't think Monaco has much of a chance.
Rangers will not have any difficulties, they are a much stronger team than their opponents. They pass the tour comfortably

[coco23]

This Thursday will be intense with many teams struggling to pass the round of 16 except the red bull lucky luke Leipzig.
Barca, Rangers, Braga to pass normally?
Leverkusen and Atalanta nothing confirmed although the 1 goal difference for the latter team.
Betis and Porto could comeback in their games and Sevilla could maintain its advantage. I just wonder see if the Real Madrid - PSG scenario could happen here or not!

Odds for Leverkusen vs Atalanta for passing to the next round are 2.7 / 1.4. For the game itself it's 2.3/3.75/2.8. It won't be easy for Leverkusen to advance to the next round. Atalanta is holding the cards currently and they can focus on defending. It shouldn't underestimate Leverkusen's attack though.

Frankfurt vs Betis passing odds are 1.22 / 3.8 and for the game 2.2/3.6/3.1. That's very optimistic for Frankfurt in my opinion. Betis needs to win of course, but the difference is only 1 goal from the first game. 3.8 is quite a high payout.

[KTChampions]

Odds for Leverkusen vs Atalanta for passing to the next round are 2.7 / 1.4. For the game itself it's 2.3/3.75/2.8. It won't be easy for Leverkusen to advance to the next round. Atalanta is holding the cards currently and they can focus on defending. It shouldn't underestimate Leverkusen's attack though.

In my opinion, these are absolutely inadequate quotes. One advantage goal (before the second leg away) is just rubbish to give Atalanta that much advantage. Bayer have had a failure in the last few matches (as well as Atalanta) but in general they are a strong team and I don’t see any reason why they couldn’t at least bounce back.

[LittleBitFunny]

A win against Galatasaray is more important than a win over Real Madrid. Because Barcelona has not won a single title this season. They will definitely want to secure the Europa League title. On the other hand, Barcelona have no chance of winning the title despite winning against Real Madrid. Barcelona is 15 points behind Real Madrid. However, since the coach of Barcelona is now Xavi. He will definitely want to beat Real Madrid. Barcelona has lost the last 5 matches against Real Madrid.

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.
The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

You are right. If Barcelona want to win at least one title, they must focus on the Europa League. And Barcelona have the highest chances of winning the Europa League title. Because now teams like Atalanta and Leverkusen are not in good form. On the other hand, Barcelona is getting stronger and more stable day by day. If they can maintain this stability then they can win the title.

[KingsDen]

I don't see Galatasaray qualifying for the next round. They can not compete with Barcelona. The catalans are doing an excellent performance in their league game. Barcelona sole aim is win the Europa league and qualify for champions league next season. Xavi had turned the team around ever since he arrived at Barca, new tactics, new players. The thing is that each Manger needs time to settle things at the club. Barcelona will knock-out Galatasaray our of the Europa league. The players at Barca are really thirsty for the trophy. I don't see anything competend as Barcelona.

Barcelona is not ready to give up on Europa league and even if they have to give up, they will not give up for team like galatasaray. Barcelona has suffered many things this season and they are fighting to redeem their image in Europe.
Good for them that they don't have major trophies playing again, they are already into the laliga top 4, they just have one problem which is the Europa League. For now that have the quality of players to do the work and they have a good team. So, they can

[jaberwock]

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.
The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

I would believe that they would have won the first game if they really didn't think that the game would be too easy. That is why Xavi made all those big name changes right away as soon as he realized that the team wasn't doing great. That is when they started to have some chances, but between being lucky a few times, and the players being a bit too tired by that time combined made it close to impossible for them to win.

The second game will start a bit more serious, but if Galatasaray somehow keeps on defending this well, then it is very hard for Barcelona to win the game once again. The main reason is that Xavi still plays that tiki-taka style, and when the team just lays back and lets you pass, then you can't find that "opening" tiki taka relies on.

[BuNga_cute]

A win against Galatasaray is more important than a win over Real Madrid. Because Barcelona has not won a single title this season. They will definitely want to secure the Europa League title. On the other hand, Barcelona have no chance of winning the title despite winning against Real Madrid. Barcelona is 15 points behind Real Madrid. However, since the coach of Barcelona is now Xavi. He will definitely want to beat Real Madrid. Barcelona has lost the last 5 matches against Real Madrid.

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.
The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

You are right. If Barcelona want to win at least one title, they must focus on the Europa League. And Barcelona have the highest chances of winning the Europa League title. Because now teams like Atalanta and Leverkusen are not in good form. On the other hand, Barcelona is getting stronger and more stable day by day. If they can maintain this stability then they can win the title.

Barcelona's appearance in La Liga is getting more consistent, they managed to get 4 wins in a row and make Barcelona currently in third position.
But because the distance between Barcelona and Real Madrid is too far, it seems unlikely that Barcelona will compete for the La Liga trophy this
season. So the Europa League must be Barcelona's main focus right now, because Barcelona's chances are still very high to win the Europa
League trophy. Although the results of the first leg were not very impressive, because Barcelona failed to win. But I'm very optimistic in the second
leg Barcelona will win, moreover, the quality of the players that Galatasaray has is very far from Barcelona. So Barcelona should be able to
take advantage of the quality of the players it has to be able to win in the second leg. And I believe Xavi already has his own strategy to beat
Galatasaray in the second leg, Xavi must have learned the mistakes made by Barcelona players in the first leg. So I predict Barcelona will win
in the second leg, even if they have to play away.

[snipie]

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Odds for Leverkusen vs Atalanta for passing to the next round are 2.7 / 1.4. For the game itself it's 2.3/3.75/2.8. It won't be easy for Leverkusen to advance to the next round. Atalanta is holding the cards currently and they can focus on defending. It shouldn't underestimate Leverkusen's attack though.

Frankfurt vs Betis passing odds are 1.22 / 3.8 and for the game 2.2/3.6/3.1. That's very optimistic for Frankfurt in my opinion. Betis needs to win of course, but the difference is only 1 goal from the first game. 3.8 is quite a high payout.

Yeah I took a look on the odds yesterday and I can understand the advantages given to the winner of the first leg but here everything could change tho. Atalanta to pass might be likely thanks to the 1 goal difference, they will try to kill the game and score a goal for sure in order to put more pressure on Leverkusen.
I can't decide which team to endorse in Atalanta and Betis games. The result can easily flip.

[alpamar99]

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Odds for Leverkusen vs Atalanta for passing to the next round are 2.7 / 1.4. For the game itself it's 2.3/3.75/2.8. It won't be easy for Leverkusen to advance to the next round. Atalanta is holding the cards currently and they can focus on defending. It shouldn't underestimate Leverkusen's attack though.

Frankfurt vs Betis passing odds are 1.22 / 3.8 and for the game 2.2/3.6/3.1. That's very optimistic for Frankfurt in my opinion. Betis needs to win of course, but the difference is only 1 goal from the first game. 3.8 is quite a high payout.

Yeah I took a look on the odds yesterday and I can understand the advantages given to the winner of the first leg but here everything could change tho. Atalanta to pass might be likely thanks to the 1 goal difference, they will try to kill the game and score a goal for sure in order to put more pressure on Leverkusen.
I can't decide which team to endorse in Atalanta and Betis games. The result can easily flip.

Agree, They are quite difficult to predict who will win in this match because indeed both teams can be said apart from dark horses, their performance is also quite the same in my opinion and this will be very difficult even though Atalanta is quite favored but indeed there is nothing encouraging to be absolutely sure they can win the game.
I will probably watch without doing anything in this match

[YOSHIE]

If you look at the last 5 matches for both teams I think Liverpool u19 is ahead.

I didn't check your reply again yesterday thank you for supporting Liverpool U19, sadly, I placed a bet yesterday for Juventus U19, although yesterday I had doubts, but I kept it until the end.

First half, I started to hesitate, wanted to change the bet, in minute 66' Fabio scored one goal, Juventus U19 lead 1-0, I'm already getting excited, Not long ago, in almost the same minute, 69', another goal was scored by Angel, making it 2-0 until the end.

I have to admit the match between Juventus U19 vs Liverpool U19, yesterday was very exciting for me.

[Juggy777]

A win against Galatasaray is more important than a win over Real Madrid. Because Barcelona has not won a single title this season. They will definitely want to secure the Europa League title. On the other hand, Barcelona have no chance of winning the title despite winning against Real Madrid. Barcelona is 15 points behind Real Madrid. However, since the coach of Barcelona is now Xavi. He will definitely want to beat Real Madrid. Barcelona has lost the last 5 matches against Real Madrid.

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.
The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

You are right. If Barcelona want to win at least one title, they must focus on the Europa League. And Barcelona have the highest chances of winning the Europa League title. Because now teams like Atalanta and Leverkusen are not in good form. On the other hand, Barcelona is getting stronger and more stable day by day. If they can maintain this stability then they can win the title.

Barcelona's appearance in La Liga is getting more consistent, they managed to get 4 wins in a row and make Barcelona currently in third position.
But because the distance between Barcelona and Real Madrid is too far, it seems unlikely that Barcelona will compete for the La Liga trophy this
season. So the Europa League must be Barcelona's main focus right now, because Barcelona's chances are still very high to win the Europa
League trophy. Although the results of the first leg were not very impressive, because Barcelona failed to win. But I'm very optimistic in the second
leg Barcelona will win, moreover, the quality of the players that Galatasaray has is very far from Barcelona. So Barcelona should be able to
take advantage of the quality of the players it has to be able to win in the second leg. And I believe Xavi already has his own strategy to beat
Galatasaray in the second leg, Xavi must have learned the mistakes made by Barcelona players in the first leg. So I predict Barcelona will win
in the second leg, even if they have to play away.

I believe that Xavi has no other option but to prioritise winning the Europa cup, because if Barcelona falter and drop out of the top 4 then winning this cup guarantees them champions league football next season. Lastly Xavi has definitely turned this team around, but he’ll need more quality player’s next season and to attract them Barcelona needs to be playing in the champions league, hence it’s an obvious choice that he’ll target Europa cup over La Liga fixtures.

[muratsink]

Barcelona now has two tournaments left, La Liga and the Europa League. Barcelona's run in LaLiga has not been so good this season, Xavi's squad is far behind Real Madrid, who are in 1st place in the standings, so their chances of chasing Real Madrid's points are very unlikely.
The Europa League Cup is the only hope left for Barcelona this season, the Europa League Trophy is a realistic target that Barcelona can pursue at the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would also give Barcelona qualification for next season's Champions League if Barcelona fail to finish in the top four in the league. Barcelona hopes with Xavi Hernandez should bring home the Trophy at the end of the competition and qualify for the Champions League next season.

I would believe that they would have won the first game if they really didn't think that the game would be too easy. That is why Xavi made all those big name changes right away as soon as he realized that the team wasn't doing great. That is when they started to have some chances, but between being lucky a few times, and the players being a bit too tired by that time combined made it close to impossible for them to win.

The second game will start a bit more serious, but if Galatasaray somehow keeps on defending this well, then it is very hard for Barcelona to win the game once again. The main reason is that Xavi still plays that tiki-taka style, and when the team just lays back and lets you pass, then you can't find that "opening" tiki taka relies on.

in the first literacy match Xavi Hernandez used more second-tier players because he thought that Galatasaray's opponent was just an ordinary match and could be won easily but in reality it was the opposite where Galatasaray frustrated Barcelona's attackers so they failed to score, of course in the second leg Barcelona don't underestimate Galatasaray otherwise they will be eliminated in the round of 16 early, if they field the same material as the first leg with a lot of core players on the bench then it is not impossible that Galatasaray will trouble Barcelona again let alone act as host

[Swordsoffreedom]

If you look at the last 5 matches for both teams I think Liverpool u19 is ahead.

I didn't check your reply again yesterday thank you for supporting Liverpool U19, sadly, I placed a bet yesterday for Juventus U19, although yesterday I had doubts, but I kept it until the end.

First half, I started to hesitate, wanted to change the bet, in minute 66' Fabio scored one goal, Juventus U19 lead 1-0, I'm already getting excited, Not long ago, in almost the same minute, 69', another goal was scored by Angel, making it 2-0 until the end.

I have to admit the match between Juventus U19 vs Liverpool U19, yesterday was very exciting for me.

I have to say that you are really lucky and placed a good bet. I never thought that Juventus under 19 is going to win against Liverpool under 19, to be honest. but the kids proved me wrong and yes I have to admit Juventus under 19 played really well in that match. those two quick goals in the second half took the match away from Liverpool under 19 really quickly. 

Congratulations to the Juventus under 19 and commiserations for Liverpool under 19, it was a good match to watch to stop.

And congrats on winning your bet. 

[minairia3]

Barcelona's appearance in La Liga is getting more consistent, they managed to get 4 wins in a row and make Barcelona currently in third position.
But because the distance between Barcelona and Real Madrid is too far, it seems unlikely that Barcelona will compete for the La Liga trophy this
season. So the Europa League must be Barcelona's main focus right now, because Barcelona's chances are still very high to win the Europa
League trophy. Although the results of the first leg were not very impressive, because Barcelona failed to win. But I'm very optimistic in the second
leg Barcelona will win, moreover, the quality of the players that Galatasaray has is very far from Barcelona. So Barcelona should be able to
take advantage of the quality of the players it has to be able to win in the second leg. And I believe Xavi already has his own strategy to beat
Galatasaray in the second leg, Xavi must have learned the mistakes made by Barcelona players in the first leg. So I predict Barcelona will win
in the second leg, even if they have to play away.

I believe that Xavi has no other option but to prioritise winning the Europa cup, because if Barcelona falter and drop out of the top 4 then winning this cup guarantees them champions league football next season. Lastly Xavi has definitely turned this team around, but he’ll need more quality player’s next season and to attract them Barcelona needs to be playing in the champions league, hence it’s an obvious choice that he’ll target Europa cup over La Liga fixtures.

Barcelona played really well in their last match against Osasuna and they have certainly improved a lot under the authority of Xavi. Barcelona really seems to be set to end the season Being in the top three, they have a  match in hand and I expect them to get points from that match and if they don't drop points otherwise they should be good, and stay ahead of Atletico Madrid in the league.

In the Europa League, I think they are going to win against Galatasaray tomorrow. even though they have drawn the first leg they are going to be aggressive and go for the win in the second leg.

[KTChampions]

Barcelona played really well in their last match against Osasuna and they have certainly improved a lot under the authority of Xavi. Barcelona really seems to be set to end the season Being in the top three, they have a  match in hand and I expect them to get points from that match and if they don't drop points otherwise they should be good, and stay ahead of Atletico Madrid in the league.

In the Europa League, I think they are going to win against Galatasaray tomorrow. even though they have drawn the first leg they are going to be aggressive and go for the win in the second leg.

At the moment, the odds of bookmakers for this game are as follows:

8,40 - 5,40 - 1,36

As good as Barcelona looked against Osasuna, I think odds of 1.36 are too low to risk. In addition to seeing a second unexpected result in this pair, Barcelona could for example draw in regular time and win in extra time. In this case, the bet on the victory of Barcelona will still burn out.