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

[Ratash]

I am disapointed on napoli result i thought they will get the quallification since they scored early in the game but then 20 minutes later they conceided a goal and then they needed three more and now  5 minutes  until the end of the match, they are only leading by one goal, they played well and had lot of chances but they failed to score more goals.

[rdbase]

Goooooooaaaaaallllllll, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang jsu said Arsenal from what was looking like an unavoidable draw with an 87' minute goal, wonderful. Benfica has posed a very serious threat in this game though, Arsenal dominated the game, Benfica surely didn't make it look too easy even playing from an away side. It's just too late now with few minutes on the clock to the final whistle. Its a sure 3 points for Arsenal with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as man of the match after scoring the first and winning goal.

That was another amazing performance from the man, the legend Pierre-Emerick AuBAMeyang!

Where would this club be without him as he had most of the goals in this exciting match.
Thought Benfica was going to win it until that 87' goal from Bam-e-yang!
Then did you see they hit the post in the final minute into injury time?

[buwaytress]

Damn Rangers just showed them who's boss, but I'm more thankful Arsenal and Shakhtar both got their narrow wins, as I'm now 2 legs out of 5 safe home. Kind of regret not taking Napoli or Villareal actually, but then those were tight wins too.

Hoffenheim the disappointment of the round? I mean Molde man, haha. Now the Foxes, Milan and Roma and I'm home.

@rdbase: nicely done for you man!

[blackened515]

Do you think Real sociedad will be able to win against Manchester United to night?

Well, in my own opinion, I don't think Real sociedad will be able to win or even draw against Manchester United. Because Manchester United won them in both halves in the last match they played. Real sociedad was not able to score a goal, also Manchester United won 3 and drew 2 of there last 5 matches. I also think Real sociedad's coach Imanol Alguacil still have a lot of work to do for his team not to be kick out of the UEFA Europa League.

[coinlocket$]

And Napoli is out from Europe, this is a surprise for me.
Milan turns now.

Will Gattuso be sacked? Probably yes if they can have a new coach cheap.

[Avirunes]

Damn Rangers just showed them who's boss, but I'm more thankful Arsenal and Shakhtar both got their narrow wins, as I'm now 2 legs out of 5 safe home. Kind of regret not taking Napoli or Villareal actually, but then those were tight wins too.

Hoffenheim the disappointment of the round? I mean Molde man, haha. Now the Foxes, Milan and Roma and I'm home.

@rdbase: nicely done for you man!

Gerrard and his team are very strong at home. They haven't lost any home games since March 2020. I had my bet on Rangers and so they won.

In other match, Molde defeated Hoffenheim (heavy favourites) 2-0. Hoffenheim had good share of possession and had many shots but Molde did well to keep defense tight on capitalise on counters.

If we talk about the most exciting finish, then I would say Arsenal vs Benfica so far yet. It was 1-2 Benfica at one point after which Willian was substituted in for Rowe Smith and he assisted Tierny for second goal. And at 87' Aubameyang scored and helped Arsenal to advance to next stage.

So far my impression of Europa matches today : entertaining matches .. much much much better than the CL round we had yesterday..

[MCobian]

And Napoli is out from Europe, this is a surprise for me.
Milan turns now.

Will Gattuso be sacked? Probably yes if they can have a new coach cheap.

I was also quite surprised and disappointed that Napoli had to leave the Europa League after losing on aggregate to Granada. Because in the first leg
Granada managed to beat Napoli with a score of 2-0, and now Napoli can only win the match with a score of 2-1. Gattuso will know his fate from
Napoli's appearance in Serie A, whether the end of this season can be in a better position than last season. If Gattuso doesn't make Napoli's position
better in Serie A this season, it is possible for Napoli to fire Gattuso as coach. Then for AC Milan the match is taking place right now, and I'm sure
AC Milan can qualify for the next round.

[Renampun]

*go go Leicester & go go Man Utd, support the English team again 'lol'...
bet with confidence, hope the outcome will be as expected. *btw, in another match, Milan led the score, lucky Milan got a penalty. this time the score draws.

[ILuckyGuyI]

And Arsenal managed to eliminate Benfica by beating them 3-2 in the second leg. It was really an awesome match. Aubameyang scored 2 valuable goals for his team and played great. Arsenal got ahead 1-0 but Benfica brought the score to 1-2 after that. But Arsenal had a very nice performance that they managed to turn the game around and win. Aubameyang's one goal was cancelled by VAR also. Maybe he could have made a hat-trick.

[BIT-BENDER]

*go go Leicester & go go Man Utd, support the English team again 'lol'...
bet with confidence, hope the outcome will be as expected. *btw, in another match, Milan led the score, lucky Milan got a penalty. this time the score draws.

Good work from Arsenal tonight, Benfica gave them goosebumps and didn't give in, but Arsenal came out winners after two legs I don't think Arsenal can win the Europa league but the would still like to be in it, after first half and no goal from Manchester United match nor Leicester match, United are safe, but Leicester city need to win.

[vennali]

Surprising to see Man United vs Real Sociadad being goalless 60 mins into the game while the first leg away from United went 4-0. Now Ole is slowly substituting the regulars for young guns to give the regs some rest while gibving the younger players some much needed match time. Leicester are in big trouble against Slavia Prague being a goal down at home while the first leg was a goalless draw. A crucial away goal for Prague which could see them progressing into the next round.

[StartupAnalyst]

Schaktar 1-0 Maccabi
Shakhtar easily wins the second match as well. The result was obvious. All the same, Shakhtar is a stronger club than Maccabi. But in this match I expected a little more goals than it was.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Milan-FK Crvena zvezda is still continuing 1-1 and Milan will still be able to qualify for the next round like this. FK Crvena zvezda have just got a red card and it is all over for them now I think. Milan can score at least one more goal and seal the deal.

[snipie]

Will Gattuso be sacked? Probably yes if they can have a new coach cheap.

The most awaited question so far since the only thing left for Napoli to achieve is a spot for CL (won't happen) or EL (maybe). So yeah I expect him to be sacked as soon as they found a new one.
Leicester failure was a surprise too. Milan game almost finished and they are 1-1.

[nelson4lov]

Milan-FK Crvena zvezda is still continuing 1-1 and Milan will still be able to qualify for the next round like this. FK Crvena zvezda have just got a red card and it is all over for them now I think. Milan can score at least one more goal and seal the deal.

I'm not sure. Milan doesn't look like they will score again and might just see out the rest of the game the way it is because if the game ends like this, they would be the winners of the clash. Crvena zvezda  did good in this season's UEL. I didn't expect them to make it this far or even give a top flight team like Milan a run for their money. Crvena zvezda lost their shot to win today due to the red card. Quite unfortunate.

[blackened515]

but Leicester city need to win.

Liecester city is already out of UEFA Europa League loosing out 2 nil at the moment at home ground, although slavia pragua is kinda a good team that had played champions league competition many times, but I'm still surprise to see Liecester giving them a chance to qualify for next round, besides, English side is more better and stronger than Czech republic side when it comes to international competition, but might have really happened to Liecester tonight.

[Joca97]

Milan-FK Crvena zvezda is still continuing 1-1 and Milan will still be able to qualify for the next round like this. FK Crvena zvezda have just got a red card and it is all over for them now I think. Milan can score at least one more goal and seal the deal.

Well they went out with a second squad and bearly qualified for the next round. Milan still in terrible form,not expected from them at all. Zvezda holded well even with a red card

[LTU_btc]

Milan looked really disappointing today, they played against Crvena Zvezda like same level team.
Probably biggest upset tonight is Molde win against Hoffenheim @10 and they move to next round.
Napoli won against Granada, but it wasn't enough to reach next round. Knowing Napoli owner, I wouldn't be surprised if he will sack Gattuso.
Young Boys won against Bayer Neverkusen again and they go to next round. It's big surprise. Can't say anything about game, I didn't watched it.
And I wouldn't call Leicester loss against Slavia as big surprise. I follow Slavia for few seasons already and it's really good team which play quality football. You shouldn't write them off.

[ingiltere]

Today was full of surprises. Luckily Arsenal qualified to last 16 round, thanks to Aubameyang's late goal. The most dramatic finish was Hoffenheim as they were superior all game long but lost against Molde and got eliminated. Leicester City and Bayer Leverkusen also got eliminated.
Now we have Arsenal, Ajax, Milan, Roma and ManU as favorites. They are lucky this year there is no Atletico or Sevilla in Europa League.

[nelson4lov]

Milan looked really disappointing today, they played against Crvena Zvezda like same level team.
Probably biggest upset tonight is Molde win against Hoffenheim @10 and they move to next round.
Napoli won against Granada, but it wasn't enough to reach next round. Knowing Napoli owner, I wouldn't be surprised if he will sack Gattuso.
Young Boys won against Bayer Neverkusen again and they go to next round. It's big surprise. Can't say anything about game, I didn't watched it.
And I wouldn't call Leicester loss against Slavia as big surprise. I follow Slavia for few seasons already and it's really good team which play quality football. You shouldn't write them off.

I don't dispute the fact that Slavia Prague is a decent team. As a matter of fact, Slavia is one of the very few Czech republic teams I put my money on every other weekend but when they are pitted against a team in a top flight league like Leicester? I didn't expect them to stand a chance. Considering Leicester played at home, Slavia winning looked like a long shot. As for Napoli, Gattuso should be out soon. Too many disappointing displays from his team. I think Europa league was the only competition they were still participating in aside from domestic league and now they are out altogether.