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

[baeva]

Honestly Monaco will have a lot of troubles in the group stage of Europe league. With both Real Sociedad and PSV it will be extremly hard for them to go into the next stage. Leverkusen on the other hand has amazing chances of going to the next stage with their group not really hard but not easy as well.

It will be really difficult for Monaco to cross the group stage and go to the next round. PSV and Real Sociedad are good teams. However, Monaco is not a weak team. They often perform better than expected. But it will be difficult to predict which team will qualify to the next round.

All are about the same level. Monaco is a strong team, and in principle they can get out of the group, for me they are still the favorites. In PSV I somehow do not believe, they are, in my opinion, one of the weakest in this group. By the way, do not forget that the second place will play for playoffs with the 3rd place from the Champions League group.

[Juggy777]

Honestly Monaco will have a lot of troubles in the group stage of Europe league. With both Real Sociedad and PSV it will be extremly hard for them to go into the next stage. Leverkusen on the other hand has amazing chances of going to the next stage with their group not really hard but not easy as well.

It will be really difficult for Monaco to cross the group stage and go to the next round. PSV and Real Sociedad are good teams. However, Monaco is not a weak team. They often perform better than expected. But it will be difficult to predict which team will qualify to the next round.

All are about the same level. Monaco is a strong team, and in principle they can get out of the group, for me they are still the favorites. In PSV I somehow do not believe, they are, in my opinion, one of the weakest in this group. By the way, do not forget that the second place will play for playoffs with the 3rd place from the Champions League group.

I don’t think we should rule out Monaco so early, because for me they’re a surprise package and they can stun other teams to progress ahead. Also I believe Real Sociedad has the best chance of topping the group, but I’m not sure PSV can make it just a hunch so do your own research before wagering on my hunch.

[hahay]

Honestly Monaco will have a lot of troubles in the group stage of Europe league. With both Real Sociedad and PSV it will be extremly hard for them to go into the next stage. Leverkusen on the other hand has amazing chances of going to the next stage with their group not really hard but not easy as well.

It will be really difficult for Monaco to cross the group stage and go to the next round. PSV and Real Sociedad are good teams. However, Monaco is not a weak team. They often perform better than expected. But it will be difficult to predict which team will qualify to the next round.

All are about the same level. Monaco is a strong team, and in principle they can get out of the group, for me they are still the favorites. In PSV I somehow do not believe, they are, in my opinion, one of the weakest in this group. By the way, do not forget that the second place will play for playoffs with the 3rd place from the Champions League group.

I don’t think we should rule out Monaco so early, because for me they’re a surprise package and they can stun other teams to progress ahead. Also I believe Real Sociedad has the best chance of topping the group, but I’m not sure PSV can make it just a hunch so do your own research before wagering on my hunch.

Group B is not a hell group and there is Sturm Graz which will certainly be a target to gain points and lots of goals for the other 3 teams. Also, even though one of the teams between Real Sociedad, Monaco or PSV can only finish in 3rd place, in reality they still have another chance to keep fighting in the Europa Conference League. I don't think that's a bad thing either, in contrast to group E, which are all favorites and we can say that group E is a hell of a group which is definitely a tough move for all teams.

[baeva]

All are about the same level. Monaco is a strong team, and in principle they can get out of the group, for me they are still the favorites. In PSV I somehow do not believe, they are, in my opinion, one of the weakest in this group. By the way, do not forget that the second place will play for playoffs with the 3rd place from the Champions League group.

I don’t think we should rule out Monaco so early, because for me they’re a surprise package and they can stun other teams to progress ahead. Also I believe Real Sociedad has the best chance of topping the group, but I’m not sure PSV can make it just a hunch so do your own research before wagering on my hunch.

Well, I said about the same thing, and there's nothing to analyze. This is soccer and anything can happen, but if you assess the situation in terms of the strength of the teams, Monaco is clearly the favorite in the group with Real Sociedad. What will happen - no one knows, but I am more than sure that either Monaco or Real will fight for the playoffs with the second place from the league than

[Maidak]

Honestly Monaco will have a lot of troubles in the group stage of Europe league. With both Real Sociedad and PSV it will be extremly hard for them to go into the next stage. Leverkusen on the other hand has amazing chances of going to the next stage with their group not really hard but not easy as well.

It will be really difficult for Monaco to cross the group stage and go to the next round. PSV and Real Sociedad are good teams. However, Monaco is not a weak team. They often perform better than expected. But it will be difficult to predict which team will qualify to the next round.

All are about the same level. Monaco is a strong team, and in principle they can get out of the group, for me they are still the favorites. In PSV I somehow do not believe, they are, in my opinion, one of the weakest in this group. By the way, do not forget that the second place will play for playoffs with the 3rd place from the Champions League group.

I don’t think we should rule out Monaco so early, because for me they’re a surprise package and they can stun other teams to progress ahead. Also I believe Real Sociedad has the best chance of topping the group, but I’m not sure PSV can make it just a hunch so do your own research before wagering on my hunch.

In my opinion, Monaco, Real Sociedad, and PSV Eindhoven are teams in almost the same category. Maybe we can call the Real Sociedad team better, but none of these three teams have the consistency of performance. So we can't say for sure which team will advance to the next round.

[babo]

Well, I said about the same thing, and there's nothing to analyze. This is soccer and anything can happen, but if you assess the situation in terms of the strength of the teams, Monaco is clearly the favorite in the group with Real Sociedad. What will happen - no one knows, but I am more than sure that either Monaco or Real will fight for the playoffs with the second place from the league than

that's the great thing about football
a team like Ranieri's in the premier league can spark sparks as many as we can dream of

if it always happened it wouldn't be fun and the bookmakers would go crazy! (It would be fun)
I agree with you, in any case

[Pulsar77]

Well, I said about the same thing, and there's nothing to analyze. This is soccer and anything can happen, but if you assess the situation in terms of the strength of the teams, Monaco is clearly the favorite in the group with Real Sociedad. What will happen - no one knows, but I am more than sure that either Monaco or Real will fight for the playoffs with the second place from the league than

that's the great thing about football
a team like Ranieri's in the premier league can spark sparks as many as we can dream of

if it always happened it wouldn't be fun and the bookmakers would go crazy! (It would be fun)
I agree with you, in any case

In this group, there will be a big fight among Monaco, Real Sociedad and PSV I believe. We should never underestimate any of these clubs. Considering Monaco's recent form, I think that all these three clubs have the same chance to promote to the next round. But if Monaco don't gather themselves up as soon as possible, they might be the most disadvantageous club among them.

[Minor Miner]

Well, I said about the same thing, and there's nothing to analyze. This is soccer and anything can happen, but if you assess the situation in terms of the strength of the teams, Monaco is clearly the favorite in the group with Real Sociedad. What will happen - no one knows, but I am more than sure that either Monaco or Real will fight for the playoffs with the second place from the league than

that's the great thing about football
a team like Ranieri's in the premier league can spark sparks as many as we can dream of
if it always happened it wouldn't be fun and the bookmakers would go crazy! (It would be fun)
I agree with you, in any case

In this group, there will be a big fight among Monaco, Real Sociedad and PSV I believe. We should never underestimate any of these clubs. Considering Monaco's recent form, I think that all these three clubs have the same chance to promote to the next round. But if Monaco don't gather themselves up as soon as possible, they might be the most disadvantageous club among them.

The teams are almost equally strong. So no group in this group can be underestimated. In general, though, Real Sociedad and Monaco will look strong. However PSV is a stable enough team. They can become terrifying at any time.

[baeva]

Well, I said about the same thing, and there's nothing to analyze. This is soccer and anything can happen, but if you assess the situation in terms of the strength of the teams, Monaco is clearly the favorite in the group with Real Sociedad. What will happen - no one knows, but I am more than sure that either Monaco or Real will fight for the playoffs with the second place from the league than

that's the great thing about football
a team like Ranieri's in the premier league can spark sparks as many as we can dream of

if it always happened it wouldn't be fun and the bookmakers would go crazy! (It would be fun)
I agree with you, in any case

You mean Claudio Ranieri? I just do not quite understand you, I think he coaches Sampdoria now. If so, a great coach, who with Leicester created a fairy tale, which no one else can repeat. Even a few months before that fairy tale I started to be interested in this club, and after two matches of the new season I just fell in love with the team and they took the championship... Your post was probably just about unexpected moments in soccer, I agree with you. Such unexpected moments can give a lot of emotions and make the fans tremble
That's why I say it's impossible to predict anything, can do an analysis of the teams and base it on that. But anything can happen, the same psv can make a miracle and defeat teams with a big score

[Joca97]

Well, I said about the same thing, and there's nothing to analyze. This is soccer and anything can happen, but if you assess the situation in terms of the strength of the teams, Monaco is clearly the favorite in the group with Real Sociedad. What will happen - no one knows, but I am more than sure that either Monaco or Real will fight for the playoffs with the second place from the league than

that's the great thing about football
a team like Ranieri's in the premier league can spark sparks as many as we can dream of
if it always happened it wouldn't be fun and the bookmakers would go crazy! (It would be fun)
I agree with you, in any case

In this group, there will be a big fight among Monaco, Real Sociedad and PSV I believe. We should never underestimate any of these clubs. Considering Monaco's recent form, I think that all these three clubs have the same chance to promote to the next round. But if Monaco don't gather themselves up as soon as possible, they might be the most disadvantageous club among them.

The teams are almost equally strong. So no group in this group can be underestimated. In general, though, Real Sociedad and Monaco will look strong. However PSV is a stable enough team. They can become terrifying at any time.

PSV has an amazing team this season with Zahavi in the attack they should be really good in the Europe League. Also in their own league they are one of the favorites to win the league next to Ajax. They even lost unlucky to Benfica in pretty much even teams

[mv1986]

Well, I said about the same thing, and there's nothing to analyze. This is soccer and anything can happen, but if you assess the situation in terms of the strength of the teams, Monaco is clearly the favorite in the group with Real Sociedad. What will happen - no one knows, but I am more than sure that either Monaco or Real will fight for the playoffs with the second place from the league than

that's the great thing about football
a team like Ranieri's in the premier league can spark sparks as many as we can dream of
if it always happened it wouldn't be fun and the bookmakers would go crazy! (It would be fun)
I agree with you, in any case

In this group, there will be a big fight among Monaco, Real Sociedad and PSV I believe. We should never underestimate any of these clubs. Considering Monaco's recent form, I think that all these three clubs have the same chance to promote to the next round. But if Monaco don't gather themselves up as soon as possible, they might be the most disadvantageous club among them.

The teams are almost equally strong. So no group in this group can be underestimated. In general, though, Real Sociedad and Monaco will look strong. However PSV is a stable enough team. They can become terrifying at any time.

PSV has an amazing team this season with Zahavi in the attack they should be really good in the Europe League. Also in their own league they are one of the favorites to win the league next to Ajax. They even lost unlucky to Benfica in pretty much even teams

Zahavi turned into one of my favorite players. I remember when I saw him play for the first couple of times and ever since then he made constant progress. His performance might peak this year. He has also proven to be competitive on international levels. I wish they made it into the Champions League, but anyway.
Let's see how Götze will perform on an international level. So far I don't still see him as a key player, but who knows if he can get back to his levels he played back when he was very young in Dortmund.

[poldanmig]

Honestly Monaco will have a lot of troubles in the group stage of Europe league. With both Real Sociedad and PSV it will be extremly hard for them to go into the next stage. Leverkusen on the other hand has amazing chances of going to the next stage with their group not really hard but not easy as well.

It will be really difficult for Monaco to cross the group stage and go to the next round. PSV and Real Sociedad are good teams. However, Monaco is not a weak team. They often perform better than expected. But it will be difficult to predict which team will qualify to the next round.

In my opinion, in that group Real Socieda and PSV Eindhoven have a greater chance of advancing to the next round, because I see that both teams have been very consistent in their performances in their respective leagues, and it seems that the top group will belong to PSV eindhoven later, for Monaco, to be honest I'm a little doubtful if they will be able to go further in the europa league competition this season.

[Joca97]

Honestly Monaco will have a lot of troubles in the group stage of Europe league. With both Real Sociedad and PSV it will be extremly hard for them to go into the next stage. Leverkusen on the other hand has amazing chances of going to the next stage with their group not really hard but not easy as well.

It will be really difficult for Monaco to cross the group stage and go to the next round. PSV and Real Sociedad are good teams. However, Monaco is not a weak team. They often perform better than expected. But it will be difficult to predict which team will qualify to the next round.

In my opinion, in that group Real Socieda and PSV Eindhoven have a greater chance of advancing to the next round, because I see that both teams have been very consistent in their performances in their respective leagues, and it seems that the top group will belong to PSV eindhoven later, for Monaco, to be honest I'm a little doubtful if they will be able to go further in the europa league competition this season.

Monaco is playing pretty bad lately. But thats how they start always the season as i watched in the previous seasons. Real Sociedad has a chance to qualify but for me its equal for monaco and them. I think PSV will be first in the group and the top scorer should be Zahavi.

[mv1986]

Honestly Monaco will have a lot of troubles in the group stage of Europe league. With both Real Sociedad and PSV it will be extremly hard for them to go into the next stage. Leverkusen on the other hand has amazing chances of going to the next stage with their group not really hard but not easy as well.

It will be really difficult for Monaco to cross the group stage and go to the next round. PSV and Real Sociedad are good teams. However, Monaco is not a weak team. They often perform better than expected. But it will be difficult to predict which team will qualify to the next round.

In my opinion, in that group Real Socieda and PSV Eindhoven have a greater chance of advancing to the next round, because I see that both teams have been very consistent in their performances in their respective leagues, and it seems that the top group will belong to PSV eindhoven later, for Monaco, to be honest I'm a little doubtful if they will be able to go further in the europa league competition this season.

Monaco is playing pretty bad lately. But thats how they start always the season as i watched in the previous seasons. Real Sociedad has a chance to qualify but for me its equal for monaco and them. I think PSV will be first in the group and the top scorer should be Zahavi.

Well last season they started with 7 points out of 3 games, but as I said before they played pretty lucky games. Scored in the last moment or the opponents simply failed to score 100% chances all the time. This year Monaco just isn't as lucky as they were last year.

I am also not convinced that much of Niko Kovac as a coach. Yes he was a Bayern Munich coach, but that was a very weird decision by the club anyway and the results were pretty even though he won the double. I can imagine that he won't finish the season as a coach in Monaco.

[babo]

Well last season they started with 7 points out of 3 games, but as I said before they played pretty lucky games. Scored in the last moment or the opponents simply failed to score 100% chances all the time. This year Monaco just isn't as lucky as they were last year.

I am also not convinced that much of Niko Kovac as a coach. Yes he was a Bayern Munich coach, but that was a very weird decision by the club anyway and the results were pretty even though he won the double. I can imagine that he won't finish the season as a coach in Monaco.

True as you say, this year was not lucky
but after all it is a mix of factors to make a winning team
Ranieri's English team won the premier league for many reasons, and even a bit of luck

it was a wonderful fairy tale and I enjoyed it all
great Ranieri

[Juggy777]

Well last season they started with 7 points out of 3 games, but as I said before they played pretty lucky games. Scored in the last moment or the opponents simply failed to score 100% chances all the time. This year Monaco just isn't as lucky as they were last year.

I am also not convinced that much of Niko Kovac as a coach. Yes he was a Bayern Munich coach, but that was a very weird decision by the club anyway and the results were pretty even though he won the double. I can imagine that he won't finish the season as a coach in Monaco.

True as you say, this year was not lucky
but after all it is a mix of factors to make a winning team
Ranieri's English team won the premier league for many reasons, and even a bit of luck

it was a wonderful fairy tale and I enjoyed it all
great Ranieri

@mv1986 I feel that we need to give Niko Kovac some more time to prove himself as a coach, but if he can’t get Monaco to win consistently then he should be sacked to salvage their season. Also Ranieri won the league only once with Leicester, and then he was sacked in the next season so with luck the team needs the passion to constantly win otherwise they end up winning nothing (best example Leicester City).

Source:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39070927

[Daniel91]

Well last season they started with 7 points out of 3 games, but as I said before they played pretty lucky games. Scored in the last moment or the opponents simply failed to score 100% chances all the time. This year Monaco just isn't as lucky as they were last year.

I am also not convinced that much of Niko Kovac as a coach. Yes he was a Bayern Munich coach, but that was a very weird decision by the club anyway and the results were pretty even though he won the double. I can imagine that he won't finish the season as a coach in Monaco.

True as you say, this year was not lucky
but after all it is a mix of factors to make a winning team
Ranieri's English team won the premier league for many reasons, and even a bit of luck

it was a wonderful fairy tale and I enjoyed it all
great Ranieri

@mv1986 I feel that we need to give Niko Kovac some more time to prove himself as a coach, but if he can’t get Monaco to win consistently then he should be sacked to salvage their season. Also Ranieri won the league only once with Leicester, and then he was sacked in the next season so with luck the team needs the passion to constantly win otherwise they end up winning nothing (best example Leicester City).

Source:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39070927

Niko Kovac had a similar problem while leading Bayern as a coach.
In the first season he was very good and won the German championship and cup but in the second season Bayern went into a big crisis, Kovac lost the trust of the club's management and was fired.
With the new coach Bayern was reborn, and won both domestic trophies again but also won the Champions League.
Kovac is a good coach, he has good work habits, he works hard but he still doesn't seem to have enough experience in leading big European teams.
I hope the story from Bayern doesn’t happen to him again.

[Slow death]

we will have many games, here are my games that I will analyze for a possible bet:

Spartak Moscow - Legia Warszawa

FK Crvena Zvezda - SC Braga

GNK Dinamo Zagreb - West Ham

Galatasaray - SS Lazio

Real Betis Balompie - Celtic Glasgow

AS Monaco FC - SK Sturm Graz

Leicester City - Napoli

Olympiacos - Royal Antwerp FC

Eintracht Frankfurt - Fenerbahce

[snipie]

we will have many games, here are my games that I will analyze for a possible bet:

Spartak Moscow - Legia Warszawa

FK Crvena Zvezda - SC Braga

GNK Dinamo Zagreb - West Ham

Galatasaray - SS Lazio

Real Betis Balompie - Celtic Glasgow

AS Monaco FC - SK Sturm Graz

Leicester City - Napoli

Olympiacos - Royal Antwerp FC

Eintracht Frankfurt - Fenerbahce

I agree with most, for West Ham I think we might see a draw too. Betis is better than Celtic. Olympiacos and Monaco to win tho. Leicester vs Napoli is the hardest and best match in the upcoming games.

[slackovic]

I agree with most, for West Ham I think we might see a draw too. Betis is better than Celtic. Olympiacos and Monaco to win tho. Leicester vs Napoli is the hardest and best match in the upcoming games.

I really don't think that Dinamo Zagreb can beat West Ham. I know that they are playing at home but they lost against Sheriff and I don't see how they could win this game. Then again, maybe they get extra motivation because they are playing against a big club like West Ham. That happend in the past when they won big games just to lose against some small club like Sheriff.