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

[Iranus]

It is an awkward situation really. All of the teams have the same amount of wins. And all of the teams still have an opportunity for promoting to the next stage of the tournament. My favourites to promote are going to be Leicester and Spartak Moscow. I think that Leicester can capture at least one point against Napoli. They were nearly beating Napoli before in the end. Legia will host Spartak Moscow and they beat Spartak Moscow once before. But this time, I'm expecting Spartak Moscow to earn at least one point.

@jackdanyel I too am expecting Leicester to qualify, but Napoli isn’t a weak team hence it’ll be a uphill task for Leicester to beat them. However I feel that the experience of Brendan Rogers who’s their head coach will help Leicester beat Napoli, but mark my words it’ll be a tense match and hence I expect the final scoreline to be 1 - 0 in Leicester City's favour.

Even if Leicester could draw, they would still be able to qualify for the next round. Leicester's goal here is not to lose points in this match. Since Leicester are not a weak team, they can easily draw the match against Napoli if they play defensively. But my fear is that this is Napoli's home match. They will want to score full points in the home match.

I think that Napoli has to win this match. And if they win they are going to be ahead for qualifying. But Leicester will not make this easier for them as they will really not want to drop points this match. Because even if they draw they are going to qualify. But as this is Napoli's home match, I think Napoli will be able to win this match if they play well enough.

[1714093833]

1714093833

[1714093833]

1714093833

[1714093833]

1714093833

[Swordsoffreedom]

It is an awkward situation really. All of the teams have the same amount of wins. And all of the teams still have an opportunity for promoting to the next stage of the tournament. My favourites to promote are going to be Leicester and Spartak Moscow. I think that Leicester can capture at least one point against Napoli. They were nearly beating Napoli before in the end. Legia will host Spartak Moscow and they beat Spartak Moscow once before. But this time, I'm expecting Spartak Moscow to earn at least one point.

@jackdanyel I too am expecting Leicester to qualify, but Napoli isn’t a weak team hence it’ll be a uphill task for Leicester to beat them. However I feel that the experience of Brendan Rogers who’s their head coach will help Leicester beat Napoli, but mark my words it’ll be a tense match and hence I expect the final scoreline to be 1 - 0 in Leicester City's favour.

Even if Leicester could draw, they would still be able to qualify for the next round. Leicester's goal here is not to lose points in this match. Since Leicester are not a weak team, they can easily draw the match against Napoli if they play defensively. But my fear is that this is Napoli's home match. They will want to score full points in the home match.

I think that Napoli has to win this match. And if they win they are going to be ahead for qualifying. But Leicester will not make this easier for them as they will really not want to drop points this match. Because even if they draw they are going to qualify. But as this is Napoli's home match, I think Napoli will be able to win this match if they play well enough.

Napoli is a good team, it is their home match. However, they are more focused on Serie A than Europa League. We can understand this better by watching Napoli's performances in Europa League and Serie A. Napoli play every match of Serie A very consciously. But in Europa League matches, Napoli have a very different strategy. They try to play defensively with less attack. They don't take the Europa League seriously enough, so I don't think they can beat Leicester.

[KingsDen]

In group C all teams got the same 2 wins, so of course the competition in this group will still be tense until the end because all teams have the opportunity to qualify. Even though at the beginning, seeing the performance of Napoli and Leicester in their respective leagues seemed promising they would easily fill the 1st and 2nd positions, but the fact is that even Legia which I think is not really considered but Legia can prove that he also has the ability to compete with top team in this group.

With a fairly tight point difference between teams, of course, group C will have a tight competition until the last match, I think all teams will play all out to win their last match, I think all possibilities can happen later, even though leicester and napoli is a big team but it could be one of them will fail to qualify for the next round of this season.

I saw that this group C will be deadly from the beginning. But my permutation poised Liecester to lead and they are leading right now. But leading that group is not a guarantee that they will qualify.
From my recent analysis, it is obvious that either Liecester or Napoli will not qualify. That is the sad reality. This is because the match between Napoli and Liecester will not end in draw. And there will be win in Legia-Sparta match.

[TheGreatPython]

In group C, almost all of them has the same points because Leicester is in the first position and has eight points, Spartak Moscow is in the second position land has 7 points, Napoli is in the third position who also has seven points and finally, Legia is on the 4th position who has 6 points. So there is really great competition going on in this group.

Currently, most interesting group in all Europa League with very entertaining round is coming no easy for anyone to predict about result or who is going in next round because Legia is going to play at home and Spartak Moscow is good in away games and Napoli is also playing at home, but Leicester is also having good chance in this crucial game.

But after having passed games results and some analysis we can say Leicester and Spartak Moscow both have some better chance instead of Napoli and Legia for qualifying into next round because Legia suddenly gone down with very bad results and Napoli is still having some better interest in local league instead of this Europa League.

[jakdanyel]

@jackdanyel I too am expecting Leicester to qualify, but Napoli isn’t a weak team hence it’ll be a uphill task for Leicester to beat them. However I feel that the experience of Brendan Rogers who’s their head coach will help Leicester beat Napoli, but mark my words it’ll be a tense match and hence I expect the final scoreline to be 1 - 0 in Leicester City's favour.

Leicester may be really bad in the English Premier League. But they are definitely doing nice in the Europa League. The recent Legia victory would be helpful for them to focus on this match better. Napoli don't seem like they care about this tournament as much as Leicester. So Leicester can really beat them.

[hahay]

In group C all teams got the same 2 wins, so of course the competition in this group will still be tense until the end because all teams have the opportunity to qualify. Even though at the beginning, seeing the performance of Napoli and Leicester in their respective leagues seemed promising they would easily fill the 1st and 2nd positions, but the fact is that even Legia which I think is not really considered but Legia can prove that he also has the ability to compete with top team in this group.

With a fairly tight point difference between teams, of course, group C will have a tight competition until the last match, I think all teams will play all out to win their last match, I think all possibilities can happen later, even though leicester and napoli is a big team but it could be one of them will fail to qualify for the next round of this season.

I saw that this group C will be deadly from the beginning. But my permutation poised Liecester to lead and they are leading right now. But leading that group is not a guarantee that they will qualify.
From my recent analysis, it is obvious that either Liecester or Napoli will not qualify. That is the sad reality. This is because the match between Napoli and Liecester will not end in draw. And there will be win in Legia-Sparta match.

Lol, how come Napoli and Leicester will not qualify, while they will meet or compete in the last match later. Therefore, whoever wins the last match later, it can be ascertained that they or the winning team will qualify. So in this case, I think it is difficult to choose which team wins because all teams will of course play with the same target and in a situation like this we also cannot compare which team is better and or underestimate the opponent. This is the last game that I am really looking forward to, because with the competition that continues until then of course the match will have many goals from each team because of course they will play openly.

[poldanmig]

In group C all teams got the same 2 wins, so of course the competition in this group will still be tense until the end because all teams have the opportunity to qualify. Even though at the beginning, seeing the performance of Napoli and Leicester in their respective leagues seemed promising they would easily fill the 1st and 2nd positions, but the fact is that even Legia which I think is not really considered but Legia can prove that he also has the ability to compete with top team in this group.

With a fairly tight point difference between teams, of course, group C will have a tight competition until the last match, I think all teams will play all out to win their last match, I think all possibilities can happen later, even though leicester and napoli is a big team but it could be one of them will fail to qualify for the next round of this season.

I saw that this group C will be deadly from the beginning. But my permutation poised Liecester to lead and they are leading right now. But leading that group is not a guarantee that they will qualify.
From my recent analysis, it is obvious that either Liecester or Napoli will not qualify. That is the sad reality. This is because the match between Napoli and Liecester will not end in draw. And there will be win in Legia-Sparta match.

That's what's interesting about group c now, we can see if the last match will be very decisive for both teams who have the same chance to qualify, I think one of these teams will definitely fail to advance to the next round, but to be honest for now it's very difficult to predict who passes or fails, because it is certain that both teams will bring out their best abilities to be able to win the last match later.

[KingsDen]

In group C all teams got the same 2 wins, so of course the competition in this group will still be tense until the end because all teams have the opportunity to qualify. Even though at the beginning, seeing the performance of Napoli and Leicester in their respective leagues seemed promising they would easily fill the 1st and 2nd positions, but the fact is that even Legia which I think is not really considered but Legia can prove that he also has the ability to compete with top team in this group.

With a fairly tight point difference between teams, of course, group C will have a tight competition until the last match, I think all teams will play all out to win their last match, I think all possibilities can happen later, even though leicester and napoli is a big team but it could be one of them will fail to qualify for the next round of this season.

I saw that this group C will be deadly from the beginning. But my permutation poised Liecester to lead and they are leading right now. But leading that group is not a guarantee that they will qualify.
From my recent analysis, it is obvious that either Liecester or Napoli will not qualify. That is the sad reality. This is because the match between Napoli and Liecester will not end in draw. And there will be win in Legia-Sparta match.

That's what's interesting about group c now, we can see if the last match will be very decisive for both teams who have the same chance to qualify, I think one of these teams will definitely fail to advance to the next round, but to be honest for now it's very difficult to predict who passes or fails, because it is certain that both teams will bring out their best abilities to be able to win the last match later.

The situation of group C will make I strong team and one weak team to qualify. What do I mean by strong team, by observation, we can see that Liecester and Napoli are stronger and also bigger than the rest two.
I therefore tip Liecester to qualify. This is because they can put a stronger fight and are not recently affected by injuries.

[Bilgent]

Everyone is talking about group C but it is quite normal as every team in the group still have a chance to move on here. Interestingly, all of the teams have 2 wins in 5 matches. As there is only a 2-point difference between the last and the first team, everything can change by the last group matches. My expectation is that Leicester would defeat Napoli or draw with them. And Spartak Moscow would earn at least one point against Legia.

[Tony116]

Everyone is talking about group C but it is quite normal as every team in the group still have a chance to move on here. Interestingly, all of the teams have 2 wins in 5 matches. As there is only a 2-point difference between the last and the first team, everything can change by the last group matches. My expectation is that Leicester would defeat Napoli or draw with them. And Spartak Moscow would earn at least one point against Legia.

This is an interesting group with lots of things that could happen. As you said there is only two points difference between the first and the last team so possibilities are the endless hare. But I think that Leicester City and Napoli should advance to the next stage.

[DanWalker]

Currently, most interesting group in all Europa League with very entertaining round is coming no easy for anyone to predict about result or who is going in next round because Legia is going to play at home and Spartak Moscow is good in away games and Napoli is also playing at home, but Leicester is also having good chance in this crucial game.

But after having passed games results and some analysis we can say Leicester and Spartak Moscow both have some better chance instead of Napoli and Legia for qualifying into next round because Legia suddenly gone down with very bad results and Napoli is still having some better interest in local league instead of this Europa League.

Yes, I agree with you but I really do think that Napoli should concentrate on this tournament also. Because there's really have a good chance of qualifying. Leicester City is almost sure for me to qualify. But after that, I have some doubts about Napoli and Spartak Moscow. I think if Napoli doesn't give enough try to this and keep neglecting then Spartak Moscow will qualify.

[CryptoBuds]

On 9th December, Real Sociedad will play against PSV Eindhoven. Real Sociedad are now third in Group B. They are 2 point behind PSV. So if Sociedad wants to go to the second round, they must win. There is no alternative. However, if PSV draws in this match, they will be able to secure the next round. Although Sociedad has done well in La Liga, I don't think they will get 3 points against PSV.

[Marvell1]

In group C all teams got the same 2 wins, so of course the competition in this group will still be tense until the end because all teams have the opportunity to qualify. Even though at the beginning, seeing the performance of Napoli and Leicester in their respective leagues seemed promising they would easily fill the 1st and 2nd positions, but the fact is that even Legia which I think is not really considered but Legia can prove that he also has the ability to compete with top team in this group.

With a fairly tight point difference between teams, of course, group C will have a tight competition until the last match, I think all teams will play all out to win their last match, I think all possibilities can happen later, even though leicester and napoli is a big team but it could be one of them will fail to qualify for the next round of this season.

I saw that this group C will be deadly from the beginning. But my permutation poised Liecester to lead and they are leading right now. But leading that group is not a guarantee that they will qualify.
From my recent analysis, it is obvious that either Liecester or Napoli will not qualify. That is the sad reality. This is because the match between Napoli and Liecester will not end in draw. And there will be win in Legia-Sparta match.

Lol, how come Napoli and Leicester will not qualify, while they will meet or compete in the last match later. Therefore, whoever wins the last match later, it can be ascertained that they or the winning team will qualify. So in this case, I think it is difficult to choose which team wins because all teams will of course play with the same target and in a situation like this we also cannot compare which team is better and or underestimate the opponent. This is the last game that I am really looking forward to, because with the competition that continues until then of course the match will have many goals from each team because of course they will play openly.

I really do favor Leicester City and Napoli to qualify to the next round. I believe in Leicester City and I think that they will be able to qualify with some good performance. But Napoli does seem to take their local League more seriously than any other tournament right now. So I am really starting to doubt whether Napoli will be able to qualify or not.

[baeva]

@jackdanyel I too am expecting Leicester to qualify, but Napoli isn’t a weak team hence it’ll be a uphill task for Leicester to beat them. However I feel that the experience of Brendan Rogers who’s their head coach will help Leicester beat Napoli, but mark my words it’ll be a tense match and hence I expect the final scoreline to be 1 - 0 in Leicester City's favour.

Leicester may be really bad in the English Premier League. But they are definitely doing nice in the Europa League. The recent Legia victory would be helpful for them to focus on this match better. Napoli don't seem like they care about this tournament as much as Leicester. So Leicester can really beat them.

After the bitter defeat from Spartak, Napoli could be just angry, have you thought about that? I've been thinking. Plus I wouldn't say Leicester are bad in their league, more like average.  In this match, a draw will be enough for Leicester to go further, and in any case, even if Spartak beat Legia, then Leicester go from second place. And whether Leicester will lose or not, we will see next week)

[joker_josue]

After the bitter defeat from Spartak, Napoli could be just angry, have you thought about that? I've been thinking.

True, clubs sometimes make plans in anticipation of certain results in other matches. But football has already proved several times, that doing math with this perspective is not always good. This is the case.

The three clubs (Leicester/Spartak/Napoli) will want to do everything to win the last round, to ensure the continuation of the competition. And I think the three are very evenly matched, it will be well-developed games, with an advantage for Leicester.

[poldanmig]

On 9th December, Real Sociedad will play against PSV Eindhoven. Real Sociedad are now third in Group B. They are 2 point behind PSV. So if Sociedad wants to go to the second round, they must win. There is no alternative. However, if PSV draws in this match, they will be able to secure the next round. Although Sociedad has done well in La Liga, I don't think they will get 3 points against PSV.

Currently in group B only the match between real sociedad and PSV that might be worth watching, both teams have the same chance of being able to accompany Monaco to qualify for the next round, indeed if you think about it, PSV has a greater chance of qualifying because PSV got enough a draw in the last match, but in my opinion, Real Sociedad certainly will not give up, especially in the previous match they were able to hold PSV to a draw despite playing away, now the match will be played at Real Sociedad home and I am very sure if real sociedad will be able to beat PSV in own cage later.

[Marvell1]

After the bitter defeat from Spartak, Napoli could be just angry, have you thought about that? I've been thinking.

True, clubs sometimes make plans in anticipation of certain results in other matches. But football has already proved several times, that doing math with this perspective is not always good. This is the case.

The three clubs (Leicester/Spartak/Napoli) will want to do everything to win the last round, to ensure the continuation of the competition. And I think the three are very evenly matched, it will be well-developed games, with an advantage for Leicester.

I think that in football for many games first, you have to win your own matches then you can depend on others if the situation calls for it. So I think first of all what they should do is win their matches and make sure they leave no stone unturned.. I already think that these are going to be really exciting matches.

[perfect999]

On 9th December, Real Sociedad will play against PSV Eindhoven. Real Sociedad are now third in Group B. They are 2 point behind PSV. So if Sociedad wants to go to the second round, they must win. There is no alternative. However, if PSV draws in this match, they will be able to secure the next round. Although Sociedad has done well in La Liga, I don't think they will get 3 points against PSV.

This happening to many teams from different leagues specially in French League many teams having very bad time but here in Europa League mostly qualified for next round like Monaco, Lyon and Marseille and same happening with some other teams because these teams have some good experience of playing in this league, so they are taking some good advantage of this situation.

PSV Eindhoven vs Real Sociedad is good match but here I am going with Sociedad because they are much better and having good advantage of playing at home on other side PSV Eindhoven is having not good form in this season and just because of this they are paying price for this poor run.

[ingiltere]

The three clubs (Leicester/Spartak/Napoli) will want to do everything to win the last round, to ensure the continuation of the competition. And I think the three are very evenly matched, it will be well-developed games, with an advantage for Leicester.

I don't think Leicester City really care about this tournament, Premier League is more important to them. They already collected eight points but in last game if they lose they may end up in third position. That's very likely to me because I don't think Napoli would lose this game at home. Their current form is pretty good in Serie A so they should add another chapter of Europa League to their calendar. They can handle both sides with that large squad.

[baeva]

After the bitter defeat from Spartak, Napoli could be just angry, have you thought about that? I've been thinking.

True, clubs sometimes make plans in anticipation of certain results in other matches. But football has already proved several times, that doing math with this perspective is not always good. This is the case.

The three clubs (Leicester/Spartak/Napoli) will want to do everything to win the last round, to ensure the continuation of the competition. And I think the three are very evenly matched, it will be well-developed games, with an advantage for Leicester.

I think everything will be decided in the match between Spartak and Legia. Because no matter who wins the Leicester-Napoli match, everything will depend on the second match, if Spartak wins, then Napoli won't go through. I do not know what to think about Legia, they have three losses in a row, everything started well, however, now.... Spartacus clearly wants to win most likely will do so.