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

[ziyaaa]

One of the decider matches today is Real Sociedad v PSV. Currently, PSV are two point ahead of Real Sociedad and they are at the second place. Real Sociedad have no other choice than winning this match. And PSV have many players missing at the same time. And their previous head-to-head match ended 2-2. Consequently, my expectation is that Real Sociedad will get at least a draw.

It looks like Real Sociedad have been under pressure which resulted in their performance falling, because what I realized earlier Real Sociedad looked good in La Liga as well as in UEL. But nearing the end of the last match of the group stage Real Sociedad did not look fine, now even though Real Sociedad are playing at home but that does not guarantee Real Sociedad will win. Because after all, PSV only needed a draw and that was enough for PSV to lock up the second place. But yes, even though in my view Real Sociedad seems to have no hope of qualifying, but on the one hand I also believe Real Sociedad will certainly give their all and will try to win. Therefore, I personally do not believe the result will be a draw because with a competition like this it is very possible that one of them will win.

^ Real Sociedad should win this match against PSV and move up in the group to second place. They are not having a good run in the recent past but I think this match they will try their hardest and should win this match. In the Europa League, they are not doing too bad, to be honest, but in La Liga, it's another story. They have lost their last four league matches. That has made everyone question their ability to be consistent in their matches and that's why there Good be some doubt about this match but I do believe that this is going to be a win for Real Sociedad.

And Real Sociedad won this match very comfortably by 3-0. Maybe PSV got a red card in this match but it was in the 75th minute. Until then, Real Sociedad already captured a 2-goal advantage ahead of PSV. Honestly, I wasn't expecting PSV to show this poor performance. They had missing players but they should have been able to fight properly at least.

[gabbie2010]

Leicester couldn't benefit from their last opportunity to stay in the EL as they lost to Napoli by 3-2 in the away game. It was a very competitive game though and Napoli became victorious. Leicester gave a big hope to their fans after turning the game around and equalizing the score. But they still couldn't prevent Napoli from scoring the third goal and finishing the job. If Legia didn't miss the penalty in the last minute, we would have seen Leicester in the next round and S. Moscow out of this tournament.

Leceister City defence was very poor and awful was responsible for their defeat, imagine they couldn't defend their goals, Brender Rodgers is not getting things right for the club lately, playing against a Napoli side without some key players like Osimen, Insigne and Koulibaly due to injury implies that the performance had dwindled even matches played in EPL, well as it is now they had been demoted to English conference League having missed the opportunity of advancing to the next round.

[DU18]

Leicester couldn't benefit from their last opportunity to stay in the EL as they lost to Napoli by 3-2 in the away game. It was a very competitive game though and Napoli became victorious. Leicester gave a big hope to their fans after turning the game around and equalizing the score. But they still couldn't prevent Napoli from scoring the third goal and finishing the job. If Legia didn't miss the penalty in the last minute, we would have seen Leicester in the next round and S. Moscow out of this tournament.

Here's the reality. I knew Leicester City wouldn't last very long with the way they were conceding goals in this competition. Following a 3-2 defeat to Napoli, Leicester City are out of the Europa League. That's the place (Conference League) Leicester City belong. Poor Leicester City. The reason why teams drop from UCL to Europa and then to conference is not clear to me. Leicester didn't take the competition seriously!

As an English Premier League spectator, to be honest I really want Leicester to qualify for the next round, but even though they appeared quite dominant against Napoli in the last match, I think Leicester were unlucky because they had to concede a goal first in the 4th minute and made the score end 3-2 for Napoli victory, according to statistics, Leicester were able to shoot 15 shots with 5 on target, while Napoli only made 11 shots of which 5 were on target.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Leicester couldn't benefit from their last opportunity to stay in the EL as they lost to Napoli by 3-2 in the away game. It was a very competitive game though and Napoli became victorious. Leicester gave a big hope to their fans after turning the game around and equalizing the score. But they still couldn't prevent Napoli from scoring the third goal and finishing the job. If Legia didn't miss the penalty in the last minute, we would have seen Leicester in the next round and S. Moscow out of this tournament.

Leceister City defence was very poor and awful was responsible for their defeat, imagine they couldn't defend their goals, Brender Rodgers is not getting things right for the club lately, playing against a Napoli side without some key players like Osimen, Insigne and Koulibaly due to injury implies that the performance had dwindled even matches played in EPL, well as it is now they had been demoted to English conference League having missed the opportunity of advancing to the next round.

It was not even only in the Napoli game. Leicester city defence has been extremely bad this season. They are the 4th team to have conceded more than 25 goals this season in the English premier league. And the highest conceding side in their Europa league group. Brendan Rodgers has failed to address this defensive problems. He sometimes plays out two defensive midfielders and concede more goals. I dont really know what the problem is right now. He should have used the absence of Napoli's first team players like Koulibaly, Lorenzo Insigne and Victor Osimhen to even grab a draw against them but he failed to capitalise on that chance, now they have to play in the Conference league.

[KTChampions]

The main problem with predictions in the europa league is that the teams have no obvious motivation to participate in this tournament, at least it is not a priority. If we compare it with the Champions League (where even the first and second places in the groups were actually distributed in strict accordance with the strengths of the teams), then the situation in the Europa League is simply chaotic.

Although it seems true, but I'm starting to think that the focus of teams failing in the Champions League at the moment is starting to turn towards the Europa League because this is a tournament they have to win if they want to win European competitions. title this season. This is their second chance to win a title in a European tournament other than the Champions League, so they need to be focused and motivated to take it.

When I look at the results of Group C, I understand that this is very close to the truth: Spartak (which is in 9th place in the weak Russian championship) takes first place overtaking Napoli and Leicester  
As for the motivation to win the tournament, some clubs will have it, and some will not. For example, I'm sure Barcelona will be more worried about getting into the top 4 in La Liga than winning the Europa League.

[hahay]

Very sorry to put the Legia v Spartak Moscow match in my parlay bet, from that match I only got low odds because I bet only on over 1.5 goals. Waiting until the last minute of the game Legia really couldn't score, they played at home and in the last minute of the game Legia got a penalty kick but Tomas Pekhart who came on as a substitute couldn't make it a goal. If it is a draw then Leicester will still be runners up and Napoli will be group winners but yes, Spartak Moscow can maintain their 1-0 lead until the end and make it group winners but unfortunately such gameplay is obviously very boring.

[kayiboyu]

The thing that has made me sad the most is witnessing Leicester's being eliminated from the UEFA Europa League. At least, they are going to continue their journey in the UEFA Europa Conference League but they deserved to continue here too. They fought back against Napoli really well in their last game but they couldn't prevent the 3-2 loss. And the result in the Legia - S. Moscow game was their end.

[xzone]

Galatasaray is not performing very well in the Turkish Super League, but is playing really well in the UEFA Europa League. They managed to come out of a very difficult group as the leader of the group. I think it was a very difficult thing, but they succeeded, many people were very surprised by this situation. I hope this performance continues and they can go all the way to the championship

Cim Bom Bom!

[laurenB7742]

Galatasaray is not performing very well in the Turkish Super League, but is playing really well in the UEFA Europa League. They managed to come out of a very difficult group as the leader of the group. I think it was a very difficult thing, but they succeeded, many people were very surprised by this situation. I hope this performance continues and they can go all the way to the championship

Cim Bom Bom!

Galatasaray is now in seventh position in the Super Lig. Their performance is very poor. Galatasaray's performance in Europa League matches from Super Lig is very good. Despite having strong teams like Marseille and Lazio in the group, Galatasaray has qualified for the round of 16 by becoming the group champions. Its players in Galatasaray have worked hard. I would be happy if Galatasaray is able to make it to the semi-finals.

[bekti3]

I'm really surprised by Galatasaray's performance in the group stage. As their opponents were quite tough considering the quality of this tournament, I thought like that they would barely take the second place or move down to the Europa Conference League. But it turns out that they ended their group as its leader. They claimed an important one point against Lazio the last time and secured the place. I wonder how far they will be able to go forward in this tournament.

Me too i was surprised to see their performance in europa league especially after the confusing performance in the turkish league they ended the group stage without a loss and they managed to win all home games i think they will go far in this competition.

Galatasaray are not showing an adequate performance in the Turkish Super League. But they are much more different here in the EL. This makes me think like they are caring about the EL more than their domestic league now. And I'm not sure if this is the right choice for them. Because there is no guarantee that they would win the EL title and join the CL directly.

but for them to be able to compete I think it will be a bit difficult.
how not, the big teams in UCL are now moving to UEL. Barcelona, Porto, Dortmund and even some dark horse teams like Leipzig and Atalanta are now moving here.
It will be very difficult I think for Galatasaray to be able to compete even though they are now strong and have definitely qualified for the next stage

[Newlifebtc]

I'm really surprised by Galatasaray's performance in the group stage. As their opponents were quite tough considering the quality of this tournament, I thought like that they would barely take the second place or move down to the Europa Conference League. But it turns out that they ended their group as its leader. They claimed an important one point against Lazio the last time and secured the place. I wonder how far they will be able to go forward in this tournament.

Me too i was surprised to see their performance in europa league especially after the confusing performance in the turkish league they ended the group stage without a loss and they managed to win all home games i think they will go far in this competition.

Galatasaray are not showing an adequate performance in the Turkish Super League. But they are much more different here in the EL. This makes me think like they are caring about the EL more than their domestic league now. And I'm not sure if this is the right choice for them. Because there is no guarantee that they would win the EL title and join the CL directly.

but for them to be able to compete I think it will be a bit difficult.
how not, the big teams in UCL are now moving to UEL. Barcelona, Porto, Dortmund and even some dark horse teams like Leipzig and Atalanta are now moving here.
It will be very difficult I think for Galatasaray to be able to compete even though they are now strong and have definitely qualified for the next stage

Amongst the clubs you have mentioned,I think they are likely to win the Europa league competition.
At most Barcelona will sure win this one, I'm placing my bets on them to grab this.

[blackened515]

The thing that has made me sad the most is witnessing Leicester's being eliminated from the UEFA Europa League. At least, they are going to continue their journey in the UEFA Europa Conference League but they deserved to continue here too. They fought back against Napoli really well in their last game but they couldn't prevent the 3-2 loss. And the result in the Legia - S. Moscow game was their end.

I wasn't surprised about the Napoli Vs Leicester result. Napoli is currently a great team, they have a strong squad. While Leicester performance this season have been quite poor both in the Premier League and Europe League. Although, Leicester really tried their best in the match, they struggled to end the first half with 2-2 draw. And I literally thought they will probably score more goals in the second half, but unfortunately Leicester couldn't score. Nevertheless, Elmas secured his second goal, which led to Napoli winning the game.

[panjul07]

Amongst the clubs you have mentioned,I think they are likely to win the Europa league competition.
At most Barcelona will sure win this one, I'm placing my bets on them to grab this.

With what is shown by Barcelona so far in all competition, how can you be so sure Barcelona will win?
There are many other better team than Barcelona in the Europa League this season.
I do not mean to underestimate Barcelona, but the fact says that they are not even close to win any title this year.

[BITCOIN4X]

When I look at the results of Group C, I understand that this is very close to the truth: Spartak (which is in 9th place in the weak Russian championship) takes first place overtaking Napoli and Leicester  

If so you are certainly missing something in group A where Lyon are unbeaten in 6 group match despite only being 13th in the Ligue 1 standings. LOL

As for the motivation to win the tournament, some clubs will have it, and some will not. For example, I'm sure Barcelona will be more worried about getting into the top 4 in La Liga than winning the Europa League.

I know maybe the problem is different for each team and the wishes of their coach. Barcelona, ​​who failed to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League, must certainly focus on improving the team's performance regardless of how they want to win the title this season. In Laliga they certainly still have that opportunity and they can do that in the Europa League too. These two titles are important considering Xavi wants to bring his team to the title in his first season. LaLiga is more important, I agree with you.

[TheGreatPython]

Amongst the clubs you have mentioned,I think they are likely to win the Europa league competition.
At most Barcelona will sure win this one, I'm placing my bets on them to grab this.

Right now predicting about UEFA Europa League winner is not possible because it's going to be very tough for all teams specially team like Barcelona which is fighting hard for having top rank in La Liga with struggling team and Napoli is also now slipping in Italian League which is really matter of worry about them as they were leading for last 15 weeks and now slip to third spot. Dortmund is good side, and they can give tough fight to opponents and Porto Atlanta and Leipzig is also having some good squads for fighting here in this league.

From England West Ham is having very good time in English Premier League and here in Europa League as they ended as leaders in table so many teams fighting for just one cup is very interesting.

[bekti3]

Galatasaray are not showing an adequate performance in the Turkish Super League. But they are much more different here in the EL. This makes me think like they are caring about the EL more than their domestic league now. And I'm not sure if this is the right choice for them. Because there is no guarantee that they would win the EL title and join the CL directly.

but for them to be able to compete I think it will be a bit difficult.
how not, the big teams in UCL are now moving to UEL. Barcelona, Porto, Dortmund and even some dark horse teams like Leipzig and Atalanta are now moving here.
It will be very difficult I think for Galatasaray to be able to compete even though they are now strong and have definitely qualified for the next stage

Amongst the clubs you have mentioned,I think they are likely to win the Europa league competition.
At most Barcelona will sure win this one, I'm placing my bets on them to grab this.

Barcelona will be one of the sticking teams now
They already have a loss of around 20 million euros for not qualifying for the next stage in the UCL and of course this will definitely worsen their finances.
They need a little injection of additional funds and this championship title is one of the most likely to be made a priority because with them winning the UEL at least they can cover their losses

[Pulsar77]

Leicester couldn't benefit from their last opportunity to stay in the EL as they lost to Napoli by 3-2 in the away game. It was a very competitive game though and Napoli became victorious. Leicester gave a big hope to their fans after turning the game around and equalizing the score. But they still couldn't prevent Napoli from scoring the third goal and finishing the job. If Legia didn't miss the penalty in the last minute, we would have seen Leicester in the next round and S. Moscow out of this tournament.

Here's the reality. I knew Leicester City wouldn't last very long with the way they were conceding goals in this competition. Following a 3-2 defeat to Napoli, Leicester City are out of the Europa League. That's the place (Conference League) Leicester City belong. Poor Leicester City. The reason why teams drop from UCL to Europa and then to conference is not clear to me. Leicester didn't take the competition seriously!

Leicester really didn't care about the tournament too much. When they joined the Champions League, they showed a much greater performance and we watched them even advancing from the group stage as far as I remember. If Leicester cared about the Europa League also, they would have consolidated their place in the group already before the last week. They didn't do this and it cost them this.

[Joca97]

Leicester couldn't benefit from their last opportunity to stay in the EL as they lost to Napoli by 3-2 in the away game. It was a very competitive game though and Napoli became victorious. Leicester gave a big hope to their fans after turning the game around and equalizing the score. But they still couldn't prevent Napoli from scoring the third goal and finishing the job. If Legia didn't miss the penalty in the last minute, we would have seen Leicester in the next round and S. Moscow out of this tournament.

Here's the reality. I knew Leicester City wouldn't last very long with the way they were conceding goals in this competition. Following a 3-2 defeat to Napoli, Leicester City are out of the Europa League. That's the place (Conference League) Leicester City belong. Poor Leicester City. The reason why teams drop from UCL to Europa and then to conference is not clear to me. Leicester didn't take the competition seriously!

Leicester really didn't care about the tournament too much. When they joined the Champions League, they showed a much greater performance and we watched them even advancing from the group stage as far as I remember. If Leicester cared about the Europa League also, they would have consolidated their place in the group already before the last week. They didn't do this and it cost them this.

Its not that they didnt care its just that this season they arent good as they were before. They are playing really bad in europe and in premier league and for them things need to change really fast. Also Napoli plays amazing in Italian league and struggled a lot in europe

[baeva]

Yeah, the group stage is over now. And the nervous waiting has ended for me also. I enjoyed the Napoli vs Leicester game too much. We watched 5 goals in this big and important game. First we saw that Napoli scored two goals and captured a huge advantage. However, Leicester were still determined to stay in this game by scoring two goals and providing a balance to the game again. But they were devastated by Napoli's another goal and the defeat by 3-2. As Legia couldn't draw with Spartak Moscow also, Leicester are out now.

Congratulations to the Moscow Spartak goalkeeper, who guessed the angle of the shot and saved the team from a draw, thereby taking it to the 1/8 finals. You should have seen the TickTock account of this team, there is such joy and pride that it's just ghastly, as if they were the kings of the world of everything, even a little disgusting for such....

[KingsDen]

I am afraid that with the series of games and pressure on them to perform and remain in that position fatigue and injuries will surely set in and they will have to concentrate and channel their energy to one of the competitions. If not they might lose out on both.

You just mirrored my thoughts and submissions. I knew too well from onset that Westham is really going to struggle.
I remember last season, as formidable as Guadiola and his boys were, they had to let go of some competitions.
Westham cannot be a strong contender in both Europa League and EPL. They have priotise one or, they should visit January market with good budget in order to re-enforce the team. The battle in Epl is severe and not a child's play.