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

[cygan]

a few minutes ago the draw was made for the 1/8 finals of the european league.
the pairings are as follows:

Rangers (SCO) vs Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Braga (POR) vs Monaco (FRA)
Porto (POR) vs Lyon (FRA)
Atalanta (ITA) vs Leverkusen (GER)
Sevilla (ESP) vs West Ham (ENG)
Barcelona (ESP) vs Galatasaray (TUR)
Leipzig (GER) vs Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Real Betis (ESP) vs Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)

except fc barcelona, who will most likely reach the 1/4 final against galatasaray without any problems, the remaining 7 pairings are very balanced

[MAAManda]

Barcelona had a great round in the Europa League. They couldn't get the result they wished for in Camp Nou. And many people thought that their job would be even tougher in the second leg. But Barcelona showed a much greater performance here and erased Napoli. I know that there was still not a very big score difference at the end but it could have been like that too. Because they were leading by 4-1 actually. And Barcelona's next opponent is going to be Galatasaray. It is official now. I already am sorry for Galatasaray in that round.

Barcelona played very well against Napoli even though they were held to a draw by Napoli at Camp Nou, in my opinion, from the result of the match against Napoli, we can already see who will be the winner in the match between Barcelona and Galatasaray.

What's more is that Galatsaray has had a very bad performance lately, we can see it from the results of Galatsaray's matches in the Turkish League.

[CLS63]

Barcelona ended the doubts of everyone about the rematch by playing incredibly well and destroying Napoli by 4-2 in this away game. Actually, it was not important to play away or home for Barcelona as long as they played like real Barcelona. And they really did so. Having a 4-1 lead until the 60th minute was just marvelous. I assume that Napoli weren't waiting for such thing to happen also. Because Barcelona had many chances in the first leg too but missed too many also. Maybe they hoped for them to be like that. But it looks like Barcelona have improved their game incredibly much.

[Jasad]

a few minutes ago the draw was made for the 1/8 finals of the european league.
the pairings are as follows:

Rangers (SCO) vs Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Braga (POR) vs Monaco (FRA)
Porto (POR) vs Lyon (FRA)
Atalanta (ITA) vs Leverkusen (GER)
Sevilla (ESP) vs West Ham (ENG)
Barcelona (ESP) vs Galatasaray (TUR)
Leipzig (GER) vs Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Real Betis (ESP) vs Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)

except fc barcelona, who will most likely reach the 1/4 final against galatasaray without any problems, the remaining 7 pairings are very balanced

I have several team predicting will qualify to 1/4 final from Sevilla as team have experience with second Europe competition and become most ever as the winner, then I think Barcelona keep favorite will touch to final stage and latest club I think Real Betis have good chance on this competition, but I see have other team candidate from FC Porto looks have consistent performance and West Ham United looks good but against with Sevilla they can't defeat how experience team on UEFA Europe League team.

[poldanmig]

Barcelona had a great round in the Europa League. They couldn't get the result they wished for in Camp Nou. And many people thought that their job would be even tougher in the second leg. But Barcelona showed a much greater performance here and erased Napoli. I know that there was still not a very big score difference at the end but it could have been like that too. Because they were leading by 4-1 actually. And Barcelona's next opponent is going to be Galatasaray. It is official now. I already am sorry for Galatasaray in that round.

Barcelona played very well against Napoli even though they were held to a draw by Napoli at Camp Nou, in my opinion, from the result of the match against Napoli, we can already see who will be the winner in the match between Barcelona and Galatasaray.

What's more is that Galatsaray has had a very bad performance lately, we can see it from the results of Galatsaray's matches in the Turkish League.

Some football fans of course make Barcelona the seed in the match against Galatasaray later, I think it's a natural thing after seeing their game against Napoli yesterday, but frankly Galatasaray is not a team that should be underestimated, even though at the moment their performance is bad in the league, but I believe that Galatasaray will surprise barcelona when they play in the Europa League, we can't doubt that Galatasaray are a dangerous team in the Europa League and you can see in the group stage that they haven't lost a single match at that time.

[bounceback]

Congratulations to Barcelona on their great victory against Napoli! They played at the highest level they could play I think and deserved this victory from the beginning to the end of the match. Aubameyang scored again and he is performing better from now on as it seems. He has started adapting to the game plan of the team. And the more important thing is that they are performing much bigger than before as a team. This is critical news for a team like Barcelona. As long as they have this strong team play, there are not too many clubs that can beat them.

Barcelona dominated the match from the beginning to the end of the match against Napoli even though Barcelona appeared as guests but they played more dominantly than Napoli, Aubameyang was one of the keys to victory for Barcelona because he played very impressively by relying on his attacking sharpness making defenders from Napoli have to work more extra to stop it.

[DU18]

Congratulations to Barcelona on their great victory against Napoli! They played at the highest level they could play I think and deserved this victory from the beginning to the end of the match. Aubameyang scored again and he is performing better from now on as it seems. He has started adapting to the game plan of the team. And the more important thing is that they are performing much bigger than before as a team. This is critical news for a team like Barcelona. As long as they have this strong team play, there are not too many clubs that can beat them.

Barcelona dominated the match from the beginning to the end of the match against Napoli even though Barcelona appeared as guests but they played more dominantly than Napoli, Aubameyang was one of the keys to victory for Barcelona because he played very impressively by relying on his attacking sharpness making defenders from Napoli have to work more extra to stop it.

Barcelona is indeed more worthy of qualifying for the next round than Napoli, moreover playing away does not make it difficult for Barcelona to score goals in the early minutes and destroy the mentality of Napoli players, as a result Barcelona successfully advanced to the round of 8 and became a success for Xavi Hernandez in resurrecting Barcelona's game, at least failure in La Liga can be cured if Barcelona is able to win the title in this competition.

[swogerino]

I won my bet on Barcelona yesterday at an odd of 2.6 something like that but the factor that led me to bet on them was because I remember Napoli being eliminated from Europa League a couple of years ago from a team like Granada which has no history in La Liga and is a normal team yet they managed to win against Napoli.I just remember this fact and the odd of Barcelona to bet on them having high hopes that they would qualify further and they did exactly because Napoli when playing at home in International Competitions has always suffered before,they can't just move forward in such competitions.

[hahay]

I don't think it's such a surprising result for last night's match for the second leg of the Europa League, although some teams were able to win the match and hold the home team to a draw but they didn't qualify for the next round. Maybe except for Napoli who played badly in the first half, so Barcelona could score 3 goals at half time and two of them came from defenders Alba and Pique. Aubameyang who had some good chances in the first half and ended up scoring in the second half, congratulations to Barcelona for qualifying and let's see how far Barcelona will go in this tournament.

Napoli played quite badly in the 2nd leg when they were beaten by Barcelona with a score of 2-4, even just entering the 13th minute Napoli were already 2 goals behind by Barcelona through goals scored by Pique and Frankie De Jong respectively before Insigne's penalty goal in minute 23 to make the score 1-2. But I think Napoli did not take advantage of the opportunity to play as a home, instead Barcelona appeared more dominant and was able to score 4 goals against Napoli.

that the result will be so clear, i would not have thought now rather. but the earlier 2 goals conceded by napoli in the first half were then already decisive for the further run of the game...
and as the 1-3 before halftime has fallen, it was then almost impossible for the italians to still create the wonder

Yes, even after Barcelona led 2-0 I was very sure Barcelona would win, even though next Insigne could score from the penalty spot but still Barcelona could control the game. Also, Alba's first goal came from a counter-attack, and it was basically Insigne's inaccurate error or miscommunication in a cross from a corner kick. So yes, Barcelona is indeed more worthy to advance, because even though in the 1st leg Barcelona were held to a draw at home, I see Barcelona can play well in both legs.

[KTChampions]

Barcelona's victory was quite unexpected (at least for me). But in fact, everything was decided in the first minutes when Napoli conceded two optional goals. We can say that it was an easy match for Barcelona in terms of scenario and they were able to keep the victory. Now it will be interesting to see what Barcelona can do if the game develops in a different scenario.

[Trofo]

I expected Barca win but not with such ease, really impressive how fast new guys clicked with the team and elevated the game on the whole new level. Couple of great goals in that game.

I was disappointed with Sevilla and Betis yesterday. They decided to defend the capital from first game and almost paid for it. Betis stopped playing at minute 60 and deserved to be kicked out. Zenit even scored the goal in late stages but was disallowed via VAR for very weak foul. Those kinds of contacts happen all the time and I believe that goal should have been deemed regular.

[muratsink]

Congratulations to Barcelona on their great victory against Napoli! They played at the highest level they could play I think and deserved this victory from the beginning to the end of the match. Aubameyang scored again and he is performing better from now on as it seems. He has started adapting to the game plan of the team. And the more important thing is that they are performing much bigger than before as a team. This is critical news for a team like Barcelona. As long as they have this strong team play, there are not too many clubs that can beat them.

Barcelona's convincing victory over Napoli did make the public so surprised where they succeeded in slaughtering the hosts with a score of 2-4, again Aubameyang was the actor in Barcelona's victory over Napoli as well as making Barcelona qualify for the last 16 of the Europa League this season and will challenge Galatasaray, where many new players have begun to adjust to Barcelona's tiki-taka style of play where the contributions of Aubameyang and also Adama Traore paid off for El Barca against hosts Napoli

[darxiaomi]

In the raffle Barcelona and Monaco have good luck two minor rivals.
Porto Marsella tough match
Leverkusen Atalanta we can see a lot of goals here i think
Betis Frankfurt Interesting to see two good teams and very offensive.
Sevilla West Ham good match lets see who impose the time.
Rangers Red Star , tipicall Europa League match hahaha.
RB Leipzig - Spartak lets see whats happen but for me easy for Leipzig

[LTU_btc]

Europa league round of 16 draw has been made:
Barcelona vs. Galatasaray. As Barca fan, I'm very happy about draw, after Napoli it's great great opponent.
Rangers vs. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade. Rangers made surprise by kicking out Borussia. Zvezda is good them, but Rangers shouldn't be unhappy about draw.
Braga vs. AS Monaco - Bragga struggled against Sheriff, even n ot best looking Monaco is favorite against them.
FC Porto vs. Lyon - Porto look very strong this season, they're favorites here.
Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen -it definitely going to be fun, but I'm not going to predict something here.
Sevilla vs. West Ham United - most interesting pair for em.
RB Leipzig vs. Spartak Moscow - Leipzig coach Tedesco against his former team, interesting stuff.
Real Betis vs. Eintracht Frankfurt - Betis is  definitely favorite here, though, I don't understimate Eintracht too much despite poor results in Bundesliga.

[Altryist]

Europa league round of 16 draw has been made:
Barcelona vs. Galatasaray. As Barca fan, I'm very happy about draw, after Napoli it's great great opponent.

Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen -it definitely going to be fun, but I'm not going to predict something here.

A very interesting match is Atalanta and Bayer. Both teams are in good shape and scoring a lot of goals, so the first thing that comes to mind is matches with a lot of goals. My favorite is Atalanta, I only hope they can score more goals because I think both teams will score goals in both matches. Barcelona in the match with Napoli showed that they are gaining shape very quickly, and the arrival of Aubameyang in the team proved to be very effective. Therefore, I see a confident victory for Barcelona here.

[gabbie2010]

Congratulations to Barcelona on their great victory against Napoli! They played at the highest level they could play I think and deserved this victory from the beginning to the end of the match. Aubameyang scored again and he is performing better from now on as it seems. He has started adapting to the game plan of the team. And the more important thing is that they are performing much bigger than before as a team. This is critical news for a team like Barcelona. As long as they have this strong team play, there are not too many clubs that can beat them.

Barcelona's convincing victory over Napoli did make the public so surprised where they succeeded in slaughtering the hosts with a score of 2-4, again Aubameyang was the actor in Barcelona's victory over Napoli as well as making Barcelona qualify for the last 16 of the Europa League this season and will challenge Galatasaray, where many new players have begun to adjust to Barcelona's tiki-taka style of play where the contributions of Aubameyang and also Adama Traore paid off for El Barca against hosts Napoli

I am very happy for Barcelona resurgence after the departure of Messi to PSG after some poor runs that lead to the sack of Ronald Koeman, Xavi had improved the team tremendously, I watched their match against Napoli while watching Arsenal vs Wolves simultaneously, they played well and Adams Traore has been very brilliant providing two assist for their two goals, I believe with consistency in their performance Barcelona will be Europa title favorite, luckily they will play Galatasaray in the round 16, I don't see any threat by their next opponent and the other clubs left in Europa this season.

[ShowOff]

Europa league round of 16 draw has been made:
Barcelona vs. Galatasaray. As Barca fan, I'm very happy about draw, after Napoli it's great great opponent.

Just like you, I'm quite optimistic about Barcelona's chances of qualifying for the last 16 because I really saw how they dominated the first leg. In Italy, Napoli could not do much after Barcelona surprised everyone with 3 goals in the first half, although Napoli managed to score 2 goals but Barcelona's good performance was able to overthrow them with a score of 2-4 in the second leg. Really it's a nice success at the moment from Barcelona.

Next I hope they can qualify for the next round against Galatasaray. I know now Barcelona will be favorites in the two leg vs Galatasaray but that doesn't guarantee they go through easily. Only a win and a good performance can see Barcelona through because every one of their opponents also wants to win the match to qualify.

[terrorJR]

Europa league round of 16 draw has been made:
Barcelona vs. Galatasaray. As Barca fan, I'm very happy about draw, after Napoli it's great great opponent.

Galatasaray are a team in pain now since their captain and best goalkeeper left due to injury and it will be an easy win for Barcelona

Rangers vs. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade. Rangers made surprise by kicking out Borussia. Zvezda is good them, but Rangers shouldn't be unhappy about draw.

Impressive performance for Ranger who managed to destroy Dortmund with a pretty good aggregate in my opinion and now they also have enough potential to go to the next round

FC Porto vs. Lyon - Porto look very strong this season, they're favorites here.

I'm still confused about this but I think Porto is better

Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen -it definitely going to be fun, but I'm not going to predict something here.
Sevilla vs. West Ham United - most interesting pair for em.

This is probably going to be the most exciting match in this round because they are indeed quite good in the Domestic League.
But in this case I would prefer it if Atalanta and Westham can qualify

[LGD2Business]

I think Barcelona drew the easiest draw. They go to the next round by scoring four or five goals in both games. Galatasaray is really bad this year. Barca, on the other hand, became very assertive with their half-time transfers.
Sevilla and Porto were the teams that drew the hardest draw. Lyon and West Ham United will push them hard. We can say that there are no absolute favorites in these draws.
I wonder what Atalanta and Leipzig will do. We can say that they drew though opponents. They are formidable opponents, but if they want to have a claim in the cup, they should eliminate these opponents.

[Sterbens]

I am very happy for Barcelona resurgence after the departure of Messi to PSG after some poor runs that lead to the sack of Ronald Koeman, Xavi had improved the team tremendously, I watched their match against Napoli while watching Arsenal vs Wolves simultaneously, they played well and Adams Traore has been very brilliant providing two assist for their two goals, I believe with consistency in their performance Barcelona will be Europa title favorite, luckily they will play Galatasaray in the round 16, I don't see any threat by their next opponent and the other clubs left in Europa this season.

As we see Barcelona at the moment, be confident and not in a bad mood. It doesn't matter when they had downtime, but Xavi services cannot be forgotten because it has revived the spirit and mentality of El Clasico to the right track. Their games are getting more structured and neater. Napoli is not a weak club, but Barcelona really makes Napoli think twice about beating Barcelona now. 2 matches in La Liga against Bilbao and after with Elche became a good provision for Barcelona to overtake Betis.