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

[izsara]

Galatasaray players are all stumbling around the pitch without balance and momentum. They are not coordinated, organized in tonight's match against Barcelona. Barcelona is dominant in this first half, just that the Galatasaray defence is not allowing them to score goals as they ought to.
The second half might hit us with surprising goals from both sides. Am hoping that Barcelona will win the match

Even though what barcelona did was not something good in the first half, there were only 2 chances which I think were close enough during the first 45 minutes of course this is not something good for cluba who controlled more than half the field for 45 minutes.
They need a striker who is able to find space in this second half if they really intend to be winners for the 1st leg now

[Captain Corporate]

 Watching my team to have a HORRIBLE season, nearly at a relegation zone in the domestic league, but then suddenly they are getting out of the group stages of europa, and now? Now, they managed to get a tie at nou camp with barcelona. This is an amazing thing to watch. The value of Barcelona is like x10 more than what we have right now, and somehow we managed to keep them to a tie on their on turf. This doesn't really mean that we will have any "advantage" when it comes to our own side. We can still get dominated and lose on the second match. But to see my team to actually do something this wonderful in a season so dreadful really made it a great game to watch for me. Definitely one of the best games from Galatasaray I have seen all season. Kudos to every single player.

[JeromeTash]

I was amazed that Ryan Babel is still paying Football. It's been like ages since I last saw him in Liverpool, I think around 2007/2008 If I remember well. Galatasaray gave Barcelona some scares with even that disallowed offside goal. The second leg will be very interesting for sure.

[xzone]

Despite finding so many chances and shooting, Barcelona could not score any goals. This result surprised everyone, everyone thought that Galatasaray would concede at least 3-4 goals
Galatasaray is playing very badly this season, but in this match they played exactly as they should, was not bad at all in defense. The important thing was not to concede and they succeeded. They will play with high morale in the match in İstanbul

[KTChampions]

So, the first half is over and I don't see that Barcelona is doing what it loves and knows how to do best - "rolling cotton". I'm not sure that I could translate this idiomatic expression correctly, but the meaning is this: engaged in inefficient nonsense. Ball control in the middle of the field and a million passes without shots on goal can be good, and maybe Galatasaray will get tired and eventually concede a goal, but maybe it will survive. I have been saying for a long time that tiki-taka has long been outdated.

So, 0-0 (big pain for those who included this match in their multibets). Barcelona failed to beat Turkey's 12th team at home.
I hope now those who argued with me trying to prove that Barcelona is back and now must beat everyone (except Real Madrid with which they must play on equal terms) understand that they exaggerated the significance of those few successful matches for Barcelona? In this pair, Barcelona is still the favorite, but for me the fact is that they are average both in terms of the squad and the quality of the game.

[LTU_btc]

That moment when Barca fail to score at home against might Galatasaray. We had some good moments to score, but either there was bad luck or great save by Gala golakeeper Pena. It was great match for him and serious statement to return next season back to Barca. For Barcelona this result is negative, but not disaster.
Atalanta 3:2 Bayer, I said that it will be fun. After all, minimal loss for Bayer isn't something bad, considering that Atalanta controlled game.
Braga 2:0 Monaco. I think it's unexpected, but not something sensational.
Solid game from Sevilla, but they should be disappointed that they scored just 1 goal.

[Gencecikmen]

Barcelona 0-0 Galatasaray

I thought Galatasaray will lose very badly but if even ball possession is mostly in Barcelona control, but they didn't allowing them to did something serious against them. Galatasaray's performance had been really unexpected, interesting and impressive. Galatasaray could have even got ahead if Akturkoglu didn't waste a big goal chance or Bafetimi Gomis couldn't be offside. Galatasaray are undefeat in UEFA Europa League in this season.

[Velvet78]

I assume the most surprising result of the night was in the Barcelona - Galatasaray game. Many people like me thought like Galatasaray had no chance here and Barcelona would destroy them simply by a few goals at least. But this game was not even close to that. And Galatasaray were even nearly winning the game if Gomis wasn't offside. I really appreciated Galatasaray's effort a lot in this game. Their defending style was the best against a team like Barcelona. And I wonder what will happen in the rematch already.

[udidrone]

Galatasaray players are all stumbling around the pitch without balance and momentum. They are not coordinated, organized in tonight's match against Barcelona. Barcelona is dominant in this first half, just that the Galatasaray defence is not allowing them to score goals as they ought to.
The second half might hit us with surprising goals from both sides. Am hoping that Barcelona will win the match

Even though what barcelona did was not something good in the first half, there were only 2 chances which I think were close enough during the first 45 minutes of course this is not something good for cluba who controlled more than half the field for 45 minutes.
They need a striker who is able to find space in this second half if they really intend to be winners for the 1st leg now

Again we were surprised to see this draw without a goal where we are very confident that Barcelona will win even bookies predict Barcelona win big lol
I don't understand what happened, Barcelona's game was very different when they beat Napoli last month. I'm not sure it's related to the unlucky day that must have been a lot of shots off target Barcelona should be more aggressive in front of their own fans because the second leg will be a bit more difficult.

[Joca97]

Barcelona 0-0 Galatasaray

I thought Galatasaray will lose very badly but if even ball possession is mostly in Barcelona control, but they didn't allowing them to did something serious against them. Galatasaray's performance had been really unexpected, interesting and impressive. Galatasaray could have even got ahead if Akturkoglu didn't waste a big goal chance or Bafetimi Gomis couldn't be offside. Galatasaray are undefeat in UEFA Europa League in this season.

I think everybody expected that Barcelona will destroy Galatasaray in this match. But Galatasaray was brave in this match and they have a good chance at home to maybe knockout Barcelona from Europa league. Galatasaray is playing really good in europe not like in the own league where they are terrible

[MK-74]

The big game is over for me tonight

I watched Barcelona - Galatasaray and it didn't happen as I wrote here. I thought Barcelona would win.
Barcelona attacked well but we defended well too.

Ignacio Pena was very good. Patrick van Aanholt and Sacha Boe defended very well.
I did'nt like Kerem Aktürkoğlu because he did'nt play well and he was very excited.

I'm waiting for the second game. We will have more chances to win than today.

[borovichok]

I was amazed that Ryan Babel is still paying Football. It's been like ages since I last saw him in Liverpool, I think around 2007/2008 If I remember well. Galatasaray gave Barcelona some scares with even that disallowed offside goal. The second leg will be very interesting for sure.

Barcelona would definitely think that this match would have been an easy game they played at home but could not break a resolute galatasary team,very impressed with Ryan Babel thought he is not longer playing football but he did well I think  Barcelona will have to toughen up if they have any intentions of qualifying from this tie.

[poldanmig]

6. Barcelona 1 vs 1 Galatasaray

I wonder what makes you think this match will end in a draw?

Compare the performance of these two teams in their respective leagues and find out why they ended in a draw. If you just say everything is still possible in football then I think your prediction is really very risky to consider especially in this match.

Indeed Barcelona is in a positive trend right now in the league, but the atmosphere of matches in European leagues and competitions is very different, besides that if you watch Galatasaray's game in the group stage of course you will know my reason not to underestimate Galatasaray.

This is a very unlikely outcome, but if he is really serious about the prediction then I wonder where he is betting and if it is just an empty prediction with no real evidence in the bet.

What you said is true mate , score 1-1 result is impossible to happend, but after all how I enjoyed today victory only because of the risk I dared to take to bet a draw

I don't think anyone would be willing to bet on a draw not even a barcelona fan, because realistically Barcelona are superior in every way and also Galatasaray are in bad form this season. I think Barcelona will win this game very easily, maybe even they will win by a big score to make it easier for them in the 2nd leg.

As a Barcelona fan of course they will bet for Barcelona's victory even when Barcelona performance worsens, but as a neutral party in the match of course I have my own thoughts why should I choose to bet for a draw.

I am a Galatasaray fan, but I know how strong and willing Barcelona is. I think Galatasaray doesn't have a chance in this match, they don't have enough players anyway. Barcelona rose to a good level with their new transfer in their last match. In this match, as you said yes, they will want to be comfortable in the second stage by scoring more than one goal in the match.

The match ended 0-0, although it was a bit off my expectations but at least today Galatasaray have proved to their loyal fans that anything can happen in football. 
Btw, hopefully in the second leg  later, your favorite team will give the best results when they play at home later.

[VanityWallets2015]

Barcelona 0-0, that in itself is not so bad. They will now assume that they can finish it at home in Barcelona. It is also difficult to play in Galatasaray's stadium, if it is completely full there, the home crowd acts as the 12th man. I don't expect any problems for Barcelona at home. 0-0 is never a nice result, but for Barcelona it is good enough. barcelona is not stable enough to beat these teams away.

[$crypto$]

So, 0-0 (big pain for those who included this match in their multibets). Barcelona failed to beat Turkey's 12th team at home.
I hope now those who argued with me trying to prove that Barcelona is back and now must beat everyone (except Real Madrid with which they must play on equal terms) understand that they exaggerated the significance of those few successful matches for Barcelona? In this pair, Barcelona is still the favorite, but for me the fact is that they are average both in terms of the squad and the quality of the game.

Finally, I followed what you said earlier, I survived a multibet defeat, Luckily I didn't bet on this match and passed with another bet.
With statistics that are very different from Galatasaray but indeed Barcelona were not able to score a single goal for me this shows that Galatasaray will be different in the European league and it is true that club who plays in this league will defend for themselves.

[D-law]

Back to back loss for West ham, since they're an English side, I was expecting at least a draw.
After lossing one to nil against Liverpool, same results was repeated as well.
I wonder what's ahead for them, they had the best performance during the group stages of the Europa league.

[bitzizzix]

It seems that many thought Barcelona would win against Galartasary for playing at home. However, the score ended goalless from both teams.
In possession, Barcelona are far superior to Galatasary and it must be admitted that in defense Galatasary was very good and also goalkeeper Inaki Pena, made a lot of really good saves to keep the draw.
A 0-0 result in the first leg is not a good result because in the second leg both will fight hard to win in order to qualify for the quarter-finals, and the match will be much more interesting and full of drama.

[kawetsriyanto]

Again we were surprised to see this draw without a goal where we are very confident that Barcelona will win even bookies predict Barcelona win big lol
I don't understand what happened, Barcelona's game was very different when they beat Napoli last month.

To be honest, I'm not surprised. Have you taken a look at the Barcelona starting lineup against Galatasaray? If you check it closely, you will find out that there are some key players who always contribute in goals are put on the bench. Aubameyang, Dembele, De Jong, Busquet are on the bench, this should decrease Barcelona power in attacking. I don't know why Xavi rested these important players on the bench, I didn't hear an issue they have a problem with their health. Maybe Xavi wants to try a new strategy or a new player combination for the starting lineup. However, it doesn't look successful.  

[sayaya17]

Barcelona 0-0, that in itself is not so bad. They will now assume that they can finish it at home in Barcelona. It is also difficult to play in Galatasaray's stadium, if it is completely full there, the home crowd acts as the 12th man. I don't expect any problems for Barcelona at home. 0-0 is never a nice result, but for Barcelona it is good enough. barcelona is not stable enough to beat these teams away.

What happened with Barcelona, they repeated the same thing in the first leg against Napoli. Even now facing Galatasaray at Camp Nou Barcelona failed
to win, even though Barcelona dominated the match and created many chances, but couldn't score a single goal. I think it's a disappointing result,
especially since Galatasaray are weaker than Napoli, Barcelona should have won easily. So there is no need to wait for the second leg match
to ensure Barcelona qualify for the next round. Looks like Barcelona underestimated Galatasaray too much, so they were surprised to find that
Galatasaray put up quite a fight. Hopefully in the second leg Barcelona can perform even better, but I am optimistic that in the second leg Barcelona
can win the game, because after all the quality of Barcelona's players are much better when compared to Galatasaray.

[BIT-BENDER]

It seems that many thought Barcelona would win against Galartasary for playing at home. However, the score ended goalless from both teams.
In possession, Barcelona are far superior to Galatasary and it must be admitted that in defense Galatasary was very good and also goalkeeper Inaki Pena, made a lot of really good saves to keep the draw.
A 0-0 result in the first leg is not a good result because in the second leg both will fight hard to win in order to qualify for the quarter-finals, and the match will be much more interesting and full of drama.

I won't be quick to judge Barcelona any more the lads are trying and has really had busy week this period. They played there best and came out with a draw. There is still a second leg and I see Barcelona as my favourite to move to the next round. This competition is one Barcelona has never won, and this is there chance at Winning it.