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

[Daniel91]

I was mesmerized by Galatasaray's great defensive performance against Barcelona. It really ended in a 0-0 draw and it made me very surprised. However, I don't think that Galatasaray can eliminate Barcelona. We all know how much capable Barcelona players are and they can play completely different in the rematch. Galatasaray will need to have a counter-attack game plan to have a chance I think. If they play an attacking football also, then they would leave big spaces to Barcelona which would make things easier for them.

Galatasaray has to play a defensive game as it does in other matches. To be honest, the reason why Galatasaray drew was more luck than success in defense. The goalkeeper played very well, but I think the defense could have been better, they found scoring chances almost every minute. Barcelona players played thinking that the opponent was weak and did not perform fully. It won't be like that in the next match, we'll lose if we give it that many chances

Galatasaray will definitely be a very difficult and uncomfortable opponent for Barcelona at home, with the fanatical support of their fans.
Already in the first game, Barcelona missed a great opportunity to decide on the passage to the next round of the competition and will now have to work much harder for the final victory.
I don’t believe the Barcelona players underestimated the Turks but they didn’t have enough luck and concentration to win.
Barcelona is still the big favorite for the overall win but Galatasaray now also has a chance.
The key question will be whether Galatasaray's defense can hold out until the end of the game without conceding a goal.

[Jody.Drummer]

I was mesmerized by Galatasaray's great defensive performance against Barcelona. It really ended in a 0-0 draw and it made me very surprised. However, I don't think that Galatasaray can eliminate Barcelona. We all know how much capable Barcelona players are and they can play completely different in the rematch. Galatasaray will need to have a counter-attack game plan to have a chance I think. If they play an attacking football also, then they would leave big spaces to Barcelona which would make things easier for them.

There is still a second leg that Barcelona might be able to take advantage of in the future. Judging from the Leg 1 match, I'm sure Barcelona know what strategy will be applied in Leg 2. Xavi is competent in this regard, making changes to the flow of attack effective for Xavi. I don't think Galatasaray can easily penetrate the Barcelona defence. It will be as usual the current Barcelona striker is easy to manage Xavi.

[alpamar99]

I was mesmerized by Galatasaray's great defensive performance against Barcelona. It really ended in a 0-0 draw and it made me very surprised. However, I don't think that Galatasaray can eliminate Barcelona. We all know how much capable Barcelona players are and they can play completely different in the rematch. Galatasaray will need to have a counter-attack game plan to have a chance I think. If they play an attacking football also, then they would leave big spaces to Barcelona which would make things easier for them.

There is still a second leg that Barcelona might be able to take advantage of in the future. Judging from the Leg 1 match, I'm sure Barcelona know what strategy will be applied in Leg 2. Xavi is competent in this regard, making changes to the flow of attack effective for Xavi. I don't think Galatasaray can easily penetrate the Barcelona defence. It will be as usual the current Barcelona striker is easy to manage Xavi.

Barcelona's chances are still quite large now because it's clear they won in everything, both in terms of performance and players.
but indeed in this case I still can't be so sure about barcelona because indeed when they are getting ahead they play badly and it happened in their first leg. Though it should be an easy win

[LittleBitFunny]

I was mesmerized by Galatasaray's great defensive performance against Barcelona. It really ended in a 0-0 draw and it made me very surprised. However, I don't think that Galatasaray can eliminate Barcelona. We all know how much capable Barcelona players are and they can play completely different in the rematch. Galatasaray will need to have a counter-attack game plan to have a chance I think. If they play an attacking football also, then they would leave big spaces to Barcelona which would make things easier for them.

There is still a second leg that Barcelona might be able to take advantage of in the future. Judging from the Leg 1 match, I'm sure Barcelona know what strategy will be applied in Leg 2. Xavi is competent in this regard, making changes to the flow of attack effective for Xavi. I don't think Galatasaray can easily penetrate the Barcelona defence. It will be as usual the current Barcelona striker is easy to manage Xavi.

Barcelona's chances are still quite large now because it's clear they won in everything, both in terms of performance and players.
but indeed in this case I still can't be so sure about barcelona because indeed when they are getting ahead they play badly and it happened in their first leg. Though it should be an easy win

My guess is that Barcelona will win the Europa League title. Apart from Barcelona, I thought Napoli were strong. But they have already lost to Barcelona. Moreover, the Barcelona team is now very strong and stable. They are consistently performing well. There are very few consecutive teams in the Europa League like Barcelona.

[mv1986]

I was mesmerized by Galatasaray's great defensive performance against Barcelona. It really ended in a 0-0 draw and it made me very surprised. However, I don't think that Galatasaray can eliminate Barcelona. We all know how much capable Barcelona players are and they can play completely different in the rematch. Galatasaray will need to have a counter-attack game plan to have a chance I think. If they play an attacking football also, then they would leave big spaces to Barcelona which would make things easier for them.

There is still a second leg that Barcelona might be able to take advantage of in the future. Judging from the Leg 1 match, I'm sure Barcelona know what strategy will be applied in Leg 2. Xavi is competent in this regard, making changes to the flow of attack effective for Xavi. I don't think Galatasaray can easily penetrate the Barcelona defence. It will be as usual the current Barcelona striker is easy to manage Xavi.

Barcelona's chances are still quite large now because it's clear they won in everything, both in terms of performance and players.
but indeed in this case I still can't be so sure about barcelona because indeed when they are getting ahead they play badly and it happened in their first leg. Though it should be an easy win

My guess is that Barcelona will win the Europa League title. Apart from Barcelona, I thought Napoli were strong. But they have already lost to Barcelona. Moreover, the Barcelona team is now very strong and stable. They are consistently performing well. There are very few consecutive teams in the Europa League like Barcelona.

I am not sure what you mean with "very strong and stable", but maybe you mean another Barcelona than everyone else is seeing? They have just won a close match against Elche with a penalty during the last minutes of the game. Doesn't sound like very strong and stable. There are a couple of teams in the Europa League waiting for Barcelona that are definitely able to beat them right now. Atalanta, Sevilla, Leipzig. They are definitely strong enough to cause Barcelona a lot of problems.

[alpamar99]

I was mesmerized by Galatasaray's great defensive performance against Barcelona. It really ended in a 0-0 draw and it made me very surprised. However, I don't think that Galatasaray can eliminate Barcelona. We all know how much capable Barcelona players are and they can play completely different in the rematch. Galatasaray will need to have a counter-attack game plan to have a chance I think. If they play an attacking football also, then they would leave big spaces to Barcelona which would make things easier for them.

There is still a second leg that Barcelona might be able to take advantage of in the future. Judging from the Leg 1 match, I'm sure Barcelona know what strategy will be applied in Leg 2. Xavi is competent in this regard, making changes to the flow of attack effective for Xavi. I don't think Galatasaray can easily penetrate the Barcelona defence. It will be as usual the current Barcelona striker is easy to manage Xavi.

Barcelona's chances are still quite large now because it's clear they won in everything, both in terms of performance and players.
but indeed in this case I still can't be so sure about barcelona because indeed when they are getting ahead they play badly and it happened in their first leg. Though it should be an easy win

My guess is that Barcelona will win the Europa League title. Apart from Barcelona, I thought Napoli were strong. But they have already lost to Barcelona. Moreover, the Barcelona team is now very strong and stable. They are consistently performing well. There are very few consecutive teams in the Europa League like Barcelona.

Even though they are now quite good and their performance has improved a lot but it is not easy to say they will be champions.
It's not that easy to say they will be champions when they haven't even been able to maximize well when playing against Galatasaray in this leg.
They still have a long way to go and they still have a lot of opponents to face.

[justdimin]

I think it will be a lot more difficult if the stadium in turkey is full. Its such a heated atmosfere that it will be a really close match.  Like you said they couldnt beat them at home how will they beat them there. Barcelona has a much bigger presure then Galatasaray in that rematch

Of course Barcelona will be very aggressive and offensive in the future even though it plays very far in Turkey so I think Barcelona should be able to win because they will put pressure after pressure in every attack, I believe Aubameyang or Adama can start the attack well until there is a goal but they should not underestimate it is a concentration that must be perkut in the Barcelona squad.
To be honest I more believe Barcelona can go through and win with Galatasaray later.

It shouldn't be a problem to play "very far" for Barcelona, they have been to champions league probably every single year and kept on playing all around the world. So, it should be something expected and nothing unusual. They already had a "great" game if you consider how much dominating the game was for them, the difference is that their opponent got a great system in place for teams that could dominate them.

Everyone assumed Galatasaray would just rollover and lose, but they are bad on domestic league since they do not face dominating teams there, with this counter attack system known to Xavi now. I am sure he will figure out a better response.

[baeva]

Galatasaray had a really lucky match, Barcelona could not score despite many chances and I am very happy about this situation I knew he didn't have much of a chance and I didn't expect such a result, but this time there was no goal in the match. I think Barcelona will play a much more aggressive and offensive football in the next match

It won't be easy in Turkey. They couldn't beat them at home with the support of their fans - that's bad... The support in Turkey is crazy, but if Barcelona play really aggressive, they will have all the chances to win. Galatasaray fought really well in that match and it will be the same in the return... I talk about support because it is very important psychologically, especially when the stadium is huge.

You could be right but so far I don't see Barcelona ambition in this competition Barcelona doesn't seem to want the title here I don't know what's the reason, I hope I'm wrong
Maybe Barcelona are embarrassed because the level of this competition is lower? anyway I don't expect more in the second leg the same result can be repeated who knows
I will avoid any betting and better just watch.

I don't like betting on principle, but sometimes you can do it for the sake of more interesting viewing) I don't agree that this trophy is not important for Barcelona. They have lost the Champions League, so at least let them win the trophy and make their fans happy, especially now that the team has every chance when they start to play well. In the match against Galatasaray they attacked seriously, they just could not fulfill their chances...

Galatasaray had a really lucky match, Barcelona could not score despite many chances and I am very happy about this situation I knew he didn't have much of a chance and I didn't expect such a result, but this time there was no goal in the match. I think Barcelona will play a much more aggressive and offensive football in the next match

It won't be easy in Turkey. They couldn't beat them at home with the support of their fans - that's bad... The support in Turkey is crazy, but if Barcelona play really aggressive, they will have all the chances to win. Galatasaray fought really well in that match and it will be the same in the return... I talk about support because it is very important psychologically, especially when the stadium is huge.

I think it will be a lot more difficult if the stadium in turkey is full. Its such a heated atmosfere that it will be a really close match.  Like you said they couldnt beat them at home how will they beat them there. Barcelona has a much bigger presure then Galatasaray in that rematch

Yes, I was at Galatasaray stadium when they had a seemingly unimportant match in the Turkish league. The support from the fans is insane

[TheGreatPython]

Even though they are now quite good and their performance has improved a lot but it is not easy to say they will be champions.
It's not that easy to say they will be champions when they haven't even been able to maximize well when playing against Galatasaray in this leg.
They still have a long way to go and they still have a lot of opponents to face.

Peoples having no idea what are they saying and how is this happening even right now Barcelona is very good and with their strong comeback into La Liga they are improving day by day but still it's not easy for them to stay as strong in every match and playing in La Liga and in European Cups is completely different just we watch how they play against Galatasaray it is really problem for them because now they need to play very carefully in next phase of this round if they want to qualify for next round Galatasaray is having bad time in Turkish Super League, but their Record in Europa Cup is very good, and they came after playing against Lazio and Marseille which give them some good experience now in next round if they have done some strong performance then surely they can eliminate Barcelona from this cup.

[joker_josue]

Yes, I was at Galatasaray stadium when they had a seemingly unimportant match in the Turkish league. The support from the fans is insane

That's why I think Barcelona will have difficulties in Turkey, in the second leg against Galatasaray. Having drawn 0-0 at home was not a good result for Barcelona.

At the stage where Barcelona are, the support of the fans is very important. Going to a game where fans of the opposing team do a lot of psychological perso, it can be difficult to get a good performance. Of course, sometimes it has the opposite effect, but I don't see this Barcelona beating Galatasaray in the next game.

[Woodie]

Tomorrow Barcelona will play Osasuna and the odds of Barcelona winning are very unattractive at around 1.33. I don't rate Barcelona's game very well, but I added this outcome to several multibets because I think that after the draw with Galatasaray, Barcelona will make every effort to play Osasuna with dignity. Given that it will be a Camp Nou game again, the risk is justified.

Barcelona was in action mid week and if any of those players will be used today, then am afraid to say that this will be a low scoring match...and possibly a tough game too. I guess am compelled to agree with you to say that the bookies weren't generous with how the weighed this match, 1.33 is a bad deal here... Guess we have to look for other markets.

[coderben]

After a great defense against Barcelona, Galatasaray must be in a better condition now. They can believe in themselves more to eliminate Barcelona too. Because even though there was a huge quality difference, Galatasaray still kept the score as 0-0 until the final moment in Camp Nou. But still, I remember the matchup between Barcelona and Napoli also. Napoli did the same in Camp Nou but Barcelona destroyed them by 4-2 in Italy. And Napoli are a much stronger team than Galatasaray. If we take this into account, Galatasaray could experience really bad things in the rematch.

[Daniel91]

After a great defense against Barcelona, Galatasaray must be in a better condition now. They can believe in themselves more to eliminate Barcelona too. Because even though there was a huge quality difference, Galatasaray still kept the score as 0-0 until the final moment in Camp Nou. But still, I remember the matchup between Barcelona and Napoli also. Napoli did the same in Camp Nou but Barcelona destroyed them by 4-2 in Italy. And Napoli are a much stronger team than Galatasaray. If we take this into account, Galatasaray could experience really bad things in the rematch.

I agree that Napoli is a better team than Galatasaray but this is a completely different game, and it is difficult to compare these clubs or matches.
Barcelona is the favorite in this match and that is completely clear to everyone.
Galatasaray's only advantage will be their fanatical fans, and their main strategy will probably be on defense again, as in the first game.
This is the only strategy that weaker teams can apply against much stronger teams and sometimes such a strategy is successful.
If Barcelona doesn't score in the first 60-70 minutes, then its players will become nervous and then the chances of the Turks to surprise increase.

[Retro Harmony]

After a great defense against Barcelona, Galatasaray must be in a better condition now. They can believe in themselves more to eliminate Barcelona too. Because even though there was a huge quality difference, Galatasaray still kept the score as 0-0 until the final moment in Camp Nou. But still, I remember the matchup between Barcelona and Napoli also. Napoli did the same in Camp Nou but Barcelona destroyed them by 4-2 in Italy. And Napoli are a much stronger team than Galatasaray. If we take this into account, Galatasaray could experience really bad things in the rematch.

We can see from the scoreboard that Galatasaray is not good in its own league.  On the other hand, Barcelona beat Napoli 4-2 on the road as you said.  Since Napoli, which is in the championship race in the Italian league, is helpless against Barcelona, ​​it is not difficult to predict that the match will be very difficult for Galatasaray.  Galatasaray's only chance for the rematch may be to score a goal with counter-attack football and make a good defense.

[mv1986]

After a great defense against Barcelona, Galatasaray must be in a better condition now. They can believe in themselves more to eliminate Barcelona too. Because even though there was a huge quality difference, Galatasaray still kept the score as 0-0 until the final moment in Camp Nou. But still, I remember the matchup between Barcelona and Napoli also. Napoli did the same in Camp Nou but Barcelona destroyed them by 4-2 in Italy. And Napoli are a much stronger team than Galatasaray. If we take this into account, Galatasaray could experience really bad things in the rematch.

We can see from the scoreboard that Galatasaray is not good in its own league.  On the other hand, Barcelona beat Napoli 4-2 on the road as you said.  Since Napoli, which is in the championship race in the Italian league, is helpless against Barcelona, ​​it is not difficult to predict that the match will be very difficult for Galatasaray.  Galatasaray's only chance for the rematch may be to score a goal with counter-attack football and make a good defense.

Yes you are right for the most part but think about it from another perspective: how often does Galatasaray have the chance to play against Barcelona, beat Barcelona and make it into the next round, and all of that could be happening in a home game in their own stadium in front of their own fans? I don't even know whether that ever happened before. They might have met in a group stage game in the Champions League, but this is pretty much a once in a lifetime chance. If Galatasaray can take away a tie from Camp Nou, I would argue that they are definitely able to cause Barcelona some serious pain in Istanbul. It is going to be a really, really tough game for Barcelona.

[KTChampions]

Tomorrow Barcelona will play Osasuna and the odds of Barcelona winning are very unattractive at around 1.33. I don't rate Barcelona's game very well, but I added this outcome to several multibets because I think that after the draw with Galatasaray, Barcelona will make every effort to play Osasuna with dignity. Given that it will be a Camp Nou game again, the risk is justified.

Barcelona was in action mid week and if any of those players will be used today, then am afraid to say that this will be a low scoring match...and possibly a tough game too. I guess am compelled to agree with you to say that the bookies weren't generous with how the weighed this match, 1.33 is a bad deal here... Guess we have to look for other markets.

I have already added this mast to various multibets so I will hope for the best. The fact that Barcelona played Galatasaray in the middle of the week should not have had a significant impact on the players' fitness - both this and that match are taking place at the Camp Nou, so there was no tedious moving phase and the players were able to prepare for the game in a relaxed atmosphere.

[alpamar99]

Even though they are now quite good and their performance has improved a lot but it is not easy to say they will be champions.
It's not that easy to say they will be champions when they haven't even been able to maximize well when playing against Galatasaray in this leg.
They still have a long way to go and they still have a lot of opponents to face.

Peoples having no idea what are they saying and how is this happening even right now Barcelona is very good and with their strong comeback into La Liga they are improving day by day but still it's not easy for them to stay as strong in every match and playing in La Liga and in European Cups is completely different just we watch how they play against Galatasaray it is really problem for them because now they need to play very carefully in next phase of this round if they want to qualify for next round Galatasaray is having bad time in Turkish Super League, but their Record in Europa Cup is very good, and they came after playing against Lazio and Marseille which give them some good experience now in next round if they have done some strong performance then surely they can eliminate Barcelona from this cup.

In terms of appearance, even in the last few weeks it has been quite good but indeed when they were held to a draw by Galatasaray which incidentally is currently a team that is in trouble even worse than Barcelona and the quality of the players are not as good as them but still this draw indicates that they are still unable to be consistent in their performance. performance.
Indeed there is Leg 2 but indeed this is still homework for Xavi that his tactics can still be held and even penetrated by other teams

[BitcoinAccepted]

Even though they are now quite good and their performance has improved a lot but it is not easy to say they will be champions.
It's not that easy to say they will be champions when they haven't even been able to maximize well when playing against Galatasaray in this leg.
They still have a long way to go and they still have a lot of opponents to face.

Peoples having no idea what are they saying and how is this happening even right now Barcelona is very good and with their strong comeback into La Liga they are improving day by day but still it's not easy for them to stay as strong in every match and playing in La Liga and in European Cups is completely different just we watch how they play against Galatasaray it is really problem for them because now they need to play very carefully in next phase of this round if they want to qualify for next round Galatasaray is having bad time in Turkish Super League, but their Record in Europa Cup is very good, and they came after playing against Lazio and Marseille which give them some good experience now in next round if they have done some strong performance then surely they can eliminate Barcelona from this cup.

In terms of appearance, even in the last few weeks it has been quite good but indeed when they were held to a draw by Galatasaray which incidentally is currently a team that is in trouble even worse than Barcelona and the quality of the players are not as good as them but still this draw indicates that they are still unable to be consistent in their performance. performance.
Indeed there is Leg 2 but indeed this is still homework for Xavi that his tactics can still be held and even penetrated by other teams

After the match in Barcelona, people didn't give Barcelona a chance anymore because it had become 1-1 with a lot of effort. We've seen in Naples how good this Barcelona can be, they've played really well here and they're definitely one of the favorites to win this tournament. Xavi has been making a lot of good progress lately, so the results are no coincidence. I think this team can only get better, maybe some new players will be recruited as well. And most players are also fit now. But against Galatasaray it was a lot less unfortunately.

[Maidak]

After a great defense against Barcelona, Galatasaray must be in a better condition now. They can believe in themselves more to eliminate Barcelona too. Because even though there was a huge quality difference, Galatasaray still kept the score as 0-0 until the final moment in Camp Nou. But still, I remember the matchup between Barcelona and Napoli also. Napoli did the same in Camp Nou but Barcelona destroyed them by 4-2 in Italy. And Napoli are a much stronger team than Galatasaray. If we take this into account, Galatasaray could experience really bad things in the rematch.

We can see from the scoreboard that Galatasaray is not good in its own league.  On the other hand, Barcelona beat Napoli 4-2 on the road as you said.  Since Napoli, which is in the championship race in the Italian league, is helpless against Barcelona, ​​it is not difficult to predict that the match will be very difficult for Galatasaray.  Galatasaray's only chance for the rematch may be to score a goal with counter-attack football and make a good defense.

Yes you are right for the most part but think about it from another perspective: how often does Galatasaray have the chance to play against Barcelona, beat Barcelona and make it into the next round, and all of that could be happening in a home game in their own stadium in front of their own fans? I don't even know whether that ever happened before. They might have met in a group stage game in the Champions League, but this is pretty much a once in a lifetime chance. If Galatasaray can take away a tie from Camp Nou, I would argue that they are definitely able to cause Barcelona some serious pain in Istanbul. It is going to be a really, really tough game for Barcelona.

I don't know, Barcelona did also draw in the first leg against Napoli in their home match (Camp Nou). And in the second lead, they beat Napoli by 4-2.

After the first leg, I also thought that Barcelona might not have any chance against Napoli but they proved me wrong.
So, I think even though it will be a hard match for Barcelona they are going to win the second leg against Galatasaray.

[CLS63]

The rematch that I'm curious about the most now is obviously Galatasaray vs Barcelona. The first game in Camp Nou was beyond the expectations of everyone. I guess that everyone was predicting Barcelona to win that game very easily. In the end, there was a really big gap between these teams and Galatasaray were having really bad days before this game too. And we didn't know how they were going to perform here after a manager change. But they ended all the questions by showing a solid defensive performance and getting a 0-0 draw. I've started giving a chance for Galatasaray to advance to the next stage but it is not a big one.