⚽UEFA Europa Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Winner: Roma!

[morvillz7z]

UECL group stage draw is up:


source: https://twitter.com/GoalFrance/status/1431226075527499785

Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

[Kusman]

UECL group stage draw is up:


source: https://twitter.com/GoalFrance/status/1431226075527499785

Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

Group G seems quite hard for the teams except Tottenham. Poor Mura got a really unfortunate draw. They will be destroyed by Tottenham, Rennes and Vitesse here. I wonder whether Tottenham will give an importance to this tournament. Because it has the lowest prestige comparing to the Champions League and the Europa League. But it is a new tournament in the end. Maybe they would like to be the first winner.

[Joca97]

UECL group stage draw is up:


source: https://twitter.com/GoalFrance/status/1431226075527499785

Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

Great draw for my team Partizan. The best draw possible for them. I think they will win all 6 games in the group stage for sure. Tottenham group only looks hard,plus i dont think Tottenham will play the group stage with their first squad

[LTU_btc]

Flora Tallinn and Lincoln Red Imps both qualified for the group phase of the Conference League today. I'm not 100% sure, but i believe an Estonian team has also never made groups before, so it's a triumphant week for smaller nations, exactly what UEFA has hoped for creating this league.

By the way, Lincoln Red Imps have a significant advantage playing at home. I watched their home game against Cluj last month, and i can tell you they play on the worst artificial turf i've ever seen, not to mention that their stadium has a low profile and is very close to the sea allowing for sudden bursts of wind, in short, the absolute worst place you can play football.

Yeah, you're right, it will be first appearance of Estonian team in group stage of UEFA tournament. From Baltic countries now only Lithuanian clubs never reached group stage. And as Lithuanian, I feel shameful about it :/
Armenia also will be represented in group stage for the first time, it will be Alashkert.
Nothing surprising that artificial turf in bad condition in Gibraltar. It's only stadium in country, so it's used very intensive by all clubs and national team.

Group G seems quite hard for the teams except Tottenham. Poor Mura got a really unfortunate draw. They will be destroyed by Tottenham, Rennes and Vitesse here. I wonder whether Tottenham will give an importance to this tournament. Because it has the lowest prestige comparing to the Champions League and the Europa League. But it is a new tournament in the end. Maybe they would like to be the first winner.

I doubtthat they will give priority to this tournament and they will not play with main squad there. Maybe they will give more attention to it only in playoff stages where they will meet stronger teams. It's not very prestigous trophy, but for Spurs who haven't won any trophies for so long, Conference League title wouldn't be bad achievement.

[condoras]

Last night I watched the match between Rijeka and PAOK and there was an obvious difference in quality, Rijeka had no chance.
In fact, it is a miracle that PAOK did not beat Rijeka in the first game, but it is obvious that they are not completely ready yet, considering that the Greek championship has not started yet.
In the group stage of the competition PAOK will have a good chance to pass the group.

Indeed PAOK yesterday was very good and discipline in the entire game. They start the match as it was the second half of the first game, full pressing, 2 attempts that hit the posts, and eventually an early goal that put them in front. If they play like this, they have good chances to qualify for the next round.

I doubtthat they will give priority to this tournament and they will not play with main squad there. Maybe they will give more attention to it only in playoff stages where they will meet stronger teams. It's not very prestigous trophy, but for Spurs who haven't won any trophies for so long, Conference League title wouldn't be bad achievement.

I agree with you. At least for this stage of the competition, Tottenham will not put at risk or "burn" any of its main players. And why should do it?

[casperBGD]

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Great draw for my team Partizan. The best draw possible for them. I think they will win all 6 games in the group stage for sure. Tottenham group only looks hard,plus i dont think Tottenham will play the group stage with their first squad

draw for Partizan is really good, although I do not think that we will win all 6, probably three at home, one on a side, and other two draws, or even to lose in Belgium, Gent is far from lousy team
nevertheless, it would be really bad if we do not win first place in this group, and will be interesting how far we can go in this competition, expect Rome and Tottenham, I do not see teams that we cannot kick-out in two matches this season

Feyenoord is also good this season, and I expect to see them within QF, probably SF

[snipie]

UECL group stage draw is up:
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Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

There is at least a favourite team in each group and indeed Roma, Spurs, Rennes, Union Berlin and Basel shouldn't have a hard time to pass the group stage imo. I can tell that some of these teams don't have to play with full first squad to pass in fact.

[mv1986]

UECL group stage draw is up:


source: https://twitter.com/GoalFrance/status/1431226075527499785

Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

Group G seems quite hard for the teams except Tottenham. Poor Mura got a really unfortunate draw. They will be destroyed by Tottenham, Rennes and Vitesse here. I wonder whether Tottenham will give an importance to this tournament. Because it has the lowest prestige comparing to the Champions League and the Europa League. But it is a new tournament in the end. Maybe they would like to be the first winner.

To me group E looks most exciting, but honestly I don't know if this international competition was really that necessary. If it pays off financially for the clubs, then ok, but I know that the financial difference between champions league and european league is already so tremendous that I don't expect the conference league to really pay off that well for the clubs.

[Lordshiva]

UECL group stage draw is up:
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Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

There is at least a favourite team in each group and indeed Roma, Spurs, Rennes, Union Berlin and Basel shouldn't have a hard time to pass the group stage imo. I can tell that some of these teams don't have to play with full first squad to pass in fact.

There teams are way too strong that their competitors in the group so that wont be a problem for them to quality in the group stage of the tournament. They have a good bench strenght as well so even their B team would qualify . Roma and Spurs are my personal favorite.

[xzone]

Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

Roma and Basel look really lucky, they will come out of their group comfortably as the leader. I think we will watch the most exciting matches in Group E. The strengths of the teams are very close to each other, and this group that performs well will be the leader of this group.
I will be waiting for tottenham matches too, we can watch a lot of goals

[Karartma1]

Group E appears to be well balanced and somewhat hard to predict whos going to advance. Roma and Basel's groups look like pieces of cake, at least on paper.

Roma and Basel look really lucky, they will come out of their group comfortably as the leader. I think we will watch the most exciting matches in Group E. The strengths of the teams are very close to each other, and this group that performs well will be the leader of this group.
I will be waiting for tottenham matches too, we can watch a lot of goals

The draw for the first edition of the Conference League has divided the 32 teams into eight groups in which Roma and Tottenham are without doubts the big favorites to win the cup.
The Italian team led by Mourinho will face in Group C Ukrainian side Zorya, CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria and Bodo/Glimt of Norway. Tottenham will have a little more difficulty in Group G in which they'll face Rennes of France, Vitesse of the Netherlands and Mura of Slovenia.
Of the other groups, Group E features Slavia Prague, Feyenoord, Union Berlin and Maccabi Haifa. In Group A are LASK, Maccabi, Alashkert and Helsinki; in Group B, Ghent, Partizan, Flora and Anorthosis; in Group D, AZ Alkmaar, Cluj, Jablonec and Randers; in Group F, Copenhagen, PAOK, Slovan Bratislava and Lincoln Red of Gibraltar; and in Group H, Basel, Qarabag, Kairat and Omonoia.
The group winners will advance to the round of 16. The group runners-up will advance to the play-offs, where they will be joined by the third-placed teams from the UEFA Europa League groups; the eight winners will complete the round of 16.
That's where the real competition will start IMO.

[SirLancelot]

Teams like Roma and Tottenham and Feyenoord will be a bit better than their competition that part is true, however I still love this cup, I know many people are still not used to it, but I just feel like it is a good cup since it is bringing so many clubs to European cups, it is adding so many new teams to actually fight for something.

None of these teams would be great in europa, maybe 3 or 4 of them would be fine, hell even 6 of them if you push it really hard, but now there are too many of them who will see quarter finals just because they draw their opponents with luck, and ones with absolutely no chance of being even relevant on a finals game at europa, will have a chance to win the whole cup here.

I know most of the people see the names of the clubs and think that this cup will be bad, but good vs good is a good game whereas decent vs decent is still good, I rather watch decent team vs decent team instead of decent team vs nobody (without the cup these teams go back home) or decent team vs great team.

[Joca97]

Teams like Roma and Tottenham and Feyenoord will be a bit better than their competition that part is true, however I still love this cup, I know many people are still not used to it, but I just feel like it is a good cup since it is bringing so many clubs to European cups, it is adding so many new teams to actually fight for something.

None of these teams would be great in europa, maybe 3 or 4 of them would be fine, hell even 6 of them if you push it really hard, but now there are too many of them who will see quarter finals just because they draw their opponents with luck, and ones with absolutely no chance of being even relevant on a finals game at europa, will have a chance to win the whole cup here.

I know most of the people see the names of the clubs and think that this cup will be bad, but good vs good is a good game whereas decent vs decent is still good, I rather watch decent team vs decent team instead of decent team vs nobody (without the cup these teams go back home) or decent team vs great team.

Teams like Roma and Tottenham are a bigger quality then all other teams in this competition. This tournament also gives a chance to the teams that have a lot less quality to play in the group stage of any europe competition. Group stage isnt much good but this are really solid teams and 90% of them deserve to be in the group stages of a european tournament

[hahay]

Rennes - Tottenham and AS Roma - CSKA Sofia, will this be an important match for Tottenham and AS Roma?
Considering this is the first year or season of the Europa Conference League, I still don't know if they will play with the main squad or not. Because usually, their less or less popular championships or big teams will not fully mobilize all the main players in the match. But even so because this is their first season, I feel they will still be serious about being able to win so I am still confident to bet for Tottenham and AS Roma.

[casperBGD]

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Teams like Roma and Tottenham are a bigger quality then all other teams in this competition. This tournament also gives a chance to the teams that have a lot less quality to play in the group stage of any europe competition. Group stage isnt much good but this are really solid teams and 90% of them deserve to be in the group stages of a european tournament

agree, Tottenham and Roma hardly can miss top two positions in their group, so I do not expect from them to play with top teams tonight
nevertheless, Roma will probably win with any team that goes on the pitch, for Tottenham that is not so certain, Rennes is a solid football club

Partizan is playing on Cyprus, and @2.1 is good value for the match, although there are some issues, and coach decided to leave three players home, which could signal some bad atmosphere in the team, but Anorthosis started their season on weekend with a loss, and they should be easy to overcome

[Juggy777]

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Teams like Roma and Tottenham are a bigger quality then all other teams in this competition. This tournament also gives a chance to the teams that have a lot less quality to play in the group stage of any europe competition. Group stage isnt much good but this are really solid teams and 90% of them deserve to be in the group stages of a european tournament

agree, Tottenham and Roma hardly can miss top two positions in their group, so I do not expect from them to play with top teams tonight
nevertheless, Roma will probably win with any team that goes on the pitch, for Tottenham that is not so certain, Rennes is a solid football club

Partizan is playing on Cyprus, and @2.1 is good value for the match, although there are some issues, and coach decided to leave three players home, which could signal some bad atmosphere in the team, but Anorthosis started their season on weekend with a loss, and they should be easy to overcome

@casperBGD it’s fair to say that Mourinho’s magic is rubbing on Roma player’s, because now they’re a transformed team that’s looking to challenge for all possible trophies. Lastly Tottenham is in a mess right now, and I won’t be surprised if they get eliminated quickly from this tournament.

Source:

https://www.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2021-2022/inside-europe-how-jose-mourinho-is-looking-to-recreate-previous-success-in-italy-with-new-side-roma_sto8540137/story.shtml

[LTU_btc]

So, does anyone of you are going to watch Conference League instead of Europa League today ? If yes, there is few games which may be worth to watch. Rennes - Spurs and Slavia - Union doesn't sounds bad. No way that I will back Spurs today - I'm not sure what their attitude towards this tournament will be and their opponent isn't weak. While in Slavia - Union I go with BTTS.
Also, I go with Copenhagen and Vitesse wins.
Also, it will be interesting to see how Gibraltar giants Red Imps will debut in Europe.

[buwaytress]

LTU: Only Spurs people are going to watch Conference haha. I mean, we've got some big teams today in Europa... my pick, if I can find the game, would be Lazio Galatasaray -- not going to be pretty but there's a certain aesthetic to battling football!

But the most obvious clash to watch should be Napoli-Leicester! Although the Scots also have good picks for the day... Celtic - Betis and Rangers-Lyon, I would bet on Rangers and Napoli. TOUGH.

[slaman29]

So, does anyone of you are going to watch Conference League instead of Europa League today ? If yes, there is few games which may be worth to watch. Rennes - Spurs and Slavia - Union doesn't sounds bad. No way that I will back Spurs today - I'm not sure what their attitude towards this tournament will be and their opponent isn't weak. While in Slavia - Union I go with BTTS.
Also, I go with Copenhagen and Vitesse wins.
Also, it will be interesting to see how Gibraltar giants Red Imps will debut in Europe.

Same here, I've no idea about Spurs coach playing with a supposedly better team now in conference league.

If he's thinking of prize money, it's no use, because Spurs won't buy different players anyway win or lose, it'll all just go to their chairman's pocket. But Rennes will be more inspired so I think even a draw is a victory for them.

[condoras]

Rennes - Spurs and Slavia - Union doesn't sounds bad. No way that I will back Spurs today - I'm not sure what their attitude towards this tournament will be and their opponent isn't weak.

It depends on what we mean weak. Last season Rennais were better while this season (until now) struggle in 11th - 15th place in Ligue 1. If Tottenham wants to take the three points today and not playing around like they are in a backyard, then they will. Even if decide to start with more than six substitutes.

But the most obvious clash to watch should be Napoli-Leicester!

Well, this is the game that I will watch for sure! At least the first half and then depending on the results decide to see something else.