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

[joker_josue]

The 'play off' draw for the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League has already taken place. These are the results:


Marselha- Qarabag
PSV Eindhoven- Maccabi Telavive
Fenerbahçe- Slavia Praga
Midtjylland- PAOK
Leicester City- Randers
Celtic- Bodo/Glimt
Sparta Praga- Partizan


Who will go ahead?

[snipie]

The 'play off' draw for the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League has already taken place. These are the results:


Marselha- Qarabag
PSV Eindhoven- Maccabi Telavive
Fenerbahçe- Slavia Praga
Midtjylland- PAOK
Leicester City- Randers
Celtic- Bodo/Glimt
Sparta Praga- Partizan


Who will go ahead?

Marseille
PSV
Slavia maybe?
Pass
Leicester
Glimt
Pass
Some of these games requires to see the performance of each team in the field during the match to have a clear idea about which team to support imo.

[Slow death]

The 'play off' draw for the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League has already taken place. These are the results:


Marselha- Qarabag
PSV Eindhoven- Maccabi Telavive
Fenerbahçe- Slavia Praga
Midtjylland- PAOK
Leicester City- Randers
Celtic- Bodo/Glimt
Sparta Praga- Partizan


Who will go ahead?

in my opinion, the teams that can pass with less difficulty are:

- Leicester City

- Celtic

- Sparta Praga

- PSV Eindhoven

- Marselha

- Midtjylland

[W Jr.]

The hardest match may be the Celtic-Bodo glimt match. Bodo Glimt did very well in the group. They beat Roma 6-1. In Italy, they drew 2-2. Celtic's job is not easy. Fenerbahce - Slavia Prague match will not be easy either. Both teams can pass the round.

[LTU_btc]

The hardest match may be the Celtic-Bodo glimt match. Bodo Glimt did very well in the group. They beat Roma 6-1. In Italy, they drew 2-2. Celtic's job is not easy. Fenerbahce - Slavia Prague match will not be easy either. Both teams can pass the round.

Yeah, Celtic - Bodo/Glimt should interesting. Celtic looks not very impressive, while Bodo is one of biggest surprises this season.
Fenerbahche - Slavia is more or less 50/50 game.
For Leicester it should be easy if they will look seriously in this game. Same about Marseille.
PSV are favourites against Maccabi.
Sparta - Partizan, I think Partizan are slightly better.
Midtjylland - PAOK looks very difficult to predict.
Rapid - Vitesse also very similar level teams.

[Expecto]

The Turkish team which are Fenerbahce have got a draw against Slavia Praha. Fenerbahce were really bad in the Europa League group stage. And this caused them to go down to this tournament. And this is like a second chance for them. And it is up to them to benefit from this last chance. Slavia Praha seem to be contented about this draw. But we will see if Fenerbahce will be able to catch them by surprise.

[joker_josue]

Tottenham is officially eliminated from the Conference League. UEFA attributes Tottenham defeat by Rennes on matchday six of the Conference League group stage, after the game was postponed and in turn canceled because of Tottenham positive covid cases.

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/news/0270-14009a873227-d729fc1f988d-1000--tottenham-vs-rennes-forfeited/

[WButler89]

This is good news for Tottenham, the Conference League does not provide much financial benefit and a successful fight for a place in the TOP - 4 is much more important in this situation. Plus, Spurs will have a very difficult game schedule after three postponed matches.

[W Jr.]

Tottenham is officially eliminated from the Conference League. UEFA attributes Tottenham defeat by Rennes on matchday six of the Conference League group stage, after the game was postponed and in turn canceled because of Tottenham positive covid cases.

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/news/0270-14009a873227-d729fc1f988d-1000--tottenham-vs-rennes-forfeited/

UEFA announced the decision for Tottenham, who could not play against Rennes. Tottenham forfeited 3-0. With this result, Vitesse was the team that left the group. Tottenham had a big surprise by failing to make it out of the groups in the Conference league. I was thinking of Tottenham as one of the conference league champion contenders. Their elimination made me very sad.

[joker_josue]

This is good news for Tottenham, the Conference League does not provide much financial benefit and a successful fight for a place in the TOP - 4 is much more important in this situation. Plus, Spurs will have a very difficult game schedule after three postponed matches.

I can understand, but I think it's never okay for a team to simply ignore a competition. If you accept to participate in it, you should try to go as far as possible. Furthermore, this theory of being a proof of little value is of little value until you win.

This is a new competition, we cannot expect that the first year will be a super important event. Now, all clubs must value it if they participate in it.

[lulumiya]

They finally made their certain decision about the Tottenham - Rennes game. And they awarded Rennes a 3-0 victory. Maybe people will criticize this decision a lot as the game could have been played on a date before the next round. And I'm also criticizing them. But maybe according to the rules, this was the right call at this point. The plus side for Tottenham is that they can focus more on the Premier League now. 

[snipie]

They finally made their certain decision about the Tottenham - Rennes game. And they awarded Rennes a 3-0 victory. Maybe people will criticize this decision a lot as the game could have been played on a date before the next round. And I'm also criticizing them. But maybe according to the rules, this was the right call at this point. The plus side for Tottenham is that they can focus more on the Premier League now. 

Spurs were able to confirm their dominance since the first games but they failed to do it. Although things seems to be better now for the team after Conte joining them but I think it would be better to focus on a better ranking in EPL first of all to guarantee at least EL spot next season. I think CL spot isn't an easy task for them.

[Pulsar77]

I think that Tottenham weren't even caring about the Europa Conference League anyway. It can be seen obviously from their performances in the previous group stage games. And I understand them about it too. Because maybe this is a brand new tournament but this still doesn't change the fact that it has even a lower quality than the Europa League. I don't think that the players or the board are very unhappy with the final decision.

[Ratash]

The hardest match may be the Celtic-Bodo glimt match. Bodo Glimt did very well in the group. They beat Roma 6-1. In Italy, they drew 2-2. Celtic's job is not easy. Fenerbahce - Slavia Prague match will not be easy either. Both teams can pass the round.

Both games will be competitive i personaly am impressed by bodo glimt performance this season i think right now they are stronger than celtic team as for fenerbahce and slavia i think this will depend on fenerbahce performance since they sometimes perform poorly.

[Pulsar77]

The hardest match may be the Celtic-Bodo glimt match. Bodo Glimt did very well in the group. They beat Roma 6-1. In Italy, they drew 2-2. Celtic's job is not easy. Fenerbahce - Slavia Prague match will not be easy either. Both teams can pass the round.

The Celtic - Bodo/Glimt matchup is really a candidate to become a difficult one. We know Celtic's quality already of course. But the most surprising thing here is Bodo/Glimt's incredible performance so far. As you all can remember, Bodo/Glimt destroyed Roma too by 6-1 in the group stage. It was a huge surprise for everyone undoubtedly. I think that they proved themselves even by only this game. Celtic must play very carefully in both games. Otherwise, it could be inevitable for them to be eliminated.

[Koal-84]

This is good news for Tottenham, the Conference League does not provide much financial benefit and a successful fight for a place in the TOP - 4 is much more important in this situation. Plus, Spurs will have a very difficult game schedule after three postponed matches.

I can understand, but I think it's never okay for a team to simply ignore a competition. If you accept to participate in it, you should try to go as far as possible. Furthermore, this theory of being a proof of little value is of little value until you win.

This is a new competition, we cannot expect that the first year will be a super important event. Now, all clubs must value it if they participate in it.

I don't think Tottenheim want that either, the squad is good enough for premier league and conference league. We are not talking about the champions league where a team is challenged much more. But Tottenheim seem to have appealed again, but when are they going to make up the game? The Premier League calendar is very tight. From an Austrian point of view, it's good for Rapid.

[Daniel91]

This is good news for Tottenham, the Conference League does not provide much financial benefit and a successful fight for a place in the TOP - 4 is much more important in this situation. Plus, Spurs will have a very difficult game schedule after three postponed matches.

I can understand, but I think it's never okay for a team to simply ignore a competition. If you accept to participate in it, you should try to go as far as possible. Furthermore, this theory of being a proof of little value is of little value until you win.

This is a new competition, we cannot expect that the first year will be a super important event. Now, all clubs must value it if they participate in it.

I don't think Tottenheim want that either, the squad is good enough for premier league and conference league. We are not talking about the champions league where a team is challenged much more. But Tottenheim seem to have appealed again, but when are they going to make up the game? The Premier League calendar is very tight. From an Austrian point of view, it's good for Rapid.

According to this news, it seems that Tottenham are more worried about the lost earnings due to expulsion from this competition than the administrative decision of UEFA to prevent them from further participation in this competition:

Tottenham consider legal route after being thrown out of Europe over forfeited Covid-hit Rennes match
Spurs not planning to appeal Uefa decision to give Rennes 3-0 win - in turn eliminating them - but may seek advice on potential lost revenue
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/12/20/tottenham-thrown-europe-uefa-decide-covid-hit-rennes-game-should/

In fact, this is to be expected. English clubs have a very busy schedule in the English Championship and let's be honest, the UEFA Europa Conference League is not a very attractive competition, especially when compared to the Champions League.
It seems to me that Tottenham would be happiest if this story was forgotten as soon as possible, and that UEFA give them some monetary compensation for lost revenue.
After all, it all comes down to money, right? 

[Koal-84]

In fact, this is to be expected. English clubs have a very busy schedule in the English Championship and let's be honest, the UEFA Europa Conference League is not a very attractive competition, especially when compared to the Champions League.
It seems to me that Tottenham would be happiest if this story was forgotten as soon as possible, and that UEFA give them some monetary compensation for lost revenue.
After all, it all comes down to money, right? 

Of course it's about money again, even if the lowest international league in Europe is not that attractive, Tottenheim would have been one of the favourites for the victory, the winner would have a fixed place in the Europa League next year, so money again and also the points for another seed for example for the Champions League qualification next year are not to be despised. So all in all, this elimination is no advantage for Tottenheim, but I assume that it is like that now and as you write, there is a maximum of financial compensation from UEFA, even if the chances are slim.

[icopress]

Of course it's about money again, even if the lowest international league in Europe is not that attractive, Tottenheim would have been one of the favourites for the victory, the winner would have a fixed place in the Europa League next year, so money again and also the points for another seed for example for the Champions League qualification next year are not to be despised. So all in all, this elimination is no advantage for Tottenheim, but I assume that it is like that now and as you write, there is a maximum of financial compensation from UEFA, even if the chances are slim.

Have you watched the statistics of fees in such tournaments for a long time? Compared to the Premier League, this is a drop in the bucket, so Tottenham, by and large, do not care. By the way, I looked at the newsfeed, and it turned out that Spurs became an anti-hero after being able to fly out of the European Champions Cup, Champions League, Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup, Europa League, Intertoto Cup and Conference League.

The funny thing is, after the draw, the Europa League began to somewhat resemble the Champions League! 

[joker_josue]

Of course it's about money again, even if the lowest international league in Europe is not that attractive, Tottenheim would have been one of the favourites for the victory, the winner would have a fixed place in the Europa League next year, so money again and also the points for another seed for example for the Champions League qualification next year are not to be despised. So all in all, this elimination is no advantage for Tottenheim, but I assume that it is like that now and as you write, there is a maximum of financial compensation from UEFA, even if the chances are slim.

No more! I am also of the opinion, if a club registers to participate in a competition, it has to face it correctly. You may not give the same value to one test in relation to others. But I don't think any club in the world likes to lose in the secretariat. Even if it was a game, where only the juniors play, they would always have their chance.

In reality the problem here is the UEFA regulations, which set a deadline for playing the game after it is initially cancelled. A deadline, which, given the time we live in COVID, does not make any sense! That yes, it was a shameful attitude on the part of UEFA, considering that the next game in the competition is only in February.