⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2023/24 | SFs

[snipie]

Eh, Lazio's about to make sure my ambitious acca dies on the very first leg, need to score 4 in about 40 minutes, not that I don't think they cannot (who am I kidding), they're just probably going to make it worse now. United got a scruffy goal and Penaldo made it 2 as well, so all is well with the team, except a small matter of Sancho not making it to Nations League, ouch.

Lazio 1 - 5 Midtjylland, one of the worst results and I doubt most people expected to see them losing, yet to see them destroyed literally..
For ManU, they won and CR7 scored a penalty, his first goal since? Hopefully he will perform better from now on.

I'm looking forward to Fenerbahce's clash with Rennes. The odds for the match surprised me. I honestly didn't think rennes would be such a favorite.

Both teams are unstable and the result will be unpredictable.

[Joca97]

Eh, Lazio's about to make sure my ambitious acca dies on the very first leg, need to score 4 in about 40 minutes, not that I don't think they cannot (who am I kidding), they're just probably going to make it worse now. United got a scruffy goal and Penaldo made it 2 as well, so all is well with the team, except a small matter of Sancho not making it to Nations League, ouch.

Lazio 1 - 5 Midtjylland, one of the worst results and I doubt most people expected to see them losing, yet to see them destroyed literally..
For ManU, they won and CR7 scored a penalty, his first goal since? Hopefully he will perform better from now on.

I'm looking forward to Fenerbahce's clash with Rennes. The odds for the match surprised me. I honestly didn't think rennes would be such a favorite.

Both teams are unstable and the result will be unpredictable.

I dont know what happen to Lazio in todays match they lost to Midtylland unexpectedly and even got destroy probobly one of the worst results in their europe history. Happy for Ronaldo for scoring his goal after a while i hope he goes back into form after this goal

[emrecemsan]

Manchester United made up for the Real Sociedad loss today. The match ended in the first half already after making the score 2-0. Ronaldo finally scored a goal after a very long time. I mean that he hasn't been scoring since May 2 until this match. This is a really terrible statistics for him as there have been so many matches between these dates. I don't think this will make a change in Erik ten Hag's plans for their upcoming Premier League matches. Rashford should still be his first choice until he starts performing worse.

I really have no idea how the Midtjylland - Lazio match ended 5-1. Lazio defeated Feyenoord 4-2 last week which showed how much they were caring about the Europa League. However this too surprising result was enough to think the opposite for me. Lazio didn't have a lineup full of backup players also. Hence there is no meaning in this embarrassing loss. Just imagine that you bet on Lazio @1.70 or so and they are losing like this. It's horrible.

[Harkorede]

Eh, Lazio's about to make sure my ambitious acca dies on the very first leg, need to score 4 in about 40 minutes, not that I don't think they cannot (who am I kidding), they're just probably going to make it worse now. United got a scruffy goal and Penaldo made it 2 as well, so all is well with the team, except a small matter of Sancho not making it to Nations League, ouch.

Lazio 1 - 5 Midtjylland, one of the worst results and I doubt most people expected to see them losing, yet to see them destroyed literally..
For ManU, they won and CR7 scored a penalty, his first goal since? Hopefully he will perform better from now on.

I'm looking forward to Fenerbahce's clash with Rennes. The odds for the match surprised me. I honestly didn't think rennes would be such a favorite.

Both teams are unstable and the result will be unpredictable.

I dont know what happen to Lazio in todays match they lost to Midtylland unexpectedly and even got destroy probobly one of the worst results in their europe history. Happy for Ronaldo for scoring his goal after a while i hope he goes back into form after this goal

It was a crazy game to be honest, I really didn't anticipate so much goals for those first set of fixtures, but the goals just kept coming in, Lazio loss was something no one could imagined, 5-1 loss to a team from Denmark, Lazio should literally have done better.

Feyenoord were also ruthless with 6 goals victory over Sturm Graz, most of the other results from those sets of fixtures were a somewhat as expected, Man Utd, Real Sociedad and AZ Alkmaar in the conference winning their respective games, all I need now is a win from AS Roma and West Ham in order to win one of my bets.

[Rruchi man]

And Manchester United have made it 0:2 in the first half of the game so far, Jadon Sancho with the opening goal in 17 minutes and Ronaldo converted a penalty kick to a goal in the 39th minute to give Manchester United a comfortable lead in this game against FC Sheriff.

Ronaldo very much needed that goal, he has gone a while this season in all competitions without being able to hit the net. Many people think the celebration he put up after scoring the penalty was unnecessary because of the team they played plus the fact that it was a penalty and not a regular goal. But for me, I think the celebration was more like a show of joy that he had broken the deadlock and maybe we should expect more from him, and I certainly do.

[MoonOfLife]

And Manchester United have made it 0:2 in the first half of the game so far, Jadon Sancho with the opening goal in 17 minutes and Ronaldo converted a penalty kick to a goal in the 39th minute to give Manchester United a comfortable lead in this game against FC Sheriff.

Ronaldo very much needed that goal, he has gone a while this season in all competitions without being able to hit the net. Many people think the celebration he put up after scoring the penalty was unnecessary because of the team they played plus the fact that it was a penalty and not a regular goal. But for me, I think the celebration was more like a show of joy that he had broken the deadlock and maybe we should expect more from him, and I certainly do.

Ronaldo has finally managed to score a goal this season. Although it was from a penalty chance. Even in today's match, we don't get a good performance from Ronaldo. But Ronaldo tried his best to play well. He is yet to adapt himself to Manchester United's match strategy. Ronaldo can perform better if Ten Hag supports him. Ronaldo will not get a chance to play in Premier League matches unless his performance improves.

[Pulsar77]

Rennes - Fenerbahce match has been going on quite competitively as most people expected. Fenerbahce scored but it was disallowed due to offside. None of the sides was more dominant in the first half. They just tried to know each other by playing safer as this is their first match against each other. Actually Fenerbahce gave a good signal by that goal attempt but we will see which side will play more consistent. Even one point would be nice for the Turkish team here as Rennes are the strongest opponent in the group.

The other Turkish team Trabzonspor did a nice work by winning 2-1 against Crvena zvezda. After that horrible performance against Ferencvaros despite the red card, they needed a win to pull themselves together. They haven't been doing well in the Turkish Super League these days already. But they are trying to prevent this situation from affecting them badly in the Europa League also. This is a group they can qualify from. Monaco lost to Ferencvaros home by the way and this is good news for Trabzonspor as they have captured the 2nd position. Their Monaco matches will be really crucial for their chance to move on.

[casperBGD]

all started with a big bang, Feyenoord gave 6 goals to Sturm (which is not big surprise), but Midtjylland scored 5 goals to Lazio, interesting group so far

United won in Moldova, Monaco lost home match to Ferencvaros (that has two wins at start), Crvena Zvezda lost in Turkey, against Trabzon, to be at the bottom of this group

and Bodo does not give up easily, lead 2:0 against Zurich, after draw with PSV, pretty much standing candidacy for next round

[Google+]

Ronaldo very much needed that goal, he has gone a while this season in all competitions without being able to hit the net. Many people think the celebration he put up after scoring the penalty was unnecessary because of the team they played plus the fact that it was a penalty and not a regular goal. But for me, I think the celebration was more like a show of joy that he had broken the deadlock and maybe we should expect more from him, and I certainly do.

He deserves to do that for his success in breaking the deadlock in terms of scoring goals. Ronaldo can maintain his best performance in the upcoming matches, he is a role model for other players for what he has achieved so far. Erik also threw praise for the results of this match. Ronaldo and Sancho scored goals in this and man of the match fell to Eriksen who appeared quite consistent in midfield. Manchester United had many opportunities in this match but unfortunately these opportunities failed to be used as goals. for ronaldo success in scoring in this match i see a lot of praise coming to him.

[boltz]

I'm looking forward to Fenerbahce's clash with Rennes. The odds for the match surprised me. I honestly didn't think rennes would be such a favorite. When I look at Fenerbahce's starting 11, it's more or less the same players. Jorge jesus seems to have established a certain rhythm and tactics. Of course, they still have some small deficiencies. This is an important match for Fenerbahçe and I hope they will come back with 3 points.

What an ending on this game! Penalty in minute 90 for Fener and they just made 2-2 with 3 minutes left to play. Crazy game , with a red card , 4 goals and a lot of corners so good choice for you if you took this game on bet on goals or corners but also good for Fener that they didn't lost.

Royal vs Malmo , similar game with a lot of goals and Malmo was leading at some point by 2-1 and Royal made it back with a 3-2 in the end...

[Joca97]

all started with a big bang, Feyenoord gave 6 goals to Sturm (which is not big surprise), but Midtjylland scored 5 goals to Lazio, interesting group so far

United won in Moldova, Monaco lost home match to Ferencvaros (that has two wins at start), Crvena Zvezda lost in Turkey, against Trabzon, to be at the bottom of this group

and Bodo does not give up easily, lead 2:0 against Zurich, after draw with PSV, pretty much standing candidacy for next round

Some really surprising results in the europa league tonight. Lazio got destroyed unexpectedly amd Feyenord wom pretty big tonight aswell. Crvena Zvezda is in really bad form and Trabzonspor took advantage of it pretty easily today and got important three points .

[D-law]

And Manchester United have made it 0:2 in the first half of the game so far, Jadon Sancho with the opening goal in 17 minutes and Ronaldo converted a penalty kick to a goal in the 39th minute to give Manchester United a comfortable lead in this game against FC Sheriff.

Ronaldo very much needed that goal, he has gone a while this season in all competitions without being able to hit the net. Many people think the celebration he put up after scoring the penalty was unnecessary because of the team they played plus the fact that it was a penalty and not a regular goal. But for me, I think the celebration was more like a show of joy that he had broken the deadlock and maybe we should expect more from him, and I certainly do.

Goals like this boost player's confidence
Saw Bruno also hunting down to add the goals to his name
Good one Ronaldo scored he will start scoring from the next game ahead, City ? We shall all see

[LTU_btc]

Indeed, some today's results is really strange, especially from early slot. Lazio getting completely destroyed by Midtjylland. Monaco lost at home against Ferencvaros Feyenoord win isn't surprise, but it was difficult to expect that they will score 6 goals. What's going on with Olympiacos? Another terrible results, loss against Freiburg 0:3 at home. And they got completely outplayed. Dynamo Kyiv loss against AEK is also big upset.
Today I had made some more or less random bets on Europa/Conference league games without thinking much and quite unexpected ended with profit. But in general, betting on early rounds of UEFA EL/ECL games is difficult. Many upsets and some big teams aren't looking into these games 100% seriously now.

[CLS63]

It wasn't an easy match for Fenerbahce for sure. Everything happened so fast in the first moments of the second half. Rennes found two goals in two minutes. This has been like a syndrome for Turkish teams in European tournaments. Fenerbahce were nearly experiencing this against Dynamo Kyiv too. But they couldn't prevent Rennes here. However it was very important for Irfan to score in a short time. This kept the team in this match to be hopeful about a draw at least. After the red card the last minutes were really dramatic and that penalty was a savior for Fenerbahce.

This 2-2 result is still good for Fenerbahce as they already had a tough match. Things would be much different in Istanbul for sure as Fenerbahce would play more dominant there for getting 3 points. They will need to work on their defending more after having those shocking minutes. They should be able to stay more solid after conceding a goal to prevent a disaster.

[omgitsmehehe]

And Manchester United have made it 0:2 in the first half of the game so far, Jadon Sancho with the opening goal in 17 minutes and Ronaldo converted a penalty kick to a goal in the 39th minute to give Manchester United a comfortable lead in this game against FC Sheriff.

Ronaldo very much needed that goal, he has gone a while this season in all competitions without being able to hit the net. Many people think the celebration he put up after scoring the penalty was unnecessary because of the team they played plus the fact that it was a penalty and not a regular goal. But for me, I think the celebration was more like a show of joy that he had broken the deadlock and maybe we should expect more from him, and I certainly do.

Goals like this boost player's confidence
Saw Bruno also hunting down to add the goals to his name
Good one Ronaldo scored he will start scoring from the next game ahead, City ? We shall all see

I really agree with you on this, I think Ronaldo's celebration today was necessary, despite it was a penalty but we saw the joy that flows through him after hitting the net for the first time this season in all competitions, I think it hasn't been easy for a player with a high expectations. Perhaps this goal Will boost his morale to be thirsty for more goals he's a quality player with alot of expectations.

[onecall123]

And Manchester United have made it 0:2 in the first half of the game so far, Jadon Sancho with the opening goal in 17 minutes and Ronaldo converted a penalty kick to a goal in the 39th minute to give Manchester United a comfortable lead in this game against FC Sheriff.

Ronaldo very much needed that goal, he has gone a while this season in all competitions without being able to hit the net. Many people think the celebration he put up after scoring the penalty was unnecessary because of the team they played plus the fact that it was a penalty and not a regular goal. But for me, I think the celebration was more like a show of joy that he had broken the deadlock and maybe we should expect more from him, and I certainly do.

Goals like this boost player's confidence
Saw Bruno also hunting down to add the goals to his name
Good one Ronaldo scored he will start scoring from the next game ahead, City ? We shall all see

I really agree with you on this, I think Ronaldo's celebration today was necessary, despite it was a penalty but we saw the joy that flows through him after hitting the net for the first time this season in all competitions, I think it hasn't been easy for a player with a high expectations. Perhaps this goal Will boost his morale to be thirsty for more goals he's a quality player with alot of expectations.

It's a confidence boost for Cristiano Ronaldo as he scores his first goal of the season. He gets trolled whenever he scores. Trolls also come his way when he doesn't score. Although he always fought against the system to come out on top, however the hate this man gets is unnecessary. Maybe there are high expectations upon him, due to all the causes.

[Trofo]

Indeed, some today's results is really strange, especially from early slot. Lazio getting completely destroyed by Midtjylland. Monaco lost at home against Ferencvaros Feyenoord win isn't surprise, but it was difficult to expect that they will score 6 goals. What's going on with Olympiacos? Another terrible results, loss against Freiburg 0:3 at home. And they got completely outplayed. Dynamo Kyiv loss against AEK is also big upset.
Today I had made some more or less random bets on Europa/Conference league games without thinking much and quite unexpected ended with profit. But in general, betting on early rounds of UEFA EL/ECL games is difficult. Many upsets and some big teams aren't looking into these games 100% seriously now.

Some big teams are not taking this competition very seriously but they should still be able to hold their own. Lazio actually played with strong line up yesterday and got destroyed. Really did not expect that one and it hurt my main ticket. Good thing everything else passed so I got free bet back at least.

I was watching West Ham yesterday and they made a lot of changes but still played solid football which was enough for the win in the end.

[Alisha-k]

Eh, Lazio's about to make sure my ambitious acca dies on the very first leg, need to score 4 in about 40 minutes, not that I don't think they cannot (who am I kidding), they're just probably going to make it worse now. United got a scruffy goal and Penaldo made it 2 as well, so all is well with the team, except a small matter of Sancho not making it to Nations League, ouch.

Lazio 1 - 5 Midtjylland, one of the worst results and I doubt most people expected to see them losing, yet to see them destroyed literally..
For ManU, they won and CR7 scored a penalty, his first goal since? Hopefully he will perform better from now on.

I'm looking forward to Fenerbahce's clash with Rennes. The odds for the match surprised me. I honestly didn't think rennes would be such a favorite.

Both teams are unstable and the result will be unpredictable.

I honestly did not see this walloping of Lazio coming. I know midjylland are good club in the Danish league but paired with a fairly strong side like Lazio, I expected at most, 2-1 or 1-2 not this! Well, I hope they can fight back when they meet for the returning leg because 1-5 is quite a long one for Lazio and it's not like their performance in the Serie A is commendable as they sit 7th.
 I hope they would be able to redeem themselves when they meet with cremonese on Sunday tho.

[cygan]

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What's going on with Olympiacos? Another terrible results, loss against Freiburg 0:3 at home.
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sc freiburg has not only made a great start in the bundesliga (with 13 points from 6 games - 2nd place in the table), but is also impressing in the europa league with very good performances and results.
in yesterday's away game at olympiacos they were superior over the whole duration of the game and are also in their group g without loss of points on the 1st place with 6 points

[Harkorede]

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What's going on with Olympiacos? Another terrible results, loss against Freiburg 0:3 at home.
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sc freiburg has not only made a great start in the bundesliga (with 13 points from 6 games - 2nd place in the table), but is also impressing in the europa league with very good performances and results.
in yesterday's away game at olympiacos they were superior over the whole duration of the game and are also in their group g without loss of points on the 1st place with 6 points

Olympioacos were perhaps lucky that game ended with a 3-nil scoreline, it could have been much worse, given the number of decent chances that Freiburg were able to create.

Freiburg are only just having a really great start to the season and their performance in the Bundesliga is a reflection of that, I guess we'll find out if they'd be able keep up with the performance at least until the world cup break, that should put them in to a great position for final half of the season.

Another useless team right now is Dynamo Kiev, they've lost two of the opining first games, I understand that their group is probably the toughest just by comparing the teams in the group, but nevertheless they can't just back down this awfully into games without any sense of urgency, I'm very much glad to have stayed clear of having a dime on them, honestly   😏😏😏