⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2023/24 | Winner: Atalanta

[Distraction]

I was really doing good with my betslip however Fenerbahce destroyed it by getting a draw. I trusted them to win against Rennes and it was the only match I predicted wrong. 5.55 was a really delightful total odd for me but couldn't make it.

This score is still useful for Fenerbahce maybe but getting a win was going to secure the lead actually. The reason why I trusted their win was this. They started the match really horrible. It wasn't difficult for Rennes to bring the score to 3-0 at all. But Fenerbahce's awake was really promising. Even though they were 3-0 behind they didn't give up on the match. After a brave fight they managed to finish the match with a 3-3 draw. They are still the leader as a result but they must win against Dynamo Kyiv last week to secure the lead. Otherwise they will play an extra round with one of the teams coming from the Champions League which would be more stressful for them.

[Joca97]

I was also afraid for Lazio when they conceded early goal but they managed to pull the game back and win in the end.

Gustav Isaksen's quick goal made it difficult for Lazio to develop the game, but slowly Lazio began to improve and found a scheme to maintain the rhythm of the game, precisely in the 36th minute Sergej Milinkovic was able to take advantage of the wonderful opportunity provided by Felipe Anderson, so the score changed to 1 -1.
After this goal was created, Lazio began to take possession of the ball, the rhythm of the game changed completely from before, in the 55th minute Pedro Rodriguez came on for Matteo Cancellieri and managed to score the winner three minutes after he was put on by the coach, finally the goal became the winning goal for Lazio until the game ends.

Good to see Ronaldo playing and scoring again, even if it "just" Europa League.

This had made my long discussion in the English league. Everyone said that Ronaldo didn't have the instinct to score anymore, even many blamed Ronaldo's attitude for leaving the field before the game ended against Tottenham. Although everyone agrees that such an attitude is clearly not justified. But in the end Ronaldo proved that when given the chance, he would not let Ten Hag down.

In the game I saw last night, Ronaldo played quite well, despite losing the ball a few times, but if Erik Ten Haq gave Ronaldo more playing time, we think he can prove his quality and goal-scoring instinct is not over. It's great to see Ronaldo again contributing to the club.

Ronaldos quality never came into any doubt. The problem with him was that he just wasnt in form and couldnt score as much as before but once he scores in a couple of games in a row he will be again a goalscoring machine. Only wish he played more in the premier league so he can prove to everyone his quality

[slaman29]

Ronaldos quality never came into any doubt. The problem with him was that he just wasnt in form and couldnt score as much as before but once he scores in a couple of games in a row he will be again a goalscoring machine. Only wish he played more in the premier league so he can prove to everyone his quality

Exactly! I don't think in any of the discussions about if Ronaldo should play or not has never been about his ability to score goals, he proved that even in his last season, being the one solely responsible for dragging his club out of trouble. The problem is what he does to a team, does he make it better or does he make it worse?

Ask Juventus.

Well, not a good night for me at all. I was counting on the Germans Union Berlin and Freiburg to win, Union did so my final leg on this acca was all there to win, until they conceded in 17th minute and didn't register a single shot on goal in first half.

That must have been so painful, I wish I used my freebets more often like this, usually I put on one or two games or that I choose a big upset (in my measurement not yours lol).

You would even have taken insurance if this wasn't a freebet

[Gosgosking]

Ronaldos quality never came into any doubt. The problem with him was that he just wasnt in form and couldnt score as much as before but once he scores in a couple of games in a row he will be again a goalscoring machine. Only wish he played more in the premier league so he can prove to everyone his quality

I think what makes Ronaldo not to be scoring Machine like before  is the too much sitting on a bench. Ronaldo scored plenty goals last season but this season he never had the same chance  and it is a problem for him. This can be the reason why he always angry with ten Hag.

[Pulsar77]

Roma are going to play a really important match for themselves in three days. They have to defeat Ludogorets in Italy otherwise they will continue in the Europa Conference League later on.

Ludogorets seem to have a really big advantage in their hands for sure. But I still think that there is no way Roma are losing points against them home. I know that their priority is to be successful in the Serie A this season. They are doing better than the previous season and they want to keep a good run in the end. But I think they will care about this critical match of the group stage. Their fixture is a little tight these days. They are playing against Verona at the moment. Two days after the Ludogorets match, they have another match in the Serie A. But I still think Mourinho won't rotate the squad much and they will do their best for the next round in the Europa League. 1.33 is a small odd to bet on but it would be nice in a multi.

[buwaytress]

Arsenal tonight, right guys?

But just in case they don't perform, or win by a solitary goal, I've just gone for a rather dangerous Under 4 Asian handicap at under 17/10.

And then this tidy acca, counting on at least 1 goal in first half to help me boost a small Union/Monaco acca:

Roma are going to play a really important match for themselves in three days. They have to defeat Ludogorets in Italy otherwise they will continue in the Europa Conference League later on.

Won't be a good look for the holders to go back down. Mou's going to give it everything to win Europa and... add a new tattoo or something heh.

[CLS63]

I'm waiting for Fenerbahçe's match tonight excitedly. Because if Fenerbahce win that match I will have a really big amount of winnings.    All of the other matches so far on the betslip have won so far.

I can't be very comfortable with Fenerbahçe's win for now on the other hand. Because I remember their previous match against Dynamo Kyiv at the same time. They had a really hard time on winning in Istanbul. They won the match by like a last-minute goal. However there is an advantage for Fenerbahçe here as well because their opponent can't qualify for even the Conference League from now on. Hopefully Fenerbahçe will win and make me very happy.

[casperBGD]

interesting round, lot to be solved tonight
Zvezda is down 3:1 in Monaco at the moment, and they need to overcome score totally and win for next stage, pretty tough
Lazio is down in Rotterdam, and setting to play in Conference league, if they do not score in last 20 minutes

Olympiakos is really disappointing team this season
United lead against Sociedad

[Trofo]

Lazio is down in Rotterdam, and setting to play in Conference league, if they do not score in last 20 minutes

I have watched second half of Lazio game and they so deserved to go out of Europa League. First they concede a very stupid goal and then after that they never really get going and put Feynoord under the pressure. I mean you can't loose anything else, grow a pair and attack with everything you got. Then you can at least say you did your best.

I needed both to score in this one for my multi so a bit extra salty maybe

[casperBGD]

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I needed both to score in this one for my multi so a bit extra salty maybe

probably salty due to that, I also like Lazio out, hoping to see Provedel out for Maximiano as prime goalkeeper, but ain't gonna happen this season obviously
interesting group dough, all teams end up with 8 points, goal difference was there to make all the difference, and Lazio lost 5:1 from Midtjylland

Nantes pulled win over Olympiakos, and proceed to next round, congrats after three loses in a row

[Harkorede]

Lazio is down in Rotterdam, and setting to play in Conference league, if they do not score in last 20 minutes

I have watched second half of Lazio game and they so deserved to go out of Europa League. First they concede a very stupid goal and then after that they never really get going and put Feynoord under the pressure. I mean you can't loose anything else, grow a pair and attack with everything you got. Then you can at least say you did your best.

I needed both to score in this one for my multi so a bit extra salty maybe

I had Man Utd to win, thanks to David Gea for saving the for me, I really just went with my guts and I was prompted by the odds too I'm not gonna lie because I felt the 2 Odds was really just valuable to me.

I'm not the biggest fan of BTTS and I really don't like to bet on Europa, due its high level of uncertainty imo, and I'm not so conversant with a lot of teams in the competition, I just often follow the league popularity and some other weird sentimental shits.

I've got Villarreal to win for this night fixture and they're already trailing by a goal against desperate Lech Poznan.

[Marykeller]

Manchester United has rounded up a round of 16 group E games with a win against Real Sociedad. They won with a goal. Manchester United came second with 15 points while Real Sociedad had 15 points but topped Manchester United with a goal difference.
Manchester United will be playing against one of the UCL clubs either Barcelona or Juventus in their next Europa match. What's Manchester United's fate since Barcelona and Juventus are joining the Europa League

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Manchester United has rounded up a round of 16 group E games with a win against Real Sociedad. They won with a goal. Manchester United came second with 15 points while Real Sociedad had 15 points but topped Manchester United with a goal difference.
Manchester United will be playing against one of the UCL clubs either Barcelona or Juventus in their next Europa match. What's Manchester United's fate since Barcelona and Juventus are joining the Europa League

Both teams are still at the same level as Manchester United so there's nothing to worry about if you think Juventus and Barca  are strong opponents then they shouldn't be knocked out of the Champion League right? Manchester United is currently on the right track they almost recorded a perfect win in the Europa League.

By the way Roma managed to make a comeback 3-1 after losing in the first half with this win Roma goes to the next round, do you know who their next opponent is?

[LTU_btc]

Roma fans have reason to celebrate. Their team reached next round after difficult win against Ludogorets and their main rival Lazio got eliminated. What a performance by Zaniolo - two earned penalties and fantastic goal.
Group F remained to be fantastic until very end. All 4 teams got 8 points, can't remember anything similar. Feyenoord and Midtjylland goes to next round, Lazio and Sturm got eliminated because H2H results.
I already said many times, but I'm amazed how terrible Olympiacos become. They used to play decent in Champions league and now they end last in Europa league group with just 2 points and now another loss against Nantes at home 0:2. They squad doesn't look that bad.

[Joca97]

interesting round, lot to be solved tonight
Zvezda is down 3:1 in Monaco at the moment, and they need to overcome score totally and win for next stage, pretty tough
Lazio is down in Rotterdam, and setting to play in Conference league, if they do not score in last 20 minutes

Olympiakos is really disappointing team this season
United lead against Sociedad

Crvena Zvezda got destroyed by Monaco and now is fully knocked out fully from all tournaments. Expected more from them this season but they couldnt even take third place. Lazio is really bad in europe this season and keeps losing points to lower quality teams.

[Harkorede]

I've got Villarreal to win for this night fixture and they're already trailing by a goal against desperate Lech Poznan.

Completely terrible result for Villarreal, I really didn't expect to perform that badly. 3 Unanswered goals is terrible!

I'm waiting for Fenerbahçe's match tonight excitedly. Because if Fenerbahce win that match I will have a really big amount of winnings.    All of the other matches so far on the betslip have won so far.

Congratulations on your bet!

Fenerbache won the game convincingly, right from the very first half, and that was enough for them as Dynamo Kiev couldn't find anyway back into the game, and playing the last 30 minutes with just 10 men couldn't have in anyway helped matters for Ukrainian team, they had nothing to play for to begin with, though.

[AndySt]

Both teams are still at the same level as Manchester United so there's nothing to worry about if you think Juventus and Barca  are strong opponents then they shouldn't be knocked out of the Champion League right? Manchester United is currently on the right track they almost recorded a perfect win in the Europa League. By the way Roma managed to make a comeback 3-1 after losing in the first half with this win Roma goes to the next round, do you know who their next opponent is?

Oh, yes, you should not buy into the magic of names and the current Juventus certainly does not look better at the level of the game than Manchester United. Massimiliano Allegri can say as much as he likes after each match how angry he and the team are at losing, but the fact remains that Juventus scored the same number of points as Maccabi, who took the last fourth place and was able to get into the Europa League only thanks to a better goal difference. Barcelona also does not look like an impassable opponent for Manchester United, so it is difficult to name an undisputed favorite here. Roma had a rather strange match with Ludogorets and allowed the opponent too much and could have paid for it if, say, the referee had not canceled the second goal of Ludogorets.

[1miau]

Group F remained to be fantastic until very end. All 4 teams got 8 points, can't remember anything similar. Feyenoord and Midtjylland goes to next round, Lazio and Sturm got eliminated because H2H results.

Quite interesting group and teams leading the group previously lost and failed to maintain even a draw, so Midtjylland (today 2-0 against Strum Graz) and Feyenoord (today 1-0 against Lazio) are advancing to the next round.
Especially Lazio was a bit disappointing by showing a weak performance, which was somehow unexpected even in an away game.



And kudos to Union Berlin once again for a very strong defensive performance.
During group phase, Union only scored 4 goals but conceded even fewer (2 goals), so 4x 1:0 wins were enough for Union.



Union can only win 1-0 or lose 0-1. 

[udidrone]

Group F remained to be fantastic until very end. All 4 teams got 8 points, can't remember anything similar. Feyenoord and Midtjylland goes to next round, Lazio and Sturm got eliminated because H2H results.

Quite interesting group and teams leading the group previously lost and failed to maintain even a draw, so Midtjylland (today 2-0 against Strum Graz) and Feyenoord (today 1-0 against Lazio) are advancing to the next round.
Especially Lazio was a bit disappointing by showing a weak performance, which was somehow unexpected even in an away game.

https://i.imgur.com/3ng2spB.png

And kudos to Union Berlin once again for a very strong defensive performance.
During group phase, Union only scored 4 goals but conceded even fewer (2 goals), so 4x 1:0 wins were enough for Union.

https://i.imgur.com/58cpKbb.png

Union can only win 1-0 or lose 0-1. 

I don't know what to say in the fight for points in this group each team has fought their best but the fact is that luck only favors some teams
Getting knocked out on goal difference is certainly more painful than being knocked out on a loss at least this is what Lazio players and fans have to experience
Fortunately, there are still AS Roma who represent Serie A in this competition we can imagine if there is not a single representative from Serie A

[tranthidung]

I had Man Utd to win, thanks to David Gea for saving the for me, I really just went with my guts and I was prompted by the odds too I'm not gonna lie because I felt the 2 Odds was really just valuable to me.

Without De Gea, Manchester United should lose the match. Anyway, 3 points and one goal are not enough for them to get the first position in that group. So they will have to play against a club which was relegated from Champions League. This potentially brings a tougher opponent to Manchester United.

Ronaldo did have an effortful match and had an assist to Garnacho who scored his first goal for Manchester United after 7 matches for the club. Interesting to know when Ronaldo has a first match for United in 2003, Garnacho were not born. After scoring the goal, he celebrated it as same as Ronaldo's celebration style recently.


Ten Hag tried to send Marguie in last few minutes and let him play at the striker position to try another goal but failed.

UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off draw: What is it? Where to watch it? Who are the teams?

There are 16 teams in the draw: the eight runners-up from the Europa League group stage will be seeded; the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage will be unseeded.

Seeded teams
Manchester United (ENG)
Midtjylland (DEN)
Monaco (FRA)
Nantes (FRA)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Rennes (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Union Berlin (GER)

Unseeded teams
Ajax (NED)
Barcelona (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)
Leverkusen (GER)
Salzburg (AUT)
Sevilla (ESP)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Sporting CP (POR)

There is no club from England in the Unseed team list, so Manchester United will have risk to meet one of clubs including: Barcelona, Juventus, Leverkusen and Sevilla (they are strongest clubs in this list personally).