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

[buwaytress]

^ I'm going Sevilla all the way. Odds aren't as interesting as the first leg (what a shame that was) but I've already got a couple of accas involving Feyenoord and Sevilla (both teams were worth their salt last game!).

There's so much at stake, I feel the value is really with the "underdogs" here. Hard not to give the nod to Ten Haag and Mourinho I suppose.

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[Bananington]

I can't believe what happened in MU - Sevilla game. When MU were leading 2:0, I thought it's over, turned off notifications on Flashscore and didn't come back to game until I saw final score of it. How it happened that MU score 2 own goals in final minutes of game? I didn't expected anyting from Sevilla, but now 2nd leg will be interesting.

Manchester United switched off in the first leg after the goals they scored and lost focus. They lost the valuable advantage of winning at home in the first leg due to defensive errors, and the same defender who was the problem is still in the team that will play again today. Sevilla is the better team to bet on to me because they can really win this second leg if they start attacking Manchester United defence from the first half.

[LTU_btc]

^ I'm going Sevilla all the way. Odds aren't as interesting as the first leg (what a shame that was) but I've already got a couple of accas involving Feyenoord and Sevilla (both teams were worth their salt last game!).

There's so much at stake, I feel the value is really with the "underdogs" here. Hard not to give the nod to Ten Haag and Mourinho I suppose.

Congrats, mate. Sevilla might be struggling in La Liga a lot, but their proves again that Europa league is their tournament. Probably not many are surprised about Maguire making such mistake, but you won't see De Gea making such mistakes like he did today.
Roma - Feyenoord it's game where want to see both teams going forward, can't pick favorite. Today Roma played much better, had more chance and I think it's fair that game goes to extra time, Feyenoord didn't had many moments, but managed to score.
And Sporting - Juve. Sporting were really close from sending game to extra time, but Juve show again how good their defense.
That moment when Europa league 1/4 finals is much more exciting than we had in Champions league.

[Slow death]

and this is a very shocking result of the manchester united game, manchester united has been a team with good defense and good attack but in this game without bruno fernandes it was noticed that the team returned to being the same as in the last 2 seasons, but suffered 3 goals was a huge exaggeration and humiliation, I wonder how the manager of manchester united must be very angry at this moment. with this defeat, manchester united is out of the europe league, this also shows that if they go to the champions league, there is no squad to go far and to win the premier league

As for the Roma game, it was also a very surprising result because Dybala managed to score just as the game was ending and saved the team, in extra time Roma scored 2 goals and won the game, Mourinho is a great coach, Roma they might even be lucky enough to win the europe league but they don't have a squad to win serie a and go far in the champions league unless they had the same luck as milan and inter had

about Juventus, as expected from the juventus coach, his strategy of strengthening the defense and focusing on scoring only 1 goal and then concentrating more on defense has produced good results, at least to stay in the third position of the series A and even they can win the europe league but also that way they won't be able to win the serie A and much less get far in the champions league. but in the europa league there are good chances

[casperBGD]

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That moment when Europa league 1/4 finals is much more exciting than we had in Champions league.

almost agree here, matches between Sevilla and United, or Feyenoord with Roma seem better than some CL matches
Leverkusen passed into SF, and their play so far is close to nothing, with a bit of luck, they could be a winner here

interesting SF pairs, Sevilla vs Juventus and Roma vs Leverkusen, not sure who will pass through, but cheering for Leverkusen

[emrecemsan]

Feyenoord could have eliminated Roma if it weren't for Dybala's life-saving goal for Roma. Of course Roma were still the better side in extra time and deserved to eliminate their opponent. Feyenoord gave up quite easily in extra time very interestingly after fighting hard until that point. But as for Leverkusen I don't think they would give up at any point of the matchup.

Leverkusen seem stronger than Feyenoord above all else. If it werent for Xabi Alonso's system then I wouldn't have expected to see them reaching even this stage. But so many things have changed thanks to him. He started a better era around here and they are doing a pretty good job about balancing the Bundesliga and Europa League now. They can still have big difficulties in finishing the Bundesliga in top 4 while there are only a few matches left. They can still be a part of the Champions League by becoming the champions here. If they become consistent in both legs it isn't a low probability for them to push Roma out of here.

[slaman29]

I somehow missed all the drama of the other legs, apart from sevilla, who of course tricked me to bet on them again in La Liga lol

If only I just stick to giving them a miss along with Valencia, but it's very tough to see any other winner than Sevilla now even though the current semifinal players are all very very good.

Leverkusen seem stronger than Feyenoord above all else. If it werent for Xabi Alonso's system then I wouldn't have expected to see them reaching even this stage. But so many things have changed thanks to him. He started a better era around here and they are doing a pretty good job about balancing the Bundesliga and Europa League now. They can still have big difficulties in finishing the Bundesliga in top 4 while there are only a few matches left. They can still be a part of the Champions League by becoming the champions here. If they become consistent in both legs it isn't a low probability for them to push Roma out of here.

How little I know that I didn't realize Alonso was now managing? If he wins this he will be legendary, to beat Mourinho is not a small matter. I agree league route is not open because the top 4 will gain most of the points, so I'm sure he is calculating his chances here. But so is Mourinho

[jakdanyel]

Sevilla's run in this season has been quite interesting. Their luck was a big help until a point first of all. I would like to remind you of their first leg match against Manchester United as well. They were so lucky about scoring those goals late in the match and getting a draw somehow. However things have started to change by the rematch. There was a really solid effort by Sevilla in the second leg.

They have been doing pretty good in the La Liga for a while as well. Therefore I think that we have already left behind Sevilla's horrible look. They have started to get positive results and this should be helpful in their upcoming matches in the Europa League as well.

Juventus are currently the most favoured team for the title by bookmakers. But I think they will have a hard time against Sevilla for sure.

[slaman29]

Yes, I'm betting on Sevilla. This time, not going to make my previous mistake of making a multibet (Sevilla won, but Barcelona did not).

Honestly I think at the odds that are given which is even better than when fighting Manchester United, this has to be a really big bet for me personally.

Juventus are at home though so that is always the danger of these matches.

[el kaka22]

I think Juventus will get it, I know that most people think that Sevilla is on a good roll and they have done as well as they hoped for and Juventus has been troubling and have some issues on top of their head and when you combine all those facts together it looks like Juventus will fail. But the reality is that we are not going to really see anything like that, we are going to end up with something much better and that will end up with something much bigger and better for Juventus.

I feel like it is going to end up with a good result eventually for Juventus. When you attack a team from all fronts, you make the players stick together a lot more and that is why I feel like that's going to be the case for this game as well, they will probably get a win.

[LTU_btc]

I think Juventus will get it, I know that most people think that Sevilla is on a good roll and they have done as well as they hoped for and Juventus has been troubling and have some issues on top of their head and when you combine all those facts together it looks like Juventus will fail. But the reality is that we are not going to really see anything like that, we are going to end up with something much better and that will end up with something much bigger and better for Juventus.

I feel like it is going to end up with a good result eventually for Juventus. When you attack a team from all fronts, you make the players stick together a lot more and that is why I feel like that's going to be the case for this game as well, they will probably get a win.

I really don't know what to expect Sevilla. They're struggling in La Liga, but after all, they eliminated MU. We can expect to see typical 1:0 Juve win, but I'll skip this game.
Roma - Bayer. Here I'm going with Roma win. Mainly because of home factor and also because Mourinho knows very well how to win in cups.

[bitgolden]

I think Juventus will get it, I know that most people think that Sevilla is on a good roll and they have done as well as they hoped for and Juventus has been troubling and have some issues on top of their head and when you combine all those facts together it looks like Juventus will fail. But the reality is that we are not going to really see anything like that, we are going to end up with something much better and that will end up with something much bigger and better for Juventus.

I feel like it is going to end up with a good result eventually for Juventus. When you attack a team from all fronts, you make the players stick together a lot more and that is why I feel like that's going to be the case for this game as well, they will probably get a win.

I really don't know what to expect Sevilla. They're struggling in La Liga, but after all, they eliminated MU. We can expect to see typical 1:0 Juve win, but I'll skip this game.
Roma - Bayer. Here I'm going with Roma win. Mainly because of home factor and also because Mourinho knows very well how to win in cups.

Just because they managed to beat United doesn't mean that they are great, United scored on their own goal twice, and they had some silly funny mistakes that was humiliating for the fans but they lost because of that in the end which makes Sevilla not that great. We need to understand that it is not going to be that great for them, and they can't really change much about it neither.

It's just how it is and we need to move on. I personally believe that the best thing to do in this case is to make sure that Juventus has high morale, they are getting punishments after punishments from the league which drops the morale sometimes, if they can stop that and keep the players hyped about this game then they could end up with a win without a doubt.

[buwaytress]

^^^ Nice bet Slam! I also have Sevilla on my ticket, but I went a bit more by pairing it with Basel in Conference so I'm sweating it out there. I guess I don't like winning easy, huh?

Also rooting for Mourinho, meanwhile. I'd like for him to reach the final and then smack... Sevilla? Imagine that, winning Conference, then Europa, then... UCL? I'll take some bets on that if someone could show me the odds

[Distraction]

I was doubting Juventus a lot for the first leg truthfully. I thought it wouldn't be an easy match for them at all. Now we are seeing the exact same thing. Sevilla have turned this match into a nightmare for them because they are like dominating the statistics now. Juventus can't even create many dangerous chances here. They don't even have a shot on target and there are only 3 goal attempts by them so far.

These are really poor statistics for a team that are challenging for the finale in the Europa League. Juventus are even lucky that Sevilla didn't open the goal gap more in the first half already. Because in that case it would have been a situation in which there wouldn't be many ways to turn back.

Juventus need to pull themselves together so Allegri had better warn the players about this poor effort.

[MAAManda]

I was doubting Juventus a lot for the first leg truthfully. I thought it wouldn't be an easy match for them at all. Now we are seeing the exact same thing. Sevilla have turned this match into a nightmare for them because they are like dominating the statistics now. Juventus can't even create many dangerous chances here. They don't even have a shot on target and there are only 3 goal attempts by them so far.

Sevilla did dominate the game in the first half, but that's not everything. There is still a second half, a team like Juventus will certainly not let this condition last until the end.

If you look at the current match conditions, Juventus are trying to take away the dominance that belongs to Sevilla. I'm sure the final score won't be as bad as you think and it's also a good opportunity to pick a Juventus win in the second half.

[Mr.suevie]

Sevilla's run in this season has been quite interesting. Their luck was a big help until a point first of all. I would like to remind you of their first leg match against Manchester United as well. They were so lucky about scoring those goals late in the match and getting a draw somehow. However things have started to change by the rematch. There was a really solid effort by Sevilla in the second leg.

They have been doing pretty good in the La Liga for a while as well. Therefore I think that we have already left behind Sevilla's horrible look. They have started to get positive results and this should be helpful in their upcoming matches in the Europa League as well.

Juventus are currently the most favoured team for the title by bookmakers. But I think they will have a hard time against Sevilla for sure.

They are favorite on paper but sevilla is probably the most experience team when we compare the two teans In Europa league competition. Right from the beginning, juventus should have known that its going to be very hard when it comes to eliminating this sevilla side as they would have used the quarter finals between Manchester united and them as an highlight. Juventus is trailing by a goal difference and should buckle up to in the second half if they want any chance of qualification.

[harapan]

They are favorite on paper but sevilla is probably the most experience team when we compare the two teans In Europa league competition. Right from the beginning, juventus should have known that its going to be very hard when it comes to eliminating this sevilla side as they would have used the quarter finals between Manchester united and them as an highlight. Juventus is trailing by a goal difference and should buckle up to in the second half if they want any chance of qualification.

I really thought Sevilla would win this game. I was so sure before the game. I even placed a bet on Sevilla.
Sevilla almost did it. They were the better team, they had more opportunities to score. Juventus just got better towards the end of the match, but they still did not have many goal scoring opportunities. I felt really bad when Juventus scored because it was the last minute of the game and I thought I had won the bet.
Overall, it was a good game. End to end attack.
I'm still betting on Sevilla to win the second leg and qualify for the final. Sevilla has the advantage in the second leg because they will be playing at their home stadium.

[LTU_btc]

Just because they managed to beat United doesn't mean that they are great, United scored on their own goal twice, and they had some silly funny mistakes that was humiliating for the fans but they lost because of that in the end which makes Sevilla not that great. We need to understand that it is not going to be that great for them, and they can't really change much about it neither.

It's just how it is and we need to move on. I personally believe that the best thing to do in this case is to make sure that Juventus has high morale, they are getting punishments after punishments from the league which drops the morale sometimes, if they can stop that and keep the players hyped about this game then they could end up with a win without a doubt.

Seems that your comment didn't aged very well As I said, Sevilla is unpredictable team and this is why I skipped betting on this game. And they were actually better team today IMO, no luck factor like against MU. 1 goal isn't huge difference, but now I see Sevilla as quite significant favorites.
Roma won 1:0 against Bayer, won my bet too. But Roma didn't had significant advantage today, it was game of more or less equal games, everything can happen in 2nd leg.

[casperBGD]

Sevilla proved what Real started, they are bounded to this competition, and one can't just count them out, due to being bad in La Liga
Juventus is still good to pass through the final, but everything can happen in re-match

Bayer played a bit better than result shows, but they will need to win at home to reach final, Roma scored, they didn't, and that is all key stats from first match

[buwaytress]

Sevilla proved what Real started, they are bounded to this competition, and one can't just count them out, due to being bad in La Liga
Juventus is still good to pass through the final, but everything can happen in re-match

Bayer played a bit better than result shows, but they will need to win at home to reach final, Roma scored, they didn't, and that is all key stats from first match

Yeah, this is the second time in 2 games I've bet quite risky on Sevilla at great odds, only to have them draw.

They won't lose easily, but it does seem they also won't be able to win easily. I want them through, but also Roma, and then the Italians to get the cup.

The value bets are on Juve and Roma though, away teams just get such a boost to price, even if the home stadiums aren't all that intimidating...