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

[junder]

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I myself don't have my own champion team, even though I watch football I just take part in feeling the excitement of the matches between teams, what about you? What are the criteria for a good team in your opinion? Do you have a favorite team in the match?

Indeed, this is the Europa League, with Liverpool currently seeming to be experiencing less than optimal performance, maybe they will have difficulties if they face Leverkusen, I mean Leverkusen can beat strong teams outside the Europa League, Bayern are not in the Europa League, but they are one of the teams big. That's what I mean, if they can beat big teams, maybe Liverpool will have difficulty when they face Leverkusen.

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[el kaka22]

Many people are overreacting to Atalanta game, but Liverpool is the team that managed to come back from this deficit against Barcelona at UCL, you think they can't do the same against Atalanta? First of all, they do not need 4 goals right away, they need just 3 goals for the game, then it's extra time, then it's both teams tied at that point and nobody has advantage but I would say momentum would be on Liverpool's side as well.

So, scoring three goals to Atalanta should not be impossible for Liverpool. Do not consider the fact that this is a big difference just because it is unexpected, I believe that stuff like these happens and I believe that Liverpool will be able to overcome this. Even if not, they will try their best.

[Docnaster]

Many people are overreacting to Atalanta game, but Liverpool is the team that managed to come back from this deficit against Barcelona at UCL, you think they can't do the same against Atalanta? First of all, they do not need 4 goals right away, they need just 3 goals for the game, then it's extra time, then it's both teams tied at that point and nobody has advantage but I would say momentum would be on Liverpool's side as well.

So, scoring three goals to Atalanta should not be impossible for Liverpool. Do not consider the fact that this is a big difference just because it is unexpected, I believe that stuff like these happens and I believe that Liverpool will be able to overcome this. Even if not, they will try their best.

After the result of the first leg of the UEFA Europa League quarter final game between Liverpool and Atalanta, many people are of the opinion that Atalanta will definitely progress to the semi finals of the competition even when bookmakers had backed their English opponents to win the tie before the first leg. Now in your own opinion, you believe that the Liverpool team will be able make a come back in the tie when they travel to Italy for the second leg on Sunday because they have made similar come backs in European competitions before now.
I respect your opinion about the whole issue but I don't think Liverpool will be able to make that come back on Thursday and I said that because Liverpool is not at their best at the moment as they've failed to win any of their last three games in all competitions. Earlier today, they were beaten in a crucial English Premier League game at home by Crystal Palace. So I think that the result of their last three games games is gonna affect the teams confidence before the game against Atalanta on. Thursday

[ILuckyGuyI]

Many people are overreacting to Atalanta game, but Liverpool is the team that managed to come back from this deficit against Barcelona at UCL, you think they can't do the same against Atalanta? First of all, they do not need 4 goals right away, they need just 3 goals for the game, then it's extra time, then it's both teams tied at that point and nobody has advantage but I would say momentum would be on Liverpool's side as well.

So, scoring three goals to Atalanta should not be impossible for Liverpool. Do not consider the fact that this is a big difference just because it is unexpected, I believe that stuff like these happens and I believe that Liverpool will be able to overcome this. Even if not, they will try their best.

Liverpool did it against Atalanta also in the Champions League in fact.    It was 4 years ago, the 2020/21 season. It was group stage and Liverpool obliterated Atalanta by 5-0 away... Why wouldn't it happen again?

Liverpool were having an unlucky and bad day at the same time in the game they lost 3-0. We watched very positive things from them in fact but finishing skills were far away from impressive. 

I think we will watch a much more capable team in the rematch. However it depends on Klopp's tactical preferences too. If he decides to rotate by thinking of the Fulham game on April 21st then they would prove me wrong really hard. But I think the maximum rotation would be the same as the first leg.

[Sunderland]

Many people are overreacting to Atalanta game, but Liverpool is the team that managed to come back from this deficit against Barcelona at UCL, you think they can't do the same against Atalanta? First of all, they do not need 4 goals right away, they need just 3 goals for the game, then it's extra time, then it's both teams tied at that point and nobody has advantage but I would say momentum would be on Liverpool's side as well.

So, scoring three goals to Atalanta should not be impossible for Liverpool. Do not consider the fact that this is a big difference just because it is unexpected, I believe that stuff like these happens and I believe that Liverpool will be able to overcome this. Even if not, they will try their best.

Liverpool did it against Atalanta also in the Champions League in fact.    It was 4 years ago, the 2020/21 season. It was group stage and Liverpool obliterated Atalanta by 5-0 away... Why wouldn't it happen again?

Liverpool were having an unlucky and bad day at the same time in the game they lost 3-0. We watched very positive things from them in fact but finishing skills were far away from impressive. 

I think we will watch a much more capable team in the rematch. However it depends on Klopp's tactical preferences too. If he decides to rotate by thinking of the Fulham game on April 21st then they would prove me wrong really hard. But I think the maximum rotation would be the same as the first leg.

After watching the Liverpool vs Crystal Palace, it seems there is no hope for Liverpool to beat Atalanta in the 2nd leg later.
Liverpool finishing was really bad, while Atalanta defense must be better than Crystal palace and they will play at home.
I dont see any worthy opponent for Leverkusen anymore, they definitely will become the winner of Europa League.

[Distraction]

I think this season Liverpool are not playing well, or maybe you could even say bad, with their match yesterday which they lost badly to Atalanta, I don't think they will be able to qualify, even though there is a chance to qualify, but it feels almost impossible. Liverpool did attack a lot, it's just that Atalanta were more efficient in the game, even though they didn't attack much, they were able to score goals which made Liverpool lose the match. I think Liverpool are having problems, but I don't know what the reason is, they are experiencing a decline in performance.

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Liverpool are in the championship race in the Premier League and this must have also had some side affects for them in the Europa League. Because Klopp had to rotate the squad a little for the Atalanta match. However I believe they still played really well. I mean they created a lot of goal chances but weren't having their best day though.  

3-0 is a score that is really difficult to come back from. More importantly, Liverpool have a PL match only 3 days after the second leg against Atalanta.



If the players' minds get busy with thinking of that match then it would be near impossible to eliminate Atalanta.

[buwaytress]

Hey fellas. Crunch time for Liverpool. No one's going to expect them to qualify, you have to score three goals, and not let in any, too bad for the away goal ruling, otherwise 4-1 would still get us through but no need for fantasies, let's just try our best and everything else falls into place, or doesn't.

No one interested in a 4/1 West Ham upset with probably hungover Leverkusen? I know I'm not haha.

[Zanab247]

Hey fellas. Crunch time for Liverpool. No one's going to expect them to qualify, you have to score three goals, and not let in any, too bad for the away goal ruling, otherwise 4-1 would still get us through but no need for fantasies, let's just try our best and everything else falls into place, or doesn't.

No one interested in a 4/1 West Ham upset with probably hungover Leverkusen? I know I'm not haha.

Since Liverpool have more interest on this UEFA Europa league trophy than other trophies, I guess they will do what they have never done before to ensure they beat Atalanta  1:3 to achieve victory from this game to make their fans happy.

If Liverpool allow Atlanta to beat them in this game, show that it will be difficult for them to have opportunity in other competitions to lift any trophy this season because the opportunity for them to take a good record from  Atalanta is in their hands which I know that they will use it well.

Many people know that West Ham will lose against Bayer Leverkusen in this game, anyone that will predict for the favor of Bayer Leverkusen will not lose at the end of the game because Bayer Leverkusen have players that can achieve victory from this game.

[Bitcoin_people]

Liverpool vs Atlanta will face in the leg-2 of the quarter-finals in the European League. And today's match I think will be the most competitive because Liverpool will want to win today's match against Atlanta. But Liverpool may not be able to win today's match because they are behind 0-3 goals against Atlanta in the first leg, so they are still under a lot of pressure. At the moment, though, Liverpool need to play well enough and make all their attacks work for them to win. And in today's match, Atlanta will not play with Liverpool in any way, but they will show their full performance in the match. And I think in today's match Liverpool will not win against Atlanta even if they try hard because it is very impossible to pay three goals and then score a few more. And if Liverpool cannot win the European League in today's match, they must be eliminated from the quarter-finals. Liverpool must attack enough to enter the semi-finals, and since today's match is at Atlanta's home ground, they will never let Liverpool win. And Atlanta has a good chance of making it to the semifinals, a chance they will never let go.

[ILuckyGuyI]

There might still be hope for Liverpool. Because they finished the first half 1-0 ahead. In fact I thought they would score at least their 2nd goal also because Salah's goal came very early. But still anything can happen in the 2nd half. 

It looks like Klopp didn't want to rotate the usual lineup. Only Nunez is on the bench now but maybe it could be because of his being out of form. Klopp doesn't want to say goodbye to the Europa League early and I started to feel that they will come back against Atalanta in the 2nd half.

Apart from that West Ham finished the first half 1-0 ahead against Leverkusen. However I still don't think they can be the one to advance to next round. The only thing I wonder is whether Leverkusen's unbeaten series will come to an end here...

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liverpool scored one goal and were about to score the second, the somewhat unlikely comeback seems possible.

I don't think they can do it but the game is still open.

Disaster instead for Milan who are already losing 2 to zero but now they have one more player thanks to the red card

[LTU_btc]

liverpool scored one goal and were about to score the second, the somewhat unlikely comeback seems possible.

I don't think they can do it but the game is still open.

Disaster instead for Milan who are already losing 2 to zero but now they have one more player thanks to the red card

Before the game comeback didn't looked impossible. After early they scored, it really looked that they can make. But rest of time didn't looked so good and whole 2nd half, it more looked like Atalanta need to score. Salah wasting great moments, even if it's offside, you still have to score.
Already wanted to say that got burned quite painfully with my bets as I expected much more goals, but late goals of Milan and Bayer improved my situation a bit.. Though, it was already too late for Milan to make a comeback.
Now switching to extra time between Marseille and Benfica.

[Agbamoni]

liverpool scored one goal and were about to score the second, the somewhat unlikely comeback seems possible.

I don't think they can do it but the game is still open.

Disaster instead for Milan who are already losing 2 to zero but now they have one more player thanks to the red card

It was at 6 minutes Liverpool scored their first goal and after that i was expecting more goals from them since all the first team started the match today. Klopp had the intention to score so many goals today but however they were unlucky to score. I was surprised as well when Atalanta were pressing hard to score when i was hoping to see the Atalanta team focusing on defending through out.

Liverpool should be disappointed. This is because they have bottled the EPL to Manchester City, lost the FA cup to   Manchester United and now went out of the Europa league in the quarter finals by losing to Atalanta. I dont think this is the plan Klopp had for the team this season. He would be so disappointed in himself and his team.

[Odohu]

Bayern Leverkusen have continued to maintain their unbeaten record this season. Westham almost ended it with their first half lead but as usual Bayern Leverkusen equalized in the second half in their regular late goals. They almost lost their home match against Hoffenheim if not of their late goal scoring prowess that made them score at the 88th and 90th +1 minutes that gave them the 2:1 vicory.

Many people are overreacting to Atalanta game, but Liverpool is the team that managed to come back from this deficit against Barcelona at UCL, you think they can't do the same against Atalanta? First of all, they do not need 4 goals right away, they need just 3 goals for the game, then it's extra time, then it's both teams tied at that point and nobody has advantage but I would say momentum would be on Liverpool's side as well.

So, scoring three goals to Atalanta should not be impossible for Liverpool. Do not consider the fact that this is a big difference just because it is unexpected, I believe that stuff like these happens and I believe that Liverpool will be able to overcome this. Even if not, they will try their best.

Nice try at motivating Liverpool using past records. Unfortunately, times have changed and just like many people expected, Liverpool won the fight but lost the war. The 0:1 win of Liverpool tonight has turn into waste as Atalanta have qualified.

[Distraction]

liverpool scored one goal and were about to score the second, the somewhat unlikely comeback seems possible.

I don't think they can do it but the game is still open.

It was a disappointing score at the end truthfully after seeing the way Liverpool started the match.    An early goal to get ahead by nothing more than that later on... Klopp was smiling in the last moments of the match because of a frustration probably. He was really desperate after not being able to score any more goals in the same half.

His substitutions as of the 66th minute also showed that he gave up and he just wanted to save some of his important players' energies for the Premier League match ahead.

Some people will criticize him for that some won't because of the PL's being more important.