⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2024/25 | League Phase

[slaman29]

In 3rd round Ajax - Panathinaikos probably is most interesting pair. Ajax is favorite, but I wouldn't bet on their win away.

I kinda wish Panathinaikos won here, but of course second leg is still a chance, but away I dunno Ajax seems to have a good home record even in their current state. Ajax was fun to watch but now they don't deserve anything with their boring style. Guess 1.6 was very fair in the end, easy money for those betting on favorites last night I guess.

[LTU_btc]

Today we have 2nd leg qualifying games. For me most interestinggames is Ajax - Panathinaikos and Servette - Braga. Put some money on Ajax win and BTTS on Servette - Braga, I hope it won't be another boring 0:0 draw.
Maccabi - Panevezys is game where we can expect some goals, same like in 1st leg, going with over 2.5 goals makes sense. Rapid - Trabzonspor looks like tricky game, Rapid have minimal advantage from 1st leg. Trying with BTTS here, would like to see Trabzonspor going through.

[LTU_btc]

We have new record made. In game between Ajax and Panathinaikos we saw longest ever penalty shootout in UEFA tournaments history. 34 shots were needed to decide winner, whole series took about 25 minutes. Crazy stuff! You won't see often player missing twice in same shootout, but Brian Brobbey did it. Anyway, Ajax won it and goes to final round of qualifiers
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40874313/ajax-panathinaikos-europa-league-shootout-uefa-record-34-penalties
https://twitter.com/eurofootcom/status/1824194559657775205
Other games didn't delivered upsets. Maybe Lincoln Red Imps win is little surprise, but it wasn't enough for them to qualify.

[CLS63]

Beşiktaş played against Lugano in an away match today. It was one of the enjoyable matches of the night. Beşiktaş could have actually won after capturing a 3-1 advantage. But they weren't good enough in defense and it ended 3-3. They will most probably finish the incomplete work in İstanbul. My team Fenerbahçe are also going to compete in league phase of the Europa League. I hope we can help with country coefficient by collecting some good amount of points. 

[SUPERSAIAN]

Beşiktaş certainly has no problems scoring goals this season. They had a 3-1 lead against Lugano, meaning they scored three goals, but if you look at the previous matches they played, you will see that they conceded too many goals in the numbers, and they had the same problem in this match.

In short, while Beşiktaş has no problems scoring goals, they have problems in the defense line. If the Dutch coach can play the right game in defense, Beşiktaş will dominate Lugano in the return match.

[nelson4lov]

I almost forgot that Chelsea now plays Thursday night football until I saw a notification from Google about their Europa league Conference game against Servette. Didn't see the game but Chelsea won it by 2-0. It's good to see them back winning. Hopefully we will get to see Enzo transfer some of that winning magic to their EPL games otherwise pressure will start mounting soon.

Good to know that these will be the last playoffs before everything goes in full swing.

[LTU_btc]

Despite conceding early goal against Jagiellonia, Ajax made seriouis statement for group stage by winning away game 4:1. They had chance to get even bigger win, but missed penalty. Not many upsets in 1st leg, probably only Elfsborg away win against Molde or Ferencvaros failing to win at home against Borac Banja Luka.
You guys are talking about Besiktas defence which doesn't exists. Same thing can be said about Lugano if you look at their recent results, 2nd leg should be fun.

[buwaytress]

^^ Like you I forgot all about Chelski being in here.

And now, we can welcome the likes of Galatasaray, Kiev and Malmo so far -- 2 out of 3 who just finished a season ago in Champions League, one beating Man Utd, the other beating Barca. Can't say there's a shortage of firepower or prestige in this season's Europa!

We'll probably welcome some minor prestige again tonight. Qarabag, Red Star, Lille?

[CLS63]

It feels really great to have 3 Turkish teams competing in the Europa League this season. Of course my priority is Fenerbahçe's success. But in general our teams can play a significant role in increasing our country coefficient this year. Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş all are going to compete with really qualified squads. Fenerbahçe have "The Special One" in charge as well. I hope we can be competitive for the Europa League trophy.

[buwaytress]

Gentlemen! Conference kicks off with the mighty, mighty Manchester United, who take on their illustrious opponents, Twente.

Remember, Ten Hag has promised a big cup final this season. Is he referring to Europa or the Charity Shield next year?!?!

It feels really great to have 3 Turkish teams competing in the Europa League this season. Of course my priority is Fenerbahçe's success. But in general our teams can play a significant role in increasing our country coefficient this year. Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş all are going to compete with really qualified squads. Fenerbahçe have "The Special One" in charge as well. I hope we can be competitive for the Europa League trophy.

Spoken like a true nationalist. I don't have such hopes for my country but I wish I did, I'd want as many teams as possible to qualify and go high up in our AFC, for the same reason as you. Long term, it's a gain for all the clubs.

The Special One has told us to call him The Foreign One, by the way, and I think the Gala side of Turkey now call him The Crying One. I miss Mou...

[Lida93]

Gentlemen! Conference kicks off with the mighty, mighty Manchester United, who take on their illustrious opponents, Twente.

Remember, Ten Hag has promised a big cup final this season. Is he referring to Europa or the Charity Shield next year?!?!

We are not even sure what Eric Ten Hag can actually do with Manchester united in tonight's game against the Netherlands side, Twente as the club doesn't look convincing to be glorified as mighty going by it's performance in recent times or probably you still dwelling on their old glory days.

It's a home game for Manchester united they have some advantage here to steal all three points if they just can play a better game utilizing their chances to get a blossoming start in the European championship. Ten Hag words isn't anything to depend on right now, what I think he should focus on doing is putting in actions, getting results with less talks.

The Special One has told us to call him The Foreign One, by the way, and I think the Gala side of Turkey now call him The Crying One. I miss Mou...

Jose Mourinho is yet to come to a realization that football games has evolved and he has to also follow suit by changing his coaching style of much defending than attacking. He can't remain conservative and expect to be at the top of his game.

[LTU_btc]

Europa league begins and it's great opportunity to use waste my free bets that I got from BSFL and prediction pools. Probably won't watch it today as my Barca is playing on the same time, maybe just will tune in simlucast on second screen. Most interesting games for me is Nice - Real Sociedad and Dynamo Kyiv - Lazio.

Gentlemen! Conference kicks off with the mighty, mighty Manchester United, who take on their illustrious opponents, Twente.

Mate, show some respect to mighty MU. They're still not bad enough to play in Conference, it's Europa league . According to bookmakers, they're heavy favourites against Twente, but probably nobody won't be surprised if they will struggle

[Swordsoffreedom]

It feels really great to have 3 Turkish teams competing in the Europa League this season. Of course my priority is Fenerbahçe's success. But in general our teams can play a significant role in increasing our country coefficient this year. Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş all are going to compete with really qualified squads. Fenerbahçe have "The Special One" in charge as well. I hope we can be competitive for the Europa League trophy.

These three Turkish teams are in a good position this season. Galatasaray is currently dominating the Super Lig. Galatasaray occupies the top spot in the table. Galatasaray's players are now more confident after defeating Fenerbahce in the last match. Galatasaray management also added talented players like Osimhen to the squad to strengthen their attack. Osimhen is likely to perform well on the Europa League platform.

Fenerbahce coach is now Mourinho. He is a very experienced coach. In addition, Fenerbahçe's squad is also quite strong. But the problem is that its performance at Fenerbahçe is still not stable. If Mourinho can't stabilize his performance at Fenerbahçe, the team is unlikely to perform well in the Europa League.

It is difficult to predict the performance of Basictas. Last season we saw poor performances from Besiktas. However, this team is playing very well so far this season. No surprise if Besiktas did well in the Europa League.

[Chilwell]

AZ Alkmaar vs Elfsborg
AZ Alkmaar (confirmed lineup): Rome Owusu-Oduro, Seiya Maikuma, Wouter Goes, Alexandre Penetra, David Moeller Wolfe, Jordy Clasie, Sven Mijnans, Peer Koopmeiners, Ibrahim Sadiq, Troy Parrott, Ruben van Bommel.

Elfsborg (confirmed lineup): Isak Pettersson, Sebastian Holmen, Ibrahim Buhari, Terry Yegbe, Simon Hedlund, Besfort Zeneli, Timothy Noor Ouma, Niklas Hult, Arber Zeneli, Michael Baidoo, Ahmed Qasem.

Bodo/Glimt vs Porto
Bodo/Glimt (confirmed lineup): Nikita Haikin, Fredrik Sjoevold, Odin Luraas Bjoertuft, Villads Nielsen, Fredrik Andre Bjoerkan, Ulrik Saltnes, Patrick Berg, Haakon Evjen, Isak Dybvik Maeaettae, Kasper Waarts Hoegh, Jens Petter Hauge.

Porto (confirmed lineup): Diogo Costa, Joao Mario, Nehuen Perez, Ze Pedro, Francisco Moura, Nico Gonzalez, Marko Grujic, Stephen Eustaquio, Goncalo Borges, Samuel Omorodion, Ivan Jaime.

This four teams are set to begin the first Europa league 2024/25 season matches which all the team here are ready, I only knew two teams here AZ Alkmaar and Porto, today will be the first time for me to watch the remaining teams which are Bodo/Glimt and Elfsborg, match between AZ Alkmaar and Elfsborg will look so interesting because both teams are in a good shape but AZ Alkmaar strength is far ahead of Elfsborg but it all matters of time we will see who win tonight. While on the other hand Porto and Bodo/Glimt, I believe in Porto because they have strength of winning too despite they are away.

[Unsoldier]

Today in the Europa League, the following matches will take place:

- Ludogorets – Slavia
- Nice – Real Sociedad
- Anderlecht – Ferencváros
- Manchester United – Twente
- Galatasaray – PAOK
- Dynamo Kyiv – Lazio
- Midtjylland – Hoffenheim

Which matches will you be watching, and which ones are the most interesting to you?

[Fiatless]

Gentlemen! Conference kicks off with the mighty, mighty Manchester United, who take on their illustrious opponents, Twente.

Remember, Ten Hag has promised a big cup final this season. Is he referring to Europa or the Charity Shield next year?!?!

The Manchester United team I am seeing currently will not be able to win the Europa league with this performance. Ten Hag have not been able to stabilize the team. They might make it to the quarter finals but if they meet a formidable side, they will be knocked out

It feels really great to have 3 Turkish teams competing in the Europa League this season. Of course my priority is Fenerbahçe's success. But in general our teams can play a significant role in increasing our country coefficient this year. Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş all are going to compete with really qualified squads. Fenerbahçe have "The Special One" in charge as well. I hope we can be competitive for the Europa League trophy.

Spoken like a true nationalist. I don't have such hopes for my country but I wish I did, I'd want as many teams as possible to qualify and go high up in our AFC, for the same reason as you. Long term, it's a gain for all the clubs.

The Special One has told us to call him The Foreign One, by the way, and I think the Gala side of Turkey now call him The Crying One. I miss Mou...

I really wanted to see more Turkish teams in the Champions League, but Galastataray lost out in the playoffs. The special one has lots of experience in the Europa League. Jose Mourinho won the silver medal with Roma and might help Fenerbahçe succeed in the competition. But I think Galastataray had a better chance of winning the Europa Cup.

[Hvdv]

Today in the Europa League, the following matches will take place:

- Ludogorets – Slavia
- Nice – Real Sociedad
- Anderlecht – Ferencváros
- Manchester United – Twente
- Galatasaray – PAOK
- Dynamo Kyiv – Lazio
- Midtjylland – Hoffenheim

Which matches will you be watching, and which ones are the most interesting to you?

Galatasaray played one of the biggest matches in Turkey over the weekend. They won against Fenerbahçe by scoring three goals away. This boosted their morale a lot. There is an hour left for the match and Galatasaray is currently motivated. The Greek team is a strong team, they should not be underestimated. Galatasaray knows how important it is to win three points in this match in Istanbul. If they lose any points in this match, it will make their chances of reaching the next round difficult because they will still have to go away.

[execijutiere]

The first games of the day ended with the same score. AZ Alkmaar were heavy favorites against their opponent. They were the more dominant side, but Elfsborg scored every time they attacked.
Bodo Glimt had an unexpected win. With a surprise 3-2 win against Porto, Bodo has already achieved one of the surprise results of the day. Although Porto tried their luck, they couldn't score enough goals to win. At the beginning of the second half, Bodo, with 10 men, lost control of the game, but tried to find a goal and open the gap. I definitely think they deserved it.

[Abu-Naim]

The first games of the day ended with the same score. AZ Alkmaar were heavy favorites against their opponent. They were the more dominant side, but Elfsborg scored every time they attacked.
Bodo Glimt had an unexpected win. With a surprise 3-2 win against Porto, Bodo has already achieved one of the surprise results of the day. Although Porto tried their luck, they couldn't score enough goals to win. At the beginning of the second half, Bodo, with 10 men, lost control of the game, but tried to find a goal and open the gap. I definitely think they deserved it.

Just like in the UEFA Champions League opening matches; the first two games yield almost 10 goals which is very impressive because it shows how well prepared all the teams for the Europa League challenge because there are many teams that we have been underrated and they will prove us wrong in my opinion with this new group stage format since it will be based on accumulated points and goals scored.

Among the remaining games of the night, Lazio is the only team that have scored up to three goals, the remaining games didn't give enough goals, but Manchester United, Slavia Praha, and Midtylland are leading their games, while other teams are playing draw. let's wait and see how the matches will end; can the Europa League bring more goals?

[CLS63]

It is nice to hear that Galatasaray won by 3-1 against PAOK today. Normally they are our rival team of course. But for the sake of country coefficient, I want all Turkish teams in European tournaments to be successful. Tomorrow Fenerbahçe are going to play against Royale Union SG. I hope we can win this match. We should underestimate our opponent. Because they fought really hard against us the last time. I hope we can boost some morale after the derby loss in our domestic league.