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

[Lida93]

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?

Here are the results of all the matches played.

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I had my interest mostly on the Manchester united - Twente match. I thought they could have given themselves some credit tonight by winning Twente but they were just a bunch of disappointment as they couldn't protect the early one goal they had from the first half. This team is really struggling and I don't see them going far in this competition if they couldn't win Twente on their soil.

Galatasaray also picked my interest since Victor Osimhen is playing there I have always want to know what goes on with them in any of their games. They had a grandslam victory against their visitors PAOK leaving them with a one consolation goal. All the 4 goals in that match came in the second half after a barren tough first half between the two.

Going by the results of this first leg, I am picking Lazio, Galatasaray, Real Sociedad as my top three favourites teams that will make it far in this competition. Manchester united is out of the equation for now.

[Cityhunter34]

Manchester united failed to secure their three points against Twente after Ericksen scored in the 35th minutes they could not hold the game till full time. It was really a nice comeback from Twente players after Lammers level the scores 1:1 in the 68th minutes they were able to hold Manchester united full time draw in their home ground. However, I think Manchester united pattern of playing is always unpredictable just last week Saturday they draw with Crystal palace and they are still going to play with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday which is going be a though one for them.

[reagansimms]

Manchester united failed to secure their three points against Twente after Ericksen scored in the 35th minutes they could not hold the game till full time. It was really a nice comeback from Twente players after Lammers level the scores 1:1 in the 68th minutes they were able to hold Manchester united full time draw in their home ground. However, I think Manchester united pattern of playing is always unpredictable just last week Saturday they draw with Crystal palace and they are still going to play with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday which is going be a though one for them.

Manchester United failed to start their campaign in the first Europa League match with maximum results, It wasn't a great result as they were playing in front of their own fans, but it was no surprise that they failed to secure the three points at Old Trafford as their form has been very unstable of late. Twente players managed to do their job well, even though they were playing at the opponent's home, they played pressing and played disciplined when defending. The resistance given by Twente players managed to make it difficult for Manchester United to maintain their lead. This result means Man United have to be satisfied with just one point, they are now in 11th place which is the same position in the Premier League standings.

[Chilwell]

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?

The result of this match all came as expected but among them I felt disappointed with one game which is Manchester United – Twente, Manchester United disappointed me because they couldn't be able to create any big chances after dominating every side, I was disappointed and this show how weak they still are and I think they can't perform anything good this season with the look of things, they have straight two matches draw which if you talk of Tottenham I will say they are strong but what about Twente that I don't expect anything but goals and they end up drawing against them when  other big teams are collecting the three points with easy.

[execijutiere]

Anderlecht managed to defeat their in-form opponent Ferencvaros 2-1. The first half ended goalless and the goals came in the second half. Anderlecht was better than their opponent and deserved to win.
Dynamo Kiev hosted Lazio. Kiev lost 3-0 at home against Lazio. Lazio pulled the plug on their opponent in the first half and won the match with goals in the first half. It was strange that Lazio's Noslin got a red card 3 minutes after he came on.

[MainIbem]

Manchester united failed to secure their three points against Twente after Ericksen scored in the 35th minutes they could not hold the game till full time. It was really a nice comeback from Twente players after Lammers level the scores 1:1 in the 68th minutes they were able to hold Manchester united full time draw in their home ground. However, I think Manchester united pattern of playing is always unpredictable just last week Saturday they draw with Crystal palace and they are still going to play with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday which is going be a though one for them.

Manchester United failed to start their campaign in the first Europa League match with maximum results, It wasn't a great result as they were playing in front of their own fans, but it was no surprise that they failed to secure the three points at Old Trafford as their form has been very unstable of late. Twente players managed to do their job well, even though they were playing at the opponent's home, they played pressing and played disciplined when defending. The resistance given by Twente players managed to make it difficult for Manchester United to maintain their lead. This result means Man United have to be satisfied with just one point, they are now in 11th place which is the same position in the Premier League standings.

It's a shame that a club like Manchester United that claims to be the biggest in England could win comfortably against Twente, I wonder if this is how they're going to win the Europa League, sometimes I ask myself what's really the problem with the team cause they've got all it takes to win coupled with the new changes Ineos have brought so far but I've thought about it and I've seen that everything falls back to the Coach, Erik Ten Hag's favouritism is getting too much and if he's not seeing that Bruno Fernández is killing their game then I wonder what he's thinking as a coach. Manchester United didn't even play like a team that were eager to win they just did what they could in the first half and relaxed in the second 45mins. If you notice, Twente were much more eager in that game, they defended properly, pressured Manchester United sometimes and even utilised the chance they had due to Eriksen's error properly. The performance from Manchester United in the second 45mins is nothing to write home about, no wonder they're in the 11th position in the EPL, they need to improve and start doing better as for the coach if he doesn't realize that some of his favoured players needs to be rested and would cost him his job if he continues playing them without good results then I don't think he deserves coaching them regardless of his achievement with the club.

[buwaytress]

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

I didn't need to see them to think that. Far, far better teams than United in Europa. I did, somehow, still find a way to overestimate them, thinking they'd secure 3 points with a B squad. Credit to Twente, and a sign to others not to let Old Trafford cow you.

Re Gala getting knocked out in the UCL playoffs. That tells you there are better teams than United in Europa

[execijutiere]

Slavia Prague, on the other hand, managed to beat their opponent 2-0 away. The opponent is one of the most important teams in the league and despite being in good form, they had no presence at home in this match. They finished the match with only one shot on target.
Galatasaray defeated PAOK 3-1 at home with a goal in the second half. Galatasaray played dominant football in both halves and had little difficulty in winning.

[Chilwell]

Fenerbahçe vs Union Saint-Gilloise
Fenerbahce (confirmed lineup): Dominik Livakovic, Mert Muldur, Rodrigo Becao, Caglar Soyuncu, Jayden Oosterwolde, Sebastian Szymanski, Fred, Sofyan Amrabat, Irfan Kahveci, Youssef En-Nesyri, Cengiz Under.

Union Saint-Gilloise (confirmed lineup): Anthony Moris, Alessio Castro-Montes, Christian Burgess, Kevin Mac Allister, Koki Machida, Noah Sadiki, Charles Vanhoutte, Mathias Rasmussen, Franjo Ivanovic, Kevin Rodriguez, Ousseynou Niang.

Malmo FF vs Rangers
Malmo FF (confirmed lineup): Johan Dahlin, Jens Stryger Larsen, Colin Roesler, Pontus Jansson, Busanello, Sergio Pena, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Oliver Berg, Anders Christiansen, Hugo Bolin, Isaac Kiese Thelin.

Rangers (confirmed lineup): Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar, Robin Propper, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Nedim Bajrami, Connor Barron, Mohamed Diomande, Vaclav Cerny, Cyriel Dessers, Tom Lawrence.

Here we go again for another Europa League match, yesterday was successful and was happy with the result unless for Manchester United that play very poorly, jose mourinho are in the game tonight and  I expect Victory from him.

[Hvdv]

Slavia Prague, on the other hand, managed to beat their opponent 2-0 away. The opponent is one of the most important teams in the league and despite being in good form, they had no presence at home in this match. They finished the match with only one shot on target.
Galatasaray defeated PAOK 3-1 at home with a goal in the second half. Galatasaray played dominant football in both halves and had little difficulty in winning.

If we talk about the Galatasaray match, although they won, the positions they gave in the defense zone were a big problem. PAOK players could not take advantage of clear opportunities. They went on very easy attacks and managed to shoot the goal in many positions. Towards the end of the match, as a result of successful attacks, they scored 2 more goals and won the match 3-1. It was a sad match for PAOK because they returned empty-handed from this match.

[Pandu Geddon]

jose mourinho are in the game tonight and  I expect Victory from him.

Hopefully, Fenerbahçe can do it. Mourinho certainly does not want to lose in his first Europa League match with Fenerbahçe. especially in the previous match, they lost 1-3 from Galatasaray. now they are already 1 goal ahead, although, at the beginning of the match, they were not like Union Saint-Gilloise who got several chances and managed to make shots. but slowly Fenerbahçe made a few chances and they became goals.
The game and tactics are very typical of Mourinho. but they can't be calm, this is only the first half and the match is still ongoing. the opponent also got several chances. Fenerbahçe should have been able to score 2 goals in this match.

[Adiljutt156]

Manchester united failed to secure their three points against Twente after Ericksen scored in the 35th minutes they could not hold the game till full time. It was really a nice comeback from Twente players after Lammers level the scores 1:1 in the 68th minutes they were able to hold Manchester united full time draw in their home ground. However, I think Manchester united pattern of playing is always unpredictable just last week Saturday they draw with Crystal palace and they are still going to play with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday which is going be a though one for them.

We watched an excellent performance from both teams because both teams gave their hundred percent to win this match and we saw result in the side of no team. Both teams got 1,1 point and both teams also have same position on points table and both teams players have same capability to win the match. But I was Supporting Man United team because they can play well in any situation and they also gave good performance in today match but they could not win this match . Their shots were more in number and and their possession percentage was also good and that was 57 percent and their passes were 539 as comparison to 405 passes of Twente team.

[Unsoldier]

Here is the list of today's Europa League matches:

1. Fenerbahçe - Union 
2. Malmö - Rangers 
3. Tottenham - Qarabag 
4. Braga - Maccabi Tel Aviv 
5. FCSB - Riga Football School 
6. Lyon - Olympiacos 
7. Roma - Athletic 
8. Eintracht - Viktoria 
9. Ajax - Besiktas 

I'm most excited about the Roma vs Athletic match, but I'm also looking forward to Tottenham vs Qarabag. However, in my opinion, Qarabag is not an easy opponent for Tottenham.

[el kaka22]

There are some good games going on, but I am still stuck on yesterday. Manchester United once again failed to win, and they are still insisting on a manager that finds absolutely no blame on himself at all, and only blames other stuff. It could be players, it could be refs, it could be weather, it could be even the pitch but never him.

I think they need to get rid of him already so that they could have someone better, I understand that there aren't any better alternatives out there right now, free agent managers are all looking not good enough for United, and I think we should be considering how much they are willing to spend as well. But, I think there is this idea in my mind, and I know that will be quite terrible and expensive and probably won't work, but how about Diego Simeone? I know he has a huge contract, but just pay off and get him? That could be insane for them.

[CLS63]

It was a really good day for us. We managed to defeat Royale Union SG by 2-1 home. Livakovic is getting better in time as far as I have heard. He saved a penalty in this match. He was criticized really much in his first times but now he is really doing his best for the team. But it is not good to hear the way Beşiktaş lost today. Ajax destroyed them by 4-0 and they couldn't even answer with any goal. Losing to one of the worst versions of Ajax must be feeling awful. 

[Stepstowealth]

6. Lyon - Olympiacos 

Lyon got all the points from this game. They deserved to win it because they were on the attack from the first half into the second half where they finally able to score the goal after many attempts failed by the clearance of the defenders or the saves from the Olympiacos goalkeeper. The Lyon goalkeeper had some very good saves too in the game because there were some opportunities that Olympiacos were able to create for themselves and should have been goals if the goalkeeper was not switched on in the game.
Roma could not hold their lead against Athletic Club.

[Cityhunter34]

Tottenham Hotspur were able to won Qarabag with a Red card since in the first half of the game till full time. it was really a great performance from Tottenham Hotspur players because despite the 10 men they were still playing very well in the game and the penalty kick that was missed by Qarabag player also gave them more confident to dominate the game in the second half and (Dominic Solanke )was able to score his first goal in the UEFA Europe league. However, looking at the way Tottenham Hotspur played against Qarabag I think they are going to do well this season.

[beerlover]

Slavia Prague, on the other hand, managed to beat their opponent 2-0 away. The opponent is one of the most important teams in the league and despite being in good form, they had no presence at home in this match. They finished the match with only one shot on target.
Galatasaray defeated PAOK 3-1 at home with a goal in the second half. Galatasaray played dominant football in both halves and had little difficulty in winning.

If we talk about the Galatasaray match, although they won, the positions they gave in the defense zone were a big problem. PAOK players could not take advantage of clear opportunities. They went on very easy attacks and managed to shoot the goal in many positions. Towards the end of the match, as a result of successful attacks, they scored 2 more goals and won the match 3-1. It was a sad match for PAOK because they returned empty-handed from this match.

Galatasaray definitely looked dominant enough, I feel like if they started this good, and looking at their schedule they will be playing with easier opponents soon, there is a potential that they could maybe win 5 out of first 6 games with ease if they make no mistake. They will play RFS, they will play Elfsborg, they will obviously play against Spurs, but then they will play Alkmar and then Malmo.

Looking at these teams, Spurs is one that could beat Galatasaray, still unknown because they end up playing not that well at times, but lets say they may get that, and maybe Alkmar could be a tie or something, but all others look super easy wins if Galatasaray doesn't fail and lose games to inferior teams, so this start is great for them.

[Inwestour]

Hopefully, Fenerbahçe can do it. Mourinho certainly does not want to lose in his first Europa League match with Fenerbahçe. especially in the previous match, they lost 1-3 from Galatasaray. now they are already 1 goal ahead, although, at the beginning of the match, they were not like Union Saint-Gilloise who got several chances and managed to make shots. but slowly Fenerbahçe made a few chances and they became goals.
The game and tactics are very typical of Mourinho. but they can't be calm, this is only the first half and the match is still ongoing. the opponent also got several chances. Fenerbahçe should have been able to score 2 goals in this match.

I know Mourinho has high hopes for the Europa League, when they were knocked out of the Champions League qualification, he said that it was too difficult for them, but they could do better in the Europa League. The match with Royal Union was difficult, maybe they were lucky that McAllister got a red card because the opponent was putting pressure on their goal, then there was an own goal, so there was a bit of luck for Fenerbahce in this match, but the most important thing is that they got 3 points.

[CLS63]

It was a really good day for us. We managed to defeat Royale Union SG by 2-1 home.

I have changed my mind about this after being able to watch the highlights. It wasn't really one of our best performances as it seems. I don't know how we manage to be this horrible at defending. It was our lucky day that our opponent wasted a lot of chances. Besides En-Nesyri turned out to be a disappointing striker. We paid €20m for him but he is still not able to score most of the chances he finds. Dzeko is also really old despite being better than him.



I really envy the striker options like Icardi and Osimhen at Galatasaray. We also need reliable strikers like that.