UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season

[Slow death]

lewandowski seems to have never played in the europa league before because he always played in the champions league with bayern munich and maybe this is the first time for him to explore the europa league competition with barcelona. There is no doubt about Lewandowski quality because he has been able to make a big contribution in every game he has played with Barcelona this season. So, for this season, the fans hope to see that Lewandowski is able to present a trophy for Barcelona.

Lewandowski has been motivated to tries to add his trophy collection to his library, Uefa Europa league is one he doesn't have which I think is a big desire to create many goals to Barcelona. But, the age factor is one condition he must think if want to continue in europa competition because there is a opponent that has golden age player who can be as competitor. Barca also have the attacker who can replace him any time if can give a contribution like Dembele, Raphinha, Depay and Torres.

Lewandowski plays very well after that for 1 or 2 seasons, and then he may retire from football.  Having youngsters for Barcelona is an advantage for the team because they have learned a lot from Lewandowski right now.  Moreover, when Lewandowski leaves the team, they do not have to wait long to fill his place.  I don't think it will gain extra motivation to win the Europa League Cup for Lewandowski.  He would get that motivation in the champions league, but I'm not sure if the Europa league will provide the same motivation.

I agree that a team has to have young players because that will make the team have these players for many years and so the players, when they are together for many years, already have a good synchronization on the field, and it is easier for them to play with each other others, the passes are more precious, but in this case of barcelona I don't see them having young players who are at a level at least close to Lewandowski which certainly means that if barcelona does not have Lewandowski then they will not be a great team, barcelona needs to become a team in which there are many good young players who are at Lewandowski's level

one of these days watching one of the barcelona games, i started to see how much selfishness the barcelona strikers had that i kept thinking that they really wanted to go far in the champions league playing that way, and now they are in the europe league and I don't see them as the favorites to win the europe league, they still need to improve some things to be able to win the champions league or the europe league

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[CryptoBuds]

On the United side, Manchester United is not an easy opponent to beat by Barcelona. Currently, Erik Ten Hag's squad is on the right track. they just need even tighter chemistry and bonding. plus, it only requires a sharp center forward. so, this match will offer an interesting match.

Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable. And so the performance of these two teams against each other cannot be predicted now. Their performance will depend on Xavi and Ten Hag's match strategy. Both the teams will become stronger if the match strategy and bonding between the players is good. Both have the propensity to win the Europa League title. But since the first match is Barcelona's home match. So I will put Barcelona ahead in this match. Barcelona is very strong at home.

[fachant]

On the United side, Manchester United is not an easy opponent to beat by Barcelona. Currently, Erik Ten Hag's squad is on the right track. they just need even tighter chemistry and bonding. plus, it only requires a sharp center forward. so, this match will offer an interesting match.

Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable. And so the performance of these two teams against each other cannot be predicted now. Their performance will depend on Xavi and Ten Hag's match strategy. Both the teams will become stronger if the match strategy and bonding between the players is good. Both have the propensity to win the Europa League title. But since the first match is Barcelona's home match. So I will put Barcelona ahead in this match. Barcelona is very strong at home.

In my opinion I prefer Manchester United ahead of Barcelona. Because Manchester United team players are more experienced than Barcelona team players. If these two teams go head-to-head, I think Manchester United will win by a landslide.

[Docnaster]

On the United side, Manchester United is not an easy opponent to beat by Barcelona. Currently, Erik Ten Hag's squad is on the right track. they just need even tighter chemistry and bonding. plus, it only requires a sharp center forward. so, this match will offer an interesting match.

Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable. And so the performance of these two teams against each other cannot be predicted now. Their performance will depend on Xavi and Ten Hag's match strategy. Both the teams will become stronger if the match strategy and bonding between the players is good. Both have the propensity to win the Europa League title. But since the first match is Barcelona's home match. So I will put Barcelona ahead in this match. Barcelona is very strong at home.

In my opinion, I prefer Manchester United ahead of Barcelona. Because Manchester United team players are more experienced than Barcelona team players. If these two teams go head-to-head, I think Manchester United will win by a landslide.

If manchester United triumph over Barcelona, not because they are more experienced players, it may be because of another advantage. Moreover, I don't think man united has much experienced players than Barcelona because as it stands, Robert Lewandowski, Memphis Depay, Hector Belerin, Raphina, Marcos Alonso, Frenkie De Jong, Sergio Bosquet, Jordi Alba, Roberto, Kersi, Andreas Christenson,stegen, and many more players are all experienced players at age 25 and above, it is biased to say that man united may win because they are more experienced.

[martyns]

On the United side, Manchester United is not an easy opponent to beat by Barcelona. Currently, Erik Ten Hag's squad is on the right track. they just need even tighter chemistry and bonding. plus, it only requires a sharp center forward. so, this match will offer an interesting match.

Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable. And so the performance of these two teams against each other cannot be predicted now. Their performance will depend on Xavi and Ten Hag's match strategy. Both the teams will become stronger if the match strategy and bonding between the players is good. Both have the propensity to win the Europa League title. But since the first match is Barcelona's home match. So I will put Barcelona ahead in this match. Barcelona is very strong at home.

Barcelona have good winning results in camp nou, there chances of beating manchester united is very high. Xavi Hernandez is the perfect man to lead the barça to their glory in the europa league. On the other hand, Erik ten hag is very tactical in his past few games and there's every single chance for him to have a draw tie in the first game against the catalans. However the red devils might make shocking result in the game because both their defendline and midfield is currently in shape, their only problem would be the attacking force.

[KTChampions]

Winning one more cup in Europe and winning a golden boot in Europa League are not bad for Lewandowski before he ends his career.

Robert Lewandowski is 34 years now. IMO, he has at least 3-4 years of quality football left in him. So it is too early to talk about his retirement. Ronaldo is performing exceptionally at the age of 37. The same can be said about some of the other players such as Goran Pandeev and Luka Modrić. Nowadays, players are able to maintain optimal form well in to late 30s. Lewandowski has scored 13 goals from 14 La Liga matches for Barcelona so far in 2022. That shows the sort of form he is in. And during the previous year, he scored 35 goals from 34 appearances in Bundesliga. 2020 was even better, with 41 goals from 29 matches.

Yes, medicine, including restorative medicine, is developing very quickly and this is reflected in the longevity of athletes (we can observe this in all sports). Lewandowski definitely has 3-4 years ahead of him where he will play close to his best level.
By the way, imagine how many goals Mbappe and Haaland will score if they play until the age of 40 at the top level 

[Polkeins]

On the United side, Manchester United is not an easy opponent to beat by Barcelona. Currently, Erik Ten Hag's squad is on the right track. they just need even tighter chemistry and bonding. plus, it only requires a sharp center forward. so, this match will offer an interesting match.

Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable. And so the performance of these two teams against each other cannot be predicted now. Their performance will depend on Xavi and Ten Hag's match strategy. Both the teams will become stronger if the match strategy and bonding between the players is good. Both have the propensity to win the Europa League title. But since the first match is Barcelona's home match. So I will put Barcelona ahead in this match. Barcelona is very strong at home.

Barcelona have good winning results in camp nou, there chances of beating manchester united is very high. Xavi Hernandez is the perfect man to lead the barça to their glory in the europa league. On the other hand, Erik ten hag is very tactical in his past few games and there's every single chance for him to have a draw tie in the first game against the catalans. However the red devils might make shocking result in the game because both their defendline and midfield is currently in shape, their only problem would be the attacking force.

I understand that many are betting that Barcelona will play at home and is likely to win, which is logical in general. But Manchester also plays well at home and for him it will be a return match, in which he Manchester will understand what he needs to win, so even if Barcelona win at home 1-0, it will not do much.
Of course if Barcelona score 2 or 3 unanswered goals at home, there's probably a 70% probability of going further.
In general, from the point of view of Manchester should "dry" the game so that it was as few goals as possible and beat Barcelona already at Old Trafford.

[rendravolt]

Lewandowski has been motivated to tries to add his trophy collection to his library, Uefa Europa league is one he doesn't have which I think is a big desire to create many goals to Barcelona. But, the age factor is one condition he must think if want to continue in europa competition because there is a opponent that has golden age player who can be as competitor. Barca also have the attacker who can replace him any time if can give a contribution like Dembele, Raphinha, Depay and Torres.

Competition between young players can sometimes make Lewandowski even sharper in front of goal, I think he will continue to play to fill Barcelona's starters even though he is no longer young but Lewandowski's instinct for scoring goals cannot be doubted. It is likely that Lewandowski is a strong candidate for the top scorer in the European league this time, but he will need to beat Vitor Oliviera's record of 4 goals in order to win the award. However, if there are other options if Lewandowski is unsatisfactory then the choice I think is the most suitable is Memphis Depay, although he is rarely played but he is still good enough as a striker.

[SquallLeonhart]

Winning one more cup in Europe and winning a golden boot in Europa League are not bad for Lewandowski before he ends his career.

Robert Lewandowski is 34 years now. IMO, he has at least 3-4 years of quality football left in him. So it is too early to talk about his retirement. Ronaldo is performing exceptionally at the age of 37. The same can be said about some of the other players such as Goran Pandeev and Luka Modrić. Nowadays, players are able to maintain optimal form well in to late 30s. Lewandowski has scored 13 goals from 14 La Liga matches for Barcelona so far in 2022. That shows the sort of form he is in. And during the previous year, he scored 35 goals from 34 appearances in Bundesliga. 2020 was even better, with 41 goals from 29 matches.

I feel like 4 years would be a little bit too much. At 34 years old, 4 years later he would be 38 and yes he could play "somewhere" but as we have seen even with Ronaldo, the guy with the most goals in history of football, when you get to that age it is not easy to continue playing. Ibrahimovic may have done it until he is 41, but he plays for Milan and he was never their "star" player anymore, plus Milan is not Barcelona, there is a difference.

I think Lewandowski can play until 38, but he can't play at Barcelona until 38, he could play 2 full seasons there, and then a third season where things will show that he is not enough anymore, and be gone before fourth season.

[Oluwa-btc]

On the United side, Manchester United is not an easy opponent to beat by Barcelona. Currently, Erik Ten Hag's squad is on the right track. they just need even tighter chemistry and bonding. plus, it only requires a sharp center forward. so, this match will offer an interesting match.

Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable. And so the performance of these two teams against each other cannot be predicted now. Their performance will depend on Xavi and Ten Hag's match strategy. Both the teams will become stronger if the match strategy and bonding between the players is good. Both have the propensity to win the Europa League title. But since the first match is Barcelona's home match. So I will put Barcelona ahead in this match. Barcelona is very strong at home.

At times I think like Xavi Hernandez is trying to play mind games by playing down the chances of his side winning the Europa League and also Manchester United. Barcelona player's returned early enough for training though and some of Manchester United player's also did.
The game will definitely be a hard and beautiful football, Casemiro will unite with one of the old side's he knows and rival's very well.

I'd say the both of them are to score in the game, they're both good attacking and defending side's, expecting a winner at the end will be difficult.

[Distraction]

Arsenal players must be just rubbing their hands after seeing a draw between Barcelona and Manchester United.    Because in the end, one of the biggest contenders for the Europa League title will surely be out of the tournament. I don't think which one to be eliminated matters for Arsenal now. Because both of them would be a big challenge for them here. I would like to remind you of one fact that Manchester United defeated Arsenal by 3-1 in the EPL this season.

Maybe Barcelona have seemed quite weak in big matches so far but I don't expect them to stay the same until the end of the season. Especially this long break must have been enough for them and Xavi to create a solution to this problem. I hope to see a stronger game plan in such matches from now on. As a result, Arsenal had better be ready for a big challenge here.

[darewaller]

At times I think like Xavi Hernandez is trying to play mind games by playing down the chances of his side winning the Europa League and also Manchester United. Barcelona player's returned early enough for training though and some of Manchester United player's also did.
The game will definitely be a hard and beautiful football, Casemiro will unite with one of the old side's he knows and rival's very well.

I'd say the both of them are to score in the game, they're both good attacking and defending side's, expecting a winner at the end will be difficult.

Both are big clubs and have enough quality players even right now Manchester United is facing issues but still have enough power to settle things within team quickly just because of this both are trying to have no hype about this game and results with I have feeling both will try to win and have chance to be into final of the Europa Cup.

Barcelona is surely currently doing amazing stuff with the rank of no 1 in La Liga, and now they will try to have their impact at this league as well because now after second time exit from Champions League is surely having negative about them, and they are surely looking for the better end of this season in both leagues specially after having positive results in domestic league now their next target is European competitions.

[Docnaster]

Winning one more cup in Europe and winning a golden boot in Europa League are not bad for Lewandowski before he ends his career.

Robert Lewandowski is 34 years now. IMO, he has at least 3-4 years of quality football left in him. So it is too early to talk about his retirement. Ronaldo is performing exceptionally at the age of 37. The same can be said about some of the other players such as Goran Pandeev and Luka Modrić. Nowadays, players are able to maintain optimal form well in to late 30s. Lewandowski has scored 13 goals from 14 La Liga matches for Barcelona so far in 2022. That shows the sort of form he is in. And during the previous year, he scored 35 goals from 34 appearances in Bundesliga. 2020 was even better, with 41 goals from 29 matches.

I feel like 4 years would be a little bit too much. At 34 years old, 4 years later he would be 38 and yes he could play "somewhere" but as we have seen even with Ronaldo, the guy with the most goals in history of football, when you get to that age it is not easy to continue playing. Ibrahimovic may have done it until he is 41, but he plays for Milan and he was never their "star" player anymore, plus Milan is not Barcelona, there is a difference.

I think Lewandowski can play until 38, but he can't play at Barcelona until 38, he could play 2 full seasons there, and then a third season where things will show that he is not enough anymore, and be gone before the fourth season.

I think you have a point there, From the look of things, Robert Lewandowsky can play even at age 38. But I'm of the opinion that even at that age, I think he can still perform in Barcelona but not as well as he does now. Currently, he has many goals but he's eager to score much more. and I think Barcelona understands his style of play very well. knowing well that it will take longer for a player at that age to switch teams and adapt to the new team's playing pattern, I believe Lewandowsky won't take such under advisement.
If Robert Lewandowsky could play for any team at age 38, I think FCB is one of that them.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Lewandowski has been motivated to tries to add his trophy collection to his library, Uefa Europa league is one he doesn't have which I think is a big desire to create many goals to Barcelona. But, the age factor is one condition he must think if want to continue in europa competition because there is a opponent that has golden age player who can be as competitor. Barca also have the attacker who can replace him any time if can give a contribution like Dembele, Raphinha, Depay and Torres.

Competition between young players can sometimes make Lewandowski even sharper in front of goal, I think he will continue to play to fill Barcelona's starters even though he is no longer young but Lewandowski's instinct for scoring goals cannot be doubted. It is likely that Lewandowski is a strong candidate for the top scorer in the European league this time, but he will need to beat Vitor Oliviera's record of 4 goals in order to win the award. However, if there are other options if Lewandowski is unsatisfactory then the choice I think is the most suitable is Memphis Depay, although he is rarely played but he is still good enough as a striker.

Depay? In fact, he will be auctioned off at a low price in the transfer this time because his contribution is lacking.
I think in this case Lewandowski will still play his role well because in any case he is the hope now.
But this condition is still uncertain, especially we also may have to wait longer with things that will definitely happen in the continuation of the league because there could be some surprises about this transfer and the performance of the two clubs before the Europa League Play Offs begin.

[Rengga Jati]

Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable.

If compared to Man United, Barcelona may have a better squad and performance. However, as you said, both are sometimes inconsistent enough with their performance. Moreover with some problems that Man United faced previously. After being eliminated from the UCL, I am sure that Lewandowski was stressed enough because he cannot bring Barcelona to continue to the next stage. That is why I am sure that in this UEFA, he will do his best to make his new club shine again. However, Xavi has learned many things after their failure at UCL. 

 

[JeffBrad12]

In my opinion I prefer Manchester United ahead of Barcelona. Because Manchester United team players are more experienced than Barcelona team players. If these two teams go head-to-head, I think Manchester United will win by a landslide.

I think that you shall watch the history of head to head between barcelona against MU yet MU has more chance caused by xavi was the worst coach for barcelona. Mu may on advantage over barcelona. Barcelona is quite strong at this moment with lewandowski who has become pure striker for barcelona. We will not know the winner if we will not watch the match between barcelona against MU which will come next year. Lewandowski may help barcelona to beat MU but i hope that MU will become a winner.
MU can beat barcelona in the current form.

[Minor Miner]

Winning one more cup in Europe and winning a golden boot in Europa League are not bad for Lewandowski before he ends his career.

Robert Lewandowski is 34 years now. IMO, he has at least 3-4 years of quality football left in him. So it is too early to talk about his retirement. Ronaldo is performing exceptionally at the age of 37. The same can be said about some of the other players such as Goran Pandeev and Luka Modrić. Nowadays, players are able to maintain optimal form well in to late 30s. Lewandowski has scored 13 goals from 14 La Liga matches for Barcelona so far in 2022. That shows the sort of form he is in. And during the previous year, he scored 35 goals from 34 appearances in Bundesliga. 2020 was even better, with 41 goals from 29 matches.

I feel like 4 years would be a little bit too much. At 34 years old, 4 years later he would be 38 and yes he could play "somewhere" but as we have seen even with Ronaldo, the guy with the most goals in history of football, when you get to that age it is not easy to continue playing. Ibrahimovic may have done it until he is 41, but he plays for Milan and he was never their "star" player anymore, plus Milan is not Barcelona, there is a difference.
I think Lewandowski can play until 38, but he can't play at Barcelona until 38, he could play 2 full seasons there, and then a third season where things will show that he is not enough anymore, and be gone before the fourth season.

I think you have a point there, From the look of things, Robert Lewandowsky can play even at age 38. But I'm of the opinion that even at that age, I think he can still perform in Barcelona but not as well as he does now. Currently, he has many goals but he's eager to score much more. and I think Barcelona understands his style of play very well. knowing well that it will take longer for a player at that age to switch teams and adapt to the new team's playing pattern, I believe Lewandowsky won't take such under advisement.
If Robert Lewandowsky could play for any team at age 38, I think FCB is one of that them.

Lewandowski, Messi or Ronaldo's fitness is still excellent. And I wouldn't be surprised if they play until 38/39. I agree with you that Lewandowski can easily play until 38. But I don't think he will be effective at 38 for Serie A or Premier League. If Lewandowski can maintain his fitness, he can stay with Barcelona for a long time. Barcelona are going back to their old tiki taka tactics. And so I think if Lewandowski's fitness is good, he can stay with Barcelona until he is 38 and continue his good performances.

[SirLancelot]

Robert Lewandowski is 34 years now. IMO, he has at least 3-4 years of quality football left in him. So it is too early to talk about his retirement. Ronaldo is performing exceptionally at the age of 37. The same can be said about some of the other players such as Goran Pandeev and Luka Modrić. Nowadays, players are able to maintain optimal form well in to late 30s. Lewandowski has scored 13 goals from 14 La Liga matches for Barcelona so far in 2022. That shows the sort of form he is in. And during the previous year, he scored 35 goals from 34 appearances in Bundesliga. 2020 was even better, with 41 goals from 29 matches.

Yes, medicine, including restorative medicine, is developing very quickly and this is reflected in the longevity of athletes (we can observe this in all sports). Lewandowski definitely has 3-4 years ahead of him where he will play close to his best level.
By the way, imagine how many goals Mbappe and Haaland will score if they play until the age of 40 at the top level 

There is no doubt about these two ability and quality, and we can expect tough competition and comparison between these two even right now Mbappé is far ahead from Haaland but as you saying if these two could be able to play until 40 then surely we can expect too many records and awards in front of their names but right now prediction is not possible because injuries and other factors also can create their own impact which is also having impression on their performance in future as well even right now things looking amazing, and we can expect good positive competition for long run in club level and now with the next world cup is going to play with 48 teams most chances we will be able to have Haaland also in the world cup which could be more excited.

[Sithara007]

I feel like 4 years would be a little bit too much. At 34 years old, 4 years later he would be 38 and yes he could play "somewhere" but as we have seen even with Ronaldo, the guy with the most goals in history of football, when you get to that age it is not easy to continue playing. Ibrahimovic may have done it until he is 41, but he plays for Milan and he was never their "star" player anymore, plus Milan is not Barcelona, there is a difference.

I think Lewandowski can play until 38, but he can't play at Barcelona until 38, he could play 2 full seasons there, and then a third season where things will show that he is not enough anymore, and be gone before fourth season.

I have to admit that you are probably right. No matter how much I want Lewandowski to continue with Barcelona, age is a very big factor for consideration. But I still believe that he maybe able to stretch for 3 seasons without a visible degradation in form. Playing for Barca at the age of 38 will be tough. But there is a lot of demand for players such as Lewandowski, and similar to what Cristiano Ronaldo did with Al-Nassr, he can sign a huge deal with some of the cash-rich Arab clubs and easily earn a few hundred million USD before he retires.

[martyns]

I feel like 4 years would be a little bit too much. At 34 years old, 4 years later he would be 38 and yes he could play "somewhere" but as we have seen even with Ronaldo, the guy with the most goals in history of football, when you get to that age it is not easy to continue playing. Ibrahimovic may have done it until he is 41, but he plays for Milan and he was never their "star" player anymore, plus Milan is not Barcelona, there is a difference.

I think Lewandowski can play until 38, but he can't play at Barcelona until 38, he could play 2 full seasons there, and then a third season where things will show that he is not enough anymore, and be gone before fourth season.

I have to admit that you are probably right. No matter how much I want Lewandowski to continue with Barcelona, age is a very big factor for consideration. But I still believe that he maybe able to stretch for 3 seasons without a visible degradation in form. Playing for Barca at the age of 38 will be tough. But there is a lot of demand for players such as Lewandowski, and similar to what Cristiano Ronaldo did with Al-Nassr, he can sign a huge deal with some of the cash-rich Arab clubs and easily earn a few hundred million USD before he retires.

It won't be good for a player like Ronaldo to move to Al-Nassar because of the name he has made in football.Moving from England to there is like leaving Europe to where your name will not be know.It is only money that can send someone there,but he has the money already,so going there will take him out of the view and access of people.
I prefer he goes to another club in Europe or better still,make things up with Manchester  united,but that looks like something impossible now.I pray he finds a club as soon as possible.