UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season

[zuzie]

Barcelona's main target is absolutely the La Liga title. There is no doubt about it. Because the last time they won the La Liga title was in the 2018/19 season. Since then, Real Madrid (2 times) and Atletico Madrid became the champion team. However the Europa League is important for them this time also. Maybe even if they win both titles their debt won't be gone completely. But it would still be a nice help for them to make their finance better than before.

On paper they are one of the closest teams to win the Europa League title now. The biggest hindrances are Arsenal and Manchester United. Manchester United are even their opponent in this round and they have a nice opportunity to eliminate one of their biggest rivals already now.

Beside Barcelona's main target with La Liga trophy I think if can get double trophies between La Liga and Europe League give more confidence actually with Xavi Hernandez after failure at first season without any trophies yet. I think  Europe League still priority by Barcelona how ever most important with La Liga after last time winning on season 2019/2020.

I don't think easy with both trophies for Barcelona between Europe League or La Liga based on many compete team at Europe League like Arsenal, Juventus and have to win at play off round against with Manchester United.

Lead 1st standing position on La Liga with 2 points remaining from Real Madrid I don't think Barcelona without any problem yet later consistency on the top standing, actually Real Madrid have come back mentality winning and become problem at least Madrid get back to the top standing.

I don't think Barcelona will win any of this trophies, they might be sitting on top of the table for the time but I have a feeling they will drop below that position when the league resumes. The Europa league also have many other teams who are looking more dangerous and ambitious than this Barcelona team so I doubt they will be able to win the Europa league or even the La Liga title this season.

One of the things that pushed Barcelona to win the Europa League trophy with representatives from various leagues who have similar ambitions to win the European trophy this season is failure. Barcelona's failure to add to their trophy collection last season in Laliga and the Champions League is the basis that will add to the ambition of Barcelona's troops to conquer the European League, although it will be difficult but Xavi's troops will try their best.

[Fesatmas]

When referring to the head-to-head record of the two teams, Barcelona is still ahead of Man United, but I don't think Barcelona will be able to win this match easily because Man United will definitely fight fiercely. Even though their performance has not been consistent, but Man United often looks good when facing big teams. Besides that, Barcelona also seems to prioritize La Liga. It was so obvious when they had to be eliminated from the Champions League. So I think, Man United also has the same opportunities as Barcelona to win this game.

For now I put Barcelona as the favorites to win this game, but that could change when I saw their performance when the league restarted. Any changes can still occur here, moreover they will play this match which may have new players. Manchester United have very high hopes of winning this match and improving their record against Barcelona.
In the play-off round, the meeting between Manchester United and Barcelona is a match that has attracted a lot of attention.

[hahay]

When referring to the head-to-head record of the two teams, Barcelona is still ahead of Man United, but I don't think Barcelona will be able to win this match easily because Man United will definitely fight fiercely. Even though their performance has not been consistent, but Man United often looks good when facing big teams. Besides that, Barcelona also seems to prioritize La Liga. It was so obvious when they had to be eliminated from the Champions League. So I think, Man United also has the same opportunities as Barcelona to win this game.

For now I put Barcelona as the favorites to win this game, but that could change when I saw their performance when the league restarted. Any changes can still occur here, moreover they will play this match which may have new players. Manchester United have very high hopes of winning this match and improving their record against Barcelona.
In the play-off round, the meeting between Manchester United and Barcelona is a match that has attracted a lot of attention.

Anyway, both of their coaches need a degree to achieve at least to prove their coaching qualities. Last season Xavi failed and maybe this season will be the season for Xavi to win a title, be it La Liga or Europa League.
Because it would be a shame if Xavi was still unable to give Barcelona a title, moreover this season Barcelona has a better squad than the previous season because now Barcelona have a goal machine in their forwards.

With the full support that Barcelona has, Barcelona should have won titles in every competition. moreover they only play in the Europa League which is basically the second tier in Europe and therefore, they should have a better run in the Europa League than in the Champions League.
But indeed, to achieve this achievement will not be easy either, because Manchester United under Erik ten Hag is a better team than before.

[Raflesia]

Barcelona are now fully working towards becoming La Liga champions. Xavi is working more on the team's weaknesses. Because if Real Madrid is the opponent, you have to work very hard to win the match.

Xavi has been using la liga as the last chance to get the trophy. it seems like that he has no chance to win europa league with the current squad. barcelona might become the most favorite to win the europa league but i have seen last season has become the most reliable evidence if barcelona can be beaten by a team from bundesliga easily. I think that the same scenario would be happening with barcelona again. That's why xavi has been putting his focus into the la liga caused by it needs to be consistence compared with europa league that will force your team to go all in for the league.
Barcelona has no lots of chance to win the europa league title. It seems like barcelona may lose in the first match of europa league.

The difference between last season and now is actually quite big, especially for Barcelona's attack line.
I feel they have a big chance this season but it depends on how they are too because if they still underestimate the game like they did against Frankfurt last season then the result is difficult to be in their favour.

I agree with this because indeed when they feel that they have the upper hand this is precisely what breaks them.
Last season they were hugely favored but when looking at their play with Frankfurt they crumbled in their own way of not being able to make any real breakthrough in the game.
This season is still the same. They are clearly very favored even though they have to go through a pretty tough Play off because they have to meet Manchester United but they are still the favorites in this match. As long as they are consistent and not too arrogant with their conditions I believe they can do more than expected.

[D-law]

When referring to the head-to-head record of the two teams, Barcelona is still ahead of Man United, but I don't think Barcelona will be able to win this match easily because Man United will definitely fight fiercely. Even though their performance has not been consistent, but Man United often looks good when facing big teams. Besides that, Barcelona also seems to prioritize La Liga. It was so obvious when they had to be eliminated from the Champions League. So I think, Man United also has the same opportunities as Barcelona to win this game.

For now I put Barcelona as the favorites to win this game, but that could change when I saw their performance when the league restarted. Any changes can still occur here, moreover they will play this match which may have new players. Manchester United have very high hopes of winning this match and improving their record against Barcelona.
In the play-off round, the meeting between Manchester United and Barcelona is a match that has attracted a lot of attention.

Xavi has played down hopes on the Europa League already
He has tagged Man United favorites for the game over FC Barcelona when the draws was listed out
The meeting both sides has attracted alot of talks the Europa league becoming Interesting seeings clubs big clubs coming down to Europa

[Gosgosking]

When referring to the head-to-head record of the two teams, Barcelona is still ahead of Man United, but I don't think Barcelona will be able to win this match easily because Man United will definitely fight fiercely. Even though their performance has not been consistent, but Man United often looks good when facing big teams. Besides that, Barcelona also seems to prioritize La Liga. It was so obvious when they had to be eliminated from the Champions League. So I think, Man United also has the same opportunities as Barcelona to win this game.

For now I put Barcelona as the favorites to win this game, but that could change when I saw their performance when the league restarted. Any changes can still occur here, moreover they will play this match which may have new players. Manchester United have very high hopes of winning this match and improving their record against Barcelona.
In the play-off round, the meeting between Manchester United and Barcelona is a match that has attracted a lot of attention.

Barcelona is more reliable in performance than Manchester City.  The both teams has good squad.  But Barcelona is more consistent in performance than Manchester United.  Barcelona chance of winning Manchester United is very big

[abhiseshakana]

With the full support that Barcelona has, Barcelona should have won titles in every competition. moreover they only play in the Europa League which is basically the second tier in Europe and therefore, they should have a better run in the Europa League than in the Champions League.
But indeed, to achieve this achievement will not be easy either, because Manchester United under Erik ten Hag is a better team than before.

Barcelona has spent a lot of money this season (even to make it all happen, Barcelona has to sell a few percent of their TV rights), so they should be able to get pretty good gains with the squad they have now. In La Liga, they still look to have good potential to become champions, but on the European stage, I think Barcelona has already failed. Eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage round, it is not a great feat.

Even though they do still have a chance to get the Europa League trophy but it will not be easy for them to get and I think some people must have doubts about that. If in the end, they were able to win the Europa League, it still doesn't cover the fact that they have failed in the Champions League.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona can actually win the Europa League title as long as they play like they do in the La Liga. They just need money from as many places as possible to fix their finances more. After the last transfers they are in a troubling condition about financial fair-play. Maybe the revenues aren't the same as the Champions League but they can still make a nice amount of extra money in the Europa League.

Their performance against Manchester United will be the decider about what they can do. They need to get over a big obstacle first to eliminate one of the closest title favourites.

[X-ray]

Barcelona is more reliable in performance than Manchester City.  The both teams has good squad.  But Barcelona is more consistent in performance than Manchester United.  Barcelona chance of winning Manchester United is very big

Are you joking with it? manchester city has been even qualified for the last 16 of champion league while barcelona goes down to this league and how can you say that if barcelona was even more reliable compared with manchester city? Didn't you watch champion league before?
Barcelona goes to the europa league caused by it has worst performance compared with intermilan which was also in the same group with barcelona. Barcelona has not yet even proven can beat united. It can also lose against it too.
You're too early to thinking barcelona was everything in the europa league. Even freiburg can defeat it.

[Iranus]

I don't think Barcelona will win any of this trophies, they might be sitting on top of the table for the time but I have a feeling they will drop below that position when the league resumes. The Europa league also have many other teams who are looking more dangerous and ambitious than this Barcelona team so I doubt they will be able to win the Europa league or even the La Liga title this season.

Maybe your guess is right. But Barcelona's performance is quite commendable now. They are performing well and winning. At the same time, they are trying to solve the internal problems of the party. The bonding between the players is still not good enough. If Xavi is able to solve the small problems within the team, Barcelona's performance will be stable after the World Cup and they will be playing for the title. Xavi now has the responsibility to strengthen the Barcelona team. Barcelona will win the title if Xavi does his job properly.

When referring to the head-to-head record of the two teams, Barcelona is still ahead of Man United, but I don't think Barcelona will be able to win this match easily because Man United will definitely fight fiercely. Even though their performance has not been consistent, but Man United often looks good when facing big teams. Besides that, Barcelona also seems to prioritize La Liga. It was so obvious when they had to be eliminated from the Champions League. So I think, Man United also has the same opportunities as Barcelona to win this game.

Manchester United are yet to find their best form. Although they have won the last few matches, but Manchester United team has to fight hard to win in every match. Manchester United has dropped points this season even against weaker teams. And it is very difficult to win against Barcelona with an unstable team. But Manchester United also have a lot of talented players in their squad. They will certainly want to stop Barcelona. Barcelona won't lose against Manchester United unless they are unlucky.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Barcelona are now fully working towards becoming La Liga champions. Xavi is working more on the team's weaknesses. Because if Real Madrid is the opponent, you have to work very hard to win the match.

Xavi has been using la liga as the last chance to get the trophy. it seems like that he has no chance to win europa league with the current squad. barcelona might become the most favorite to win the europa league but i have seen last season has become the most reliable evidence if barcelona can be beaten by a team from bundesliga easily. I think that the same scenario would be happening with barcelona again. That's why xavi has been putting his focus into the la liga caused by it needs to be consistence compared with europa league that will force your team to go all in for the league.
Barcelona has no lots of chance to win the europa league title. It seems like barcelona may lose in the first match of europa league.

The difference between last season and now is actually quite big, especially for Barcelona's attack line.
I feel they have a big chance this season but it depends on how they are too because if they still underestimate the game like they did against Frankfurt last season then the result is difficult to be in their favour.

I agree with this because indeed when they feel that they have the upper hand this is precisely what breaks them.
Last season they were hugely favored but when looking at their play with Frankfurt they crumbled in their own way of not being able to make any real breakthrough in the game.
This season is still the same. They are clearly very favored even though they have to go through a pretty tough Play off because they have to meet Manchester United but they are still the favorites in this match. As long as they are consistent and not too arrogant with their conditions I believe they can do more than expected.

Honestly, when Barcelona works hard enough, they will be able to beat Real Madrid, but for now I think they shouldn't have too many illusions about winning the League, yes, they are winning the League, it's because Real Madrid has allowed them to, and for now Real Madrid things are going very well in the UCL, which is something very big, for now the League is something that Real Madrid can once again take first place in the table, Barcelona have to focus more of their energies on the Europa League to see if they enter back to the UCL season, but they have it very strong because Man United, despite the fact that their spirits are very low because of CR7, I think they can come to play with everything.

Man United want to get back to the UCL no matter what, and the only thing on their mind is to have a lot of wins, this is where they need to focus a lot more.

Man Utd: Major change to transfer plans expected at Old Trafford

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag in deep thought

Manchester United could sign a new striker in January to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, claims the reliable Fabrizio Romano.

The 37-year-old’s future at Old Trafford is now in extreme doubt after his explosive interview with Piers Morgan, and Romano thinks that could force Erik ten Hag to bring his plans to add another No.9 to his squad forward.

Source: https://www.givemesport.com/88084451-manchester-united-transfer-news-cristiano-ronaldo-piers-morgan-fabrizio-romano-old-trafford

Well I think that each team makes its good moves, what I do know is that this season of the Eurpa Leaue is going to be very exciting, the good thing is that I will have many weeks of good football wanting to watch all the football matches of both EUROPA league Like UCL.

[Pokapoka124]

If Juventus improve their performance in defense their chance for the Europa League title will increase quite much as well. I mean that they are really solid in defense as for the Serie A. However they couldn't show the same level of performance in their Champions League matches. Their defensive weaknesses sped up the process for them to be eliminated.

However if they manage to perform in the Europa League at the same level of their performance in the Serie A then I will add them among the favourites. But for now bookmakers are showing Arsenal as the closest team to the title. Arsenal have cared about not only the Premier League but also the Europa League so far. With this discipline level they really have a big chance to make it.

Juventus are weak defensively which have been a major cause in their drastic drop in form  and resulting in poor games in the league and in the Champions league. Their performance in the league have been much better than in the champions league which  seems to me that to evaluate a teams performance, you will get the right answers when they compete in European top level like in the Champions league or Europa league because you are competing on a different level there against the best in Europe. That could probably be the reason why they play better in the domestic league and not in the Champions league. However, they need to strengthen their defense to stand a chance in the Europa league.

[Ratash]

Salzburg vs As Roma is an interesting game i think it will be really competitive salzburg always have been a difficult opponent in the european competitions on the otherhand Roma are having difficulties Recently this is a really good matchup in my opinion.

[kotwica666]

If Juventus improve their performance in defense their chance for the Europa League title will increase quite much as well. I mean that they are really solid in defense as for the Serie A. However they couldn't show the same level of performance in their Champions League matches. Their defensive weaknesses sped up the process for them to be eliminated.

However if they manage to perform in the Europa League at the same level of their performance in the Serie A then I will add them among the favourites. But for now bookmakers are showing Arsenal as the closest team to the title. Arsenal have cared about not only the Premier League but also the Europa League so far. With this discipline level they really have a big chance to make it.

Juventus are weak defensively which have been a major cause in their drastic drop in form  and resulting in poor games in the league and in the Champions league. Their performance in the league have been much better than in the champions league which  seems to me that to evaluate a teams performance, you will get the right answers when they compete in European top level like in the Champions league or Europa league because you are competing on a different level there against the best in Europe. That could probably be the reason why they play better in the domestic league and not in the Champions league. However, they need to strengthen their defense to stand a chance in the Europa league.

Juventus have been going through a lot of poor performances in the lead up to the World Cup. There were many injuries in the team which affected the team significantly. If Juventus want to do well, they need to return to good performances. However, I believe that whatever qualification players Juventus have, they will surely be able to return to performance.

[rahmad2nd]

Manchester United are yet to find their best form. Although they have won the last few matches, but Manchester United team has to fight hard to win in every match. Manchester United has dropped points this season even against weaker teams. And it is very difficult to win against Barcelona with an unstable team. But Manchester United also have a lot of talented players in their squad. They will certainly want to stop Barcelona. Barcelona won't lose against Manchester United unless they are unlucky.

Yes, Manchester United have yet to find their best form. however, his pattern and rhythm of play is already looking better than at the start of the season. it's just that, they still experience some obstacles and weaknesses that Ten Hag must fix in the future.

so naturally, if Barcelona is superior to Manchester United in the playoffs later. what's more at this time, it is certain that Ronaldo will no longer play with The Red Devils. so, Ten Hag has no other option but to rely on Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford. even so, Manchester United still has time to prepare everything, at least Ten Hag will formulate a formula and strategy to keep up with Barcelona's game.

on the other hand, Barcelona is the favorite and is predicted to overthrow Manchester United.
IMO, this match will be a tough test match for Ten Hag, but that doesn't mean Barcelona will easily win the battle later. this fight will be a fierce battle for the two teams that will compete.

[KTChampions]

I think after the World Cup the fans will have a big decline in interest in the secondary tournaments. It's one thing to watch the Europa League under normal conditions (after all, there are interesting confrontations) and another thing, having had enough of the super-important World Cup games, to return to the Europa League games. I think such sentiments will touch some players/coaches as well.

I don't know about that. To be honest for me the national teams and the national cups like European Championship and the World Cup have never been of the biggest interest for me. I just enjoy club football way more than national teams. I also think that the quality of the football games is way higher in the Champions League and Europa League then in the world cup for example.
Especially in the world cup there are some teams that are taking part that are at least 1 or 2 tiers below the best ones like Saudi Arabia and Qatar for example. Overall for me the world cup is not really the highlight of this football year. I will watch it though because obviously that this the only football that is going on during that time.

I understand what you mean. And I also value club football more than the games of the national teams, the importance of which is decreasing every year for various reasons. As for the difference in class, in fact, in the Champions League the situation is the same - there are top clubs there, but also Dynamo, Victoria, Maccabi, Copenhagen, etc.
In the end, even you will still watch the World Cup and I think after the final game it will be more difficult for you to return to ordinary games of the national championships.

[skarais]

Juventus are weak defensively which have been a major cause in their drastic drop in form  and resulting in poor games in the league and in the Champions league. Their performance in the league have been much better than in the champions league which  seems to me that to evaluate a teams performance, you will get the right answers when they compete in European top level like in the Champions league or Europa league because you are competing on a different level there against the best in Europe. That could probably be the reason why they play better in the domestic league and not in the Champions league. However, they need to strengthen their defense to stand a chance in the Europa league.

Juventus have had very different performances in Serie A and the Champions League. In Serie A, Juventus' defense is very good with only conceding 7 goals in 15 matches, but on the other hand their defense is very weak in the Champions League where in 6 matches they conceded 13 goals.

Basically I don't know Juventus' biggest obstacle this season in Europe other than the injury of several important players, but they have to prove something in a better way in the Europa League later. I don't think Nantes will be a strong opponent for Juventus in the playoffs, so Juventus will have to win that match to qualify for the round of 16.

[lixer]

Barcelona can actually win the Europa League title as long as they play like they do in the La Liga. They just need money from as many places as possible to fix their finances more. After the last transfers they are in a troubling condition about financial fair-play. Maybe the revenues aren't the same as the Champions League but they can still make a nice amount of extra money in the Europa League.

Their performance against Manchester United will be the decider about what they can do. They need to get over a big obstacle first to eliminate one of the closest title favourites.

There is no doubt they have done good job with spending good amount on quality players which are now giving their best as leading into La Liga, but exit from Champions League is surely concern for them with Xavi's most focus is on La Liga instead of European competitions which is surely having some internal issue even they can do good in both competitions, but he wants strong hand on La Liga with if they exit from Europa League this is not going to have any issue for them.

Finances is surely the biggest concern as debit is already over 1 billion USD which mean they have to think about this otherwise they could be in serious trouble and for this all they surely need to focus on both La Liga and European competitions which can bring good revenue which is vital for them and now in coming transfer window offloading few more players surely going to have positive impact on them.

[wiss19]

Juventus have been going through a lot of poor performances in the lead up to the World Cup. There were many injuries in the team which affected the team significantly. If Juventus want to do well, they need to return to good performances. However, I believe that whatever qualification players Juventus have, they will surely be able to return to performance.

Juventus is having terrible start of this season with too many injuries hit them badly, and they were struggling badly for having any positive mark in this season, but good thing happen as now they have good recovery in last six weeks and with this performance they are at the third spot in Serie A which is surely good news for them before this long break, and now they have to wait for positive things if they want to stay at the top and their players could be also in better shape after the world cup.

If they have no injury during this world cup and their players could be in good shape then surely we can expect good fight at the top of Serie A as all teams will try to catch Napoli which is clearly having very good gape and still capable of leading things with quality and performance.

[nara1892]

I don't know about that. To be honest for me the national teams and the national cups like European Championship and the World Cup have never been of the biggest interest for me. I just enjoy club football way more than national teams. I also think that the quality of the football games is way higher in the Champions League and Europa League then in the world cup for example.
Especially in the world cup there are some teams that are taking part that are at least 1 or 2 tiers below the best ones like Saudi Arabia and Qatar for example. Overall for me the world cup is not really the highlight of this football year. I will watch it though because obviously that this the only football that is going on during that time.

I understand what you mean. And I also value club football more than the games of the national teams, the importance of which is decreasing every year for various reasons. As for the difference in class, in fact, in the Champions League the situation is the same - there are top clubs there, but also Dynamo, Victoria, Maccabi, Copenhagen, etc.
In the end, even you will still watch the World Cup and I think after the final game it will be more difficult for you to return to ordinary games of the national championships.

Of course there will be differences of opinion on this for football fans, but for players of course this level is something they have to make the most of. This is a tournament that is held every 4 years, so for players it takes a long time for them to play there. Whereas in the Champions League or something like that they feel every year. Moreover, they are playing for their homeland, so they will play to the fullest.
I myself want to see them in the World Cup because the best players from each country are there. So I want to see if they are still as good as at the club or different, because you can say they are rarely united compared to the club level.