UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season

[Gosgosking]

I can't believe in Barcelona completely after seeing their performances against big clubs. They have had really unsatisfying results in those games. This was even the main reason why they couldn't qualify from their Champions League group. Xavi's priority should be to fix this first. Because they don't have any other issue than this actually to be successful in multiple tournaments.

Manchester United are just as usual. They are still not a very consistent team. They are dealing with big issues about having comfortable wins. Because their attackers are not having a great time. If this scenario continues they are likely to stay as the underdog. I still see Barcelona one step ahead as long as they deal with their main issue.

Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

[Razmirraz]

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You're not wrong to say Barcelona is better than Manchester United now, because I see it that way too. Barcelona's only problem now is that they can't be balanced against teams that have the same or even better strength than them. Bayern Munich, obviously better than them so that in the group stage they easily won matches in 2 meetings. While Inter Milan is a team that cannot be said to be better than Barcelona, but they are able to make them better on the field.
At this meeting, I said that Manchester United is almost the same as Inter Milan, so they (Barcelona) have a better chance.

I also see it like that, one of the reasons Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League was because they were unable to balance the game when dealing with teams who had the same strength as them. The strength of Manchester United cannot be underestimated even though Barcelona has managed to improve its performance, Manchester United has improved since Ten Hag became coach.
Barcelona strength will be seen when dealing with Manchester United, if the tactics used by Xavi are able to get rid of Manchester United from the Europa League, Barcelona is ready to compete again to win the La Liga and UEL trophies.

[bekti3]

Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

We cannot compare the EPL and La Liga in any way because in terms of competition, the EPL is clearly much tougher than La Liga, where there are only a few clubs that are definitely on top each season.
This competition will still continue but when looking at the schedule it's still quite long I can't make any assumptions now because indeed we only have to see after the league restarts whether they are able or not to remain consistent.

[martyns]

Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

We cannot compare the EPL and La Liga in any way because in terms of competition, the EPL is clearly much tougher than La Liga, where there are only a few clubs that are definitely on top each season.
This competition will still continue but when looking at the schedule it's still quite long I can't make any assumptions now because indeed we only have to see after the league restarts whether they are able or not to remain consistent.

It is true that English premier league is much more tougher that the Lalliga,but we have to call a spade a spade, Manchester United are not actually in a good form at the moment,they are just strouggling,and with the recent player and club crisis between Ronaldo and Man-U,it just seem the club is not really doing well.
The world cup will soon be over and the season will restart,but are we optimistic that Manchester will start doing well immediately? Or they will continue fumbling the way they were doing.It seems Ronaldo will leave the club after world cup and move to another club.Let see whether when he leaves,they will start performing well or not,since it seems he was the problem of the club.

[arimamib]

Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

We cannot compare the EPL and La Liga in any way because in terms of competition, the EPL is clearly much tougher than La Liga, where there are only a few clubs that are definitely on top each season.
This competition will still continue but when looking at the schedule it's still quite long I can't make any assumptions now because indeed we only have to see after the league restarts whether they are able or not to remain consistent.

Do you realize that when EPL teams meet La Liga teams in European competition, they are always dominated by La Liga teams, Liverpool and Manchester United have to lose the Champions League trophy due to being conquered by Real Madrid and Barcelona. EPL is more competitive because there are many big teams there, while La Liga has teams that are stronger than EPL. Manchester City, which has always won the EPL trophy, also had to admit Real Madrid's superiority in the UCL last season.
Barcelona vs Manchester United is definitely very interesting to watch. This match will prove the quality of the two teams after experiencing difficult times last season.

[izsara]

I also see it like that, one of the reasons Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League was because they were unable to balance the game when dealing with teams who had the same strength as them. The strength of Manchester United cannot be underestimated even though Barcelona has managed to improve its performance, Manchester United has improved since Ten Hag became coach.
Barcelona strength will be seen when dealing with Manchester United, if the tactics used by Xavi are able to get rid of Manchester United from the Europa League, Barcelona is ready to compete again to win the La Liga and UEL trophies.

Another problem is Injuries.
We know that when they were knocked out of the Champions League their form in the Champions League and La Liga faltered because they lost 4 core players in midfield and defense.
Xavi is good at coaching, but he still can't balance rotations so when their core players don't play Xavi gets overwhelmed and can't perform all out as usual.

[SatoPrincess]

Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

We cannot compare the EPL and La Liga in any way because in terms of competition, the EPL is clearly much tougher than La Liga, where there are only a few clubs that are definitely on top each season.
This competition will still continue but when looking at the schedule it's still quite long I can't make any assumptions now because indeed we only have to see after the league restarts whether they are able or not to remain consistent.

Do you realize that when EPL teams meet La Liga teams in European competition, they are always dominated by La Liga teams, Liverpool and Manchester United have to lose the Champions League trophy due to being conquered by Real Madrid and Barcelona. EPL is more competitive because there are many big teams there, while La Liga has teams that are stronger than EPL. Manchester City, which has always won the EPL trophy, also had to admit Real Madrid's superiority in the UCL last season.
Barcelona vs Manchester United is definitely very interesting to watch. This match will prove the quality of the two teams after experiencing difficult times last season.

The era where La liga teams always beat English teams in European competitions is gradually coming to an end, because English teams are becoming stronger and evolving in their performances every season and I must say that it is a joy to watch. It will also be an opportunity once more to see Manchester United and Liverpool competing in the Champions league when the season resumes, we shall see which side will dominate in the game.

[Tumanggor]

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Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

we won't know which team is the best right now (whether it's barca or MU) until we see the two teams meet, manchester united is in a good change under the control of ten hag, reportedly they are still trying to get kim min jae in the next transfer market

when the matches in the European league start again, I'm sure both teams will already have strong ammunition to compete and become the strongest team in the European league

[BALIK]

Manchester United's performance in the group stage was really good? I don't think so. Although Manchester United won 5 out of 6 matches. But they have to fight hard to win every match. Even against comparatively weaker teams, they cannot dominate the match. If they can't dominate against weak teams, how can Manchester United win against big teams like Barcelona or Arsenal?
However, whether the Manchester United team is worthy of winning the title will be proved in their upcoming matches. Manchester United will undoubtedly become favorites to win the Europa League if they beat Barcelona.

I would say if you won 5 out of 6, no matter how you played, that should be considered as you played good and that's enough. I know it is not going to be that much convincing to just say that, but at the same time it doesn't need to be convincing, it just needs to be as good as possible for them to be there.
In the end, United will face Barcelona and they are a great team so they could of course end up losing to Barcelona, that's understandable, but that wouldn't mean that they were bad so far, they were amazing in europa and played very well. Sure some of the teams were weaker and it was harder than it suppose to, but they got the win in the end anyway.

Personally I don't like Manchester United's performance. They won though. But their performance was not satisfactory. I was not happy with their performance as they could not dominate even against a weaker team.

As they will play against Barcelona in the next match, it will be very difficult for them to win this match. If United could dominate every game in the group stage, I'd say they'd be able to beat Barcelona too. Besides, Manchester United's performance in the Premier League is not good. United is quite weak compared to Barcelona. And so I don't think United will be able to win against Barcelona.

[Jody.Drummer]

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Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

we won't know which team is the best right now (whether it's barca or MU) until we see the two teams meet, manchester united is in a good change under the control of ten hag, reportedly they are still trying to get kim min jae in the next transfer market

when the matches in the European league start again, I'm sure both teams will already have strong ammunition to compete and become the strongest team in the European league

They will definitely make thorough preparations before this match is actually held. Even though this is the second caste competition after the Champions League, I am very sure they don't want to be embarrassed by their opponents, especially since this will be a meeting between 2 big clubs in La Liga and the Premier League. Both clubs will definitely maintain their authority and do not want to lose.
From the strengths of the two clubs that I have seen so far, they still have weaknesses that can be exploited, because these two clubs cannot be said to be mature clubs because of the bad situation they lived in last season, even this season Manchester United have not really come out. from that situation.
Regarding the results of the match, I still need to see their game after this break because it is possible that there will be very significant changes shown by Manchester United and Barcelona.

[redsun114]

The era where La liga teams always beat English teams in European competitions is gradually coming to an end, because English teams are becoming stronger and evolving in their performances every season and I must say that it is a joy to watch. It will also be an opportunity once more to see Manchester United and Liverpool competing in the Champions league when the season resumes, we shall see which side will dominate in the game.

I agree here now things are change drastically with English teams are having better quality and strategy with most of the La Liga teams are struggling badly which is ending their dominance against English teams, and they are on back foot which is surely poor for them Just Real Madrid and Barcelona are having some worth to fight but in most cases these are also not strong enough to handle things with Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal are having better squads and quality for competing into European Competitions.

In February, we have tough match between Manchester United and Barcelona with most chances we will have chance that Manchester United will qualify for the next round because right now Barcelona is giving priority to La Liga instead of European Competitions but still it's not going to be easy game for the both teams with Manchester United is also having few problems which needs quick response from them to solve.

[TheGreatPython]

Personally I don't like Manchester United's performance. They won though. But their performance was not satisfactory. I was not happy with their performance as they could not dominate even against a weaker team.

As they will play against Barcelona in the next match, it will be very difficult for them to win this match. If United could dominate every game in the group stage, I'd say they'd be able to beat Barcelona too. Besides, Manchester United's performance in the Premier League is not good. United is quite weak compared to Barcelona. And so I don't think United will be able to win against Barcelona.

Manchester United is surely struggling with on and off the field issues specially now situation is not clear after Cristiano Ronaldo statement but most chances they will settle and having improved performance after this break because now Ten Haq is doing amazing job, and he can handle this all in positive way which is surely going to be new era for the Manchester United after Sir Alex Ferguson which done historic job here.

Now for the match between Barcelona vs Manchester United here we have few things which are surely needed to be done like Barcelona is doing good job in La Liga, and they want to be retained their top spot which need better concentration from them and their exit from Champions League is surely big setback, but now they are trying to recover this with the win of La Liga title in 2023 and Xavi is also working on adjustment which keeps them better in La Liga instead of Europa.

[hahay]

The era where La liga teams always beat English teams in European competitions is gradually coming to an end, because English teams are becoming stronger and evolving in their performances every season and I must say that it is a joy to watch. It will also be an opportunity once more to see Manchester United and Liverpool competing in the Champions league when the season resumes, we shall see which side will dominate in the game.

I agree here now things are change drastically with English teams are having better quality and strategy with most of the La Liga teams are struggling badly which is ending their dominance against English teams, and they are on back foot which is surely poor for them Just Real Madrid and Barcelona are having some worth to fight but in most cases these are also not strong enough to handle things with Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal are having better squads and quality for competing into European Competitions.

In February, we have tough match between Manchester United and Barcelona with most chances we will have chance that Manchester United will qualify for the next round because right now Barcelona is giving priority to La Liga instead of European Competitions but still it's not going to be easy game for the both teams with Manchester United is also having few problems which needs quick response from them to solve.

Agreed, at least this also happens in the Champions League but yes, basically Premier League teams have better represented teams. Because when compared to representative teams from other leagues, at least they may only have one or two teams that will be considered to go further, such as for example Real Madrid and Barcelona, then Bayern Munich and also PSG.
Unlike the teams from the Premiere League, at least they have better and stronger teams, but for some reason it is always difficult for English Premiere League teams to win titles in the European arena.

Indeed, if we examine further at least there is still a team from La Liga that is very good in competition in the Europa League and that is Sevilla.
But unfortunately, Sevilla this season is a very chaotic team so this season's title race for the Europa League I think it will be a competition of teams from the Premier League and also teams from Serie A. But maybe also teams from the Bundesliga, because I thought they would probably be an opponent not to be underestimated at all.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

I do not think that Real Madrid really "allowed" anyone to be the first, they are playing well, they haven't lost or got a tie that commonly, they are playing well, the difference is that Barcelona is playing even better.

This is why I believe that we are going to end up seeing Barcelona win the title this year. On the other hand, if Barcelona still goes on to finals and win Europa cup, while Real Madrid somehow manages to lose both domestic cup and UCL at the same time, then we are going to see Real focus only to league, while Barcelona focusing on many other competitions and there could be some trouble there for sure, which will create a trouble for them.

Well this is also a panorama under which many more scenarios can be generated, it is obvious that now we can speculate a lot, I say about Real Madrid because I am quite realistic, for now Barcelona is doing well and there is nothing that can stop them, yes, but when we refer to a League where anything or any result can result, when Real Madrid presses to leave the other teams behind, it does so without thinking, so at this moment Xavi is a coach who is not bad, but if he still has a lot to learn, and I think that even if he has very good players and one in particular like Lewa, maintaining the level is not easy at all.

I also see it like that, one of the reasons Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League was because they were unable to balance the game when dealing with teams who had the same strength as them. The strength of Manchester United cannot be underestimated even though Barcelona has managed to improve its performance, Manchester United has improved since Ten Hag became coach.
Barcelona strength will be seen when dealing with Manchester United, if the tactics used by Xavi are able to get rid of Manchester United from the Europa League, Barcelona is ready to compete again to win the La Liga and UEL trophies.

Another problem is Injuries.
We know that when they were knocked out of the Champions League their form in the Champions League and La Liga faltered because they lost 4 core players in midfield and defense.
Xavi is good at coaching, but he still can't balance rotations so when their core players don't play Xavi gets overwhelmed and can't perform all out as usual.

Xavi's problem is going to look much bigger for now in this January 2023 when he finds out that he cannot integrate another player into his team because he knows that the team does not have that much money, and that he has to work with the ones he has, although for me that is not a bad thing, only now it is what I can speculate, in any case, I have to wait, I don't know if Barceloa's plans are to sell some players so that they have sufficient capitalization, the economic problems are something that He stopped this team from everything, and one of Barcelona's mistakes was that Xavi chose everything, and each one of the managers trusted him and it hasn't given results, for me it's a pity, because Barcelona is one of the best teams they have in the League.

‘I think Xavi understood’ - Azpilicueta discloses how he rejected Barcelona

There was a time in this previous transfer window when it was thought to be a certainty that Cesar Azpilicueta was leaving Chelsea to join Barcelona. That rumor wouldn't go away and eventually hit a breaking point wherein Azpilicueta ended up telling Xavi no and stayed at Chelsea.

In an interview this past week with Cadena Ser, Azpilicueta detailed why he told Barcelona no and decided to stay in England.

Source: https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2022/12/5/23494474/i-think-xavi-understood-azpilicueta-discloses-how-he-rejected-barcelona

[Marvell1]

Manchester United have quit well current performance in group stage this season and have the same points collected with Arsenal, I don't think what your reason about Manchester United have underperformance this season after win 5 matches and have 1 loss at group stage. I think with play off round match against with Barcelona looks unlucky moment for United because loss difference goals with Real Sociedad although last matchday success beat Sociedad at their home.
Still have possibility for Manchester United with Europe League tittle actually if can beat Barcelona in play off round begin at February 17th for first leg and second Manchester United playing home on 24th February.

Manchester United's performance in the group stage was really good? I don't think so. Although Manchester United won 5 out of 6 matches. But they have to fight hard to win every match. Even against comparatively weaker teams, they cannot dominate the match. If they can't dominate against weak teams, how can Manchester United win against big teams like Barcelona or Arsenal?
However, whether the Manchester United team is worthy of winning the title will be proved in their upcoming matches. Manchester United will undoubtedly become favorites to win the Europa League if they beat Barcelona.

@Oneandpure, I think I disagree with you on the point that Arsenal will be the winner of the tournament. Personally, I think that Barcelona is a better team than both them and United.

Manchester United have not been playing very well football this season, and on top of that, they had that Cristiano Ronaldo controversy as he was released from the team.
Compared to that, Barcelona have Robert Lewandowski, who will be a key weapon for them during this tournament, whereas Arsenal/United lack such a player.

We all know how deadly Lewandowski can be in front of the goal. We have seen him score hundreds of goals for Bayern Munich and also score tons of goals for Barcelona this season.
So far he has scored 13 goals in 14 matches for them in the league, which is a pretty stellar stat.

I think Barcelona will win the match against Manchester United and progress to win the tournament.

[tulusikhlas]

In this season Arsenal is doing amazing job, and we can expect improvement in coming weeks but can they keep this momentum, and we will be able to watch them as winner of the two titles because they are capable of having amazing stuff and new player's entry can bring more success with good and strong competition.

As Arsenal have started the season and continued their form, they are undoubtedly the frontrunners to win the title this season. Arsenal is financially sound. I think they will try their best to win the title this season. And if necessary, they will spend money to add new talented players to the squad. Arsenal is still 5 points ahead of Manchester City. They will definitely want to maintain this gap.

Given the competitive competition in the Premier League, they still need to strengthen the squad they currently have. Also they definitely want trophies here, so it's only fitting that they spend some money to sign some quality new players. We are still waiting for their opponents in the Europa League at this time, and of the several names that are there, Arsenal are one of the favorites to win the title this season. The compactness and teamwork they showed made them have the upper hand to win the title.

[makishart]

I can't believe in Barcelona completely after seeing their performances against big clubs. They have had really unsatisfying results in those games. This was even the main reason why they couldn't qualify from their Champions League group. Xavi's priority should be to fix this first. Because they don't have any other issue than this actually to be successful in multiple tournaments.

Manchester United are just as usual. They are still not a very consistent team. They are dealing with big issues about having comfortable wins. Because their attackers are not having a great time. If this scenario continues they are likely to stay as the underdog. I still see Barcelona one step ahead as long as they deal with their main issue.

Barcelona is not yet balanced that is why they are not able to win big clubs but that doesn't make them to be weak team. Barcelona is still better than Manchester United in performance,  Barcelona is in a better position in laliga while Manchester United is still struggling to be at the top.

No man, if you were saying like that and it's pretty much the same like what already bought by barcelona were bad. The fact that lewandowski has become top scorer in la liga but the problem is on the team itself. In term of head to head and barcelona is winning a lot compared with MU but the problem is EPL club can give you surprise anytime. Barcelona can lose against it like when it was lose against frankfurt last year in the europa league. Barcelona needs to find some more quality players but this club didn't have any money left. That's why free transfer player the only choice that can be taken by barcelona as a way to save the money from buying some players with lots of money again. MU will be also coming with the new squads as it will be buying lots of players in january

[rahmad2nd]

No man, if you were saying like that and it's pretty much the same like what already bought by barcelona were bad. The fact that lewandowski has become top scorer in la liga but the problem is on the team itself. In term of head to head and barcelona is winning a lot compared with MU but the problem is EPL club can give you surprise anytime. Barcelona can lose against it like when it was lose against frankfurt last year in the europa league. Barcelona needs to find some more quality players but this club didn't have any money left. That's why free transfer player the only choice that can be taken by barcelona as a way to save the money from buying some players with lots of money again. MU will be also coming with the new squads as it will be buying lots of players in january

IMO, from my point of view. Barcelona has players who are not below standard, even now they are at the top of La Liga even though they are 2 points away from their rivals. the Barcelona players fulfill the requirements, becoming one of the strong challengers in the Europa League competition. with one condition, must overthrow Manchester United in the playoffs later.  unfortunately, Barcelona still has some weaknesses and I totally understand that. because after all, currently Xavi is rebuilding Barcelona's strength. at least, it takes process and time. from the front line, Barcelona has a very dangerous striker. it's just that, their young midfielders still need high flying hours so that their skills and talents are getting honed.

On the Man United side, the pattern of strategy that Ten Hag put into practice has gone according to the plot. it's just that, the Red Devils do not have a sharp pure striker. Rumor has it that in January several names will be brought to Old Trafford.  thus, Manchester United cannot be underestimated. the schedule for the match between Manchester vs Barcelona still has a long gap, at least the two coaches will prepare their respective troops.

[izsara]

Another problem is Injuries.
We know that when they were knocked out of the Champions League their form in the Champions League and La Liga faltered because they lost 4 core players in midfield and defense.
Xavi is good at coaching, but he still can't balance rotations so when their core players don't play Xavi gets overwhelmed and can't perform all out as usual.

Xavi's problem is going to look much bigger for now in this January 2023 when he finds out that he cannot integrate another player into his team because he knows that the team does not have that much money, and that he has to work with the ones he has, although for me that is not a bad thing, only now it is what I can speculate, in any case, I have to wait, I don't know if Barceloa's plans are to sell some players so that they have sufficient capitalization, the economic problems are something that He stopped this team from everything, and one of Barcelona's mistakes was that Xavi chose everything, and each one of the managers trusted him and it hasn't given results, for me it's a pity, because Barcelona is one of the best teams they have in the League.

‘I think Xavi understood’ - Azpilicueta discloses how he rejected Barcelona

I actually don't know much about their finances now, they are often talked about always having financial problems but their spending this season is really crazy and it's not fair to say they have financial problems because of their determination.
At the moment they will prioritize free players, Azpilicueta was one that was always linked with Barcelona in the previous season but in the end he extended the contract but still did not rule out Barcelona chasing him moreover they still need a defender especially Pique has also left now.

[fullhdpixel]

I think I disagree with you on the point that Arsenal will be the winner of the tournament. Personally, I think that Barcelona is a better team than both them and United.

Manchester United have not been playing very well football this season, and on top of that, they had that Cristiano Ronaldo controversy as he was released from the team.
Compared to that, Barcelona have Robert Lewandowski, who will be a key weapon for them during this tournament, whereas Arsenal/United lack such a player.

We all know how deadly Lewandowski can be in front of the goal. We have seen him score hundreds of goals for Bayern Munich and also score tons of goals for Barcelona this season.
So far he has scored 13 goals in 14 matches for them in the league, which is a pretty stellar stat.

I think Barcelona will win the match against Manchester United and progress to win the tournament.

Well after the jesus injury, I do agree that it would be a lot harder for Arsenal to win the tournament as well. I am not saying that it would be impossible, but it would be a bit harder than usual and it would be a bit more difficult.

I do agree that they do have a big chance, between Juventus, United, Barcelona and Arsenal, these four teams are the big clubs that could have a chance at the title but aside from them I am not sure if there are any teams that could win the title and it could be quite difficult to achieve. Long story short Arsenal is not the biggest candidate to win, whoever wins out of United vs Barcelona will be the biggest chance to win, but Arsenal is not too far from it neither.