UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[Jody.Drummer]

How did Real Madrid not support Zidane? He didn't win the La Liga that same season, rather he lost the league and pressure mounted on him to be sacked, they even have him the support by not sacking him. With the help of the players around, he was able to win the Champions League.
Believe me Zidane quickly resigned immediately after they won the Champions League so he wouldn't be sacked.

I thought when Zidane could not give La Liga titles in the season but Zidane managed to give the Champions League title which was of course more prestigious. Are you saying that because of a lot of pressure due to failing to win La Liga, Zidane chose to resign so as not to be fired? To be honest I don't know what the reason Zidane did that. Is he afraid of losing his reputation if he was fired?

That could be a plausible reason for Zidane's resignation, but I see other reasons for him doing so. After he resigned as Real Madrid coach he has yet to receive an offer, so when I saw that I concluded that the reason he resigned was because he wanted to take a break from coaching and even now I haven't heard of him coming back, even though many clubs are interested in hiring him. It looks like he's still comfortable without a club and hasn't thought about returning to the coaching bench.
But we'll see if there will be any surprises from him being suddenly announced as the coach of a club, including Real Madrid. It is interesting to see this coach, especialy with his brilliant achievements with Real Madrid at that time.

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[NotATether]

Yes, I admit that it is true because Jose Mourinho wants to bring Roma to win the Europa League title because last season Roma failed to win it due to small mistakes that led to failure but it looks like this season is a little difficult. Because many big Premier League teams are competing here so it hinders Roma's journey to achieve it after all It is also not certain whether Roma will qualify for this play-off round.

The big prem teams are not the problem (except for Liverpool) but it's Bayer Leverkusen who poses the biggest threat to Roma's championship dreams.

They have yet to lose a league match all season. I think they won't make mincemeat of Mourinho's side but they have enough quality in them to cruise past if they ever meet, assuming they don't get butchered during the January window.

Having said that, Feyenoord will probably get dumped out of the playoffs though.

[DanWalker]

It can be understood that Roma is the favorite because they have a more competitive league than Feyenoord. The Mourinho and Lukaku factor could also be a good bargaining chip for Roma, but it is not impossible that Roma will be eliminated in the play off round, we have to leave room for surprises open. On the other hand, Mourinho contract will end at the end of the season, as well as Lukaku loan period from Chelsea, this is the momentum to leave a beautiful impression before parting ways at the end of the season.

I think the match between Roma and Feyenoord is an even match, despite the assumptions above. However, head to head, Roma is still ahead with 3 wins, 1 loss and one draw in 5 meetings. Apart from that, it is true that we need to wait a moment and look again at the strength of the two clubs ahead of their meeting in February.

It's not a big surprise if that happens because Feyenoord also has pretty good strength, it's just that Jose Mourinho's experience and Roma's strength has improved since the start of the season, making them slightly favorites, but personally I still say that the percentage for these two teams to qualify is still 50. -50.

And I see that this season Jose Mourinho's ambition to bring Roma to win the Europa League is quite big after their failure in last season's final and as we all know, Jose Mourinho has quite a lot of experience on the European stage and this is worth taking into account.

The Feyenoord team cannot be considered weak. This team is in very good form this season. The team is performing very well in the Eredivise league. Although they are not at the top of the table, the performance of Feyenoord's players is quite good. They can score a lot of goals at the same time. Roma team is unlikely to win easily against Feyenoord. Feyenoord will try their best to win. Feyenoord have no chance of winning the Eredivise League title. So they will try to do well in the Europa League. Mourinho is an experienced coach. Roma squad players are also in very good rhythm. But it will be difficult for them to win against Feyenoord. The performance of Roma players is erratic. Mourinho must come up with his masterplan.

[JeffBrad12]

It can be understood that Roma is the favorite because they have a more competitive league than Feyenoord. The Mourinho and Lukaku factor could also be a good bargaining chip for Roma, but it is not impossible that Roma will be eliminated in the play off round, we have to leave room for surprises open. On the other hand, Mourinho contract will end at the end of the season, as well as Lukaku loan period from Chelsea, this is the momentum to leave a beautiful impression before parting ways at the end of the season.

I think the match between Roma and Feyenoord is an even match, despite the assumptions above. However, head to head, Roma is still ahead with 3 wins, 1 loss and one draw in 5 meetings. Apart from that, it is true that we need to wait a moment and look again at the strength of the two clubs ahead of their meeting in February.

It's not a big surprise if that happens because Feyenoord also has pretty good strength, it's just that Jose Mourinho's experience and Roma's strength has improved since the start of the season, making them slightly favorites, but personally I still say that the percentage for these two teams to qualify is still 50. -50.

And I see that this season Jose Mourinho's ambition to bring Roma to win the Europa League is quite big after their failure in last season's final and as we all know, Jose Mourinho has quite a lot of experience on the European stage and this is worth taking into account.

The Feyenoord team cannot be considered weak. This team is in very good form this season. The team is performing very well in the Eredivise league. Although they are not at the top of the table, the performance of Feyenoord's players is quite good. They can score a lot of goals at the same time. Roma team is unlikely to win easily against Feyenoord. Feyenoord will try their best to win. Feyenoord have no chance of winning the Eredivise League title. So they will try to do well in the Europa League. Mourinho is an experienced coach. Roma squad players are also in very good rhythm. But it will be difficult for them to win against Feyenoord. The performance of Roma players is erratic. Mourinho must come up with his masterplan.

Don't worry. Feyenoord was a garbage team in UCL. It was always losing without even winning a game in the group stage of UCL. That's why feyenoord has dropped to the europa league this season which has proven the quality of feyenoord.
It was getting a little luck caused by it earns more point to finish at the third place then go back to the europa league again. Feyenoord is a weak team and it is not equal to the roma.

Roma is going to win the game with huge margins. Logically, if feyenoord was a strong team then it should be qualified for the top 16 of UCL but it's fail. Im not seeing feyenoord as a threat for roma.
Lukaku is going to score against feyenoord soon but we are still far away from the UCL. Having mou in roma like the club has insurance to win the match against feyenoord. Feye was not more than a mediocre team for roma.

Mou will once again prove himself as a world class manager that can bring cheap squad owned by roma to the final of europa league again soon. This time is kinda different compared to the last season.

[Godday]

And I see that this season Jose Mourinho's ambition to bring Roma to win the Europa League is quite big after their failure in last season's final and as we all know, Jose Mourinho has quite a lot of experience on the European stage and this is worth taking into account.

Everyone knows Mourinho and his dedication to targets. I agree with you that this match has a 50:50 chance but with Mourinho as coach it seems I will choose Roma who will be able to win the match and advance to the next round. Currently Roma is not performing well in Serie A but I think Feyenoord is not an opponent that should be compared to the top teams in the Serie A standings.

[hahay]

And I see that this season Jose Mourinho's ambition to bring Roma to win the Europa League is quite big after their failure in last season's final and as we all know, Jose Mourinho has quite a lot of experience on the European stage and this is worth taking into account.

Everyone knows Mourinho and his dedication to targets. I agree with you that this match has a 50:50 chance but with Mourinho as coach it seems I will choose Roma who will be able to win the match and advance to the next round. Currently Roma is not performing well in Serie A but I think Feyenoord is not an opponent that should be compared to the top teams in the Serie A standings.

Yes indeed, I admit Mourinho is the special one who certainly has great experience in the European scene but even so, the fact is that Mourinho has also failed long after his golden era at that time . Although indeed, at least Mourinho can also still successfully bring AS Roma to get the Conference League trophy two seasons ago . But ya, to bring AS Roma further to the final match in the Europa League this season will certainly not be easy.

But if about to qualify and beat Feyenoord I think it is clear, AS Roma still has a good chance to beat Feyenoord and qualify for the next round. But ya,even so, at least Feyenoord is also not a weak team at all, although AS Roma has better quality than Feyenoord but I'm sure it's still not easy for AS Roma to beat Feyenoord in this phase.

[DanWalker]

It can be understood that Roma is the favorite because they have a more competitive league than Feyenoord. The Mourinho and Lukaku factor could also be a good bargaining chip for Roma, but it is not impossible that Roma will be eliminated in the play off round, we have to leave room for surprises open. On the other hand, Mourinho contract will end at the end of the season, as well as Lukaku loan period from Chelsea, this is the momentum to leave a beautiful impression before parting ways at the end of the season.
I think the match between Roma and Feyenoord is an even match, despite the assumptions above. However, head to head, Roma is still ahead with 3 wins, 1 loss and one draw in 5 meetings. Apart from that, it is true that we need to wait a moment and look again at the strength of the two clubs ahead of their meeting in February.

It's not a big surprise if that happens because Feyenoord also has pretty good strength, it's just that Jose Mourinho's experience and Roma's strength has improved since the start of the season, making them slightly favorites, but personally I still say that the percentage for these two teams to qualify is still 50. -50.
And I see that this season Jose Mourinho's ambition to bring Roma to win the Europa League is quite big after their failure in last season's final and as we all know, Jose Mourinho has quite a lot of experience on the European stage and this is worth taking into account.

The Feyenoord team cannot be considered weak. This team is in very good form this season. The team is performing very well in the Eredivise league. Although they are not at the top of the table, the performance of Feyenoord's players is quite good. They can score a lot of goals at the same time. Roma team is unlikely to win easily against Feyenoord. Feyenoord will try their best to win. Feyenoord have no chance of winning the Eredivise League title. So they will try to do well in the Europa League. Mourinho is an experienced coach. Roma squad players are also in very good rhythm. But it will be difficult for them to win against Feyenoord. The performance of Roma players is erratic. Mourinho must come up with his masterplan.

Don't worry. Feyenoord was a garbage team in UCL. It was always losing without even winning a game in the group stage of UCL. That's why feyenoord has dropped to the europa league this season which has proven the quality of feyenoord.
It was getting a little luck caused by it earns more point to finish at the third place then go back to the europa league again. Feyenoord is a weak team and it is not equal to the roma.

Roma is going to win the game with huge margins. Logically, if feyenoord was a strong team then it should be qualified for the top 16 of UCL but it's fail. Im not seeing feyenoord as a threat for roma.
Lukaku is going to score against feyenoord soon but we are still far away from the UCL. Having mou in roma like the club has insurance to win the match against feyenoord. Feye was not more than a mediocre team for roma.
Mou will once again prove himself as a world class manager that can bring cheap squad owned by roma to the final of europa league again soon. This time is kinda different compared to the last season.

Feyenoord team played very poorly in the Champions League as far as I've seen. They have won only two matches. Their performance against the big teams was poor. But I have also seen Roma's performance in the Europa League. Was their performance too good?
Roma lost 2-0 away match against Slavia Praha. Roma team can't win against Servette either. The performance of the Roma team is also quite erratic. That's why it's not going to be easy for Roma to win against Feyenoord. If Mourinho's match strategy is not good then Roma are likely to lose against Feyenoord. But Mourinho's aim is to win the Europa League title. So Mourinho will try his best to win against Feyenoord.

[emrecemsan]

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However, to be fair, I think Atalanta, who recorded an unbeaten run in the group phase, is also worth considering, there are only two clubs that were untouched by defeat in the group phase, namely Atalanta and Laverkusen. On the other hand, if you look at Atalanta performance in Serie A, it is not very promising, we certainly understand the level of competition there, but in the Europa League Atalanta is showing a different performance.

To tell the truth I don't feel like Atalanta will be as competitive as the top contenders. They had a really good group stage first of all. They didn't lose any match. Of course two of their opponents in the group were too easy for them. Sporting were the most challenging one but Atalanta collected 4 points against them as well.

However I don't remember Atalanta much competitive in European cups like this. I mean an achievement like qualifying for the final stage at least. Because of that I think that they would be likely to get eliminated by a serious opponent for the title in one of the close stages.

[tusandii]

Feyenoord team played very poorly in the Champions League as far as I've seen. They have won only two matches. Their performance against the big teams was poor. But I have also seen Roma's performance in the Europa League. Was their performance too good?
Roma lost 2-0 away match against Slavia Praha. Roma team can't win against Servette either. The performance of the Roma team is also quite erratic. That's why it's not going to be easy for Roma to win against Feyenoord. If Mourinho's match strategy is not good then Roma are likely to lose against Feyenoord. But Mourinho's aim is to win the Europa League title. So Mourinho will try his best to win against Feyenoord.

Yes, Feyenoord is not very good in the champions league, but the problem is that fighting Roma is also not an easy thing because currently Roma is under the guidance of Mourinho and we all know that this coach will never fail to bring his club to a higher level in the current UEL. The competition is very tight but a club that fails in the CL may not necessarily be able to beat a club from the UEL. On the one hand, Feyenoord in the CL was only able to get 2 wins and this means that this is a bad performance experienced by that club.
I think in the first match it is possible that Feyenoord can hold a draw at home, but in the second match I am not sure if Feyenoord will be able to withstand attacks from Mourinho's club.
Jose Mourinho this time is very enthusiastic about trying to achieve success in the UEL even though he has to have a very strong challenger like Leverkusen, but Roma will not just give up.

[Falconer]

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Everyone knows Mourinho and his dedication to targets. I agree with you that this match has a 50:50 chance but with Mourinho as coach it seems I will choose Roma who will be able to win the match and advance to the next round. Currently Roma is not performing well in Serie A but I think Feyenoord is not an opponent that should be compared to the top teams in the Serie A standings.

I don't think Feyenoord are that low, otherwise they really don't deserve to be in the Europa League this season. Feyenoord is a real threat to Roma this season in the Europa League, so no one should underestimate them even though Roma and their big names deserve to be favorites. Roma is inconsistent in its performance even though Mourinho is the coach, but Roma has a good chance of qualifying for the next round even though Feyenoord is the second best team in the Eredivisie this season.

In my opinion, Leverkusen is one of the favorites for the title this season in the European League apart from Liverpool. Roma are runners up who will try to do everything to win the title, but Milan also does not deserve to be ignored this season after failing in the Champions League.

[DanWalker]

Feyenoord team played very poorly in the Champions League as far as I've seen. They have won only two matches. Their performance against the big teams was poor. But I have also seen Roma's performance in the Europa League. Was their performance too good?
Roma lost 2-0 away match against Slavia Praha. Roma team can't win against Servette either. The performance of the Roma team is also quite erratic. That's why it's not going to be easy for Roma to win against Feyenoord. If Mourinho's match strategy is not good then Roma are likely to lose against Feyenoord. But Mourinho's aim is to win the Europa League title. So Mourinho will try his best to win against Feyenoord.

Yes, Feyenoord is not very good in the champions league, but the problem is that fighting Roma is also not an easy thing because currently Roma is under the guidance of Mourinho and we all know that this coach will never fail to bring his club to a higher level in the current UEL. The competition is very tight but a club that fails in the CL may not necessarily be able to beat a club from the UEL. On the one hand, Feyenoord in the CL was only able to get 2 wins and this means that this is a bad performance experienced by that club.
I think in the first match it is possible that Feyenoord can hold a draw at home, but in the second match I am not sure if Feyenoord will be able to withstand attacks from Mourinho's club.
Jose Mourinho this time is very enthusiastic about trying to achieve success in the UEL even though he has to have a very strong challenger like Leverkusen, but Roma will not just give up.

Mourinho has been trying to win the Europa League title for the last few seasons. The Roma team performed well in the Europa League but they could not win the championship in the end. However, the Roma team played quite well throughout the season. In this season too, Roma's goal is to win the Europa League title. Because Roma do not have the potential and ability to win the Serie A title. Roma are favorites against Feyenoord. But Feyenoord is not a weak team. If Roma players make any mistake in this match they are likely to lose.

[dezoel]

To tell the truth I don't feel like Atalanta will be as competitive as the top contenders. They had a really good group stage first of all. They didn't lose any match. Of course two of their opponents in the group were too easy for them. Sporting were the most challenging one but Atalanta collected 4 points against them as well.

However I don't remember Atalanta much competitive in European cups like this. I mean an achievement like qualifying for the final stage at least. Because of that I think that they would be likely to get eliminated by a serious opponent for the title in one of the close stages.

I think they had some sort of situation where they were good for a few years, and most of those players that made the team were sold and they had trouble with getting players at those type of levels. This caused the team to be not that terrible, not like they are at relegation zone, but they can't be near the top anymore because of this.

When you lose money on the transfers, when you overpay for players then you do not have a fallback, there isn't anything you can do to make the team better, you just need to keep going and make some more money to get some players that are more decent. This roster rebuilding is a very very tough thing to do and that's why we are seeing this trouble, we are going to end up with some bigger issues for sure.

[Docnaster]

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Everyone knows Mourinho and his dedication to targets. I agree with you that this match has a 50:50 chance but with Mourinho as coach it seems I will choose Roma who will be able to win the match and advance to the next round. Currently Roma is not performing well in Serie A but I think Feyenoord is not an opponent that should be compared to the top teams in the Serie A standings.

I don't think Feyenoord are that low, otherwise they really don't deserve to be in the Europa League this season. Feyenoord is a real threat to Roma this season in the Europa League, so no one should underestimate them even though Roma and their big names deserve to be favorites. Roma is inconsistent in its performance even though Mourinho is the coach, but Roma has a good chance of qualifying for the next round even though Feyenoord is the second best team in the Eredivisie this season.

In my opinion, Leverkusen is one of the favorites for the title this season in the European League apart from Liverpool. Roma are runners up who will try to do everything to win the title, but Milan also does not deserve to be ignored this season after failing in the Champions League.

In as much as I would want Jose Mourinho's AS Roma to beat Dutch club Feyenoord and progress to to the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League competition, I'll want to be more logical than emotional in my preview of the that all important tie. Let's talk about the performance of both clubs in their respective domestic leagues and draw our honest opinion about the two teams. AS Roma have played the same number of 18 league games with Feyenoord but the point difference between both teams is significant. While Feyenoord who are the second placed team in the Dutch league have been able to garner 38 points in 18 league games, their Italian counterparts are have only been able to get just 28 points and are currently sitting in the 7th position of the league table.

Though statistics sometimes doesn't work determine the result of important games like this, I think it somehow goes a long way to explain how good the both teams have been since the start of the season. Jose Mourinho will surely come up with his tactical experience, but I expect them to have a very difficult game against Feyenoord.

[bbigtart]

And I see that this season Jose Mourinho's ambition to bring Roma to win the Europa League is quite big after their failure in last season's final and as we all know, Jose Mourinho has quite a lot of experience on the European stage and this is worth taking into account.

Everyone knows Mourinho and his dedication to targets. I agree with you that this match has a 50:50 chance but with Mourinho as coach it seems I will choose Roma who will be able to win the match and advance to the next round. Currently Roma is not performing well in Serie A but I think Feyenoord is not an opponent that should be compared to the top teams in the Serie A standings.

I have no doubts about Jose Mourinho's quality and his dedication. Every team he coaches definitely has its own targets, especially this season, even though it's not very good in Serie A, I think the Europa League is Mourinho's goal at the moment.

On the other hand, Jose Mourinho is known to be good at dealing with pressure at the highest level, he is also good at putting mental pressure on his rivals. I am sure this match will be fierce, because this match is also an event for revenge. The reason is that Feyenoord of course wants revenge against As Roma after they lost in the UECL final several years ago.

[QueenVera]

Don't worry. Feyenoord was a garbage team in UCL. It was always losing without even winning a game in the group stage of UCL. That's why feyenoord has dropped to the europa league this season which has proven the quality of feyenoord.
It was getting a little luck caused by it earns more point to finish at the third place then go back to the europa league again. Feyenoord is a weak team and it is not equal to the roma.

Roma is going to win the game with huge margins. Logically, if feyenoord was a strong team then it should be qualified for the top 16 of UCL but it's fail. Im not seeing feyenoord as a threat for roma.
Lukaku is going to score against feyenoord soon but we are still far away from the UCL. Having mou in roma like the club has insurance to win the match against feyenoord. Feye was not more than a mediocre team for roma.

Mou will once again prove himself as a world class manager that can bring cheap squad owned by roma to the final of europa league again soon. This time is kinda different compared to the last season.

Feyenoord has been pretty bad this season, they’ve managed to win matches in the league but the UCL which seems bigger than them, they faltered. Now they head to the Europa League since they managed to finish 3rd in the group. Now they face a Roma side who’s been mid this season yet still better than Feyenoord because when you compare both teams strength you see Roma team has a better quality and would sure go through to the Round of 16 in the UEL.

 José Mourinho is one expert of European competition and he’s not going to go easy on this Feyenoord team and especially Lukaku if he regains full form by then, I see him being the highlight of the match, this will be an easy one for Roma, and I believe they'll go very far in the competition just like they did the previous season, they may probably reach the semi's or hopefully the finals.

[udidrone]

And I see that this season Jose Mourinho's ambition to bring Roma to win the Europa League is quite big after their failure in last season's final and as we all know, Jose Mourinho has quite a lot of experience on the European stage and this is worth taking into account.

Everyone knows Mourinho and his dedication to targets. I agree with you that this match has a 50:50 chance but with Mourinho as coach it seems I will choose Roma who will be able to win the match and advance to the next round. Currently Roma is not performing well in Serie A but I think Feyenoord is not an opponent that should be compared to the top teams in the Serie A standings.

I agree with you, Roma can definitely qualify for the next round and Feyenoord are on a different level, we know Feyenoord has just been eliminated from the champions league but that doesn't mean they are at a better level because the quality of each league is definitely different Dutch League vs Italian League. Oh yes, this season the competition in the European league seems tougher than last season because I saw several strong teams there like West Ham or Liverpool from the premier league and Leverkusen from the Bundesliga,

[Weawant]

Mourinho has been trying to win the Europa League title for the last few seasons. The Roma team performed well in the Europa League but they could not win the championship in the end. However, the Roma team played quite well throughout the season. In this season too, Roma's goal is to win the Europa League title. Because Roma do not have the potential and ability to win the Serie A title. Roma are favorites against Feyenoord. But Feyenoord is not a weak team. If Roma players make any mistake in this match they are likely to lose.

Roma has not being performing really good enough this season and I think they are not capable of winning either of both leagues trophy in which they are participating this season. Roma as coached by Mourinho is really having a hard time winning the Europa league title and sadly this season doesn't look as one where they can get a chance at the title.

There are quite a good number of good teas who have gotten pass the group stage and are very much ready to win the trophy more than Roma appear to. The likes of Liverpool and Leverkusen and now AC Milan has joined from the champions league so the Europa is more competitive than it was last season and if they couldn't win the trophy last season with less competition I doubt they will be able to win now with a higher competition., Roma needs some more improvement if they must be able to win the Europa this season.

[rahmad2nd]

I don't think Feyenoord are that low, otherwise they really don't deserve to be in the Europa League this season. Feyenoord is a real threat to Roma this season in the Europa League, so no one should underestimate them even though Roma and their big names deserve to be favorites. Roma is inconsistent in its performance even though Mourinho is the coach, but Roma has a good chance of qualifying for the next round even though Feyenoord is the second best team in the Eredivisie this season.

In my opinion, Leverkusen is one of the favorites for the title this season in the European League apart from Liverpool. Roma are runners up who will try to do everything to win the title, but Milan also does not deserve to be ignored this season after failing in the Champions League.

We agree with what you said, that Rome currently only bears its big name. honestly, I don't mean to underestimate Jose Mourinho. but based on his background, also the system he sets in away matches. especially in cup competitions, his habitual patterns are never separated from the system he has always relied on. well, I think these two teams are quite unique in the way they are reunited. last season, Roma lost when they visited Feyenoord's headquarters even with a narrow score. then, won the match with a landslide result when playing as the home team. well, we can guess that in the first meeting in the playoffs, Jose Mourinho will likely have a pattern with a defensive system. and unfortunately, this is what makes it difficult for Roma to perform well in their domestic competitions.

Meanwhile for the Feyenoord squad, this team always carries an offensive system under the guidance of Arne Slot. this was interesting, so I decided to try looking at the odds options that the bookmaker provided. even though it is only temporary, at least the betting bookies provide an idea of ​​the current performance of the two teams. by playing at their own base, Arne Slot's squad is superior. interesting isn't it, so this match at least gives us an idea. in other words, Feyenoord has a chance to overthrow Roma at De Kuip, Feyenoord's home ground. what's certain is that we'll just have to wait before this match takes place. as for the other teams you mentioned, especially Leverkusen and Liverpool. of course, they have a high probability of competing for this championship trophy. the problem is whether these two teams will divide their focus or prioritize their position in their domestic league.

[shogun47]

I agree that it is not set in stone that playing home in the second game is an advantage. It could also be subjective perception, but I sometimes think that playing the second game at home could psychologically be advantageous. However, if a team plays first at home and wins that game, it could be an advantage as well when the team can then play patiently, waiting for counter attacks away from home and knowing that a draw would be enough isn't bad either.

In my personal opinion, playing the second game at home isn't an advantage and especially when the hosting team had conceded a goal away already or lost the game away so definitely a draw isn't going to do them any good, they at that point not only needed to win, but to win with a good margin to be able to get ahead of their opposition.

It's even better the first game is played at your home and if you win you stand at the best advantage you can think of at that time because you wouldn't have to struggle away and like you rightly stated even a draw will be fine and so their struggle at this point reduce and the hosting team is now more at battle because even psychologically they will be under pressure to making sure not to concede a goal and also not to loose so the pressure is high when you are hosting the second game than when you host the first, you only become relaxed hosting the second only if you won the first with a good margin.

Maybe it all depends on the circumstances. I know it wasn't in the Europa League, but in the Champions League: do you remember the game when Liverpool was 0-3 down against Barcelona after the first leg? Can you imagine that Liverpool would have turned it around ever, if they played the second game away from home? I can't. I think this unbelievable event was only possible because the Reds had the full force of their fans supporting them at Anfield Road. Without the fans and the explosive atmosphere that miracle would have never been possible. That is why I think it can be an advantage to play the second game at home.

[Hyphen(-)]

I don't think Feyenoord are that low, otherwise they really don't deserve to be in the Europa League this season. Feyenoord is a real threat to Roma this season in the Europa League, so no one should underestimate them even though Roma and their big names deserve to be favorites. Roma is inconsistent in its performance even though Mourinho is the coach, but Roma has a good chance of qualifying for the next round even though Feyenoord is the second best team in the Eredivisie this season.

I am not seeing Fetenoord as an obstacle to Roma even though Roma is not also good enough to win the Europa League this season because of the big teams that happens to in the Europa League this season.

The two teams domestic leagues have different stages and qualities. Seria A is better than the Eredivisie league because only PSV and Feyenoord are the big teams in the League, while Seria A have so many big teams to be scared of that’s why Roma is in the sixth place in the League.

In my opinion, Leverkusen is one of the favorites for the title this season in the European League apart from Liverpool. Roma are runners up who will try to do everything to win the title, but Milan also does not deserve to be ignored this season after failing in the Champions League.

Leverkusen, Liverpool, Barcelona, and Roma are my favorite teams to win the Europa League this season.