UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[shogun47]

I am a bit concerned that Roma lacks some balance within their team. On the one hand they have great offensive players like Lukaku or Dybala when he is fit, but then I think there is some gap in between their defense and their offense. Their backwards movement within the team as a whole is not very good at the moment. Maybe this is something that De Rossi can fix and stabilize them defensively. If they have a stable defense and go from there, Lukaku and their offensive players can win them the games. But if you look at the whole Roma squad, it's not the highest quality in Serie A let alone in the Europa League. Still though this doesn't mean they can't make it very far.

At the beginning of De Rossi's arrival as Roma coach, replacing Jose Mourinho, quite a lot of people doubted that he could take Roma a step further in the Europa League this season, but in the 2 matches that De Rossi has played with Roma, it was quite impressive and I think this could be The benchmark that Rome cannot be underestimated either.
I think in the Europa League this season there are quite a lot of teams that have almost equal quality so it is quite difficult to predict.

The two matches aren't that meaningful with regards to what is coming Roma's way in the Europa League. The opponents in Serie A weren't the strongest and now there is Feyenoord Rotterdam waiting for them. I know that Feyenoord Rotterdam is not one of the top clubs in Europe, but as a good reference point I think you can take the game against Lazio on matchday 6 in the Champions League group stage and Feyenoord won that game 3-1. It was a well deserved win and I think that shows what can be expected from the team from the Netherlands.

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But it's not as easy as turning your palm in the end.
Because however we also know if we talk about probability then currently Liverpool is the biggest force to get the Europa League trophy this season.
Roma can still be one of the candidates especially we must also be aware that when talking about the Europa League then surely "surprise" is always a word that is never missed in every season but until now Roma still cannot be comfortable to talk about the championship here.

They will have to prepare for Feyenoord in the play offs and if that goes wrong then they will definitely go and give up the Euorpa League in the end.
Feyenoord is not a weak opponent for the play offs and this is what Roma need to realize before looking further about the Europa League trophy this season.

Well, in my opinion, in the European league this season it is not yet clear who will be able to be at the forefront in the race for the title. Because we are only in round 16 and all the teams seem to have the ambition to go far this season. But when it comes to strength, Liverpool are definitely stronger this season because the depth of their squad is of higher quality compared to other teams. Yes, Roma is a team that managed to advance to the final last season, but this season they will likely have difficulty repeating what they did in the previous season. A change of coach might make a difference to their performance but we hope they can focus on getting back to the final this season.

The play off round matches will start in mid-February so we will see Roma performance against Feyenoord. And whether Daniele can bring Roma through to the round of 16 because if they are successful in the first leg of course their chances of reaching the round of 16 will be quite big. For this reason, Daniele is expected to be able to make big changes to Roma strength because he was appointed as roma coach to bring changes to Roma performance in the European League after Mourinho failed to do so.

[TelolettOm]

AS roma europa league champion is a joke. as roma is not yet a strong team, from the squad of players even though it is quite strong but it cannot be the strongest candidate for champion in the europa league. and the coach daniel de rosi is also inexperienced, experience has only just coached a small team and it was relegated to serie C, although at the beginning of training AS roma was able to win 2 wins, but even that was against weak teams salernitana and verona.

AS Roma isn't a bad team, but they are not strong enough to win Europa league. You don't need to call As Roma as a joke team, I think it is untrue. Sure, they aren't strong enough, moreover AS Roma is no longer managed by an reputable coach. The new coach is De Rossi, he is just a new coach although he was a great players of AS Roma. Two latest matches were against weak teams, but they won with small scores only. Winning against Verona and Salernitana with 2 goals, seems not really convincing. If AS Roma shows the same performance in Europa league, I doubt they will last a long time in Europa league. The match in Europa league is more difficult, De Rossi must order AS Roma players to perform better than those 2 latest matches in Serie A.

[Strongkored]

AS Roma isn't a bad team, but they are not strong enough to win Europa league. You don't need to call As Roma as a joke team, I think it is untrue. Sure, they aren't strong enough, moreover AS Roma is no longer managed by an reputable coach. The new coach is De Rossi, he is just a new coach although he was a great players of AS Roma. Two latest matches were against weak teams, but they won with small scores only. Winning against Verona and Salernitana with 2 goals, seems not really convincing. If AS Roma shows the same performance in Europa league, I doubt they will last a long time in Europa league. The match in Europa league is more difficult, De Rossi must order AS Roma players to perform better than those 2 latest matches in Serie A.

You are right, AS Roma is not a strong team and when they are favored and are in sixth place as the favorite team in the European league, it could be because their competitors are from a league ranked below Serie A.
A change in coach might put Roma as a doubtful favorite to be able to go further, firstly because they haven't performed well enough this season, secondly because their coach can be said to have minimal experience as a coach in European competitions, because the competition here is quite different, there are several clubs that stronger than them or the tight schedule and their second tier players not being as good as the main players will make it difficult for De Rossi to rotate, especially in Serie A they still have to fight because their position is still not safe in the European zone, so it is very possible that Roma will not reach the same stage they reached last season in this European league.

[Distraction]

AS roma europa league champion is a joke. as roma is not yet a strong team, from the squad of players even though it is quite strong but it cannot be the strongest candidate for champion in the europa league. and the coach daniel de rosi is also inexperienced, experience has only just coached a small team and it was relegated to serie C, although at the beginning of training AS roma was able to win 2 wins, but even that was against weak teams salernitana and verona.

It is actually not a joke if you ask me.    Because the same Roma were so close to winning the Europa League title last season. They reached the finale but couldn't make it.

There is a difference now of course. Mourinho isn't managing the team anymore. He was really successful in the Europa Conference League and Europa League. We don't know yet what De Rossi will do with the team here. But if we see the same effort from the players then I would add them among the favourites of the title. But not more than Liverpool and Leverkusen obviously. 

[makishart]

But this is why I like his timing because if someone doesn't feel like he is able to give his best anymore and help the team, why should he wait until everything crashes and then he says he is going to jump ship? This way it was the perfect timing for everyone. There is enough time to plan the future, they are in good shape in all competitions and they can now fully focus on what is to come for them. The situation is now crystal clear and there will never be any rumors or any speculation about Klopp.

This decision was very wise for Klopp because perhaps he himself was also very aware that if he continued his career with Liverpool there would be results he didn't want in the future. So he chose to end his career with the Liverpool team when the team was getting good results like now so that he would really be remembered by the team as a very good coach and had brought more success to Liverpool when he coached Liverpool. So, the time is right for Klopp to end his career if he feels he no longer has enough ability to train players like he used to.

And it is nice to see that they are again dominating the game against Chelsea and this has no negative impact on the team's performance whatsoever. As I said before, I think this will set free a lot of power and motivation within the team, the coach and the staff and all the fans. For the Europa League these news can turn out to be golden. It is said that ticket prices are exploding, people are going nuts because they want to see the Klopp Liverpool for a last time. I believe that the fan support could go through the roof and will be unprecedentedly intense even though it is "only" the Europa League. They are going to celebrate this.

I hope so, im really valuing all of efforts showed by the club. They like got the new spirit to give a beautiful gift for klopp before he will be leaving from the club. Liverpool like regains its spirit again. Im quite happy to see the result against chelsea. I thought that it would be a tough match for liverpool but i was wrong.
There may be less competitors for liverpool in europa league soon. Im hoping that liverpool will be able to get europa league trophy this season. Yeah even though it will not be UCL but that's good enough to be a gift for klopp at the end of season.
There are some clubs that may be in the same tier as liverpool started with leverkusen and acmilan. These clubs will be qualifying to the semi final. I would like to see the final liverpool vs leverkusen. This is going to be very good final IMO.

[QueenVera]

What is certain is that we don't know whether AS Roma will be able to perform well under the guidance of De Rossi in the matches they will play in various competitions. however, he was at least able to raise Roma's ranking to 5th place in the Serie A standings. even though in reality, the teams he was opposing were Verona and Salernitana, teams whose performance could be said to be in disarray. but at least, for a coach who doesn't have much experience, this is a plus for him. so, De Rossi just needs to improve the quality of his team and explore his abilities with AS Roma.

But if we talk about AS Roma winning the European League, it seems that is too much. the reason is, the play-off match against Feyenoord has not yet been held. We cannot yet measure AS Roma's abilities in their two matches in their Domestic League. moreover, the team they beat is a team that is in an unsafe zone in the Serie A standings. So, ideally, we should just monitor how AS Roma develops for the matches they will play. especially ahead of the playoff match against Feyenoord, AS Roma will first play their match against Inter Milan in their Domestic League. Well, after that, Roma will visit Feyenoord's home ground. these two matches were quite tough matches for De Rossi. What is certain is that he will be tested when his team plays matches against Inter and Feyenoord. We'll see if this inexperienced coach is able to carry his team smoothly. yeah, who knows, in football it's unique.

De Rossi’s era has started already at Roma and kudos he’s started on a winning note but the truth is that the club’s he has played are teams that are in disarray and wouldn’t pose much a threat. Still he got the win and has risen them to 5th in the Serie A standings and for this we must give him credits. He's now trying to prove his critics wrong and that he's capable of replacing Mourinho.

 Now will he be able to carry on this victory to other competition especially as they’re still in the UEL. Well he’s got less experience and he’s facing an informed Feynoord in this match, I don’t expect him doing much in this fixture, well i won't conclude yet until then. People already rating them to win the league because of the forst 2 victories should remember in the UEl there are stronger opponents than Verona and Salernitna and his first test will be Feynoord.

[RaltcoinsB]

But this is why I like his timing because if someone doesn't feel like he is able to give his best anymore and help the team, why should he wait until everything crashes and then he says he is going to jump ship? This way it was the perfect timing for everyone. There is enough time to plan the future, they are in good shape in all competitions and they can now fully focus on what is to come for them. The situation is now crystal clear and there will never be any rumors or any speculation about Klopp.

This decision was very wise for Klopp because perhaps he himself was also very aware that if he continued his career with Liverpool there would be results he didn't want in the future. So he chose to end his career with the Liverpool team when the team was getting good results like now so that he would really be remembered by the team as a very good coach and had brought more success to Liverpool when he coached Liverpool. So, the time is right for Klopp to end his career if he feels he no longer has enough ability to train players like he used to.

And it is nice to see that they are again dominating the game against Chelsea and this has no negative impact on the team's performance whatsoever. As I said before, I think this will set free a lot of power and motivation within the team, the coach and the staff and all the fans. For the Europa League these news can turn out to be golden. It is said that ticket prices are exploding, people are going nuts because they want to see the Klopp Liverpool for a last time. I believe that the fan support could go through the roof and will be unprecedentedly intense even though it is "only" the Europa League. They are going to celebrate this.

They played a great game against Chelsea and conceded a goal after taking a 3-0 lead. They still managed to win the match 4-1, an amazing achievement. Chelsea is a surprise team this year that can stop most teams. However, Liverpool managed to win the match very well without allowing any surprises. It's been a great year for Liverpool. It would have been better if Klopp had not left the team, but he must have been tired too.

[shinratensei_]

AS Roma isn't a bad team, but they are not strong enough to win Europa league. You don't need to call As Roma as a joke team, I think it is untrue. Sure, they aren't strong enough, moreover AS Roma is no longer managed by an reputable coach. The new coach is De Rossi, he is just a new coach although he was a great players of AS Roma. Two latest matches were against weak teams, but they won with small scores only. Winning against Verona and Salernitana with 2 goals, seems not really convincing. If AS Roma shows the same performance in Europa league, I doubt they will last a long time in Europa league. The match in Europa league is more difficult, De Rossi must order AS Roma players to perform better than those 2 latest matches in Serie A.

You are right, AS Roma is not a strong team and when they are favored and are in sixth place as the favorite team in the European league, it could be because their competitors are from a league ranked below Serie A.
A change in coach might put Roma as a doubtful favorite to be able to go further, firstly because they haven't performed well enough this season, secondly because their coach can be said to have minimal experience as a coach in European competitions, because the competition here is quite different, there are several clubs that stronger than them or the tight schedule and their second tier players not being as good as the main players will make it difficult for De Rossi to rotate, especially in Serie A they still have to fight because their position is still not safe in the European zone, so it is very possible that Roma will not reach the same stage they reached last season in this European league.

The situation is kinda different compared to the last season when there was not good club played in the europa league last season. I meant if MU and arsenal were at their bad performances. This time is very different caused by the competition is even more stricter in europa league.
We have some very strong clubs like liverpool and leverkusen. These clubs are also compaarble to the tier 1 clubs which were participated in the UCL. Im valuing those teams in the same level as bayern munich and manchester city. So, the chance for roma to own the competition is very small.
Don't forget that if we have also acmilan which was also performing even better compared to the roma in the serie a. this makes me think that roma has very small chance to repeat the same result. Roma is not becoming the most favorite club to win the competitio.
I personally took liverpool as my favorite team to win the competition. It's caused by the competition is just getting even stricter than before. Roma can't keep up with the improvements being made by its competitors in europa league.
This is my main reason to drop roma from favorite club to win europa league this season. Rossi is not having experience in european competition too.

[Z-tight]

It's been a great year for Liverpool. It would have been better if Klopp had not left the team, but he must have been tired too.

The year just started, and it will only be a great year for them based on the number of trophies they can win at the end of the year. Liverpool have a real chance of winning the Europa League this season, they would surely wish they were in the champions league, but they cannot change that now, so they have to try and win the competition they are participating in.

The problem for Liverpool in winning the Europa League would be the number of competitions they are still in, as they might have to rest players in Europa League games, in order to stay fresh in a bigger competition like the EPL.

[Jody.Drummer]

It's been a great year for Liverpool. It would have been better if Klopp had not left the team, but he must have been tired too.

The year just started, and it will only be a great year for them based on the number of trophies they can win at the end of the year. Liverpool have a real chance of winning the Europa League this season, they would surely wish they were in the champions league, but they cannot change that now, so they have to try and win the competition they are participating in.

The problem for Liverpool in winning the Europa League would be the number of competitions they are still in, as they might have to rest players in Europa League games, in order to stay fresh in a bigger competition like the EPL.

Nobody wants Jurgen Klopp to leave so soon, especially with his performance with Liverpool which is still showing good performance. But that is the choice he has made and at the end of this season he will relinquish his status as coach of Liverpool.
Of course, they will want the Champions League title, but the problem is now they are not there and are in the Europa League. I think they will fight so that they can become champions in the Europa League, because even though this is not the highest competition at European level, it will be a parting gift if they manage to win the Europa League this season.
They are the biggest favorites along with Leverkusen, with that status the fans definitely want the best result in this competition, namely becoming champions.

[tusandii]

AS roma europa league champion is a joke. as roma is not yet a strong team, from the squad of players even though it is quite strong but it cannot be the strongest candidate for champion in the europa league. and the coach daniel de rosi is also inexperienced, experience has only just coached a small team and it was relegated to serie C, although at the beginning of training AS roma was able to win 2 wins, but even that was against weak teams salernitana and verona.

It is actually not a joke if you ask me.    Because the same Roma were so close to winning the Europa League title last season. They reached the finale but couldn't make it.

There is a difference now of course. Mourinho isn't managing the team anymore. He was really successful in the Europa Conference League and Europa League. We don't know yet what De Rossi will do with the team here. But if we see the same effort from the players then I would add them among the favourites of the title. But not more than Liverpool and Leverkusen obviously. 

Jose Mourinho's influence is quite large in bringing success on the European stage and this has been quite evident in the last 2 seasons and as many people know, Mourinho is an experienced coach on the European stage.
After Mourinho's departure from Roma, quite a lot of people doubted that Roma would be able to go further in the Europa League this season like what they did last season, I think that's quite reasonable because a team is quite influential from its coach and De Rossi is not an experienced coach. on the European stage, so it's natural that many people doubt it.

Yes, you are right, Mourinho has almost never failed in managing any club as far I know Mourinho has always succeeded in giving the best for the club he manages, even though he didn't get a trophy in the Champions League but was able to get satisfactory results in the UEL or at least was able to get a ticket to the Champions League or UEL.
In my opinion, it is natural that many people doubt the new Roma coach at the moment because we don't yet know what De Rossi will be like if he becomes Roma coach and I think there may be slight changes but they won't last long.
For now, De Rossi could continue Mourinho strategy, but after entering the next season, De Rossi will have to use his own strategy because there will definitely be a lot of changes in Roma players and on the one hand, currently De Rossi doesn't have too hard a task because I think the players he has managed by Mourinho previously it was perfect and De Rossi should be able to make the best contribution for Roma to win the title here.

[Volgastallion]

Yes but do you know Mourinho can still being champion of the UEL this year no? BEcause of Rome is still on competition so if AS Rome finally win the thropie is gonna count for him as well, and is ok because he coach the team for half the season. So still hope to bring UEL to rome in a diferent way 

[lizarder]

It is actually not a joke if you ask me. Because the same Roma were so close to winning the Europa League title last season. They reached the finale but couldn't make it.

There is a difference now of course. Mourinho isn't managing the team anymore. He was really successful in the Europa Conference League and Europa League. We don't know yet what De Rossi will do with the team here. But if we see the same effort from the players then I would add them among the favourites of the title. But not more than Liverpool and Leverkusen obviously.

AS Roma have shown progress since Jose Mourinho became their coach and last season they managed to get to the final despite failing to become champions. From what I see, it's not too bad because even though he was fired, Jose Mourinho has the attraction of any team to recruit him. His success in managing several teams made his name one of the famous coaches, but in the previous few seasons the name Jose Mourinho seemed to no longer be heard among the best coaches because of the problem of not being able to bring his team to become champions

De Rossi has not been proven as a coach and many may doubt his abilities because he talks about his experience and is not as good as Jose Mourinho. I don't think AS Roma are favorites to win the title this season because if you look at Liverpool and Leverkusen they are much more consistent and convincing. The inclusion of AS Roma on the list does not reflect the reality of what is happening to them this season, whether in the league or in the European league.

[topbitcoin]

Roma hype in the race for the Europa League trophy when there is Mourinho? I think not, because regardless of whether Roma is currently coached by Mourinho or De Rosi everything remains the same because after all when talking about probabilities at the moment Leverkusen and Liverpool are the first choice for the trophy race.
As for Roma, they still have to continue to struggle even if there is Mou in the squad. We know that the play offs alone they will still be troubled because there is Feyenoord who is ready to tackle them and in terms of h2h actually we certainly know that Feyenoord and Roma are quite balanced but when talking about performance of course Feyenoord is slightly superior so saying Roma hype in the hunt for trophies in the Europa League is just nonsense.

They have to prove themselves more for that when they really want to be considered that they are worthy of the Europa League trophy hunt.

Roma are a good side. Their manager Mourinho has some kind of special ability to raise up a team into a pretty much successful squad. Even with the loopholes they're faced with, he's still been able to help the team stand out in some games. Injury has definitely been a number one deprivation of a team's performance but the manager has been able to make do with the players and squad he's got available and even though not perfect as expected, they're not relenting in their efforts.

 Although their performance against teams in the league didn't fully get good commendation but still they tried to secure the points to themselves. The European competition would definitely favour them, they only need to strive to win a ticket. Good thing also that their striker is at his peak performance and he's always capable of delivering the team to victory in dire moments. I'd admit that the team and manager are very much compatible maybe it's the resonance that's natural or maybe Mourinho's great coaching ability at work but at the moment, the situation in the team is in safe hands and patiently and gently, they'd stride to the spots they want to be.

Actually, when talking about good or not in terms of performance in the group phase, they are quite good, it's just that when looking at the opponent they face i actually think they are in second place even though the difference in points is quite thin, it is a condition that is lacking from Mou and Roma.
Currently Mourinho is gone and there is already De Rosi but indeed as I said before the play offs will be difficult because their opponent is Feyenoord who has almost the same quality as Roma at this time.

Now to say they can compete for the championship i s actually difficult because after all they must be able to win in the play offs first and then be able to make plans in the race for the championship with other favorite clubs such as Leverkusen and Liverpool because if in the end they cannot qualify for the play offs and lose to Feyenoord then it is already nonsense.

[Oluwa-btc]

Yes but do you know Mourinho can still being champion of the UEL this year no? BEcause of Rome is still on competition so if AS Rome finally win the thropie is gonna count for him as well, and is ok because he coach the team for half the season. So still hope to bring UEL to rome in a diferent way 

What are you saying? Jose Mourinho has been sacked and has nothing to account for, it was just like,  Frank Lampard being sacked and Thomas Tuchel appointed as head coach of Chelsea football club. Thomas Tuchel did go ahead to win that Champions League for Chelsea that season, did you see any remarks and praises go too Frank Lampard? How do you view football? Jose Mourinho has nothin to account for if As Roma does fail or even win he will not be held responsible for nothing his time with em has finally come to an end.

For the winners of the European Europa League Competition, I can't say they'll be amongst the possible winneryof the competition if you ask me.
Liverpool, Brighton, Bayern Leverkusen and also Marseille can do something great.

[redsun114]

De Rossi’s era has started already at Roma and kudos he’s started on a winning note but the truth is that the club’s he has played are teams that are in disarray and wouldn’t pose much a threat. Still he got the win and has risen them to 5th in the Serie A standings and for this we must give him credits. He's now trying to prove his critics wrong and that he's capable of replacing Mourinho.

 Now will he be able to carry on this victory to other competition especially as they’re still in the UEL. Well he’s got less experience and he’s facing an informed Feynoord in this match, I don’t expect him doing much in this fixture, well i won't conclude yet until then. People already rating them to win the league because of the forst 2 victories should remember in the UEl there are stronger opponents than Verona and Salernitna and his first test will be Feynoord.

I do not agree here because De Rossi done nothing in few days with these two wins came against weaker sides and their real test is coming in few days which will give all how things will be gone in coming days as well because currently we have few teams which can over through them down and take their spot in Serie A and their match against Feyenoord is also going to be toughest with in case of lost things could be more miserable with on 10th February we will have real test of De Rossi and his strategy because if they win or draw then surely things can go positive for them but in case of lost they could be surely out of the top six because it's surely not easy to keep things at this level while we have too many opponents.

Feyenoord is doing good in their league and their performance is also not bad in their early matches in UEFA which is surely going to have interesting before this game which is going to play on 15th February at De Kuip Rotterdam.

[temple]

They played a great game against Chelsea and conceded a goal after taking a 3-0 lead. They still managed to win the match 4-1, an amazing achievement. Chelsea is a surprise team this year that can stop most teams. However, Liverpool managed to win the match very well without allowing any surprises. It's been a great year for Liverpool. It would have been better if Klopp had not left the team, but he must have been tired too.

My post was about Chelsea. I don't know what club you are talking about, but when I have a look at the table it seems that the Chelsea I am talking about is in position 10 of the table and they lost as many games as they won and they have a few draws. What do you mean when you said they can stop most teams? Chelsea is either losing most of the games or they can tie it and get a point.

Don't know but Liverpool had been the favorite for this game all the time, so there is no point in thinking that Chelsea can stop them all. Of course every team can beat every other team, but purely from an expectational point of view this was an easy pick.

In the Europa League it would now be more exciting than ever to see Liverpool play against Leverkusen at some point since the rumors about Liverpool wanting Alonso are getting serious.

[QueenVera]

The situation is kinda different compared to the last season when there was not good club played in the europa league last season. I meant if MU and arsenal were at their bad performances. This time is very different caused by the competition is even more stricter in europa league.
We have some very strong clubs like liverpool and leverkusen. These clubs are also compaarble to the tier 1 clubs which were participated in the UCL. Im valuing those teams in the same level as bayern munich and manchester city. So, the chance for roma to own the competition is very small.
Don't forget that if we have also acmilan which was also performing even better compared to the roma in the serie a. this makes me think that roma has very small chance to repeat the same result. Roma is not becoming the most favorite club to win the competitio.
I personally took liverpool as my favorite team to win the competition. It's caused by the competition is just getting even stricter than before. Roma can't keep up with the improvements being made by its competitors in europa league.
This is my main reason to drop roma from favorite club to win europa league this season. Rossi is not having experience in european competition too.

As it stands, the team would have to find a major focus and personally, I'd suggest that they put in more strength to the UEL as they've been able to gain grounds in the EPL even if not solid as it ought to considering the intensity of the league. The EPL is competitive too and so focus should be put in it but the UEL trophy to me would actually have more worth than the EPL.

 The UEL journey may not necessarily be stressful for them as Liverpool tends to be better than the teams in the tournament, their tough counterpart will definitely be Leverkusen because they've had more or less same domestic league results as Liverpool and the team is everly eager to strive to win games and they're aiming for the trophy. It's good that the both of them are in the same condition and then also have the same goal and target in the domestic and continental tournaments too. The best team would stand out.

[hahay]

They played a great game against Chelsea and conceded a goal after taking a 3-0 lead. They still managed to win the match 4-1, an amazing achievement. Chelsea is a surprise team this year that can stop most teams. However, Liverpool managed to win the match very well without allowing any surprises. It's been a great year for Liverpool. It would have been better if Klopp had not left the team, but he must have been tired too.

My post was about Chelsea. I don't know what club you are talking about, but when I have a look at the table it seems that the Chelsea I am talking about is in position 10 of the table and they lost as many games as they won and they have a few draws. What do you mean when you said they can stop most teams? Chelsea is either losing most of the games or they can tie it and get a point.

Don't know but Liverpool had been the favorite for this game all the time, so there is no point in thinking that Chelsea can stop them all. Of course every team can beat every other team, but purely from an expectational point of view this was an easy pick.

In the Europa League it would now be more exciting than ever to see Liverpool play against Leverkusen at some point since the rumors about Liverpool wanting Alonso are getting serious.

In essence, Liverpool this season has a very big chance to be able to win the Europa League trophy because yes, at least Bayer Leverkusen also at this moment seems to have difficulty continuing to win. So yes,with the great pressure in the Bundesliga also because Bayern Munich continues to cut the points gap to be closer, then Bayer Leverkusen position in the Bundesliga standings is also threatened to be taken over by Bayern Munich . Therefore,at least Bayer Leverkusen has the opportunity to fail later in this Europa League . But even so, ofcourse Bayer Leverkusen still has a very good chance to go further in the Europa League and ya, we hope that the final match of the Europa League this season will be very interesting if it brings together Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen.