UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[TelolettOm]

Im worried about Bayer Leverkusen's recent performances, especially after seeing them concede goals like crazy. Allowing in four goals against Qarabag and two against Freiburg indicates a defense problem. With their Bundesliga rank, they should be stronger in the back. Here we are discussing their leaky defense. I suppose West Ham may smell blood. They may not be Premier League titans, but their intensity might challenge Leverkusen. If Leverkusen doesnt get a good lead in the first leg, the return match may be a nightmare. West Ham's volatility might exploit Leverkusen's defense.

If you take a look their squad against Qarabag in leg 2, Xabi Alonso used too many substituted players. It is very different when they played against Freiburg, Xabi Alonso used their main defenders. That's why Qarabag could score 2 goals in Leg 2. Meanwhile the reason why Leverkusen got 2 conceded goals against Freiburg, it is because Freiburg is one of the top team in Bundesliga.

I agree that West Ham is a strong team, Xabi Alonso couldn't experience a new lineup again. West Ham has great attackers, they will destroy Leverkusen defense if Xabi used substituted defenders. I'm sure Xabi has learned well from the mistake when Leverkusen played against Qarabag. We don't need to feel too worried, Xabi Alonso is a smart manager (coach).



Source: bundesliga.com

[arimamib]

Leverkusen are now starting to enter a busy schedule both in the league, DFB pokal and even now they have to focus on facing the quarter-finals against West Ham, West Ham who currently do not have a good performance in the Premier League may look a little weak for Leverkusen, but I am quite sure if Leverkusen will struggle in that match, so far Leverkusen have faced small teams from the league that are not competitive but they should not Underestimating teams from the Premier League including West Ham who are likely to surprise for Leverkusen in the quarterfinals later.

Leverkusen must approach their match against West Ham with caution, respect for the opponent. They need to settle a mindset geared towards West Ham challenges, because they are Champion of Conference League. Leverkusen's involvement in multiple competitions adds pressure and demands on the team's resources and energy. Xabi Alonso have to manage his players' fitness, apply rotation and tactical adjustments, because those become crucial during such periods to ensure optimal performance and results across all competitions.

West Ham may not be in their best form in the Premier League currently, but it would be unwise for Leverkusen to underestimate them in the upcoming quarter-final match. Teams from different leagues often bring unique challenges and styles of play, and West Ham could prove to be a formidable opponent, especially in a knockout competition. Xabi Alonso should be mindful of the competitiveness of Premier League teams, Their physicality, intensity, and unpredictability are capable of raising their game and causing upsets against opposition from other leagues.

[jaberwock]

It is not easy to overcome obstacles in the quarter-finals which leaves the competition increasingly difficult. They find opponents who have equal strength, including Leverkusen who will face one of the Premier League clubs, WestHam. We all know that Premier League clubs have a strong performance compared to other leagues. Even though WestHam's position in the Premier League is not as good as Leverkusen's, it could provide surprises that we cannot predict, no one knows because the European League competition is more difficult than the domestic league and that is what Leverkusen felt, who were almost defeated by Qarabag in the round of 16, so Leverkusen must not be happy before passing this obstacle.

It seems like Liverpool doesn't have such a tough obstacle because their opponents are not very consistent in the domestic league so Atalanta must prepare themselves to face Liverpool's brutal attacks because currently Liverpool's performance is very strong. They will not give mercy to any club they will face, whether in the first leg or the other second leg Liverpool still perform optimally, I am very confident with Liverpool's performance this season they will reach the final but for Leverkusen, Milan and Roma I am not completely sure who will reach the final.

Liverpool definitely has easier path because they are the richest and the biggest club that is for sure. However, I think it is not that clear and we should be considering the situation to be not that easy. Remember, this is knock off stages so that means that Liverpool could just one single bad day and they would be out, it's that easy. I mean they can recover as well, so we have seen other teams did it last leg and made a lot of comebacks so it is not really a big deal if one bad day happens too but it's a risk.

Let's see what will happen, things look like it could be easy for them and we should probably do see them end up winning it all in the end because it looks like a possibility. They may end up winning the league too.

[topbitcoin]

Atalanta aren't a team to be underestimated surely. There is a huge difference between them and Sparta Prague in the first place. They have a potential to make bigger difficulties for Liverpool on paper. However the question is "Will they be able to do so?".    Even if Atalanta do a good work in Italy I don't think they can resist a Liverpool domination at Anfield. So I don't expect this round to be the one for Liverpool to stumble.

The most attracting draw is Milan - Roma to me. I see these teams having an equal chance to advance as well. Because of that I'm quite surprised with the official odds given to them for the Europa League title. 

But if indeed the comparison is with Liverpool then surely we know the very big difference seen in this case.
Atalanta is still one of the dark horse clubs from Serie A but I don't think it will be enough if it is compared to Liverpool because surely we can definitely see in terms of players, levels and differences in strength Liverpool is still very superior and its dominance is much stronger.

Indeed, we cannot underestimate Atalanta in this case because after all they will definitely be very troublesome in terms of appearance on the field but for the initial pre-match situation now, probability is still one of the options that must be taken into consideration in this case and Liverpool are clearly very favorites in the match in the quarter-finals this time.
The first leg will take place at Anfield in April and this makes Liverpool even more superior because they will definitely maximize a big win to make them comfortable in the second leg just like Liverpool did when they were in the round of 16.

[borovichok]

I'm very comfortable with the fixtures of the Europa League and these elite teams are in good shape this season. Liverpool are claiming winning points in the Europa League this season because there's definitely no team capable of holding them down except Bayer Leverkusen, I'm pretty confident Leverkusen will be a hard knot for Liverpool to crack this season. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the only leading clubs that have captured the basic ratings from gamblers, we're seeing them meeting themselves in the Europa League final this season.

Liverpool vs Atalanta, shouldn't be a game to contemplate about because the winner have been clearly aligned out, automatically we will watching the Italian side getting eliminated because there's no solid handing they're capable of implementing. Jurgen Klopp is in his last days at Liverpool and he's making sure he embraced good results for the club. Atalanta won't even stand a chance of draw tie in the first leg because it's Anfield and we know the direct message.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm very comfortable with the fixtures of the Europa League and these elite teams are in good shape this season. Liverpool are claiming winning points in the Europa League this season because there's definitely no team capable of holding them down except Bayer Leverkusen, I'm pretty confident Leverkusen will be a hard knot for Liverpool to crack this season. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the only leading clubs that have captured the basic ratings from gamblers, we're seeing them meeting themselves in the Europa League final this season.

Liverpool vs Atalanta, shouldn't be a game to contemplate about because the winner have been clearly aligned out, automatically we will watching the Italian side getting eliminated because there's no solid handing they're capable of implementing. Jurgen Klopp is in his last days at Liverpool and he's making sure he embraced good results for the club. Atalanta won't even stand a chance of draw tie in the first leg because it's Anfield and we know the direct message.

Leverkusen are just unpredictable in the Europa League.    The reason why is their performance against Qarabag in the last round. They could have literally found themselves out of the competition you know. It was a really tough comeback from 0-2. I know Leverkusen's priority is the Bundesliga but I really expect to see them becoming as successful as possible in a season like this.

There is still a potential for a Liverpool - Leverkusen final after the draw. But I doubt Leverkusen more than Liverpool to reach there. Leverkusen had better improve this performance before a face-to-face with a challenging team like West Ham.

[Jegileman]

Leverkusen are just unpredictable in the Europa League.    The reason why is their performance against Qarabag in the last round. They could have literally found themselves out of the competition you know. It was a really tough comeback from 0-2. I know Leverkusen's priority is the Bundesliga but I really expect to see them becoming as successful as possible in a season like this.

There is still a potential for a Liverpool - Leverkusen final after the draw. But I doubt Leverkusen more than Liverpool to reach there. Leverkusen had better improve this performance before a face-to-face with a challenging team like West Ham.

The match against Qarabag have proven once again how good Bayern Leverkusen are this season and how they cannot be easily defeated even in the final minutes of a game. The win against Qarabag was worth it and they played well to achieve that win that day. Bayern Leverkusen priority might be the Bundesliga but with the fixtures ahead of them to reach the final of the Europa League competition, they can also be a possible contender for the Europa League trophy too irrespective of who they meet in the finals.

If they meet with Liverpool, it will be a fun to watch final and this is what many people have been expecting because by then we would have known where this two teams finished in their league and it will give both of them to focus more on the final especially the team that doesn’t get to win their league title.

[Z-tight]

There is still a potential for a Liverpool - Leverkusen final after the draw. But I doubt Leverkusen more than Liverpool to reach there. Leverkusen had better improve this performance before a face-to-face with a challenging team like West Ham.

Liverpool also have a difficult game against Atalanta, Liverpool is the better team but it would surely be tough. I know many people are already wishing for a Liverpool v Leverkusen final, but there are still so many strong teams that are left in the competition, and if that final is going to happen, the both teams will have to deserve it. West Ham beat Frieburg 5-0 in the round of 16 second leg, so Leverkusen are really up for it in this quarter final game, but i believe they can win.

[masulum]

Liverpool vs Atalanta, shouldn't be a game to contemplate about because the winner have been clearly aligned out, automatically we will watching the Italian side getting eliminated because there's no solid handing they're capable of implementing. Jurgen Klopp is in his last days at Liverpool and he's making sure he embraced good results for the club. Atalanta won't even stand a chance of draw tie in the first leg because it's Anfield and we know the direct message.

Liverpool has the advantage in terms of consistency and the potential to win matches with the squad they currently have. Because Atalanta is in poor performance this season, so I am also not sure Atalanta can stop Liverpool who are in peak performance in the UEL this season. A convincing win over Sparta Praha will have a positive effect on Liverpool players to win the next match. On this match, at Anfield stadium will make their path easier to face the 2nd leg.

[klidex]

Liverpool has the advantage in terms of consistency and the potential to win matches with the squad they currently have. Because Atalanta is in poor performance this season, so I am also not sure Atalanta can stop Liverpool who are in peak performance in the UEL this season. A convincing win over Sparta Praha will have a positive effect on Liverpool players to win the next match. On this match, at Anfield stadium will make their path easier to face the 2nd leg.

In any sense, Liverpool is better than Atalanta, especially Liverpool's previous performance when facing Sparta Prague. Liverpool really carried out brutal attacks which made it difficult for their opponents, so I'm sure Liverpool won't experience any difficulties in the quarter-finals, especially if they know their opponents are not very stable in the domestic league. Of course that's the case could be a reference for Liverpool to attack Atalanta mercilessly, making other rivals in the European League feel afraid when they face Liverpool in the next match, as well as Leverkusen, who could one day meet Liverpool, either in the semifinals or the final, because many people say that they are comparable opponents for Liverpool it is Leverkusen which has consistent performance in the domestic league and has not experienced defeat.

So when they meet it will make the competition between the two even fiercer and we will also see a big match between the two clubs, but hopefully Leverkusen and Liverpool don't meet in the semifinals. I hope they meet in the final so this will be something interesting to watch for the two strong clubs in their respective leagues meet.

[kro55]

Liverpool vs Atalanta, shouldn't be a game to contemplate about because the winner have been clearly aligned out, automatically we will watching the Italian side getting eliminated because there's no solid handing they're capable of implementing. Jurgen Klopp is in his last days at Liverpool and he's making sure he embraced good results for the club. Atalanta won't even stand a chance of draw tie in the first leg because it's Anfield and we know the direct message.

Liverpool has the advantage in terms of consistency and the potential to win matches with the squad they currently have. Because Atalanta is in poor performance this season, so I am also not sure Atalanta can stop Liverpool who are in peak performance in the UEL this season. A convincing win over Sparta Praha will have a positive effect on Liverpool players to win the next match. On this match, at Anfield stadium will make their path easier to face the 2nd leg.

Compared to Atalanta, Liverpool are undoubtedly the stronger team, and favorites in this match. But often we see underdog teams perform well against favorites and win. Moreover, in the round of 16, Atalanta team qualified for the quarter-finals with a win against a strong team like Sporting. So I don't see any chance of underestimating this team now. Undoubtedly, the Atalanta team is playing to win the title.

Liverpool is a strong team. And we usually see the Liverpool team competing for the Champions League title. I am not sure if Liverpool will give full effort for the Europa League title. Still the most important title for Liverpool is the Premier League title.

[Hirose UK]

I'm very comfortable with the fixtures of the Europa League and these elite teams are in good shape this season. Liverpool are claiming winning points in the Europa League this season because there's definitely no team capable of holding them down except Bayer Leverkusen, I'm pretty confident Leverkusen will be a hard knot for Liverpool to crack this season. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the only leading clubs that have captured the basic ratings from gamblers, we're seeing them meeting themselves in the Europa League final this season.

Liverpool vs Atalanta, shouldn't be a game to contemplate about because the winner have been clearly aligned out, automatically we will watching the Italian side getting eliminated because there's no solid handing they're capable of implementing. Jurgen Klopp is in his last days at Liverpool and he's making sure he embraced good results for the club. Atalanta won't even stand a chance of draw tie in the first leg because it's Anfield and we know the direct message.

Liverpool and Leverkusen are two team that are always talked about by everyone and are considered to be the strongest teams, even in the competition for the Europa League title this season, the only ones who have equal performance and can compete very closely are these two team.
In the current quarter-finals, it is certain that Liverpool and Leverkusen are guaranteed to qualify for the semifinals considering that they are in very good condition and the chance of losing is very small.
My hope is that if these two teams are in the semifinals, they will not meet with the aim that they will get the final, wouldn't it be very interesting if the final match brought together Liverpool and Leverkusen because they are the strongest so match could be very fierce and interesting.

So far Atalanta has not performed very well in Serie A and of course in the match against Liverpool Atalanta will be under pressure which will really make it difficult for them to win, clearly Liverpool are the favorites and are certain to win the quarter-finals.
Moreover, Liverpool has all the good support which gives Liverpool very good opportunity to beat Atalanta.

[Bobrox]

Liverpool also have a difficult game against Atalanta, Liverpool is the better team but it would surely be tough. I know many people are already wishing for a Liverpool v Leverkusen final, but there are still so many strong teams that are left in the competition, and if that final is going to happen, the both teams will have to deserve it. West Ham beat Frieburg 5-0 in the round of 16 second leg, so Leverkusen are really up for it in this quarter final game, but i believe they can win.

Looking how easily for Liverpool qualifying to quarter final after winning over Slavia Praha aggregate over 11-2 its not difficult for defeating Atalanta with the same score aggregate. Jurgen Klopp scheme more prefer with counter attack and Liverpool most efficiency when building the counter attack scheme how many goals scoring on knock out round against Slavia Praha on the first and second leg match.

For Bayern  Leverkusen opponent team, seems not compete and inconsistency performance in domestic league but West Ham success qualifying to quarter final of Europe League, currently in quarter final first and second leg matches, Bayern Leverkusen not impressive well as usually after holding in the first leg and second leg almost defeating by Qarabag if their players not got red card. Liverpool seems not face problem with team opponent on quarter final but I doubt will West Ham make difficult for Bayern Leverkusen?

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Liverpool also have a difficult game against Atalanta, Liverpool is the better team but it would surely be tough. I know many people are already wishing for a Liverpool v Leverkusen final, but there are still so many strong teams that are left in the competition, and if that final is going to happen, the both teams will have to deserve it. West Ham beat Frieburg 5-0 in the round of 16 second leg, so Leverkusen are really up for it in this quarter final game, but i believe they can win.

Leverkusen and Liverpool would be the ideal finals we might see at the end of the Europa League season, but even so the possibility of seeing another team who will be the opponent of one team between Liverpool and Leverkusen is of course still a chance, because as you said at the moment there are still many strong teams who are also eyeing the Europa League trophy.

Liverpool vs Atlanta will be a difficult match to guess because indeed both have so far had a good performance in the league, indeed in terms of quality, of course Liverpool is still better than Atlanta at this time, but Liverpool cannot underestimate Atlanta which has so far also continued to be able to win in the league and Europa League, the lack of statistics of the meeting between the two teams so far makes the results of the two teams' matches will be very difficult to guess.

As for Leverkusen and Westham, so far I think it will be a tandentious where both teams will destroy each other in both the first and second leg, so far Leverkusen went into the quarter-finals casually by beating Qarabag, but Westham came up with a challenge after demolishing another German team (Freiburg)with a score of 5-0, I think it will be a difficult game for Leverkusen,  After all, Westham are a strong team in the Europa League at the moment and I think David Moyes will try his experience in Europe to at least make Leverkusen difficult in the match.

[Uruhara]

Liverpool definitely has easier path because they are the richest and the biggest club that is for sure. However, I think it is not that clear and we should be considering the situation to be not that easy. Remember, this is knock off stages so that means that Liverpool could just one single bad day and they would be out, it's that easy. I mean they can recover as well, so we have seen other teams did it last leg and made a lot of comebacks so it is not really a big deal if one bad day happens too but it's a risk.

Let's see what will happen, things look like it could be easy for them and we should probably do see them end up winning it all in the end because it looks like a possibility. They may end up winning the league too.

Maybe Liverpool really looks like they will get an easy win even in the quarter-finals. But because the opponent is Atalanta, surprises could happen. Because usually teams from Serie A always have lots of surprises. But because Atalanta is also not in good condition this season. Even Atalanta has had a bad season in Serie A this season. And Atalanta can only be ranked 6th at the moment. And this also gives us an idea that Liverpool will be favourites. And yes, I hope they can advance to the final. And maybe it will be against Leverkusen or Milan or Roma. And we can see now that in the quarter-finals of the European League there were 3 teams from Serie A. And unfortunately two of them had to face each other in the quarter-finals. They are Rome and Milan.

[Plaguedeath]

Maybe Liverpool really looks like they will get an easy win even in the quarter-finals. But because the opponent is Atalanta, surprises could happen. Because usually teams from Serie A always have lots of surprises. But because Atalanta is also not in good condition this season. Even Atalanta has had a bad season in Serie A this season. And Atalanta can only be ranked 6th at the moment. And this also gives us an idea that Liverpool will be favourites. And yes, I hope they can advance to the final. And maybe it will be against Leverkusen or Milan or Roma. And we can see now that in the quarter-finals of the European League there were 3 teams from Serie A. And unfortunately two of them had to face each other in the quarter-finals. They are Rome and Milan.

Atalanta only able to beat mediocre teams and always lose when they met strong teams, you can check their history on Serie A. So I'm sure Liverpool will definitely win against them.

While Roma and Milan, both of them are nothing different. Their stats in goals and conceded are almost same, I will vouch for Roma because they're the underdog.

Looking at the history, we shouldn't underestimate Marseille, they played very well in this league. Aubameyang can perform depsite his awful performance in Ligue 1.

[barisbilgili]

Maybe Liverpool really looks like they will get an easy win even in the quarter-finals. But because the opponent is Atalanta, surprises could happen. Because usually teams from Serie A always have lots of surprises. But because Atalanta is also not in good condition this season. Even Atalanta has had a bad season in Serie A this season. And Atalanta can only be ranked 6th at the moment. And this also gives us an idea that Liverpool will be favourites. And yes, I hope they can advance to the final. And maybe it will be against Leverkusen or Milan or Roma. And we can see now that in the quarter-finals of the European League there were 3 teams from Serie A. And unfortunately two of them had to face each other in the quarter-finals. They are Rome and Milan.

No one doubts that Liverpool will be in the Europa League final this season, in terms of quality they are quite worthy and it must be admitted that Liverpool's quality is slightly better than other teams.

Against Atalanta there shouldn't be any difficulties for Liverpool because it is realistic that Atalanta does not have equal strength to Liverpool.
A big surprise would happen if Liverpool lose, but I'm really not sure that will happen, the percentage is very, very small.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Liverpool vs Atalanta, shouldn't be a game to contemplate about because the winner have been clearly aligned out, automatically we will watching the Italian side getting eliminated because there's no solid handing they're capable of implementing. Jurgen Klopp is in his last days at Liverpool and he's making sure he embraced good results for the club. Atalanta won't even stand a chance of draw tie in the first leg because it's Anfield and we know the direct message.

Liverpool has the advantage in terms of consistency and the potential to win matches with the squad they currently have. Because Atalanta is in poor performance this season, so I am also not sure Atalanta can stop Liverpool who are in peak performance in the UEL this season. A convincing win over Sparta Praha will have a positive effect on Liverpool players to win the next match. On this match, at Anfield stadium will make their path easier to face the 2nd leg.

The difference between the two clubs are so significant, it's caused by liverpool is still able competing at the top positions in EPL against smoe big clubs. I can't imagine how Atalanta will beat Liverpool causes by it sounds impossible to happen with the current condition from both of clubs. Either of them will dominate the game and that's liverpool. The first game will be played at home for Liverpool, and it is obvious that if the club can improve its performance, it will be time for Liverpool to destroy Atalanta's mentality by creating large aggregates since it will also burdening atalanta in the second leg which potentially disrupting the performance from its opponent.
It's obvious that I want to bet on Liverpool. Liverpool has some advantages over Atalanta

1. Home game
2. Full team game
3. Positive vibes

All of these factors will have contributed to Liverpool's ability to play freely without being burdened, which has impacted the players' performance in the upcoming game. It's time for Liverpool to play and destroy Atlanta soon. We are still a long way from the continuation of the Europa League, but I am confident that the time will come soon.
1x2 Liverpool odds are pretty small, I expect it to do better, but it's still less than what I expected, which was around 1.5.

Liverpool's odds are 1.37, but given Liverpool's numerous advantages over its opponents, I believe those odds are reasonable.

[wiss19]

Milan have never won the Europa League, which in my opinion is one of the targets they have to prepare and perform optimally in the remaining Europa League matches very seriously to reach the final. And the meeting with Roma in the quarter-finals will be a challenge for Milan to beat Roma like in the last match, and Milan is the favorite because they will play at home, which is a difficult thing for Roma. The reason is that Milan always scores 2 goals at home when facing Roma.
And I'm not sure De Rossi has good abilities when facing Milan, maybe playing defensively is one of his strategies against Milan in the hope of getting a draw, and will prove it in the second leg at home to Roma. However, I am not sure Milan will get a draw at home in the first leg.

We can call AC Milan as horse for the big races because they are having rich history and won Champions League 7 times, but they have never been UEFA Europa League won with their best in recent times is round of 16 few years back now they are in quarterfinal against Serie A rivals AS Roma which is going for second time to win with in last season they lost finals under José Mourinho, and now we have De Rosie which is leading the team and doing good job but most chances we will have tough job ahead of them with currently AC Milan is surely doing impressive in all competitions and things are not looking easy for the AS Roma to beat them and have chance for the top four with AC Milan is looking more competitive.

Even we have good strategy from the De Rosie in last few games with things are looking much improved but still this could be big challenge, and we will have to wait for the match with no doubt AC Milan is looking much better and stronger for the promotion their next challenge against another big team in this competition.

[swogerino]

Maybe Liverpool really looks like they will get an easy win even in the quarter-finals. But because the opponent is Atalanta, surprises could happen. Because usually teams from Serie A always have lots of surprises. But because Atalanta is also not in good condition this season. Even Atalanta has had a bad season in Serie A this season. And Atalanta can only be ranked 6th at the moment. And this also gives us an idea that Liverpool will be favourites. And yes, I hope they can advance to the final. And maybe it will be against Leverkusen or Milan or Roma. And we can see now that in the quarter-finals of the European League there were 3 teams from Serie A. And unfortunately two of them had to face each other in the quarter-finals. They are Rome and Milan.

No one doubts that Liverpool will be in the Europa League final this season, in terms of quality they are quite worthy and it must be admitted that Liverpool's quality is slightly better than other teams.

Against Atalanta there shouldn't be any difficulties for Liverpool because it is realistic that Atalanta does not have equal strength to Liverpool.
A big surprise would happen if Liverpool lose, but I'm really not sure that will happen, the percentage is very, very small.

I think Liverpool has its priority to win the Premier League during this season and they are very much near it so it may be that they will be not going full power against Atalanta.Still though I believe since Atalanta had difficulties to win against Sporting a much weaker team then Liverpool it means that most probably Liverpool will win even if they go not full power during this game.

In the end in football you never know but most probably Liverpool will be going to win this game.