UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

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The draw in the first leg is slightly profitable for Atalanta because in the second leg they will play at home, which of course creates a big advantage for Atalanta to be able to win.
Now the pressure is on the Marseille team even though they still have the potential to win in the second leg, but I think it will be quite difficult.

Atalanta's victory over Liverpool had quite a big influence on the mentality and confidence of the Atalanta team and that cannot be denied because after this victory we could see that the strength or performance of the Atalanta team continued to increase and this was also seen in matches in the domestic league.
And because of that, Atalanta is now quite the favorite to advance to the final.

The second leg will of course be a difficult match for Marseille, because indeed Atlanta has been very difficult to beat if they play at home, especially in the Europa League so far, a draw will certainly motivate Atlanta to be able to win in the second leg later, for now besides Leverkusen of course Atlanta is one of the favorites to get into the Europa League final this season,  I think when Atlanta can dominate the game at   Marseille home in the first leg, of course it will not be difficult for Atlanta to do the same at their own home later, in the first leg Atlanta wasted a lot of chances so I think in the second leg they should be able to play effectively in finishing the chances that are there to score.

Atlanta mentality when beating Liverpool is certainly our reference to make them favorites to face Leverkusen in the final round later, but even so we also cannot deny if maybe Marseille will give an unexpected surprise because indeed their position in Ligue 1 is currently also in a difficult condition to end the season in the Europa League.   

[imamusma]

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The second leg will of course be a difficult match for Marseille, because indeed Atlanta has been very difficult to beat if they play at home, especially in the Europa League so far, a draw will certainly motivate Atlanta to be able to win in the second leg later, for now besides Leverkusen of course Atlanta is one of the favorites to get into the Europa League final this season,  I think when Atlanta can dominate the game at   Marseille home in the first leg, of course it will not be difficult for Atlanta to do the same at their own home later, in the first leg Atlanta wasted a lot of chances so I think in the second leg they should be able to play effectively in finishing the chances that are there to score.

Atlanta mentality when beating Liverpool is certainly our reference to make them favorites to face Leverkusen in the final round later, but even so we also cannot deny if maybe Marseille will give an unexpected surprise because indeed their position in Ligue 1 is currently also in a difficult condition to end the season in the Europa League.   

Marseille difficulty in securing tickets to play in European competitions through Ligue 1 could motivate them to beat Atalanta in the second leg. Even though we realize that it is not an easy job to do, who knows, Marseille will have greater luck. On paper, Atalanta deserves to be the favorite, because after all Atalanta acted as host, they also managed to get rid of Liverpool, who were the favorite team to win. In my opinion, Atalanta will face Leverkusen in the final, and it is possible that the winner in the Atalanta versus Marseille match will have to be determined through a penalty shootout. Meanwhile, on the other hand, it would be a big surprise if Leverkusen failed to win this season, considering that they have a very impressive reputation this season. Xabi Alonso and his squad are already one step into the final, they can relax regarding the second leg match later.

[tusandii]

Everyone sees Leverkusen as favorites right now as they have an emphatic win against AS Roma. Bayer Leverkusen is completely unstoppable this year. They are playing great and Xabi can make great tactical touches to the game. His ability to read the game is amazing. I think of him in the future with Real Madrid. After Ancelotti, I think he can be the coach of Real Madrid.

But unfortunately Xabi Alonso will remain with Bayer Leverkusen next season and now apart from waiting to see who will win in the second leg between Bayer Leverkusen vs AS Roma. I'm also a little curious about the Marseille vs Atalanta match because in the first leg they both experienced a draw. So the match will also be more interesting to see who will qualify for the final round of the Europa League this season apart from Bayer Leverkusen because for me Bayer Leverkusen will be more certain to qualify there.

I agree with you on this, to be honest I don't think Roma can beat their opponent in the next match. Leverkusen is playing really well this year, they have a great advantage over their opponents. That's why the result of the Rome match is clear, and the next match will be more exciting for me. After Atalanta beat Liverpool, I think they showed that they are a great candidate for this championship. Marseille looks a little weaker

Even when playing at home, AS Roma was unable to beat Bayer Leverkusen, the hosts were not even able to score a goal at all so there is very little hope that AS Roma can beat Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg if they don't have luck, Bayer Leverkusen gets a red card then AS Roma can take advantage of that, remembering when PSG had the luck to beat Barcelona away from home even though previously PSG had beaten Barca at home, so I think AS Roma still has a chance if that mistake really happens.

Apart from seeing AS Roma and Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta's match with Marseille is actually no less interesting because both clubs still have the same chance of advancing to the final because in the first meeting they achieved a draw, but I think Atalanta is a little more convincing because they were previously able to beat Whether Liverpool is a coincidence or not, what is clear is that UEL always presents unexpected surprises.

[shinratensei_]

Marseille isn't a terrible team as they have been of an average performance in the Ligue 1 which happens to be their domestic league but then I think the competition is much here so they may not be able to survive the finals if they eventually get to beat Atlanta to get to the finals because asides PSG I don't thy there's another team competitive enough in the Ligue 1 to compare Leverkusen so they definitely don't have much chance except they get lucky.

Atalanta and Marseille have similarity between their journeys of this season. Both are striving in Europe while having inconsistent performance in their respective league. Atalanta might have a slight better position in the league competing with more competitive teams. Marseille being able to reach Europa League semi-final is actually a surprise for some people, because a Ligue 1 team that didn't have a good performance in the league is rarely able to reach high stage in european competition.

It's very hard to guess which club that will be performing even better in the upcoming game. They are all equal, i meant about atalanta vs marseille. I will not even underestimate the club that came from the famer league like league one.

Atalanta @ 1.76
Marseille @ 4.70

Atalanta being favored to win the game soon. It's not surprising me since i have seen that how atalanta was also leading the outright odds after leverkusen. The won against liverpool has been also building an opinion if atalanta was even stronger compared to the roma and marseilla.
The club is now getting ez opponent. I strongly believe atalanta may be winning the next game with huge scores.

It's common knowledge that Marseille is the least favorite to win Europa League trophy, but the nature of Europa League is often unpredictable where favorite teams struggle to win this trophy. Atalanta may be favorite to reach the final, but tactically it can be deceitful, because Atalanta love to play open and have offensive style, Marseille have physical tactics to disrupt their opponents.

Everything is still unpredictable in the football. that's why speculation is always there in order to increase our chance to get the right choice about that. I think atalanta will be showing offensive performance in the upcoming game. Atalanta's strategy was very dynamic and it totally depends on the situation faced by the club.
Atalanta was fully defensive against liverpool.

[Frankolala]

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For Atalanta vs Marseille, Atalanta is surely the favorite team to win the match. Moreover, the next match will be in Atalanta home. I guess Atalanta will score many goals in their home. They must try to score as quick as possible in the first half of the match in Leg 2.

However, if the result is that the two teams play again in a draw then we will see the match last even longer. I mean it could go to extra time or a penalty shootout and in that way it's the mental health of the players that will be at stake. To be honest I didn't want to see it through to 90 minutes and it would have been better if everything had been done quicker.

Atalanta really has the advantage and I think if they can lead on aggregate by 2 goals or more then it's over for Marseille to hope to advance to the European league final. Anyway, I am also favorites for Atalanta to advance to the final and I will bet on them then.

Atalanta will be playing at home and that is a good advantage on their side over their visitors. In the first leg, Atalanta was able to score first away from home before their host Marseille equalized the goal. This shows that Atalanta can score this time again and will be able to defend their goals till the end of 90 minutes.

Atalanta is currently in a good form as they have reached far in two competitions showing their quality and seriousness of winning a trophy this season. Marseille can also survive through to the finals if they can come up with surprises on that day, because this season is a surprising season so far.

[Palakka]

Atalanta will be playing at home and that is a good advantage on their side over their visitors. In the first leg, Atalanta was able to score first away from home before their host Marseille equalized the goal. This shows that Atalanta can score this time again and will be able to defend their goals till the end of 90 minutes.

Atalanta is currently in a good form as they have reached far in two competitions showing their quality and seriousness of winning a trophy this season. Marseille can also survive through to the finals if they can come up with surprises on that day, because this season is a surprising season so far.

Playing at home certainly makes Atlanta favored in the second leg match later, but still we cannot underestimate Marseille who do have a good chance to qualify for the final, a draw in the first leg of course makes marseille only need to score 1 goal later and defend in total maybe they will do after getting the goal,  After beating Liverpool, of course, Atlanta is one of the favorites to win the Europa League this season, but honestly if you look at the first leg match last week, of course it is difficult for us to say Atlanta can easily win in the second leg later because indeed when Marseille defends it seems that Atlanta attackers are very difficult to break into their defense like in the first leg.

I personally do favorite Atlanta to be able to go to the final and meet Leverkusen, but I also don't want to underestimate Marseille in the second leg which might surprise Atlanta, Marseille certainly come into the game with high motivation and mentality to be able to win the second leg and of course Atlanta should be wary of it.

[mamesso]

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However, if the result is that the two teams play again in a draw then we will see the match last even longer. I mean it could go to extra time or a penalty shootout and in that way it's the mental health of the players that will be at stake. To be honest I didn't want to see it through to 90 minutes and it would have been better if everything had been done quicker.

Atalanta really has the advantage and I think if they can lead on aggregate by 2 goals or more then it's over for Marseille to hope to advance to the European league final. Anyway, I am also favorites for Atalanta to advance to the final and I will bet on them then.

Atalanta certainly doesn't want their players to be drained of energy until the Extra Time round, the advantage of playing at home will be used to get tickets to the final round. I'm not really sure that Marseille will be able to bring the score back to a draw at Atalanta's headquarters, even though Liverpool beat Atalanta at their headquarters, but the goals scored by Liverpool were still less in aggregate (3-1). Atalanta always plays with a winning mentality in important matches, the 4-1 victory over Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia semi-finals indicates they will not waste opportunities to score goals to progress to the next round.

Atalanta is superior in terms of mentality compared to Marseille because they were able to beat a big team like Liverpool even though they played at Anfield. This match will be difficult for Marseille because Atalanta has always managed to score goals in the last four matches. One thing I doubt is that if Atalanta progresses to the final and in another match Leverkusen manages to get rid of Roma, Atalanta will experience difficulties when facing Leverkusen because Leverkusen's mentality and consistency in maintaining their performance is better than theirs.

[Furious 7]

The process must still be taken because after all the Europa League is the appropriate thing for now so they have to try to get through it before finally moving on to bigger competitions. Champions League competition for Leverkusen now is feasible but being there is not easy because the level is also higher so in this case they have to try harder if in the end they want to be in a worthy place in the Champions League because after all we cannot forget one thing here, namely the Champions league is a place of champions so that a club of Leverkusen's caliber with an unbeaten record at this time can be very difficult to compete.

It is undeniable that Leverkusen are playing very well right now but next season there is no guarantee that they will do the same if they are too complacent. We can see many examples here such as Napoli in Serie A or maybe Newcastle in the EPL so they still have to continue to work hard from now on because maintaining is more difficult than pursuing an achievement.

Exactly, at the moment Leverkusen, besides never having lost, plays on the wings of enthusiasm and this is the fortune of this club, but nobody can know what will happen next year. Honestly, I am curious to see how they will perform next year in the Champions League, measuring themselves against high-calibre teams is very different from those they have faced so far in the Europa League, although many teams are also very strong in the Europa League. We will see how far Leverkusen can hold out.

Now they just have to do their best with the ultimate goal of a treble in sight and it would be great if they got that this time.
Roma leg 2 seems hopeless and it is likely that Lverkusen to the final besides that the DFB can also be said to be almost certainly theirs although there must be resistance but with the dominance shown by Leverkusen at this time and the high spirits of the players then surely this will also affect and I am still quite sure they can get the DFB.

So instead of thinking about next season they just need to continue what they think is good because until now they are still beyond the expectations of many people and with this it should make them realize that next season will be even more difficult so they just have to be compact and the chemistry must be maintained so that they stay on a good track.

As for next season in the Champions League we'll also have to see how many players Xabi can keep in this transfer window. With Leverkusen's outstanding performance, it is certain that there will be several players targeted by big clubs from Leverkusen so that this can affect the performance in the end which makes us unable to speculate much before seeing Xabi's playing pattern next season, only 1 thing is certain that next season's expectations for Leverkusen will definitely be greater than this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Atalanta will be playing at home and that is a good advantage on their side over their visitors. In the first leg, Atalanta was able to score first away from home before their host Marseille equalized the goal. This shows that Atalanta can score this time again and will be able to defend their goals till the end of 90 minutes.

Atalanta is currently in a good form as they have reached far in two competitions showing their quality and seriousness of winning a trophy this season. Marseille can also survive through to the finals if they can come up with surprises on that day, because this season is a surprising season so far.

Atalanta's chances are much more open than Marseille's, so it's very likely that they will be in the final in my opinion. In the first leg, a draw gave them an advantage, because they were able to hold Marseille to a draw when playing at home, now it is their turn to play at home. I think a draw in the first leg was their target and they succeeded in getting it.

But of course Atalanta must play well, lest they lose focus which will make them lose later. Focus or concentration is something that must be strictly maintained when in the field, because if they don't have good concentration, then they are at risk of making fatal mistakes. We have seen many players crumble because they made fatal mistakes in the decisive round. What still sticks in my memory is the career of Liverpool goalkeeper Karius. Yes, he made a fatal mistake when playing in the Champions League against Real Madrid.

[temple]

The process must still be taken because after all the Europa League is the appropriate thing for now so they have to try to get through it before finally moving on to bigger competitions. Champions League competition for Leverkusen now is feasible but being there is not easy because the level is also higher so in this case they have to try harder if in the end they want to be in a worthy place in the Champions League because after all we cannot forget one thing here, namely the Champions league is a place of champions so that a club of Leverkusen's caliber with an unbeaten record at this time can be very difficult to compete.

It is undeniable that Leverkusen are playing very well right now but next season there is no guarantee that they will do the same if they are too complacent. We can see many examples here such as Napoli in Serie A or maybe Newcastle in the EPL so they still have to continue to work hard from now on because maintaining is more difficult than pursuing an achievement.

Exactly, at the moment Leverkusen, besides never having lost, plays on the wings of enthusiasm and this is the fortune of this club, but nobody can know what will happen next year. Honestly, I am curious to see how they will perform next year in the Champions League, measuring themselves against high-calibre teams is very different from those they have faced so far in the Europa League, although many teams are also very strong in the Europa League. We will see how far Leverkusen can hold out.

Now they just have to do their best with the ultimate goal of a treble in sight and it would be great if they got that this time.
Roma leg 2 seems hopeless and it is likely that Lverkusen to the final besides that the DFB can also be said to be almost certainly theirs although there must be resistance but with the dominance shown by Leverkusen at this time and the high spirits of the players then surely this will also affect and I am still quite sure they can get the DFB.

So instead of thinking about next season they just need to continue what they think is good because until now they are still beyond the expectations of many people and with this it should make them realize that next season will be even more difficult so they just have to be compact and the chemistry must be maintained so that they stay on a good track.

As for next season in the Champions League we'll also have to see how many players Xabi can keep in this transfer window. With Leverkusen's outstanding performance, it is certain that there will be several players targeted by big clubs from Leverkusen so that this can affect the performance in the end which makes us unable to speculate much before seeing Xabi's playing pattern next season, only 1 thing is certain that next season's expectations for Leverkusen will definitely be greater than this season.

I would mostly agree with you, but think about one early goal for Roma and the situation could be different. If everything goes according to plan, I am sure that Leverkusen would destroy Roma, but they still have the possibility to get lucky. All of the unexpected things aside, Leverkusen deserves the victory. I think this is one of the craziest seasons ever played by a football team. The consistency is insane. They deliver, and deliver, and deliver... And you know that I could write this a dozen, two dozens of times. Winning away from home against Roma like that was impressive.

[Velvet78]

Atalanta @ 1.76
Marseille @ 4.70

Atalanta look quite favourite from now on. Actually the first leg ended up with a draw but they are still seen very close to the finale by bookmakers as well. Their eliminating Liverpool must have been really effective about these odds too though. That was such a huge victory achieved by Atalanta and we couldn't believe our eyes.  

Marseille have a new manager. They started really good first but not much time later their form started to drop again. At least in the Ligue 1. But here in the Europa League I can say they are better. Their comeback against Benfica in the previous round was impressive. But will they reach the finale? I don't think so.

[Volgastallion]

Leverkusen has the pass to the final in his pocket or bag, because the first game was a solid win in Rome, and for what i see in the develop of the game Rome cant find a path to make damage in the Leverkusen defense.

So i cant see Rome making any goals in german soil, but lets see this is football and everything can happen.

[Docnaster]

Atalanta will be playing at home and that is a good advantage on their side over their visitors. In the first leg, Atalanta was able to score first away from home before their host Marseille equalized the goal. This shows that Atalanta can score this time again and will be able to defend their goals till the end of 90 minutes.

Atalanta is currently in a good form as they have reached far in two competitions showing their quality and seriousness of winning a trophy this season. Marseille can also survive through to the finals if they can come up with surprises on that day, because this season is a surprising season so far.

Atalanta's chances are much more open than Marseille's, so it's very likely that they will be in the final in my opinion. In the first leg, a draw gave them an advantage, because they were able to hold Marseille to a draw when playing at home, now it is their turn to play at home. I think a draw in the first leg was their target and they succeeded in getting it.

But of course Atalanta must play well, lest they lose focus which will make them lose later. Focus or concentration is something that must be strictly maintained when in the field, because if they don't have good concentration, then they are at risk of making fatal mistakes. We have seen many players crumble because they made fatal mistakes in the decisive round. What still sticks in my memory is the career of Liverpool goalkeeper Karius. Yes, he made a fatal mistake when playing in the Champions League against Real Madrid.

French Ligue 1 club Marseille failed to win in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League semi final encounter against Italian Serie A club Atalanta but was able to get a draw against them and will now travel to the home of Atalanta to play in the second leg of the tie. A lot of people are of the opinion that since Atalanta will be playing the second leg at home, they stand a better chance of progressing to the final ahead of their French opponents of which I also think same but I wouldn't want anyone to write off Marseille from getting a win in that particular game.
Marseille I think have the strength and capability of stealing an away in that game or better still stop the home team from winning the game so they can force it to a penalty shoot-out whereby any team can be able to win the shoot-out and qualify to the final of the competition.

[Republikcoin.com]

Leverkusen has the pass to the final in his pocket or bag, because the first game was a solid win in Rome, and for what i see in the develop of the game Rome cant find a path to make damage in the Leverkusen defense.

So i cant see Rome making any goals in german soil, but lets see this is football and everything can happen.

Even though in football anything can still happen, if you look at how Bayer Leverkusen continues to win every match they face this season, it proves that Leverkusen has not given up on continuing to hunt for victory and refuses to be defeated by any team. So AS Roma's position in the second leg which will take place at Leverkusen's home ground will be a little difficult because Leverkusen will not allow themselves to lose at home. Moreover, the second leg will determine their progress to the final round of the Europa League this season.

[bering]

Atalanta @ 1.76
Marseille @ 4.70

Atalanta look quite favourite from now on. Actually the first leg ended up with a draw but they are still seen very close to the finale by bookmakers as well. Their eliminating Liverpool must have been really effective about these odds too though. That was such a huge victory achieved by Atalanta and we couldn't believe our eyes.  

Marseille have a new manager. They started really good first but not much time later their form started to drop again. At least in the Ligue 1. But here in the Europa League I can say they are better. Their comeback against Benfica in the previous round was impressive. But will they reach the finale? I don't think so.

Atalanta was in the good shape because since beated by Liverpool on quarterfinal matches Atalanta was through an 4 matches in all competitions and they still unbeated from those matches and besides that during this season since group stages in this competition Atalanta was very strong because only Liverpool who able to beat them so i didn't surprised why the bookmakers placed them as the favourite because Atalanta have good chances to beat Marseille

Marseille under new manager is still unstable because although recently they can able to return to the winning ways at Ligue 1 but there is no guarantee they can playing consistent and since knock out stages while playing for away matches Marseille has poor records because they were still unable to win at their opponents home ground so this makes me confident Atalanta can being an the winner of this match later and about the scores probably Atalanta will win with narrow scores 1-0 or 2-1 however about the betting option i think the odds for Atalanta win is quite decent to bets

[BALIK]

Atalanta will be playing at home and that is a good advantage on their side over their visitors. In the first leg, Atalanta was able to score first away from home before their host Marseille equalized the goal. This shows that Atalanta can score this time again and will be able to defend their goals till the end of 90 minutes.

Atalanta is currently in a good form as they have reached far in two competitions showing their quality and seriousness of winning a trophy this season. Marseille can also survive through to the finals if they can come up with surprises on that day, because this season is a surprising season so far.

Atalanta's chances are much more open than Marseille's, so it's very likely that they will be in the final in my opinion. In the first leg, a draw gave them an advantage, because they were able to hold Marseille to a draw when playing at home, now it is their turn to play at home. I think a draw in the first leg was their target and they succeeded in getting it.

But of course Atalanta must play well, lest they lose focus which will make them lose later. Focus or concentration is something that must be strictly maintained when in the field, because if they don't have good concentration, then they are at risk of making fatal mistakes. We have seen many players crumble because they made fatal mistakes in the decisive round. What still sticks in my memory is the career of Liverpool goalkeeper Karius. Yes, he made a fatal mistake when playing in the Champions League against Real Madrid.

Whenever any team is going into the second leg without any advantage, I mean the score of the first leg was a draw, I started to think that every team has an equal chance. Especially in the semifinal of any competition. I think that is the case also in this second leg as well in the Europa League. Both of them are going to have equal chances in my opinion.

Of course, one team might be better compared to the other. But I think at the end of the day it all comes down to which player is able to perform well enough on that given day. But it is true that we have seen a lot of players perform pretty badly on big stages. And I don’t think Karius is the only example of that. Let’s just hope that players are not going to make those kinds of mistakes and it is going to be a competitive match.

[bitgolden]

Atalanta and Marseille have similarity between their journeys of this season. Both are striving in Europe while having inconsistent performance in their respective league. Atalanta might have a slight better position in the league competing with more competitive teams. Marseille being able to reach Europa League semi-final is actually a surprise for some people, because a Ligue 1 team that didn't have a good performance in the league is rarely able to reach high stage in european competition.

It's common knowledge that Marseille is the least favorite to win Europa League trophy, but the nature of Europa League is often unpredictable where favorite teams struggle to win this trophy. Atalanta may be favorite to reach the final, but tactically it can be deceitful, because Atalanta love to play open and have offensive style, Marseille have physical tactics to disrupt their opponents.

I am not sure how it will go, I still think that Atalanta will do better because their path here has been harder and it feels like we are talking about something incredible with their Liverpool win, nobody expected that and they somehow managed to do it, which is amazing achievement if you ask me and I believe that they must be super happy with what they have.

I get that it is not a huge deal for Atalanta if they end up losing here, because it only matters if they keep on winning. To be fair, in the end whoever comes out as the winner, we are going to see Leverkusen just end up being the winner in the end, they are just way too good and Roma can't hold them, and neither of these two teams will be able to win against them at the finals neither, it is just very unlikely.

[marcous]

Leverkusen has the pass to the final in his pocket or bag, because the first game was a solid win in Rome, and for what i see in the develop of the game Rome cant find a path to make damage in the Leverkusen defense.

So i cant see Rome making any goals in german soil, but lets see this is football and everything can happen.

Even though in football anything can still happen, if you look at how Bayer Leverkusen continues to win every match they face this season, it proves that Leverkusen has not given up on continuing to hunt for victory and refuses to be defeated by any team. So AS Roma's position in the second leg which will take place at Leverkusen's home ground will be a little difficult because Leverkusen will not allow themselves to lose at home. Moreover, the second leg will determine their progress to the final round of the Europa League this season.

That's true, the second leg match will be a life and death match for Leverkusen and Roma, but I think Xabi fleet will win again easily, and Roma will find it difficult to overcome the 2 goal deficit. Leverkusen are even the favorites to become champions this season, where they have so far not been touched by a single defeat. Atalanta or Marseille don't seem to have the strength to stop Leverkusen move in the final.

It's true, there are lots of surprises that could happen in the future, but with what Leverkusen has shown, I'm sure they will be able to meet the expectations placed on them. However, it won't be easy, Xabi must remain humble and not let his guard down. Liverpool elimination by Atalanta is certainly a reference, where Xabi must remain alert to their future opponents.

For now, Xabi can shift all his focus to the Europa League, where the competition in the Bundesliga is over, while the DFB Pokal Final will be their last match of the season. Therefore, Xabi will not be too bothered about determining the starting XI, he will field his best squad in the Europa League, the other two trophies are getting closer to Leverkusen.

[KTChampions]

Judging by how hard Bayer plays even without tournament motivation (victory over Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1) and how things are going in Serie A, is it possible to assume that in the return game between Bayer and Roma we will see something like 3-0? I will be very surprised if DeRossi takes the main squad to Leverkusen, knowing that in two days there will be a decisive game with Atalanta that will determine the outcome of the entire season. There is no chance in the game with Bayer and this tournament must be sacrificed.

[Hanadawa]

Atalanta is superior in terms of mentality compared to Marseille because they were able to beat a big team like Liverpool even though they played at Anfield. This match will be difficult for Marseille because Atalanta has always managed to score goals in the last four matches. One thing I doubt is that if Atalanta progresses to the final and in another match Leverkusen manages to get rid of Roma, Atalanta will experience difficulties when facing Leverkusen because Leverkusen's mentality and consistency in maintaining their performance is better than theirs.

I believe the semifinal match will be between Atalanta vs Leverkusen. Atalanta will play as hosts so they will have the advantage. They also have an extraordinary mentality and with the support of the supporters I am sure Atalanta will beat Marseille. On the other hand, Leverkusen has confirmed one step to the final. A 2-0 win is important for them because winning 2 goals can make them play more calmly. But the problem is that Leverkusen has another pressure, namely how to maintain their unbeaten record and become the first team in history to end a season unbeaten in any competition in a single season.