UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[Hirose UK]

Wait!
Now that champions league format has changed and it will be played as a league, did anything happen to Europa League? I mean, will the Europa League also be played like a league? If yes, clubs falling from the champions league to the Europa league, how will they fit in. Or does it mean that no club is joining the Europa league from the champions league again? A polite clarity can help me...

Previously I had time to explain about all of this.
UCL or Europa League indeed this season all will start the competition with new format, there is no group phase or knockout round like before and of course this will show that the UCL teams will not be here or it can be said that there is no transfer of teams from the Champions League knockout round to the Europa League knockout round.
Everything will be much more interesting, there is no chance for the defending Europa League champions to be able to compete again and fight for the title again, I think this is better way to be able to provide greater opportunities for all teams.

For now the Europa League has undergone several qualifying round matches, there are three qualifying rounds in the Europa League and there are still quite lot of matches left in the future because now it has just entered the second qualification with the first leg match that finished yesterday.
By the way this could be good opportunity for those of us who like to look for betting options with good chance, there are several superior teams that will only play against weak team, anyone will definitely take advantage of conditions like this.

[Lidger]

What a sad one is for Macnhester United again has to play this tournament, i can feel all your fans being very pissed and playing this competition full of sorrow, because you know in the deep of you hearth the thing that Macnhester United is a team for Champions League and not this second tier tournament.

The fans have nothing to be disappointed but they have to accept the reality. Manchester United have performed poorly in the Premier League over the past few seasons, which is why they are forced to play in the Europa League next season. The teams that are in the Europa League are strong enough so the Europa League tournament is definitely challenging for Manchester United. Last season when Liverpool qualified for the Europa League we predicted the result before the start of the league Liverpool would be champions of the Europa League but Liverpool went out in the quarter finals. Hopefully it won't happen with Manchester United and Manchester United will prepare maximum and then compete in the Europa League and win the title of this tournament

Manchester United currently appears to be one of the favorite teams in the Europa League. But as you said, Liverpool, who was seen as the favorite last year, was eliminated in the quarter-finals. That's why it wouldn't be right to talk too early. We can say that the tournament in which Manchester United should compete should be the Champions League. Even if the competition in the European league brings success, it cannot fully make the fans happy. They have historically been one of the greatest teams in the world and fans still want to see that.

Manchester United have also qualified for the Champions League but their position in the Premier League points table last season was not good enough for them to qualify for the Europa League. Manchester United will definitely be on the favorites list considering the other teams but no matter how much we call a team favorites from the outside, if the team does not perform well on the field, the statistics are of no use. Manchester United will have to be very serious from the start of the tournament if they lose several matches in the beginning but it will be very difficult for them to survive until the end of the tournament. Manchester United is a professional team but for several seasons they may not be able to perform well like that but when a new season starts every team has a plan they will do well maybe Manchester United will start the new season with that plan.

[bering]

Some of favourite teams just like FC Molde, Rapid Wina, Trabzonspor, Panathinaikos and Ajax without any problem can able to overcomes their opponents but it's quite dissapoint to see Sheriff match result yesterday because they were performing poor at their home ground and lost with narrow score from Elfsborg and for second leg if want to qualified to the next round Sheriff have to win with 2 goals margin or more from Elfsborg and it's quite hard considering for second leg Elfsborg will playing as a host even there is possibility Sheriff will be failed to qualified to the next round

I have been notice about Ajax match result because at their home Ajax only can win with only 1-0 and actually before the match begin i was expect Ajax can win easily from Vojvodina even my prediction is Ajax can win with big scores from this match and i can see based on Ajax match statistics because they were really dominate the game even during the match Ajax can gets 19 total of shots but unfortunately from those attempts Ajax only can scored 1 goal and indeed Ajax chances to qualified is very wide open because they only targetting at least draw result at Vojvodina home ground

On the other hand i want to see Braga achievement in this competition because last season Braga can able to advances to the play off stages and yesterday too Braga has gets positive result because they can able to overcomes Maccabi Petah Tikva with the final scores 2-0 and for second leg Braga in the comfortable position because to qualified to the next round at least they should gets draw result but my prediction for second leg is Braga most likely will gets the winning result again

[topbitcoin]

To be honest, I am looking forward to a team that can give a surprise, usually the team comes whose performance in the domestic league is not very promising, but when they are in the European League, they seem to change into a different team. Let's see what Sevilla can do in the Europa League. They are extraordinary and they are even listed as the most successful team in the European League, but if we look at their performance in La Liga, they are just an ordinary team, but they can perform well in different leagues.

Next season Sevilla will not be in the Europa League friend because with the performance they showed this season they had to finish in 13th place in the final standings which made them have to be willing not to be in the big competition and only domestic competitions La Liga and Copa del Rey they follow and as La Liga representatives in the Europa League next season are Sociedad and Bilbao.

They (Sociedad and Bilbao) are also still quite good I think so even though for La Liga representatives until now Sevilla is still the club with the most trophy winners in the Europa League but with the presence of Bilbao, which is indeed their first debutant, of course this is quite good. Especially even though currently Nico Williams is still very heavily rumored to several big clubs but until now there has been no further confirmation so they are still quite able to compete with the players Bilbao currently has.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

Manchester United have also qualified for the Champions League but their position in the Premier League points table last season was not good enough for them to qualify for the Europa League. Manchester United will definitely be on the favorites list considering the other teams but no matter how much we call a team favorites from the outside, if the team does not perform well on the field, the statistics are of no use. Manchester United will have to be very serious from the start of the tournament if they lose several matches in the beginning but it will be very difficult for them to survive until the end of the tournament. Manchester United is a professional team but for several seasons they may not be able to perform well like that but when a new season starts every team has a plan they will do well maybe Manchester United will start the new season with that plan.

Talking about favorite teams, maybe Manchester United would be one of them, but what happened last season means that anyone can win the Europa League trophy. One of the requirements to win a trophy is to always perform optimally in every match, if Manchester United can do that, maybe they will win the UEL trophy. After successfully winning the FA Cup last season, the club management was more serious in building the team, Ten Hag received fresh funds from management to bring in quality players. It is very realistic for them to target the UEL trophy because if they succeed in winning it, they will get a ticket to the Champions League even though they fail to finish in the top four in the EPL.

[Polkeins]

Judging by yesterday's game with Vojvodina, the crisis in Ajax is still ongoing.
Although we must admit that Ajax also had bad luck with realization and a huge number of chances the team missed, Ajax had 10 corners and it seemed that they should have won, but in the end they scored only 1 goal and that at the end Vojvodina could have won if not for a shot to the bar.
I wonder how long the crisis in Ajax will last and whether the once famous club will be able to get out of it.

[Republikcoin.com]

Talking about favorite teams, maybe Manchester United would be one of them, but what happened last season means that anyone can win the Europa League trophy. One of the requirements to win a trophy is to always perform optimally in every match, if Manchester United can do that, maybe they will win the UEL trophy. After successfully winning the FA Cup last season, the club management was more serious in building the team, Ten Hag received fresh funds from management to bring in quality players. It is very realistic for them to target the UEL trophy because if they succeed in winning it, they will get a ticket to the Champions League even though they fail to finish in the top four in the EPL.

Next season's UEL seems like it will be much fiercer than last season so everyone might choose several teams that will be used as favorite teams that have the potential to win the UEL trophy. And for Manchester United itself, it will not be easy to compete here because there are many examples that we have seen last season where initially Liverpool and Leverkusen were both favorites to win the UEL title. But in reality, Atalanta is the team that was able to win the UEL title even though some people doubted it before entering the final.

[mammusu]

Talking about favorite teams, maybe Manchester United would be one of them, but what happened last season means that anyone can win the Europa League trophy. One of the requirements to win a trophy is to always perform optimally in every match, if Manchester United can do that, maybe they will win the UEL trophy. After successfully winning the FA Cup last season, the club management was more serious in building the team, Ten Hag received fresh funds from management to bring in quality players. It is very realistic for them to target the UEL trophy because if they succeed in winning it, they will get a ticket to the Champions League even though they fail to finish in the top four in the EPL.

Next season's UEL seems like it will be much fiercer than last season so everyone might choose several teams that will be used as favorite teams that have the potential to win the UEL trophy. And for Manchester United itself, it will not be easy to compete here because there are many examples that we have seen last season where initially Liverpool and Leverkusen were both favorites to win the UEL title. But in reality, Atalanta is the team that was able to win the UEL title even though some people doubted it before entering the final.

So far, several big teams have confirmed their places to compete in the UEL next season, so some of them are considered as favorites to win the UEL next season, we will see Manchester United competing with other European teams and most of us  see Manchester United are one of the strong candidates to become champions next season, I don't know from which point they look at it, but we have to respect that because they have the right to have a different point of view from us, but I personally see that Manchester United will not be different from last season, although they Currently their are trying to strengthen team but the European League is not an easy league to conquer, just like the Champions League so far, the large number of big teams in the European League certainly means that competition in the European League will be very tight, but that doesn't mean that big teams will easily win the UEL next season, we should learn from last season experience where big teams had to be eliminated more quickly from the race for the title.

[Lidger]

~Snip~

Manchester United have also qualified for the Champions League but their position in the Premier League points table last season was not good enough for them to qualify for the Europa League. Manchester United will definitely be on the favorites list considering the other teams but no matter how much we call a team favorites from the outside, if the team does not perform well on the field, the statistics are of no use. Manchester United will have to be very serious from the start of the tournament if they lose several matches in the beginning but it will be very difficult for them to survive until the end of the tournament. Manchester United is a professional team but for several seasons they may not be able to perform well like that but when a new season starts every team has a plan they will do well maybe Manchester United will start the new season with that plan.

Talking about favorite teams, maybe Manchester United would be one of them, but what happened last season means that anyone can win the Europa League trophy. One of the requirements to win a trophy is to always perform optimally in every match, if Manchester United can do that, maybe they will win the UEL trophy. After successfully winning the FA Cup last season, the club management was more serious in building the team, Ten Hag received fresh funds from management to bring in quality players. It is very realistic for them to target the UEL trophy because if they succeed in winning it, they will get a ticket to the Champions League even though they fail to finish in the top four in the EPL.

For the past few seasons it has been apparent that Manchester United have not achieved anything but since this season they have qualified for the Europa League tournament we feel that maybe this team is finally going to achieve one. A fan does not support Manchester United but still they must want Manchester United to win this season's Europa League title. Teams that don't qualify for the Champions League basically participate in the Europa League tournament like Manchester United but have qualified for the Champions League every season so their performance is definitely inferior to them. However, the opposition should never be assumed to be small, but they should plan to enter the field in such a way that they are playing against strong teams in every match. If they can come to the field with such a plan, then they will definitely succeed in the Europa League this season.

[Frankolala]

Wait!
Now that champions league format has changed and it will be played as a league, did anything happen to Europa League? I mean, will the Europa League also be played like a league? If yes, clubs falling from the champions league to the Europa league, how will they fit in. Or does it mean that no club is joining the Europa league from the champions league again? A polite clarity can help me...

Previously I had time to explain about all of this.
UCL or Europa League indeed this season all will start the competition with new format, there is no group phase or knockout round like before and of course this will show that the UCL teams will not be here or it can be said that there is no transfer of teams from the Champions League knockout round to the Europa League knockout round.
Everything will be much more interesting, there is no chance for the defending Europa League champions to be able to compete again and fight for the title again, I think this is better way to be able to provide greater opportunities for all teams.

I like the way t is done this season so that those teams who are playing in Champions League will know that there is no hope for them if they did not qualify in the group stage to play in Europa and that will make most of them to be very serious this season because when you are out from the group stage, you go back home hopeless.

The two competitions are balanced and there is no cheat so that in whatever competition that you are, you should take it very serious and like you said it will open room for new teams to surprise the world in both competitions.

[indah rezqi]

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Next season's UEL seems like it will be much fiercer than last season so everyone might choose several teams that will be used as favorite teams that have the potential to win the UEL trophy. And for Manchester United itself, it will not be easy to compete here because there are many examples that we have seen last season where initially Liverpool and Leverkusen were both favorites to win the UEL title. But in reality, Atalanta is the team that was able to win the UEL title even though some people doubted it before entering the final.

So far, several big teams have confirmed their places to compete in the UEL next season, so some of them are considered as favorites to win the UEL next season, we will see Manchester United competing with other European teams and most of us  see Manchester United are one of the strong candidates to become champions next season, I don't know from which point they look at it, but we have to respect that because they have the right to have a different point of view from us, but I personally see that Manchester United will not be different from last season, although they Currently their are trying to strengthen team but the European League is not an easy league to conquer, just like the Champions League so far, the large number of big teams in the European League certainly means that competition in the European League will be very tight, but that doesn't mean that big teams will easily win the UEL next season, we should learn from last season experience where big teams had to be eliminated more quickly from the race for the title.

I think one of the reasons Man United are favored to win the Europa League next season is because of their image as one of the elite clubs in the Premier League. It is true, it is unfair to underestimate other Europa League competitors, because what determines success is not the big name of the club. We have seen many surprises last season, which may be repeated next season, because all teams are ambitious to become champions. If we judge in terms of squad depth, Man United actually deserves to be the favorite, this is regardless of their performance last season.

If we look at the teams that will compete in the Europa League next season, Man United is certainly more dominant than all the contestants, this is a fact. While Ten Hag certainly understands that the journey to win the Premier League trophy is more difficult than the Europa League, so there is nothing wrong if next season Ten Hag will prioritize the Europa League. Overall, Man United most realistic target is to secure a Champions League ticket, if they have difficulty getting it through domestic channels, they can maximize their opportunities through the Europa League by winning the trophy.

[Blitzboy]

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Manchester United have also qualified for the Champions League but their position in the Premier League points table last season was not good enough for them to qualify for the Europa League. Manchester United will definitely be on the favorites list considering the other teams but no matter how much we call a team favorites from the outside, if the team does not perform well on the field, the statistics are of no use. Manchester United will have to be very serious from the start of the tournament if they lose several matches in the beginning but it will be very difficult for them to survive until the end of the tournament. Manchester United is a professional team but for several seasons they may not be able to perform well like that but when a new season starts every team has a plan they will do well maybe Manchester United will start the new season with that plan.

Talking about favorite teams, maybe Manchester United would be one of them, but what happened last season means that anyone can win the Europa League trophy. One of the requirements to win a trophy is to always perform optimally in every match, if Manchester United can do that, maybe they will win the UEL trophy. After successfully winning the FA Cup last season, the club management was more serious in building the team, Ten Hag received fresh funds from management to bring in quality players. It is very realistic for them to target the UEL trophy because if they succeed in winning it, they will get a ticket to the Champions League even though they fail to finish in the top four in the EPL.

New money, new players - but Ten Hag is the real problems. He's not a winner.. You notice this in his coaching. Look at Ajax. They had all the talent in the world, but they choked. Thanks to Ten Hag. He is unable of managing pressure.

And dont give me this FA Cup nonsense. Not being a great squad just because you won a cup. Simply said, you had one decent day. Regarding the rest of the season, United requires more than simply fresh talents. They require a coach that understands winning. a coach who can maximise his squad when it counts most. Ten Hag, that is not.

MU may win the Europa League. They have aptitude. Ten Hag is in command, hence it wont be simple. He must increase his performance. He has to develop his champion qualities. Should he fail, United's season will yet be another underwhelming one.

[ajanwalker]

Some of favourite teams just like FC Molde, Rapid Wina, Trabzonspor, Panathinaikos and Ajax without any problem can able to overcomes their opponents but it's quite dissapoint to see Sheriff match result yesterday because they were performing poor at their home ground and lost with narrow score from Elfsborg and for second leg if want to qualified to the next round Sheriff have to win with 2 goals margin or more from Elfsborg and it's quite hard considering for second leg Elfsborg will playing as a host even there is possibility Sheriff will be failed to qualified to the next round

I have been notice about Ajax match result because at their home Ajax only can win with only 1-0 and actually before the match begin i was expect Ajax can win easily from Vojvodina even my prediction is Ajax can win with big scores from this match and i can see based on Ajax match statistics because they were really dominate the game even during the match Ajax can gets 19 total of shots but unfortunately from those attempts Ajax only can scored 1 goal and indeed Ajax chances to qualified is very wide open because they only targetting at least draw result at Vojvodina home ground

On the other hand i want to see Braga achievement in this competition because last season Braga can able to advances to the play off stages and yesterday too Braga has gets positive result because they can able to overcomes Maccabi Petah Tikva with the final scores 2-0 and for second leg Braga in the comfortable position because to qualified to the next round at least they should gets draw result but my prediction for second leg is Braga most likely will gets the winning result again

It wouldn't be wrong to say that among these teams, Trabzonspor won the match thanks to their goalkeeper.
Although Trabzonspor won 0-2 away against Ruzomberok, they played very bad football.
Trabzonspor may pass this round, but it does not give good signals for the matches to be played from now on.
The team is not ready yet and there is a transfer requirement.

[rahmad2nd]

I think one of the reasons Man United are favored to win the Europa League next season is because of their image as one of the elite clubs in the Premier League. It is true, it is unfair to underestimate other Europa League competitors, because what determines success is not the big name of the club. We have seen many surprises last season, which may be repeated next season, because all teams are ambitious to become champions. If we judge in terms of squad depth, Man United actually deserves to be the favorite, this is regardless of their performance last season.

If we look at the teams that will compete in the Europa League next season, Man United is certainly more dominant than all the contestants, this is a fact. While Ten Hag certainly understands that the journey to win the Premier League trophy is more difficult than the Europa League, so there is nothing wrong if next season Ten Hag will prioritize the Europa League. Overall, Man United most realistic target is to secure a Champions League ticket, if they have difficulty getting it through domestic channels, they can maximize their opportunities through the Europa League by winning the trophy.

I personally will not speculate too early, especially since we have not seen Manchester United's performance before the League starts. What they did in the friendly match does not determine anything, but at least United can be said to be a tough opponent in this competition for every team that becomes their opponent. and to find out, we must first ensure how they play their matches in the various competitions they participate in. we also do not have a Europa League schedule, which teams are favored in this competition. I see that there are other teams that will be tough challengers, whether from the Premier League or La Liga and Serie A.
Talking about Manchester United and what you said, yes that's right, if Ten Hag has difficulty competing in the domestic League, then winning the Europa League trophy can be their target. but, I am more optimistic that Ten Hag will prioritize the Premier League before dividing their focus on this competition. unfortunately, sometimes the more favored clubs often fail like Liverpool and Leverkusen last season. perhaps, in the end, the one who wins the trophy in this competition is not the favorite team. however, we will find out as the League progresses.

[Mr.suevie]

Judging by yesterday's game with Vojvodina, the crisis in Ajax is still ongoing.
Although we must admit that Ajax also had bad luck with realization and a huge number of chances the team missed, Ajax had 10 corners and it seemed that they should have won, but in the end they scored only 1 goal and that at the end Vojvodina could have won if not for a shot to the bar.
I wonder how long the crisis in Ajax will last and whether the once famous club will be able to get out of it.

Nothing to be skeptical about, this clearly shows that ajax are still having problem's in their management and that's why there are still struggling and finding it hard to win games, ajax of last season didn't actually do well as they were struggling and lost a lot of their touch to smaller teams in their league to the extent of losing almost every game. Ajax has clearly showed that the club is still struggling because they were the only team to make my bet a loss.

[hahay]

Judging by yesterday's game with Vojvodina, the crisis in Ajax is still ongoing.
Although we must admit that Ajax also had bad luck with realization and a huge number of chances the team missed, Ajax had 10 corners and it seemed that they should have won, but in the end they scored only 1 goal and that at the end Vojvodina could have won if not for a shot to the bar.
I wonder how long the crisis in Ajax will last and whether the once famous club will be able to get out of it.

Nothing to be skeptical about, this clearly shows that ajax are still having problem's in their management and that's why there are still struggling and finding it hard to win games, ajax of last season didn't actually do well as they were struggling and lost a lot of their touch to smaller teams in their league to the extent of losing almost every game. Ajax has clearly showed that the club is still struggling because they were the only team to make my bet a loss.

In the last two seasons Ajax has really experienced a decline in performance, whether it means that Ajax is still struggling to have a coach as good as Erik ten Hag or maybe there are other factors. Because after all, with Erik ten Hag the fact that Ajax was still able to get the Eredivisie trophy in a row but after Erik ten Hag left, the fact that Ajax really  struggled to have good results. But, regarding the match against Vojvodina in the first leg of the qualifyingquarterfinals,  in reality Ajax still managed to win even though it was only a narrow 1-0 victory.

Thus, there is certainly still a chance for Ajax to be able to qualify for the next round but even so, it seems that there will still be a difficult phase in the semifinals or up to the final match later. Thus,  it seems that there is still no guarantee that Ajax will qualify to be able to play in the Europa League next season. But of course, I also hope that Ajax can play in the Europa League next season because then, it will be interesting if for example Ajax meets Manchester United later.

[Jegileman]

Next season's UEL seems like it will be much fiercer than last season so everyone might choose several teams that will be used as favorite teams that have the potential to win the UEL trophy. And for Manchester United itself, it will not be easy to compete here because there are many examples that we have seen last season where initially Liverpool and Leverkusen were both favorites to win the UEL title. But in reality, Atalanta is the team that was able to win the UEL title even though some people doubted it before entering the final.

Happenings like this are what makes football very interesting to watch. When the team that is most expected to win fails to win and the mediocre ones take up the challenge and prove themselves worthy of the title, it becomes fun. The competitive mindset next time when they meet is already established, so a game between them next time will be much anticipated for and intriguing to watch. The list of teams we have now in the Europa Legaue are already showing how competitive the league will be, but when other teams from champions league come to join them as it use to be, we might see some bigger teams more in the competition. Just that we don’t know how the format could turn out to be this year since changes have been made to the champions league also.

[ndutndut]

Manchester United currently appears to be one of the favorite teams in the Europa League. But as you said, Liverpool, who was seen as the favorite last year, was eliminated in the quarter-finals. That's why it wouldn't be right to talk too early. We can say that the tournament in which Manchester United should compete should be the Champions League. Even if the competition in the European league brings success, it cannot fully make the fans happy. They have historically been one of the greatest teams in the world and fans still want to see that.

Manchester United have also qualified for the Champions League but their position in the Premier League points table last season was not good enough for them to qualify for the Europa League. Manchester United will definitely be on the favorites list considering the other teams but no matter how much we call a team favorites from the outside, if the team does not perform well on the field, the statistics are of no use. Manchester United will have to be very serious from the start of the tournament if they lose several matches in the beginning but it will be very difficult for them to survive until the end of the tournament. Manchester United is a professional team but for several seasons they may not be able to perform well like that but when a new season starts every team has a plan they will do well maybe Manchester United will start the new season with that plan.

Yes I agree with you. Man United if they want to get the European trophy they have to prepare themselves from now and must be consistent. Man United last season was very bad they were only lucky to win the FA trophy so they could enter the Europa League if Man United does not change I am not sure they can be favored to win the Europa League trophy.

Man United in pre-season always echoed that they have a strong squad, classy players. However when the beginning of the season until the middle of their performance was bad, minimal tactics and uninteresting games. This is what I have seen from Man United from the past, Man United's playing style still has a lot of ego in each of its players which makes Man United unable to develop.

Man United should be able to be better, because financially and players Mau United is already promising, Erik ten Hag just needs to find his identity in each Man United player. If he can lower the ego of each player, they can definitely be consistent and tactics must continue to be developed. because there are still misses between players so that their passing is less accurate which makes them often get counterattacks from opponents which makes them often lose.

[hosseinimr93]

The list of teams we have now in the Europa Legaue are already showing how competitive the league will be, but when other teams from champions league come to join them as it use to be, we might see some bigger teams more in the competition.

No team from the champions league will go to europa league. All the teams of europa league knockout stage will come from its league phase.

Just that we don’t know how the format could turn out to be this year since changes have been made to the champions league also.

There will be 36 teams in the league phase. The 8 top teams will go to round of 16 directly. 9th to 24th placed teams will go to playoffs and the winners will join the 8 top teams of the league phase in round of 16.

For more information about the new format of UEFA champions league and europa league, you can read the following article on UEFA official website.
New format for Champions League post-2024: Everything you need to know

[Weawant]

Judging by yesterday's game with Vojvodina, the crisis in Ajax is still ongoing.
Although we must admit that Ajax also had bad luck with realization and a huge number of chances the team missed, Ajax had 10 corners and it seemed that they should have won, but in the end they scored only 1 goal and that at the end Vojvodina could have won if not for a shot to the bar.
I wonder how long the crisis in Ajax will last and whether the once famous club will be able to get out of it.

Honestly I wasn't impressed with the results Ajax got yesterday, before the game, I anticipated ajax scoring multiple goals because I believed that they have had enough rest and will be back in a very solid form, moreover their opponent wasn't much a tough one, seeing such a result where it did appeared like they struggled to win is disheartening for me, although at some point they looked like they weren't lucky enough but just like you did observed, from their pattern of play, it was obvious they weren't having thst perfect harmony in the team of which somehow it can be traced to the management because if all is well from there, rhwn definitely they will have a better performance on the pitch. I'm hoping they get every issue resolved before the kick off of the new season.