UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season

[fullhdpixel]

It wouldn't be right to draw conclusions from the results of the first week because there will be a total of 8 weeks and there will not be any matches against the same team. That's why teams are trying different strategies. Championship contenders like Porto and Beşiktaş started with defeats, while Roma, Manchester United and Athletic Bilbao drew. There are still 7 weeks to play, so it wouldn't be right to look at the standings and say anything. The teams that played their easy games first may appear to be at the top at the moment, this will change in 2-3 weeks.
My favorite teams in the first week were Lazio and Ajax. They have a very strong game. I think especially Ajax's young squad will go far in this league. I think we will watch them in the semi-finals at least.

I agree with you; things can take good changes because we are having 7 rounds left, and no team is going to face each other again and all are having weak and strong opponents which can give good chance of staying into good spot after few rounds of this new format.

First week was good as we are having good surprises specially big defeat for the Besiktas and then home draw for the Manchester United bring good surprises Athletic Bilbao done good comeback in last few minutes against AS Roma this was also interesting end while Ajax performance against Besiktas was also one of the shocking win because as Ajax having performance in their domestic league things were looking not favourable for them to have win like this, but they perform good and having big win against inform Besiktas.

[junder]

It wouldn't be right to draw conclusions from the results of the first week because there will be a total of 8 weeks and there will not be any matches against the same team. That's why teams are trying different strategies. Championship contenders like Porto and Beşiktaş started with defeats, while Roma, Manchester United and Athletic Bilbao drew. There are still 7 weeks to play, so it wouldn't be right to look at the standings and say anything. The teams that played their easy games first may appear to be at the top at the moment, this will change in 2-3 weeks.
My favorite teams in the first week were Lazio and Ajax. They have a very strong game. I think especially Ajax's young squad will go far in this league. I think we will watch them in the semi-finals at least.

Yes, it is still too early to draw conclusions, the future picture is still vague, the competing teams have only played one match, it is certain that the standings will always change, there are still many surprises that have not happened in the future. the new format requires each team to achieve maximum results at home and away from home, there will be no revenge matches with this league format
porto, beskitas who started with bad results can still perform well and have the opportunity to advance to the next phase as well as man united, bilbao, and roma have the same opportunity depending on each team maximizing each match.
I agree ajax performed very well in their first match and embarrassed besiktas with a score of 4-0 without reply, farioli's squad must be watched out for by other teams, hopefully they can maintain their consistency to advance further in the UEL this season.

[hahay]

I'm really curious what Ajax will do in their future matches. They started much better than anyone expected surely. I see their fixtures aren't very difficult in general also. I mean Galatasaray and Lazio look like the toughest ones on paper. Real Sociedad are also normally a tough team but do they convince you with their football this season? They don't to me truthfully.  

It was really sad to see Beşiktaş losing to them that hard. I really wonder what Galatasaray will do in an away match. They look really impressive these days but there is still a long time until this matchup.

We have criticized Ajax a lot because of their downgrade. But now they are really turning into a much better team.

I also did not expect Ajax to be able to beat Besiktas with a score of 4-0 because at least, Besiktas also still has good performance and its performance has not dropped very badly. But anyway, if I compare Ajax with Besiktas, then at least Besiktas can still be said to be able to make things difficult for Ajax, but in reality Besiktas was unable to hold back Ajax in its first match. But indeed,  even though Ajax managed to win with a big score like that, I personally still find it difficult to say that Ajax can advance further in the Europa League this season because after all, Ajax also still has bad results in the Eredivisie which might be a pressure for them if they have to get good results in all competitions.

[Pokapoka124]

What's going on with Osimhen? played for 3 match and always has the most highest total shots, but he hasn't score any goal. There must be something wrong with him, even he wasn't happy in Napoli, but he can able to score many goals too.

Icardi only play for 12 minutes, but he can score a goal.

I think Galatasaray should prioritize Icardi to play as starter, at least they need to play until they score few goals to make sure they will win the match, then Osimhen play for the rest of the match.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Victor Osimhen. He is already making impact in Galatasaray. Since you don’t care about the three assists Victor Osimhen has given in his first three games with Galatasaray, you will be surprised to know that the goals have started coming in. Victor Osimhen scored for the first time for Galatasaray. He scored two goals against their opponents Kasımpaşa today. Osimhen scored the first goal in the 20’ minute and the second in 28’ minute of the game.

[Weawant]

Ten Hag was really disappointing so far and he was not helpful for Manchester United at all Even after the bad relationship he had with some players and the huge money he spent for Manchester United he still couldn't get the result Manchester United wanted to see from this coach and this can show Ten Hag is not going to stay in Macnshter United for a long time.
Maybe he will not see the new year in Manchester United.
The fact about Manchester United in the European matches they had is they only won one game in the last nine games they had in Europe games and now they got a 1-1 draw against Twente.

So far Erik Ten Hag has won two trophies for Manchester United. I think this achievement is the reason why Manchester United are still backing Erik Ten Hag as manager of the club despite his shortcomings. I don’t think Ten Hag is a bad coach he lacks consistency, if Ten Hag can manage to get that consistency and stability in the team’s performance then maybe he can save his job come January.

One major issue i have spotted with ten hag is in his inconsistency, if we take a brief look at his performance much before now, he has been of good performance in the first season he arrived old Trafford but later he decided to change his strategy and try something new which is actually a  normal thing every coach would want to do at times when they have some new strategies they believe that can be very useful but then if it turns out the new strategy isn't effective enough, then its to adjust, or go back to the former that has been work all these times but it appears ten hag has failed to take note of this and have sticked to his unproductive and inconsistent strategy, if he decides to go back to the strategy he used during his first season at old Trafford and make sure to improve his relationship with the players too, that will help him a whole lot to building better productivity.

[imamusma]

It wouldn't be right to draw conclusions from the results of the first week because there will be a total of 8 weeks and there will not be any matches against the same team. That's why teams are trying different strategies. Championship contenders like Porto and Beşiktaş started with defeats, while Roma, Manchester United and Athletic Bilbao drew. There are still 7 weeks to play, so it wouldn't be right to look at the standings and say anything. The teams that played their easy games first may appear to be at the top at the moment, this will change in 2-3 weeks.
My favorite teams in the first week were Lazio and Ajax. They have a very strong game. I think especially Ajax's young squad will go far in this league. I think we will watch them in the semi-finals at least.

That's right, all contestants still have the opportunity to go further, regardless of the results they recorded in the first match. Each contestant will try their best when playing at home, and I think the teams you mentioned do have the potential to qualify for the round of 16 by finishing in the top 8 of the standings.
The spotlight of the Europa League this season is on Manchester United, I think that's very natural, because they are a team that has a very large fan base, but their journey is not as smooth as we expected. In addition, I did not expect Lyon who are performing poorly in Ligue 1 to show a different performance in the Europa League by beating Olympiakos.
Furthermore, the Porto versus Manchester United match in my opinion is one of the interesting matches, Ten Hag will again have difficulty leading his team to secure full points.
As for Ajax, it seems they will need a lot of luck to make it to the semi-finals, their form in domestic competition has been very inconsistent.

[fullhdpixel]

It is still very far and too early to talk about which team will be the champion this season. Because even big teams are not able to answer the trust that comes to them, and what is more interesting is that almost every season we cannot predict who will be the champion. Like last season where Leverkusen and Liverpool were the biggest favorites, but they failed and Atalanta managed to become champions.
Just passed the first match and we are still in the league round where the journey is still very long for us to be in the knockout round for example. Not to mention there will be a play-off match between the teams ranked 9th to 24th.

I agree, it doesn't look like any team would be looking favourites right now and also there are more sides to a team than just one. The same Galatasaray who played very well and managed to beat PAOK, looked 100% different when playing against Young Boys, they were much worse and looked terrible all together.

Now you may say that "they got better" is the way to go, and sure if they keep getting better than of course they can be champions, but how can you guarantee that they won't revert back with just a single or two injuries and be bad again? We don't know and we just assume that it is going to be a tough one.

However, one thing is certain and that is Osimhen, the most valuable player of the Europa league, is their striker and when you have a striker that good, you end up being at an advantage against almost any team.

We saw their goalkeepr was good, and we know their striker is good, so they have a great chance without a doubt. Osimhen could get used to the system more and more eventually and end up scoring bunch of goals without a doubt, they love Icardi over there, but they need to play Osimhen, when you have someone that good, you just need to play that player and they are going to do just that, and Osimhen could score a lot of goals and take them to title, there is a possibility.

[kawetsriyanto]

Such a big defeat! I also never saw it coming honestly. Because Beşiktaş were doing pretty good. Especially thanks to the new transfers like Rafa Silva and Immobile, they have been a big threat to their competitors. However it didn't last long. Ajax were actually having one of their most problematic time periods for a while. I can't say they were still back in their best shape. But here we are...  

Yep, it is real that Besiktas was defeated with big scores. They even couldn't score a single goal.
It seems the new arrival such as Rafa Silva and Immobile, have no influence. Besiktas can't play as expected, they look too weak against Ajax. I think Besiktas may have a problem with their tactic. They won't perform well if they have bad tactic, having good quality of players will be nothing with the wrong tactic. I think the coach needs to evaluate his tactics.

It is sad to see Beşiktaş not even being able to score 1 goal. I really wonder what happened. The players lost their motivation very quickly and they conceded easy goals. They need to improve their mental otherwise achieving success would be difficult here.

As I said above, Besiktas may have a problem in their tactics. So, the coach should take the responsibility. There should be some changes on the tactics for the next matches. He also needs to be more selective in choosing players for the starters. I didn't Immobile on the starting lineup in the match against Ajax, it looks quite strange for me.

[barbara44]

I initially thought about betting on Ajax but seeing the odds I became unsure because their opponent is an elite club from the Turkish league that cannot be underestimated, even though they lost I think Besiktas is not that resigned seeing Ajax players creating many goals and Besiktas can reply with at least one goal but from what I saw Besiktas could not make a shot on goal at all even though overall both were quite fair in dominating the ball.

I think it is difficult for Jose Mourinho to bring Fenerbahce to win the UEL even though Jose Mourinho is experienced in this competition but there are still opponents they have to beat there are other strong candidates who must be eliminated in order to win the trophy.

Before this game things were really challenging for this game as we have good hype about Turkish clubs, but sadly things are not going as expected in UEFA events so we have surely huge surprising result in this game while Ajax which is having unpredictable result in last few years done impressive job and having one-sided big win which bring good confidence for them as now they can go through for better results in coming games.

Three Turkish clubs are having spots in UEFA Europa Cup with two are doing decent job but most chances we will be having no chance for them to go for the title race because still we are having good quality difference and things are also not favourable for them to give their best in UEFA competitions they needed more experience which is important for having win José Mourinho factor going to work for the Fenerbahçe or no also going to be open in few matches.

[add1ct3dd]

The UEFA Europa League is a very tough event that teams and players have to go through. We cannot yet predict who will win the UEFA Europa League this season. It is too early to determine the best because the UEFA Europa League still has a long way to go. The game displayed by Galatasaray at the start of the 2024/2025 season shows that they are one of the teams that will advance to the semi-finals in this big competition but are still competing with the strongest team like Ajax who are always able to get full points in every match.

 I see Galatasaray continuing to improve their performance throughout training. so that you can win lots of trophies and emerge as the championship at the end of the match.

UEFA Europa Cup and Champions League are always having good surprises and upsets so predicting about winner right now is surely too early because we are having too many rounds left for having spots into round of 16 then things could be much clearer right now just after one match no one can give any view specially while we are having few good surprises which are going to have huge impact on coming matches.

Galatasaray are surely one of the teams to watch throughout this season because after having humiliating defeat in Turkish Super Cup they have done good comeback and bring themselves into good position with now arrival of Victor Osimhen is also having good impact on their quality and performance which is going to have good chance for them to stay into cup for long time but still things are not easy to predict about any teams performance or winning chances.

[bangjoe]

I know it's too early to predict which team in the UEFA Europa League will likely win the competition this season but considering the performance of Galatasaray in their first game of the competition, I have a strong belief that they'll go far in the competition. The Turkish champions in the game against PAOK was able to show strong winning mentality that looks like that of a team with a strong purpose.
Ajax did also had a good performance that saw them score plenty of goals so I think there's a lot to watch out for in the UEFA Europa League this season. At the end, one winner is going to emerge.

The UEFA Europa League is a very tough event that teams and players have to go through. We cannot yet predict who will win the UEFA Europa League this season. It is too early to determine the best because the UEFA Europa League still has a long way to go. The game displayed by Galatasaray at the start of the 2024/2025 season shows that they are one of the teams that will advance to the semi-finals in this big competition but are still competing with the strongest team like Ajax who are always able to get full points in every match.

 I see Galatasaray continuing to improve their performance throughout training. so that you can win lots of trophies and emerge as the championship at the end of the match.

It is still very far and too early to talk about which team will be the champion this season. Because even big teams are not able to answer the trust that comes to them, and what is more interesting is that almost every season we cannot predict who will be the champion. Like last season where Leverkusen and Liverpool were the biggest favorites, but they failed and Atalanta managed to become champions.
Just passed the first match and we are still in the league round where the journey is still very long for us to be in the knockout round for example. Not to mention there will be a play-off match between the teams ranked 9th to 24th.

It is indeed very unpredictable how the future will occur, we see today based on what we know and believe, you may be right in saying that today it is still too early to say who will win the Europa League in the 2024-2025 season and only see a little data from matches that are still early, but that is the best record we can do when making a prediction of the future.

For me there is nothing wrong with people speculating like that in talking about who the potential winners are, it is based on their awareness of what they see at this time, it is true that there are still many stages to go through in this league, but is it wrong to speculate about predictions?

[tiCeR]

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It is indeed very unpredictable how the future will occur, we see today based on what we know and believe, you may be right in saying that today it is still too early to say who will win the Europa League in the 2024-2025 season and only see a little data from matches that are still early, but that is the best record we can do when making a prediction of the future.

For me there is nothing wrong with people speculating like that in talking about who the potential winners are, it is based on their awareness of what they see at this time, it is true that there are still many stages to go through in this league, but is it wrong to speculate about predictions?

It is impossible to tell who is going to win it but that is essentially the same for all UEFA competitions. Barely anyone thought that Atalanta would make it into the final last season, let alone beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0!

The season before a very weak Sevilla team eliminated one other favorite team after another and won the competition.

The year before that year suddenly Frankfurt went all the way, beat Barcelona and then won the final.

I think it is unpredictable as there are surprises all the time.

[Hyphen(-)]

UEFA Europa Cup and Champions League are always having good surprises and upsets so predicting about winner right now is surely too early because we are having too many rounds left for having spots into round of 16 then things could be much clearer right now just after one match no one can give any view specially while we are having few good surprises which are going to have huge impact on coming matches.

Last season's UEFA Europa League taught me this same lesson because I never expected Atalanta to even make it to the semifinals, but they won the title. I was expecting either Liverpool or Bayer Leverkusen to win the title because these two teams were the best teams in the Europa League last season because they had good performances in their respective leagues, Leverkusen even won the Bundesliga title undefeated, but Atalanta defeated them in the finals and defeated Liverpool in the Semifinals.
Therefore, I agree with you that predicting who to be the champion in the Europa League will be difficult because any team can win the title.

Galatasaray are surely one of the teams to watch throughout this season because after having humiliating defeat in Turkish Super Cup they have done good comeback and bring themselves into good position with now arrival of Victor Osimhen is also having good impact on their quality and performance which is going to have good chance for them to stay into cup for long time but still things are not easy to predict about any teams performance or winning chances.

Yes, the introduction of Victor Osimhen into the team gives the team extra comfort, they are indeed one of the teams to lookout in the Europa League alongside Manchester United because I think that Manchester United can get the Europa League this season if they can be consistent because they are the biggest team in the tournament.

[Leviathan.007]

What's going on with Osimhen? played for 3 match and always has the most highest total shots, but he hasn't score any goal. There must be something wrong with him, even he wasn't happy in Napoli, but he can able to score many goals too.

Icardi only play for 12 minutes, but he can score a goal.

I think Galatasaray should prioritize Icardi to play as starter, at least they need to play until they score few goals to make sure they will win the match, then Osimhen play for the rest of the match.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Victor Osimhen. He is already making impact in Galatasaray. Since you don’t care about the three assists Victor Osimhen has given in his first three games with Galatasaray, you will be surprised to know that the goals have started coming in. Victor Osimhen scored for the first time for Galatasaray. He scored two goals against their opponents Kasımpaşa today. Osimhen scored the first goal in the 20’ minute and the second in 28’ minute of the game.

Osimhen played for Napoli in Serie A for years and he was playing at a different level with a different atmosphere and this will take some time for Osimhen to get adopted after he joined Galatasaray and I think Considering the age and the siation of Osimhen it is totally worth for Galatasaray to give this payer more time.
Also, Osimhen couldn't have a good situation in Napoli which definitely affected this player mentally and maybe that's why he was not successful in scoring goals for Galatasaray otherwise we all know he is a player with good performance if the coach knows how to use his skills for the team.

[Docnaster]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Victor Osimhen. He is already making impact in Galatasaray. Since you don’t care about the three assists Victor Osimhen has given in his first three games with Galatasaray, you will be surprised to know that the goals have started coming in. Victor Osimhen scored for the first time for Galatasaray. He scored two goals against their opponents Kasımpaşa today. Osimhen scored the first goal in the 20’ minute and the second in 28’ minute of the game.

That same Victor Osimhen that's been backlashed for not scoring goals was able to score a brace today in Galatasaray league game against Kasimpasa. Victor Osimhen before today haven't scored a goal for his new club but we can't deny the fact that he's always instrumental to their wins since he's arrived. He's provided three assists and was also responsible for Galatasaray's first goal in the UEFA Europa League during the mid week against POAK.
I understand that strikers are judged by the amount of goal they scored or could score but we must learn how to give credit to strikers who are always creating goal scoring opportunities whenever they can't score.

[Falconer]

That same Victor Osimhen that's been backlashed for not scoring goals was able to score a brace today in Galatasaray league game against Kasimpasa. Victor Osimhen before today haven't scored a goal for his new club but we can't deny the fact that he's always instrumental to their wins since he's arrived. He's provided three assists and was also responsible for Galatasaray's first goal in the UEFA Europa League during the mid week against POAK.
I understand that strikers are judged by the amount of goal they scored or could score but we must learn how to give credit to strikers who are always creating goal scoring opportunities whenever they can't score.

2 goals, 4 assists in 4 games is certainly quite impressive, Osimhen has shown a real contribution to his new team. Despite the criticism, he has once shown his quality with Napoli, by becoming the top scorer in the 2022-2023 season. The Turkish Super League is clearly easier for Osimhen, because it is not as competitive as Serie A, it is unfair to criticize him too early because he also needs an adaptation period. Osimhen goal tally can continue to increase if the manager continues to rely on him, this will be an impressive and profitable season for both parties. The addition of Osimhen to the team has raised expectations for Galatasaray, both domestically and in the Europa League.

[Jody.Drummer]

That same Victor Osimhen that's been backlashed for not scoring goals was able to score a brace today in Galatasaray league game against Kasimpasa. Victor Osimhen before today haven't scored a goal for his new club but we can't deny the fact that he's always instrumental to their wins since he's arrived. He's provided three assists and was also responsible for Galatasaray's first goal in the UEFA Europa League during the mid week against POAK.
I understand that strikers are judged by the amount of goal they scored or could score but we must learn how to give credit to strikers who are always creating goal scoring opportunities whenever they can't score.

2 goals, 4 assists in 4 games is certainly quite impressive, Osimhen has shown a real contribution to his new team. Despite the criticism, he has once shown his quality with Napoli, by becoming the top scorer in the 2022-2023 season. The Turkish Super League is clearly easier for Osimhen, because it is not as competitive as Serie A, it is unfair to criticize him too early because he also needs an adaptation period. Osimhen goal tally can continue to increase if the manager continues to rely on him, this will be an impressive and profitable season for both parties. The addition of Osimhen to the team has raised expectations for Galatasaray, both domestically and in the Europa League.

Osimhen tries to make criticism a motivation for himself, that's what a player should do, it's a smart way to silence those who doubt him, rather than having to respond with words it's better to prove it on the field. Osimhen is indeed one of the players who has very good abilities, but it's quite unfortunate when it's not accompanied by good luck. Why do I say that? because his future was uncertain with Napoli, he was lucky enough because finally there was a club that was serious about bringing him in even though it was only on loan. But don't be discouraged, because if he can perform very well with Galatasaray then many clubs will want him again and they will even be willing to buy him dearly from Napoli who are still the official owners of Osimhen.

[Frankolala]

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It is indeed very unpredictable how the future will occur, we see today based on what we know and believe, you may be right in saying that today it is still too early to say who will win the Europa League in the 2024-2025 season and only see a little data from matches that are still early, but that is the best record we can do when making a prediction of the future.

For me there is nothing wrong with people speculating like that in talking about who the potential winners are, it is based on their awareness of what they see at this time, it is true that there are still many stages to go through in this league, but is it wrong to speculate about predictions?

It is impossible to tell who is going to win it but that is essentially the same for all UEFA competitions. Barely anyone thought that Atalanta would make it into the final last season, let alone beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0!

The season before a very weak Sevilla team eliminated one other favorite team after another and won the competition.

The year before that year suddenly Frankfurt went all the way, beat Barcelona and then won the final.

I think it is unpredictable as there are surprises all the time.

I agree withyou that Europa League winner thos season is unpredictable because the club that you think is veey strong based on their performance in their domestic league do disappoint their fans and the world because a club that is not in your mind will cone from nowhere and kick out the strong team thay you think is the favorite. The league is always full of surprises.

This is one of the reason why currently, I cannot predict who will be the winner because it turns out to be the opposite. Imagine with the high level of Liverpool and Leverkusen performance last season a club that finished in 4th position was able to mess them up and went home with the league. It will be better for one not to rush into conclusions but keep watching the league and with time we can pick out the two best to know which of them will be able to win the league.

[emrecemsan]

What's going on with Osimhen? played for 3 match and always has the most highest total shots, but he hasn't score any goal. There must be something wrong with him, even he wasn't happy in Napoli, but he can able to score many goals too.

Icardi only play for 12 minutes, but he can score a goal.

I think Galatasaray should prioritize Icardi to play as starter, at least they need to play until they score few goals to make sure they will win the match, then Osimhen play for the rest of the match.

He started to score by the way. He scored 2 goals in a domestic league match for Galatasaray yesterday. It is nice to see that finally.    It must be really important for himself to break a leg too that he celebrated it with a jersey having a writing like "FINALLY" behind. 



Galatasaray are just enjoying their time with him this season. They will surely miss such a world class striker after he leaves. Chelsea is already pushing for him.

Next time they are playing away against RFS. I think another satisfying win for Galatasaray fans is on the way.

[Lidger]

Ten Hag really can't compete in this match well, it's better not to keep him anymore or if I insist I have to see Manchester United's decline even deeper.

Well I've actually been saying that for more than 3 seasons where Ten Hag has been the worst decision of the MU and the only one responsible for taking this team to the lowest levels in the world , I don't know how they support him, what do they see in him? What is it that they like about him as a coach? I've seen that many people here in the forum defend him to death, why do they really defend him? the fact that they lose a lot ? the fact that they are not going to win Anything important with him ? that is what I see all the time, for me things will improve at the MU once that man leaves.

Manchester United put their faith in their current manager and they may have thought that their current manager would do well for Manchester United but in reality Ten Hag never proved himself to be a good manager. When appointing a new manager to a club, the management has to think about many things such as whether they will be able to hire a better manager than before and whether a good quality manager will agree to take charge of their club. If everything goes well in batting, big teams change managers. Manchester United may not have had such an opportunity, which is why they are relying on their current manager for one more season. However, we should not rely too much on this manager because he is proving his skills in every match.