UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season

[MK-74]

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It was a bad evening for Turkish teams. To be honest, I didn't expect we would see results like this. Galatasaray's opponent was strong, I did not expect them to play very well against Ajax. But Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe surprised me. I think Beşiktaş as should have won this match. They played promising football in the last matches, but they failed to score a goal last night.
Fenerbahçe shocked everyone, losing points against a very weak team. Fortunately, they still have a chance to continue their journey, but it's a shame that they can't even beat such weak teams

Fenerbahçe has been playing like this since the beginning of the season. The reason why the fans don't object is because they are winning. Fenerbahçe hasn't been playing well since the beginning of the league. I don't think they can win all the time with this bad play.

Galatasaray was playing well but they have been playing very badly for the last 4-5 weeks and we are seeing the results.
Both teams need to improve their play.

[Die_empty]

Early this season Manchester United has into pot 1 for drawing stages this makes them placed as the favourite with highest UEFA coefficient so that's why during group phase Manchester United didn't facing strong opponents but being an unbeated on group phase is good achievement especially if we see the current condition of Manchester United which still struggle to find their consistency in Premier league and among all of the teams who participate on Europa league this season i can see only Manchester United as the only one who can do that  

Sometimes one cannot just understand football. You see teams struggling in their Leagues having an exceptional. Performance in European competitions. In some cases, the contrary will be the case. Ajax is having a good time in the Dutch League but couldn't get a straight round of sixteen qualification. Manchester United has done well in the Europa but the main test will come in the next round.

Teams that have qualified will have to wait for the results of the playoff games for them to know who they will battle for the quarterfinals ticket. Before then we will have to enjoy some of the playoff games to see who will move to join the eight teams that got the instant slots.

[ajanwalker]

Turkish teams finished the night badly.

Beşiktaş lost 1-0 to Twente and said goodbye to Europe Leauge. Twente will play in the play-offs in Europe Leauge with this victory.

Galatasaray lost 2-1 to Ajax and finished the Europa League in 14th place. Who will be our opponent in the play-offs?

Fenerbahçe drew 2-2 with Midtjylland and will continue in the Europa League, waiting to see who their opponent will be.

It was a bad evening for Turkish teams. To be honest, I didn't expect we would see results like this. Galatasaray's opponent was strong, I did not expect them to play very well against Ajax. But Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe surprised me. I think Beşiktaş as should have won this match. They played promising football in the last matches, but they failed to score a goal last night.
Fenerbahçe shocked everyone, losing points against a very weak team. Fortunately, they still have a chance to continue their journey, but it's a shame that they can't even beat such weak teams

Both Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe play bad football, but especially Galatasaray is protected by the referees. In the last match, at least two players should have been sent off with red cards (even though the referee saw it, they did not). He is the undefeated leader in his own league, but the situation is different in Europe.
They could not beat the last place Kiev last week and lost 2-1 to Ajax this week. His flaws in his own league are revealed in the Europa League.
Fenerbahçe is playing badly, but there is no referee support.  If they had not conceded a goal in the last minutes of the Midtjylland match yesterday, this bad Fenerbahçe would have been in a higher place, but they had a draw and qualified for the play offs, albeit in 24th place.

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It was a bad evening for Turkish teams. To be honest, I didn't expect we would see results like this. Galatasaray's opponent was strong, I did not expect them to play very well against Ajax. But Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe surprised me. I think Beşiktaş as should have won this match. They played promising football in the last matches, but they failed to score a goal last night.
Fenerbahçe shocked everyone, losing points against a very weak team. Fortunately, they still have a chance to continue their journey, but it's a shame that they can't even beat such weak teams

Fenerbahçe has been playing like this since the beginning of the season. The reason why the fans don't object is because they are winning. Fenerbahçe hasn't been playing well since the beginning of the league. I don't think they can win all the time with this bad play.

Galatasaray was playing well but they have been playing very badly for the last 4-5 weeks and we are seeing the results.
Both teams need to improve their play.

I have read a lot of comments that Okan Buruk and Galatasaray should leave. The fans are generally dissatisfied, they think the team needs a better coach to be successful in Europe. They cannot play comfortably in European matches as they do in Turkey. This situation is greatly affected by the fact that the referees are different and the opponents are strong.
Let's see what they can achieve in the future

[giorgione]

Roma played a magnificent game by beating the Eintracht 2-0, it was a beautiful game, I went to see it at the stadium and I must say that it was a game without exclusion of shots, a fantastic match, so they qualified for Painoffs which is excellent for a team that is not doing very well in the championship, obviously I had bet on the victory, force always Rome

[Sim_card]

Early this season Manchester United has into pot 1 for drawing stages this makes them placed as the favourite with highest UEFA coefficient so that's why during group phase Manchester United didn't facing strong opponents but being an unbeated on group phase is good achievement especially if we see the current condition of Manchester United which still struggle to find their consistency in Premier league and among all of the teams who participate on Europa league this season i can see only Manchester United as the only one who can do that  

Sometimes one cannot just understand football. You see teams struggling in their Leagues having an exceptional. Performance in European competitions. In some cases, the contrary will be the case. Ajax is having a good time in the Dutch League but couldn't get a straight round of sixteen qualification. Manchester United has done well in the Europa but the main test will come in the next round.

Teams that have qualified will have to wait for the results of the playoff games for them to know who they will battle for the quarterfinals ticket. Before then we will have to enjoy some of the playoff games to see who will move to join the eight teams that got the instant slots.

This is why you cannot use the performance of a club in their domestic league to judge the club's performance in international competitions. Ajax was able to secure victory after three consecutive losses in their Europa matches, but they'll still be part of the playoffs. United is performing pretty good here, and I hope that they win their next match in the knockout stage.

[karabiber]

Fenerbahce played a stressful match against Midtjylland that will never be forgotten. The last minutes were crucial. Fenerbahce played without losing control of the game and qualified for the playoffs, albeit in last place. The fact that this was achieved despite missing so many players is good for Mourinho's future at the club. Fenerbahce has a chance to start again with the right additions to the team.

As for the game, Dzeko was one of the two worst players in the game, but with a net assist and a scoring contribution, his situation can be overlooked. However, because of Tadic, Fenerbahce played with 10 players. He was so ineffective that if he had been red carded Fenerbahce would have played the same game. At times Fenerbahce played well, at times badly, the pitch conditions were difficult and despite missing players, they got the desired result, albeit luckily.

[Slow death]

As I suspected, Lazio would most likely lose in this last match because they had been confirmed to qualify and were still at the top of the UEL standings, but even though they could beat Lazio, Braga still couldn't secure their position in the play-off zone so their struggle in the UEL only ended here.
I bet on BTTS and under 3.5 unfortunately I had to lose because Lazio didn't score a goal at all even though I thought at least Lazio was able to score 1 goal based on their productivity in the UEL.

Lazio's coach made changes to the team probably to save players since Lazio had already qualified even before yesterday's game, as in Serie A they are fighting for a place in the European Champions League, they need to save the squad, especially after the defeat in the last game against Fiorentina. They now need to try very hard not to lose in the remaining Serie A games.

[Velvet78]

I think all three Turkish teams will be defeated.
Ajax is a team that plays very good football on its home field.
If the match had been in Istanbul, I would have thought that Galatasaray would have won, but the situation is very different now.
It is more logical to bet on Ajax Galatasaray match with over 2.5 or over 3.5 goals.
Twente has no choice but to win to qualify for the play-offs and they will most likely win.
Midtjylland is an ambitious team and Fenerbahçe has a lot of shortcomings. Mourinho will go to the field for a draw and thinks that maybe a draw will be enough, but the home team is ahead for the win.

Your prediction was so close to turning out to be correct.    Fenerbahçe were the only one not losing their game. They actually made a nice comeback first but couldn't prevent the equalizer anyway.

But even this was enough to keep them alive for playoffs by finishing at the 24th position. If Braga's goal wasn't called offside, Fenerbahçe were also going to follow Beşiktaş right behind about getting eliminated.

Galatasary concedes and scores too just like you said, I really love this your analysis I will add this your options to mine and I hope it comes to be. Yesterday's games produced lots of goals in the Champions League, let's hope Europa League will follow suit.

Thanks for your comment. If you only added BTTS for the Galatasaray game and not all the other options I said then congrats!    Galatasaray scored the goal too late with Osimhen though despite having so many chances to score. But their defense was always ready to concede more like I said.

[SmartCharpa]

Let not mixed things up here about Manchester United. They were able to finished in a reasonable position in the Europa league simply because they haven't faced any strong opponent yet. Let be realistic here, can they really be proud of their performance yesterday against FCSB? Did you see how they struggle against an unknown club? The fact that they finished amongst the top and qualified doesn't mean they are really playing good games at the moment. I'm scared they might not be able to go far in this round because they will be facing more stronger team and continue with this awful performance will eventually get them eliminated. That yesterday victory was totally not convincing at all considering how incompatible they were against the team they played against.

Are you claiming that Manchester United were able to finish in a decent position just because they played against weak teams? I can't consider any team weak in this tournament because they qualified for the Europa League. Which weak team does Manchester United face during the group stage? Can you say Rangers, Porto and POAK aren't strong teams? Perhaps you mean Bodoe, Twente, and PIzen are poor teams. Did you believe that if Tottenham Spurs had played against all of the teams that Manchester United defeated in the group stage, they would have finished fourth?

However, I do not think you watched Manchester United's game against FCSB; even if you did not, I believe you should review the game numbers to determine which team dominated during the game. Manchester United controlled FCSB throughout the game, but they were not able to score a goal in the first half. Let us wait for the next round of the game to see how Manchester United plays, but at this point, I am confident that they are going to make it through the next round if they continue in this way.

[Republikcoin.com]

Roma played a magnificent game by beating the Eintracht 2-0, it was a beautiful game, I went to see it at the stadium and I must say that it was a game without exclusion of shots, a fantastic match, so they qualified for Painoffs which is excellent for a team that is not doing very well in the championship, obviously I had bet on the victory, force always Rome

Frankfurt itself also did not lose much when it lost badly to Roma in the match because Frankfurt was also able to qualify for the last 16 without having to go through the play-off round in the Europa League this season. And actually I was also impressed with Roma's performance at home, but that was still not enough for him because Roma also still needed more developed tactical input in the next round in order to advance to the last 16 in the Europa League. In addition, in the domestic league Roma also still needs to improve its position to be better because until now its position is still not good when compared to several other teams there.

[Cryptmuster]

Fenerbahçe has been playing like this since the beginning of the season. The reason why the fans don't object is because they are winning. Fenerbahçe hasn't been playing well since the beginning of the league. I don't think they can win all the time with this bad play.

Galatasaray was playing well but they have been playing very badly for the last 4-5 weeks and we are seeing the results.
Both teams need to improve their play.

Fenerbahce is an average team for the Europa League, but they have Mourinho, who has a lot of experience in European Cups and this can help them. The group stage was difficult for them, but now the most important thing is that they made it to the playoffs, it is not so important that they missed the victory with Midtjylland in the last minutes, and ended up in only 24th place. Mourinho believes that Fenerbahce can achieve good results in the Europa League, but I think that for this they need to strengthen the team.

[$crypto$]

Man United performed quite well in the Europa League not having a defeat only 3 times the series was quite good than other teams but still their problems in the Premier league still cannot be determined while up to here Man United has qualified enough with Spurs.

Although in the Premier League does not have a long hope while in this tournament Man United can be able to chase the trophy even though it is a bit heavy, but I think Amorin can go further in this tournament.

[AprilioMP]

Let not mixed things up here about Manchester United. They were able to finished in a reasonable position in the Europa league simply because they haven't faced any strong opponent yet. Let be realistic here, can they really be proud of their performance yesterday against FCSB? Did you see how they struggle against an unknown club? The fact that they finished amongst the top and qualified doesn't mean they are really playing good games at the moment. I'm scared they might not be able to go far in this round because they will be facing more stronger team and continue with this awful performance will eventually get them eliminated. That yesterday victory was totally not convincing at all considering how incompatible they were against the team they played against.

European League is different from the domestic league. Then, every team that plays in the European League cannot be said to be a weak team even though the European League rating is under the Champions League and it still cannot be considered that the European League is not a good league.
Manchester United appeared inconsistent in his domestic league, but faced a team that competed in the European League, Manchester United achieved the expected results.

What I want to say, every team faced by Manchester United in the European League is all the great teams in their respective domestic leagues such as Rangers and Porto.
It could be what you said about Manchester United's journey in the European League.

[Adbitco]

Thanks for your comment. If you only added BTTS for the Galatasaray game and not all the other options I said then congrats!    Galatasaray scored the goal too late with Osimhen though despite having so many chances to score. But their defense was always ready to concede more like I said.

I actually played three different tickets yesterday, yes I played Ajax and  Galatasary game GG option in one ticket and ov 2.5 option in another ticket but other games I added to it killed all the tickets. Luck wasn't on my side, if not with the options I picked, I was supposed to win at least one ticket yesterday. We try again this weekend.

[Spaceman1000$]

Turkish teams finished the night badly.

Beşiktaş lost 1-0 to Twente and said goodbye to Europe Leauge. Twente will play in the play-offs in Europe Leauge with this victory.

Galatasaray lost 2-1 to Ajax and finished the Europa League in 14th place. Who will be our opponent in the play-offs?

Fenerbahçe drew 2-2 with Midtjylland and will continue in the Europa League, waiting to see who their opponent will be.

It was a bad evening for Turkish teams. To be honest, I didn't expect we would see results like this. Galatasaray's opponent was strong, I did not expect them to play very well against Ajax. But Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe surprised me. I think Beşiktaş as should have won this match. They played promising football in the last matches, but they failed to score a goal last night.
Fenerbahçe shocked everyone, losing poin ts against a very weak team. Fortunately, they still have a chance to continue their journey, but it's a shame that they can't even beat such weak teams

The results gotten by the Turkish side in this week's Europa League fixture goes to further explain the narrative in the Turkish league and perhaps Galatasaray can be excused on this one, but for besiktas and fenerbache I would score them low due to their performance in their respective fixtures because they didnt encounter a strong opponent as Galatasaray yet they couldn't get the desired result, besiktas who seem to be very proactive alongside fenerbache in the Turkish super league were expected to all win but it didnt happen and I don't think coach Jose maurinho would be happy with this result because this result might puts them in a very dangerous position as regards their chances of qualification.

[SatoPrincess]

In reality, Manchester United has not been satisfactory enough in Amorim's hands. He still needs to improve many things in his squad and one of them is goal productivity which is still quite minimal. Manchester United's squad must really improve if they want to return to glory, but without the right investment it will be very difficult to make that dream come true.

The transfer market is open and so far I've only seen Manchester United doing strange things:

They're signing an 18-year-old player, Ayden Heaven

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1884188484157808940

They are trying to sign Patrick Dorgu

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1884032965975630238

Lecce player who played 21 games and scored only 3 goals, he is a defender, in recent years Manchester United has changed coaches and when the coach comes to the team he starts making bad signings. Nothing is changing

Good to see Manchester United finally getting signings in this January window atleast this should raise the team’s spirit a bit seeing how poorly they have performed in league games this season. I hear they have also completed the signing of a new left back to strengthen their defense, could this be the start of Amorim’s master plan? Because I am very anxious now to see what happen next for the rest of the season for United.

[Polkeins]

Manchester United's performance has been poor this season but they are doing well in the Europa League. Although their position in the Premier League is not good, their position in the Europa League is very good and their performance is also very good. Manchester United finished the European with a great performance and they qualified for the next round by finishing third in the points table. Manchester United must play stronger at the moment and improve their performance as they have been able to achieve a good position.

Let not mixed things up here about Manchester United. They were able to finished in a reasonable position in the Europa league simply because they haven't faced any strong opponent yet. Let be realistic here, can they really be proud of their performance yesterday against FCSB? Did you see how they struggle against an unknown club? The fact that they finished amongst the top and qualified doesn't mean they are really playing good games at the moment. I'm scared they might not be able to go far in this round because they will be facing more stronger team and continue with this awful performance will eventually get them eliminated. That yesterday victory was totally not convincing at all considering how incompatible they were against the team they played against.

Early this season Manchester United has into pot 1 for drawing stages this makes them placed as the favourite with highest UEFA coefficient so that's why during group phase Manchester United didn't facing strong opponents but being an unbeated on group phase is good achievement especially if we see the current condition of Manchester United which still struggle to find their consistency in Premier league and among all of the teams who participate on Europa league this season i can see only Manchester United as the only one who can do that  

Manchester seems not to have lost yet in the Europa League and Manchester managed to set a kind of Champions League and Europa League record of not losing a single match among all 72 teams in the tournament. So in the Europa League Manchester performs perfectly, and after the arrival of Amorim United began to confidently win the Europa League, so I think that now given the position of United in the EPL Amorim can focus on the Europa League, because the chances of winning the trophy at Manchester United is quite realistic.

In the EPL Manchester will not be the champion for sure, but the europa league can still bring the trophy to Amorim. 

[cygan]

the play-off pairings for the upcoming round of 16 in the europa league have now also been decided
in my opinion, fc porto vs. as roma is the most interesting match. the playoffs will be held on february 13 and 20

[doomloop]

Both Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe play bad football, but especially Galatasaray is protected by the referees. In the last match, at least two players should have been sent off with red cards (even though the referee saw it, they did not). He is the undefeated leader in his own league, but the situation is different in Europe.
They could not beat the last place Kiev last week and lost 2-1 to Ajax this week. His flaws in his own league are revealed in the Europa League.
Fenerbahçe is playing badly, but there is no referee support.  If they had not conceded a goal in the last minutes of the Midtjylland match yesterday, this bad Fenerbahçe would have been in a higher place, but they had a draw and qualified for the play offs, albeit in 24th place.

All Turkish clubs were bad on last day of group stage games while their performance needs to be improved in European competitions because they are not having enough quality and depth which helps them for having good results. Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe both are dominating clubs in Turkish Super League but sadly too many flaws into their overall performance which are surely not good Galatasaray started well but sadly at the end 3 draws and lost mean their defense and attack both needed more work injuries are having huge impact on them.

After arrival of José Mourinho there were good chance for Fenerbahçe to have good strategy and improvement but still things are not on balance, and they are having not positive chemistry which give them good results and chance of having good results in European competitions.