UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season

[Despairo]

What a play by Bodo, FC Twente made 2 mistakes by scoring own goals, Bodo deserved to win in this match because they have very good stamina.

I saw the match. It was Ajax who made us shocked definitely. But in the term, Ajax was not comfortable at anymore in the match. After getting red card Ajax turned into defensive and they was succeed I think, and Sutalo was just incredible having 7.2 ratings. But Union performed unexpectedly well, though they did not proceed to the next level but they deserve a huge kudus for today's performance.

They do what they can to win, obviously playing with 10 players will affect their performance, that's why they use parking the bus tactic. Even Union St.Gilloise's players shots 34x times, but they only conceded two goals, so the tactic was working.

Sometime I don't understand why many players are more aggressive in international league, many teams received red card.

[mammusu]

How pleased Jose Mourinho when his team qualified for the next Round. He was proud of his team because Fenerbahce is the only Turkish team that can continue to Europa. His strategy he made was worked by not resting the player before match begin. Jose know that if the machine player must be preheated to perform optimally. Even it's a bit panicky when Luis Vazquez create a goal on minutes 55 and make the aggregate even closer, Jose still instructs the squad to remain calm, and keep running the strategy that he was instructed, So far succeeded and brought Fenerbahce as being the only turkish club going to next 16 round.

Fenerbache is the only Turkish team that can advance to the round of 16, while the galatasaray who are actually more favorites actually must to get out of the European league faster after they lost with big aggregate from AZ Alkmaar, yesterday match was tight for Fenerbache, although they had won the first leg with a score of 3-0, but Mourinho who seemed to be looking for safe actually instructed his players to attack in the first half for increase the chances of qualification, but unfortunately the goal scoring by Youssef En-Nesyri in the 4th minute actually made the atmosphere of the match chaotic, because the fans of Fenerbache and Anderlecht got into a fight and forced the referee temporarily stop the match, I think the intensity of yesterday match was really very high with the ambitions of the two teams who wanted to qualify for the match, Fenerbache and Mourinho of course rejoiced at their agregat victory and qualification at this time,But let's see how they can overcome the challenges that exist in the round of 16 of the Europa League later.

[Swordsoffreedom]

How pleased Jose Mourinho when his team qualified for the next Round. He was proud of his team because Fenerbahce is the only Turkish team that can continue to Europa. His strategy he made was worked by not resting the player before match begin. Jose know that if the machine player must be preheated to perform optimally. Even it's a bit panicky when Luis Vazquez create a goal on minutes 55 and make the aggregate even closer, Jose still instructs the squad to remain calm, and keep running the strategy that he was instructed, So far succeeded and brought Fenerbahce as being the only turkish club going to next 16 round.

Fenerbache is the only Turkish team that can advance to the round of 16, while the galatasaray who are actually more favorites actually must to get out of the European league faster after they lost with big aggregate from AZ Alkmaar, yesterday match was tight for Fenerbache, although they had won the first leg with a score of 3-0, but Mourinho who seemed to be looking for safe actually instructed his players to attack in the first half for increase the chances of qualification, but unfortunately the goal scoring by Youssef En-Nesyri in the 4th minute actually made the atmosphere of the match chaotic, because the fans of Fenerbache and Anderlecht got into a fight and forced the referee temporarily stop the match, I think the intensity of yesterday match was really very high with the ambitions of the two teams who wanted to qualify for the match, Fenerbache and Mourinho of course rejoiced at their victory and qualification at this time,But let's see how they can overcome the challenges that exist in the round of 16 of the Europa League later.

Fenerbahce has qualified for the next round of the Europa League, while Galatasaray has been eliminated from the playoffs. I thought Fenerbahce would be  eliminated and gaalatasaray would qualify for the next round. But Galatasaray is performing very poorly in the playoffs.

Galatasaray is  at the top of the Super League table, but their performance in the europa league is weak. They have not been able to dominate a single match against Alkmaar. Even in yesterday's home match against Galatasaray , we saw  Alkmaar's dominance. However galatasaray will probably focus more on the Super lig now. On the other hand,  Fenerbahce will want to do well in the Europa League.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Fenerbahce has qualified for the next round of the Europa League, while Galatasaray has been eliminated from the playoffs. I thought Fenerbahce would be  eliminated and gaalatasaray would qualify for the next round. But Galatasaray is performing very poorly in the playoffs.

Galatasaray is  at the top of the Super League table, but their performance in the europa league is weak. They have not been able to dominate a single match against Alkmaar. Even in yesterday's home match against Galatasaray , we saw  Alkmaar's dominance. However galatasaray will probably focus more on the Super lig now. On the other hand,  Fenerbahce will want to do well in the Europa League.

Fenerbahce had done their best in the first leg so in the second leg they played quite confidently, the final result of a 2-2 draw was enough to make them qualify after in the first leg they managed to win 3 goals.
And for Galatasaray made many mistakes in the first leg and also AZ is a tough opponent even Galatasaray almost lost again at home after being 2 goals behind so there was no effort that Galatasaray could do.

From the results of the Europa League play-off round there were no big surprises even though almost all the matches were fierce especially the Roma vs Porto match as predicted from the start that this match would be fierce and Roma was able to come out as the winner with an Agg of only 1 goal.

[OcTradism]

How pleased Jose Mourinho when his team qualified for the next Round. He was proud of his team because Fenerbahce is the only Turkish team that can continue to Europa. His strategy he made was worked by not resting the player before match begin. Jose know that if the machine player must be preheated to perform optimally. Even it's a bit panicky when Luis Vazquez create a goal on minutes 55 and make the aggregate even closer, Jose still instructs the squad to remain calm, and keep running the strategy that he was instructed, So far succeeded and brought Fenerbahce as being the only turkish club going to next 16 round.

With Jose Mourinho, his tactics, experience and very sharp vision during matches, any club under his management in cup format is very dangerous. Again in this match he managed to guide his players and rescued Fenerbahce from a defeat and move next in Europa League. They were deranked from Champions League but if they can win Europa League, it will still be a big title for Fenerbahce.

Fenerbahce has qualified for the next round of the Europa League, while Galatasaray has been eliminated from the playoffs. I thought Fenerbahce would be  eliminated and gaalatasaray would qualify for the next round. But Galatasaray is performing very poorly in the playoffs.

Fenerbahce completed a hardest phase, playoff phase in Europa League and with Jose Mourinho, an expert in knockout matches, Fenerbahce has good chance to go far in Europa League this season. Jose Mourinho won Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, the only coach did it with different clubs at all three UEFA competitions in history.

We can see how he changed AS Roma and helped them having two UEFA final matches within two years, one Conference League title and one runner-up in Europa League. He is going to do something big for Fenerbahce like a title in Europa League.

[Polkeins]

How pleased Jose Mourinho when his team qualified for the next Round. He was proud of his team because Fenerbahce is the only Turkish team that can continue to Europa. His strategy he made was worked by not resting the player before match begin. Jose know that if the machine player must be preheated to perform optimally. Even it's a bit panicky when Luis Vazquez create a goal on minutes 55 and make the aggregate even closer, Jose still instructs the squad to remain calm, and keep running the strategy that he was instructed, So far succeeded and brought Fenerbahce as being the only turkish club going to next 16 round.

Now Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce have an excellent streak of 15 matches without defeat, including 11 wins and 4 draws and Anderlecht were lucky to draw with Fenerbahce instead of losing.
Before the first match with Fenerbahce we thought that Anderlecht was the clear favorite, because he came out of the selection in 8th place, and Fenerbahce with 24th, but Mourinho once again proved that he is a special coach and can squeeze the maximum out of even average players, making them play at the limit of their capabilities.
We can compare Fenerbahce and Galatasaray, who have a better selection of players, but even Osimhen did not help Galatasaray defeat Az with a total score of 3:6, and having more modest resources Fenerbahce reached the next stage.
I think if United had trusted Mourinho more, Manchester United would be a very different team now.

[bering]

For second leg i can see Osimhen has bring positive impact to Galatasaray performance because at least he can scored but everything seems to be useless because Galatasaray have to pursuing deficit 4 goals which this is impossibe for them besides that Galatasaray have displayed weak defense and so far they have conceded 6 goals total in playoff stages which also causes Galatasaray have to eleminate early and their journey have to ended this is dissapointing because for Turkish club only Fenerbahce left who still playing at this competition

Meanwhile Roma has successfully to overcome Porto with final aggregate 4-3 this is not easy match for Roma but i can see Roma can taking advantage from the red card incident which received by Porto player because after this incident Roma play with very aggressive and finally they can win the match although Roma changing the manager several times but they still able to managed their achievement in this competition by advances to the knockout phase in the last several season

[satscraper]

Galatasaray's squad was quite strong. Talented players like Osimhen and Icardi were in Galatasaray's squad. I considered Galatasaray to be the favorite to win the Europa League. But Galatasaray's performance against AZ Alkmaar was very poor.

AZ Alkmaar won their home match against Galatasaray by a big margin of 4-1. After being behind by such a big margin, it was no longer possible for Galatasaray to qualify for the next round. Even then, Galatasaray's team could not play that well in the home match. Alkmaar's players also performed well in the home match against Galatasaray.

 Yeah, Osimhen always plays  like the knockout spartan and considered to be something like the  security blanket for the team.

Regarding to be a winner in he Europa League, I would like to see Galatasaray on this stand, but performance of their opponents  ^{which seems to be  the bolt from the blue for team's couch} in this  league don't hold out a hope of this.

[hyudien]

Galatasaray's squad was quite strong. Talented players like Osimhen and Icardi were in Galatasaray's squad. I considered Galatasaray to be the favorite to win the Europa League. But Galatasaray's performance against AZ Alkmaar was very poor.

AZ Alkmaar won their home match against Galatasaray by a big margin of 4-1. After being behind by such a big margin, it was no longer possible for Galatasaray to qualify for the next round. Even then, Galatasaray's team could not play that well in the home match. Alkmaar's players also performed well in the home match against Galatasaray.

 Yeah, Osimhen always plays  like the knockout spartan and considered to be something like the  security blanket for the team.

Regarding to be a winner in he Europa League, I would like to see Galatasaray on this stand, but performance of their opponents  ^{which seems to be  the bolt from the blue for team's couch} in this  league don't hold out a hope of this.

Galatasaray's journey in the Europa League this season is over, yes they could not turn things around after they had to draw in the second leg against Az Alkmaar, while their goal difference in the first leg was 3 goals.
They had to be eliminated faster and I personally did not actually predict this. However, the opponents they faced were also good teams, so maybe they were unlucky because they had to get opponents who were almost the same level.
Now the Europa League is entering a new round, yes we are in the last 16 and the competition will be even more interesting.

[3meek]

Personally, I'm not surprised that Galatasaray drew in the return match... Even Osimhen couldn't help them to make a comeback, and it's probably right to say that AZ Alkmaar played much better than the hosts... They were able to score two goals first, which increased the gap in the lead... In general in this match there were some crazy statistics of corners and shots on target... I expected AZ Alkmaar to play in defence, but they surprised probably not only me...

[Xcode7]

Personally, I'm not surprised that Galatasaray drew in the return match... Even Osimhen couldn't help them to make a comeback, and it's probably right to say that AZ Alkmaar played much better than the hosts... They were able to score two goals first, which increased the gap in the lead... In general in this match there were some crazy statistics of corners and shots on target... I expected AZ Alkmaar to play in defence, but they surprised probably not only me...

This is all inseparable from the enormous pressure on Galatasaray after they were 3 goals behind in the first leg due to the many mistakes they made, this was a difficult mission full of pressure even though Galatasaray played at home and it was proven when AZ Alkmaar played defensively and they managed to score 2 goals first before finally in the second half Galatasaray managed to equalize but that was still not enough to keep them in the Europa League.
This is a fair result because overall it must be admitted that AZ Alkmaar's strength or performance is slightly better and they deserve to qualify.

[karabiber]

How pleased Jose Mourinho when his team qualified for the next Round. He was proud of his team because Fenerbahce is the only Turkish team that can continue to Europa. His strategy he made was worked by not resting the player before match begin. Jose know that if the machine player must be preheated to perform optimally. Even it's a bit panicky when Luis Vazquez create a goal on minutes 55 and make the aggregate even closer, Jose still instructs the squad to remain calm, and keep running the strategy that he was instructed, So far succeeded and brought Fenerbahce as being the only turkish club going to next 16 round.

Fenerbahçe played a comfortable match against Anderlecht with the effect of their win in the first leg and qualified for the top 16. Fenerbahçe are playing a game in which they can switch up and down the gears at will. Mourinho's presence is felt every second of the game. At the same time, Mourinho put the opposition to sleep with a good tactic and didn't tire the team too much. Yusuf Akçiçek was the star of this match. His balanced play, his vision, his accurate passes and finally his goal contribution made him the star of this match. If Fenerbahçe continues to play consistently and with balance, they have a chance to reach the semifinals of this tournament.

[Juicyhome]

For second leg i can see Osimhen has bring positive impact to Galatasaray performance because at least he can scored but everything seems to be useless because Galatasaray have to pursuing deficit 4 goals which this is impossibe for them besides that Galatasaray have displayed weak defense and so far they have conceded 6 goals total in playoff stages which also causes Galatasaray have to eleminate early and their journey have to ended this is dissapointing because for Turkish club only Fenerbahce left who still playing at this competition

Meanwhile Roma has successfully to overcome Porto with final aggregate 4-3 this is not easy match for Roma but i can see Roma can taking advantage from the red card incident which received by Porto player because after this incident Roma play with very aggressive and finally they can win the match although Roma changing the manager several times but they still able to managed their achievement in this competition by advances to the knockout phase in the last several season

This Galatasaray team is just overrated, their performance in Europe competition is very poor compared to the Turkey league. You can't reply on them to win a game or not to concede a goal, the team is just disorganized, no pattern of play. Its just individual performance, the coach should be sacked, how can you lose 2 nil to Az Alkmaar  at after half at home on a 4-1 aggregate, its obvious the Galatasaray are just favorite in the Turkey league, when it comes to Europe competition they can play because no officials to help them just as they have been helping them with bad officiating for their favor in their league.  Have watched their games in the group stage, and i can tell they are team you should not bet on straight winning, you can bet on goals for them.

Oshimhen and Icardi are players that should take Galatasaray to the round of 16, but it's  quite unfortunate the are out of the competition at this stage.
Roma did a great come back yesterday against Porto, it was an interesting  game. Paul Dybala brace in the first half gave Roma the needed  home advantage to proceed to the next round, Port gave them tough game but the early two goals they conceded destabilized them.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

Fenerbahçe played a comfortable match against Anderlecht with the effect of their win in the first leg and qualified for the top 16. Fenerbahçe are playing a game in which they can switch up and down the gears at will. Mourinho's presence is felt every second of the game. At the same time, Mourinho put the opposition to sleep with a good tactic and didn't tire the team too much. Yusuf Akçiçek was the star of this match. His balanced play, his vision, his accurate passes and finally his goal contribution made him the star of this match. If Fenerbahçe continues to play consistently and with balance, they have a chance to reach the semifinals of this tournament.

The victory in the first leg made Fenerbahce have no pressure in the second leg, they looked so relaxed without any ambition to win, maybe that was Jose Mourinho tactic so they could control the game to secure the aggregate victory. Once again, Jose Mourinho experience in European competition has had a positive impact on Fenerbahce, when Galatasaray were eliminated after being humiliated by AZ Alkmaar, Fenerbahce were able to advance to the last 16.

[HajiBagi]

For second leg i can see Osimhen has bring positive impact to Galatasaray performance because at least he can scored but everything seems to be useless because Galatasaray have to pursuing deficit 4 goals which this is impossibe for them besides that Galatasaray have displayed weak defense and so far they have conceded 6 goals total in playoff stages which also causes Galatasaray have to eleminate early and their journey have to ended this is dissapointing because for Turkish club only Fenerbahce left who still playing at this competition

Meanwhile Roma has successfully to overcome Porto with final aggregate 4-3 this is not easy match for Roma but i can see Roma can taking advantage from the red card incident which received by Porto player because after this incident Roma play with very aggressive and finally they can win the match although Roma changing the manager several times but they still able to managed their achievement in this competition by advances to the knockout phase in the last several season

I said before that Galatasaray is not going to qualify for the round of 16 in the Europa League with their poor performance in the league, first leg Alkmaar defeated them with 4 goals and second leg they drew the match, this shows that Galatasaray was not good and they will find it difficult to win a trophy this season, Galatasaray has lost the hope of qualifying to next round of Europa League since the first leg of the match, now that Galatasaray is out of Europa League they should go and focus on their league and play well.

Roma defeated Porto and I expect that to happen because Roma is in good shape this season and they are capable of defeating Porto, Roma has shown a good performance in the Europa League but the performance is not good enough to make them qualify for the round of 16 but I think as Roma qualify to another they will be serious, Another player that surprised me in the game is Dybala the guy is still playing well at his age.

[ajanwalker]

I think Gilloise was wrong in the Ajax U.S. Gilloise match.
Goalkeeper Pasveer made two penalties, but the referee did not see these penalties and VAR did not step in and warn him. He uncontrollably interferes with his opponent with his hand both during the normal time of the match and in the extra time. He hits his opponent because he can't time it. I think it was a clear penalty, but I don't know what Halam thought and didn't give it.
U.S. Gilloise was the superior side in the match, but they conceded a goal in extra time and bid farewell to the tournament.
Dutch teams, except Twente, continue to win the cups without any loss.
Dutch football is on the rise.

[Cryptmuster]

This is all inseparable from the enormous pressure on Galatasaray after they were 3 goals behind in the first leg due to the many mistakes they made, this was a difficult mission full of pressure even though Galatasaray played at home and it was proven when AZ Alkmaar played defensively and they managed to score 2 goals first before finally in the second half Galatasaray managed to equalize but that was still not enough to keep them in the Europa League.
This is a fair result because overall it must be admitted that AZ Alkmaar's strength or performance is slightly better and they deserve to qualify.

The main problem of Galatasaray is that they forget about their defense, you can't concede so many goals and hope to win. Everything was decided in the first match, and in the return game they absolutely couldn't concede. But they again conceded two goals and couldn't even win, so I think they didn't have much chance to achieve something significant in this EL. Roma was a pleasant surprise, they were able to get past Porto, Ranieri was still able to make positive changes to the team.

[yenerbatmaz]

I think Gilloise was wrong in the Ajax U.S. Gilloise match.
Goalkeeper Pasveer made two penalties, but the referee did not see these penalties and VAR did not step in and warn him. He uncontrollably interferes with his opponent with his hand both during the normal time of the match and in the extra time. He hits his opponent because he can't time it. I think it was a clear penalty, but I don't know what Halam thought and didn't give it.
U.S. Gilloise was the superior side in the match, but they conceded a goal in extra time and bid farewell to the tournament.
Dutch teams, except Twente, continue to win the cups without any loss.
Dutch football is on the rise.

It caught my attention in the summaries, too, but it means that these positions are not penalties, but in Europe.
If it were in Turkey, the referee would have given a penalty before VAR even stepped in.
It's a shame for the U.S. Gilloise Team, but you found Ajax playing with 10 people like this, they should have finished the job in normal time. When the match went to extra time, Ajax started to make attacks and scored a goal with a penalty.
Ajax was the lucky side yesterday.

[Sim_card]

For second leg i can see Osimhen has bring positive impact to Galatasaray performance because at least he can scored but everything seems to be useless because Galatasaray have to pursuing deficit 4 goals which this is impossibe for them besides that Galatasaray have displayed weak defense and so far they have conceded 6 goals total in playoff stages which also causes Galatasaray have to eleminate early and their journey have to ended this is dissapointing because for Turkish club only Fenerbahce left who still playing at this competition

Galatasaray defense was so porous that AZ players were breaking through easily as if it was theirs. When a club has a weak defense, they are vulnerable to defeats. AZ should have scored more than two goals in the match but they were not lucky enough.

Meanwhile Roma has successfully to overcome Porto with final aggregate 4-3 this is not easy match for Roma but i can see Roma can taking advantage from the red card incident which received by Porto player because after this incident Roma play with very aggressive and finally they can win the match although Roma changing the manager several times but they still able to managed their achievement in this competition by advances to the knockout phase in the last several season

Roma proved their superior over Roma yesterday, because they didn't give Roma any breathing space to put themselves back into the player with their aggressive attack.

[Velvet78]

I dont expect lot of goals between Roma and Porto, as an Italian club Roma will try and play defence hard and thats why i think there wont be much goals between these two teams,the only way there can be if the match opens up early. I dont know why its such a high odd on Ajax they are the main favorites in this match

We watched 5 goals which was even more than I expected.    Defending isn't a thing Roma are great at actually. This is why they are playing more offensive to make up for it. Here against Porto, they were successful about it by a 3-2 win. When it comes to Ajax, I failed too hard by betting on them. That early red card just finished off my hopes. I compared the lineups between the first leg and this one and I didn't see much difference either. But bookmakers still gave Ajax really high odds.


Galatasaray were once again terrible with defending. But the strategy was wrong in the first place. Why would you play long ball while you have the players who can enter the penalty area easily by passing? They handed over the next phase to AZ too easily.