UEFA Conference League 2025/26 Season

[Berry2d]

if shakhtar had managed to gain a slight advantage in their home match against crystal palace, we might have seen an interesting game today, but it looks like it’s going to be a boring match. crystal palace doesn’t need a goal, and they’re playing at home. plus, they’re already up by two goals. unless shakhtar plays exceptionally well, i think crystal palace could win 1-0 and advance to the next round today. i think the strasbourg vs. vallecano match will be more entertaining. strasbourg will have to make a comeback.

The result shakhtar got from there last game against Crystal Palace was the best they could get while playing with a team better than them. In that last game,  Crystal Palace ran out of favour that was why the goal was not much, assuming they where able to capitalise on shakhtar's weaknesses what they went home with at last would have been more than that.
Its already end of first half and the game is still ending in a draw but with of 65 percent dominance against crystal palace which significantly show shakhtar are fighting to still remain active in the Europa conference league even with a lost in there first leg.
With the way things are now, know matter how dominating shakhtar is in today's game i dont think they can find any opportunity for coming out victorious at last.

[Slow death]

In the first half, Crystal Palace is drawing at home, and it's strange that, being a home game, they're drawing and not winning. Maybe in the second half they'll come onto the pitch with more motivation, score more goals, and manage to win the game. Because so far they only have one goal thanks to the opponent scoring an own goal. Honestly, I hope Crystal Palace doesn't get carried away thinking that winning the first leg guarantees them passage to the next round.

[Marykeller]

I don’t think Crystal Palace will lose today. Shakhtar will give it their all on the road. I expect a rough game.
Strasbourg will win at home against Vallecano. They have to win. Since they lost the first match 1-0, the away team holds the advantage, so they must apply pressure from the very first minutes. They must capitalize on any mistakes to score goals.

Crystal Palace dont have to win, get a draw and move on. 3:1 is a good advantage for Crystal Palace playing at their home stadium. Shakhtar on the other hand is a good team. It wont be easy for Crystal Palace because Shakhtar is going to die on the pitch.

1-0 i reasonable,0-0 is also reasonable. The final is in the corner if they win today so they don't need to injure their player trying to win the game.

Crystal Palace is successfully having a 1-1 draw in the first half (4-2 aggregate) against Shakhtar. It can be said that the Crystal Palace is on its way to the finals, to face Rayo Vallecano who is leading by 0-1(2-0 aggregate) against Strasbourg in tonight's Conference League match.

So, we are having Crystal Palace to face Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League finals. Crystal Palace to lift the Conference league hopefully

[Issa56]

In the first half, Crystal Palace is drawing at home, and it's strange that, being a home game, they're drawing and not winning. Maybe in the second half they'll come onto the pitch with more motivation, score more goals, and manage to win the game.

Crystal palace won the first leg of the match, so I don’t really think they will be desperate to get a win today, all what they will fight for in the match will be draw, they don’t really need to win before they going to qualify for the final. Crystal palace is having 2 goals advantage, and I don’t really think shakhtar Donetsk will score two goals without Crystal palace scoring anything. As I was making the post, crystal palace has scored another goal. I don’t think there is anything left for shakhtar Donetsk in the match, Crystal palace have qualified to the final already.

[Joy- maker]

Currently, there's a chance that all three European Cups could be won by English teams. Arsenal reached the Champions League final, an English finalist is expected in the Europa League, and Crystal Palace will likely reach the Conference League final today. It would be a very interesting situation if all three cups were won by English teams. England's success rate is constantly rising. We don't see any teams better than them in leagues like the Conference League or the Europa League. Naturally, English teams are considered favorites for the cup when the league starts.

I think this season is for the English teams, but I am not certain. I doubt if arsenal would be able to beat paris siant Germain FC at the champions League final.

Arsenal getting back into form still doesn't change the fact that they are no longer playing attractive football like they did when the season first started.

Even arsenal winning the premier League title is not still certain, and it will be very disappointing if they finish this season without winning a trophy. Crystal Palace on the other hand may reach the conference League final today, but it is not certain that they would win it.

[Oluwa-btc]

I'm after two things right now. Crystal Palace becoming Champions of the Conference League Competition and also pur Senegalese and African brother Ismaila Sarr becoming the highest goalscorer.
He just got to score again in this game and right now he leads the chat having Nine goals scored in this competition this season. Should he not be Crystal Palace player of the season? Winning the AFCON and also both the highest goals scored and most likely the Conference cup. He should, he deserves it!

[Tonimez]

Currently, there's a chance that all three European Cups could be won by English teams. Arsenal reached the Champions League final, an English finalist is expected in the Europa League, and Crystal Palace will likely reach the Conference League final today. It would be a very interesting situation if all three cups were won by English teams. England's success rate is constantly rising. We don't see any teams better than them in leagues like the Conference League or the Europa League. Naturally, English teams are considered favorites for the cup when the league starts.

I think this season is for the English teams, but I am not certain. I doubt if arsenal would be able to beat paris siant Germain FC at the champions League final.

Arsenal getting back into form still doesn't change the fact that they are no longer playing attractive football like they did when the season first started.

Even arsenal winning the premier League title is not still certain, and it will be very disappointing if they finish this season without winning a trophy. Crystal Palace on the other hand may reach the conference League final today, but it is not certain that they would win it.

As it stands now, Arsenal has the opportunity of winning two trophies this season and they are all good trophies. The premier League is express for the arsenal team at least they have 2 points advantage following Manchester city's away draw to Everton which gave them a good opportunity. If arsenal should focus on winning all their premier League matches which is only 3 in number, they will be sure of winning the title no matter what Manchester city plays. If arsenal wins the league, they will have a boosted zeal to play PSG in the champions League final and they also stand a good opportunity to win this time since they also lost the last season champions League to PSG.

Aston villa is dealing with Nottingham forest at home currently as they have scored 4 -0 with the game yet to end. This is an express way to the Europa League title since Freiburg is also dealing with Braga currently with a 3-1 lead.

Crystal palace is handling Donetski with a 2-1 lead meaning a 5-2 aggregate already. I'm pretty sure that Crystal palace will win the game and probably win the conference league title. It's not wrong to think it will be an all English thing this season as it's only Arsenal that doesn't seem very trustworthy in this finals we're all longing to see.

[Agbamoni]

Full-time score: Crystal Palace 2:1 Shakhtar
Crystal Palace didn't have to do much in this game. The plan is to get a draw or win, and the result was a win for the home side. This is the third consecutive season Crystal Palace has qualified for the final. Palace won the FA Cup against Manchester City last season. Palace also won the Community Shield against Liverpool. I am sure they are going to win the UEFA Conference League this season.

[el kaka22]

Palace has a huge advantage, and I do not think that they are going to let it slip this easily, so the game should eb a win for them at home game, let alone lose that big.

But the other game, the Vallecano and Strassbourg game could be anything, We have seen Vallecano win at home, but that also means Strassbourg could win at home as well and this could be a very close game. We are not sure what is going to happen, but the best case is that we have a chance that we could see this be a very close game. Let's wait and see.

[GiftedMAN]

Full-time score: Crystal Palace 2:1 Shakhtar
Crystal Palace didn't have to do much in this game. The plan is to get a draw or win, and the result was a win for the home side. This is the third consecutive season Crystal Palace has qualified for the final. Palace won the FA Cup against Manchester City last season. Palace also won the Community Shield against Liverpool. I am sure they are going to win the UEFA Conference League this season.

Congrats to Crystal Palace for making us proud once again. In 10 minutes of the game Crystal Palace scored but the goal was ruled out by VAR, 15 minutes later they scored through an own goal and despite having the advantage with the goals they continued their decent attacks until they got rewarded as they scored to make it 2:1. The finals they have won are against English teams but now they will face Rayo Vallecano in the finals let's see if they will end up defeating the team from Spanish.

[xzone]

Full-time score: Crystal Palace 2:1 Shakhtar
Crystal Palace didn't have to do much in this game. The plan is to get a draw or win, and the result was a win for the home side. This is the third consecutive season Crystal Palace has qualified for the final. Palace won the FA Cup against Manchester City last season. Palace also won the Community Shield against Liverpool. I am sure they are going to win the UEFA Conference League this season.

Crystal Palace are truly achieving great things. They've been successful in competitions like this for years, and considering they don't have a huge budget, they deserve respect. They even manage to win matches against teams with better squads.
They played well against Shakhtar; they didn't need to do more. A draw would have been enough for them, yet they managed to win the match. It was a truly successful evening for them

[ingiltere]

Palace has a huge advantage, and I do not think that they are going to let it slip this easily, so the game should eb a win for them at home game, let alone lose that big.

But the other game, the Vallecano and Strassbourg game could be anything, We have seen Vallecano win at home, but that also means Strassbourg could win at home as well and this could be a very close game. We are not sure what is going to happen, but the best case is that we have a chance that we could see this be a very close game. Let's wait and see.

I don't understand what you mean. They've played both matches. Why did you talk as if there was another match?
Crystal Palace won both matches. For many people, they've been the tournaments favorite from the beginning. Rayo Vallecano also won both matches and kept a clean sheet in both games. Strasbourg were very strong in the group stage and made it to the semi final as one of the favorites, but they were a disappointment in this round. There will be 2 favorites face each other in the final.

[IjawMan]

In the first half, Crystal Palace is drawing at home, and it's strange that, being a home game, they're drawing and not winning. Maybe in the second half they'll come onto the pitch with more motivation, score more goals, and manage to win the game. Because so far they only have one goal thanks to the opponent scoring an own goal. Honestly, I hope Crystal Palace doesn't get carried away thinking that winning the first leg guarantees them passage to the next round.

That it was a hike match for Crystal palace does. Ot  make their opponent as a piece of bread to simply muscle right from first half, this is Donetsk Shakhtar one of the best team in the Ukrainian league.

Crystal palace will have Pedrinho to be grateful for, for giving them an own goal which was the edge to their motivation in winning the match. Without that goal the match would have gone beyond regular time and the result would not have favoured the English club when it gets to penalties kick..

We now have all the English clubs still in the european leagues making it to the finals of respective competition. Arsenal in champions league, Aston villa in europa and here is Crystal palace at the conference league final.

[Popkon6]

In the first half, Crystal Palace is drawing at home, and it's strange that, being a home game, they're drawing and not winning. Maybe in the second half they'll come onto the pitch with more motivation, score more goals, and manage to win the game. Because so far they only have one goal thanks to the opponent scoring an own goal. Honestly, I hope Crystal Palace doesn't get carried away thinking that winning the first leg guarantees them passage to the next round.

There was a very competitive moment between the two teams, in the first half of the game both teams were performing with confidence and the game ended in a draw. But in the second half of the game Crystal Palace team developed a more aggressive attitude to show their performance and they got a goal, very opposite team they did not get a goal despite their efforts because they created some weak points. The goal was scored at the last minute due to a misunderstanding between Shakhtar team defenders, but here Crystal Palace team is a little stronger than the opposite team.
Crystal Palace team coach used different strategies due to which they were able to get into a hole. However, there was a little strong attitude in their home field which was seen among Crystal Palace team players and they were able to win.

[mandown]

There's also an English team in the Conference League final. Crystal Palace's opponent in the final is Rayo Vallecano.
It doesn't surprise me that English teams are involved in all three cups. The quality of the Premier League is undeniable.
In previous years, the winner of the UEFA Europa League couldn't directly qualify for the Champions League. Since this rule changed, Premier League teams now place special importance on the UEFA Europa League. If a similar privilege were granted to the Conference League, its importance would also increase. There are already 32 teams in the Champions League. Two slots could be allocated to these cups.
I think something like this will happen in the future.

[RaltcoinsB]

I want Shakhtar to win conference league this year but Crystal Palace is quite a challenging team for them. It will be very difficult for them to make up for the defeat they suffered in the first leg. They tried to push a bit in the first half but they could only manage a draw. Going two goals ahead in the second half seems like it would be a miracle for them. Let's see if Arda Turan and his players can advance to the final.

They needed a miracle against Crystal, and they couldn't. Naturally, they didn't make it to the final. They had a bit of bad luck with the rules; they drew the toughest and strongest opponent. Crystal, having reached the Conference League final, will win the cup. Although Rayo is a strong team, they don't stand much of a chance against Crystal.

[Daniel91]

I want Shakhtar to win conference league this year but Crystal Palace is quite a challenging team for them. It will be very difficult for them to make up for the defeat they suffered in the first leg. They tried to push a bit in the first half but they could only manage a draw. Going two goals ahead in the second half seems like it would be a miracle for them. Let's see if Arda Turan and his players can advance to the final.

They needed a miracle against Crystal, and they couldn't. Naturally, they didn't make it to the final. They had a bit of bad luck with the rules; they drew the toughest and strongest opponent. Crystal, having reached the Conference League final, will win the cup. Although Rayo is a strong team, they don't stand much of a chance against Crystal.

How did you come to the conclusion that Crystal is such a big favorite against Rayo and that the Spanish club doesn't have much of a chance in the final?
In the national championships, both clubs are not very successful, Rayo is currently eleventh in the Spanish championship and Crystal is fifteenth in the English championship and in that respect they are very similar.
As for their performances in this competition so far, Crystal had big problems in the match against AEK Larnaca and only won after extra time.
They even struggled against the Bosnian outsider Zrinjski.
After the end of the league part of the competition, they were only tenth while Rayo was fourth and Rayo was also convincing against their opponents in the knockout phase.

[Egii Nna]

In the first half, Crystal Palace is drawing at home, and it's strange that, being a home game, they're drawing and not winning. Maybe in the second half they'll come onto the pitch with more motivation, score more goals, and manage to win the game. Because so far they only have one goal thanks to the opponent scoring an own goal. Honestly, I hope Crystal Palace doesn't get carried away thinking that winning the first leg guarantees them passage to the next round.

Crystal palace end up scoring another goal in the second half, which even if they were not able to score, they will still make it to the final. Because in the first half they won the game with a 2 goals Margin. So they are still on an advantage, but that is now in the past, as they have made it to the final already, which they will be meeting Vallecano, and from the past games crystal palace has more chances of winning the final. But let’s  wait and see what will happen, as there is still time till the final.

[Crytohillss]

There's also an English team in the Conference League final. Crystal Palace's opponent in the final is Rayo Vallecano.
It doesn't surprise me that English teams are involved in all three cups. The quality of the Premier League is undeniable.
In previous years, the winner of the UEFA Europa League couldn't directly qualify for the Champions League. Since this rule changed, Premier League teams now place special importance on the UEFA Europa League. If a similar privilege were granted to the Conference League, its importance would also increase. There are already 32 teams in the Champions League. Two slots could be allocated to these cups.
I think something like this will happen in the future.

I'm not sure giving conference league winners a direct champion league spot would be the best move, the Europa league already has a bigger level of competition so the rewards truly makes some sense. If the same thing happens with the conference league, UEFA might ended up making UCL qualification a bit too easy for some teams.

[Ruttoshi]

I'm not sure giving conference league winners a direct champion league spot would be the best move, the Europa league already has a bigger level of competition so the rewards truly makes some sense. If the same thing happens with the conference league, UEFA might ended up making UCL qualification a bit too easy for some teams.

Conference League is the third European competition which teams that finished on the 6th and 7th position participate in. This shows that these teams ain't that strong that season. For that reason, the winner will automatically qualify for Europa Competition in order for the team to showcase their strength in a higher competition because FIFA believes they will be able to cope with the competition.

It will be unprofessional for the Conference League winner to automatically go play in the Champions League that's for the champions and teams that finished on 2nd to 4th position. How do you expect the winner from Conference league to cope in this competition. They might end up losing all their matches because their level of performance will be lower than the other clubs that fought for their qualifications to the Champions League. You take one step at a time.