⚽ UEFA Conference League 2026-2027 🥉

[Jossque]

Although Zalgiris Vilnius lost the first leg 3-0 to Dinamo Tbilisi, they put on a spectacular show in their home match, winning 7-2 and advancing to the next round. It was truly an incredible match. After the first half ended in a 1-1 tie, Zalgiris came out strong in the second half and started scoring goals. In a match where they failed to convert a penalty in the first half, they scored a total of 7 goals to pull off a legendary comeback. With the score at 5-2 in the 82nd minute, they found the back of the net twice more in the closing minutes to win the match 7-2 and prevent it from going into overtime.

[Joca97]

Although Zalgiris Vilnius lost the first leg 3-0 to Dinamo Tbilisi, they put on a spectacular show in their home match, winning 7-2 and advancing to the next round. It was truly an incredible match. After the first half ended in a 1-1 tie, Zalgiris came out strong in the second half and started scoring goals. In a match where they failed to convert a penalty in the first half, they scored a total of 7 goals to pull off a legendary comeback. With the score at 5-2 in the 82nd minute, they found the back of the net twice more in the closing minutes to win the match 7-2 and prevent it from going into overtime.

This is probobly one of those insane comebacks. I watched the highlights and it was insane. The coach from Zalgiris did everything perfect and to comeback from a minus 3 is insane. Their team really dominated on the field and they really deserved to win this match. The subs as well did a huge thing scored goals and helped the team. I doubt that Zalgiris will be able to reach the group phase but this was still impresive honestly

[Franctoshi]

Although Zalgiris Vilnius lost the first leg 3-0 to Dinamo Tbilisi, they put on a spectacular show in their home match, winning 7-2 and advancing to the next round. It was truly an incredible match. After the first half ended in a 1-1 tie, Zalgiris came out strong in the second half and started scoring goals. In a match where they failed to convert a penalty in the first half, they scored a total of 7 goals to pull off a legendary comeback. With the score at 5-2 in the 82nd minute, they found the back of the net twice more in the closing minutes to win the match 7-2 and prevent it from going into overtime.

This is probobly one of those insane comebacks. I watched the highlights and it was insane. The coach from Zalgiris did everything perfect and to comeback from a minus 3 is insane. Their team really dominated on the field and they really deserved to win this match. The subs as well did a huge thing scored goals and helped the team. I doubt that Zalgiris will be able to reach the group phase but this was still impresive honestly

It's incredible that sometimes you witness some of these teams pull a spectacular performance that no one would even think of, and that's precisely what Zalgiris did in this game. I love to see this kind of comeback, especially after a team lost a match in the first leg; they go back to their drawing board and re-strategize for a bounce back. Their resilience has earned them this opportunity to move further if they continue with this very spirited effort.

[Muba20]

Last night I was mostly focused on the Croatian representatives, Rijeka and Varazdin.
Varazdin was expectedly eliminated, given their inexperience playing in European club competitions, while Rijeka routinely eliminated Derry with 2 sure wins.
I feel sorry for Zrinjski, they missed the penalty for extra time.
Interestingly, all Montenegrin clubs were eliminated, and lost in all the games they played.

It's clear that Montenegrin clubs are underdogs in this competition because they were all eliminated and none of them was able to fight hard and qualify to the next round. If you're not an average club in Europe,you will not survive in any European club competition.

Hard work and team performance are required to win any title. If you want to be the best team of clubs, you must have talent in all aspects. But you want to say that small and weak clubs will not be able to survive in the competition. This is not entirely correct. There are many small clubs among the clubs who do not have the best stars, but they have enough strength to stop the big clubs. Football is never played based on one star or a specific player. Team performance is always above all in football. For example, if we look at the final match of the FIFA World Cup 2026. In the historic match between Argentina and Spain, Argentina had their best player of all time. And their team strength was also good, but they could not stand in front of the attack of Spain's team. Here I am not looking down on Spain, Spain is definitely the best team in the tournament. Because they give equal importance to all. So according to you, it is not that small or weak clubs cannot perform well. If the team strength of small clubs is right, they can beat any big team.

[LTU_btc]

This is probobly one of those insane comebacks. I watched the highlights and it was insane. The coach from Zalgiris did everything perfect and to comeback from a minus 3 is insane. Their team really dominated on the field and they really deserved to win this match. The subs as well did a huge thing scored goals and helped the team. I doubt that Zalgiris will be able to reach the group phase but this was still impresive honestly

Sometimes such comebacks happens, you see it and think - cool story. But it never happened with my local team. It was first time when Lithuanian team made a comeback being down by 3 goals and and it's first time when Lithuanian team scored 7 goals in single game.
Before game I believed in comeback, but not such crazy scenario - in first leg we conceded very cheap goals and Dinamo weren't that much better. But I was expecting something like 3:0 and then winning in shootout, not 7 goals .
Next one is Hajduk Split.

[Daniel91]

Last night I was mostly focused on the Croatian representatives, Rijeka and Varazdin.
Varazdin was expectedly eliminated, given their inexperience playing in European club competitions, while Rijeka routinely eliminated Derry with 2 sure wins.
I feel sorry for Zrinjski, they missed the penalty for extra time.
Interestingly, all Montenegrin clubs were eliminated, and lost in all the games they played.

It's clear that Montenegrin clubs are underdogs in this competition because they were all eliminated and none of them was able to fight hard and qualify to the next round. If you're not an average club in Europe,you will not survive in any European club competition.

Hard work and team performance are required to win any title. If you want to be the best team of clubs, you must have talent in all aspects. But you want to say that small and weak clubs will not be able to survive in the competition. This is not entirely correct. There are many small clubs among the clubs who do not have the best stars, but they have enough strength to stop the big clubs. Football is never played based on one star or a specific player. Team performance is always above all in football. For example, if we look at the final match of the FIFA World Cup 2026. In the historic match between Argentina and Spain, Argentina had their best player of all time. And their team strength was also good, but they could not stand in front of the attack of Spain's team. Here I am not looking down on Spain, Spain is definitely the best team in the tournament. Because they give equal importance to all. So according to you, it is not that small or weak clubs cannot perform well. If the team strength of small clubs is right, they can beat any big team.

I agree, in European club competitions everyone has a chance, so we can even see clubs from Cyprus (Pafos) playing in the group stage of the Champions League or clubs from Slovenia (Celje) and Bosnia (Zrinjski) playing in the group stage of the Conference League.
Ultimately, football is a game where money is not so important, but rather strategy and game plan, and unity in the team and their mental strength and determination.
I wouldn't really agree that Argentina had the best players at the World Cup, in my opinion France had the best players, but Spain definitely had the best team and game system, and no one could compete with them.

[Varnquister]

Auda, which managed to eliminate FCSB, will be looking for a win in the first leg against Dinamo Tirana. We’re talking about a team that scored a total of 7 goals against FCSB. Since they scored 4 goals against FCSB at home, I think there’s a high probability they’ll score at least 2 goals in this match as well. If they secure a result that boosts their chances of advancing in this home match against Dinamo Tirana, their task on the road will become even easier. Dinamo Tirana, meanwhile, made it this far by eliminating Astana and Aluminij.

[Italian Panic]

I agree, in European club competitions everyone has a chance, so we can even see clubs from Cyprus (Pafos) playing in the group stage of the Champions League or clubs from Slovenia (Celje) and Bosnia (Zrinjski) playing in the group stage of the Conference League.
Ultimately, football is a game where money is not so important, but rather strategy and game plan, and unity in the team and their mental strength and determination.
I wouldn't really agree that Argentina had the best players at the World Cup, in my opinion France had the best players, but Spain definitely had the best team and game system, and no one could compete with them.

Overall, in the previous round we saw some major upsets, with very small clubs beating more prestigious sides, such as the Latvian side Auda, who knocked out Steaua Bucharest. It’s only right that everyone should have their chance to impress and be able to take part in all competitions, regardless of the size of the club, because football is a dream that everyone wants to live out, and if you bring the excitement of the Champions League or other European competitions to smaller countries, you can also inspire a greater desire to play among young people.

[Daniel91]

I agree, in European club competitions everyone has a chance, so we can even see clubs from Cyprus (Pafos) playing in the group stage of the Champions League or clubs from Slovenia (Celje) and Bosnia (Zrinjski) playing in the group stage of the Conference League.
Ultimately, football is a game where money is not so important, but rather strategy and game plan, and unity in the team and their mental strength and determination.
I wouldn't really agree that Argentina had the best players at the World Cup, in my opinion France had the best players, but Spain definitely had the best team and game system, and no one could compete with them.

Overall, in the previous round we saw some major upsets, with very small clubs beating more prestigious sides, such as the Latvian side Auda, who knocked out Steaua Bucharest. It’s only right that everyone should have their chance to impress and be able to take part in all competitions, regardless of the size of the club, because football is a dream that everyone wants to live out, and if you bring the excitement of the Champions League or other European competitions to smaller countries, you can also inspire a greater desire to play among young people.

Exactly. The launch of the conference league is probably one of the best decisions UEFA has ever made because it has given small clubs and countries a chance to not only participate in European club competitions but also to achieve some concrete results, play the group stage of the competition, play more European matches per season, and give their fans the opportunity to enjoy matches against big clubs.
Before this reform of European club competitions, clubs from countries like Bosnia or Slovenia could only dream of qualifying for the group stage of a European competition.
In the third qualifying round, I think it will be most interesting to follow the matches between CSKA and Panathinaikos, Debrecen and Copenhagen, and Zalgiris and Hajduk.
At this stage of the competition, it is still too early to talk about possible favorites to win this competition, especially since we do not yet know all the participants who will join this competition after being eliminated from the Champions League and Europa League.