Topic: UEFA Conference League 2023/24 Season - page 27. (Read 4922 times)

I am wondering why Bayer Leverkusen is discussed in the UEFA Conference League thread as they are playing in the Europa League group stage and this is also where they achieved the results that were mentioned here. There is no point in discussing what Leverkusen is doing in another competition.

It is hard to say who the favorite is in the Conference League, but despite their loss in the group I would still stick with Aston Villa as I think they will be the strongest opponent to face for any other team in that competition.

After losing the first match and it was quite surprising, Aston Villa could perform better in the next three matches and Fiorentina also still performed quite well and Fenerbache, who lost last night's match, still had a chance to qualify from the group phase, and of the three teams, I think Aston Villa should really focused on being able to go further in this tournament.
I quite favor Aston Villa in the conference league, especially since Unai Emery is giving quite good things to his team at the moment because not only in the conference league but in the English premier league they are also quite good and are in the top five, while Fiorentina is not that impressive in the domestic competition but here maybe they will perform better because the opportunity to reach a further stage is open to them.

Trophies are the primary targets of all teams and managers, more reason some are awake in midnight and doing online tasks while others joins in their convenient time. I've never possess such strong beliefs and courage on these average teams with incompetent coach, but ever since the arrival of the new coach, alot have changed, with the team's current position, there are many things we ought to expects from Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen focuses on other priorities to hits this season, it will take a whole long time but with they will surely get there.

If you look at the teams you mentioned above, it looks like they are in the European League competition, not here my friend. I know you are blunder and maybe what you mean is the European League thread, not the European Conference League. But what you say is correct.

The only team in the European Conference League to record a perfect win in 4 matches is Viktoria Plzen, who is currently in group C. However I also favor Fiorentina, Aston Villa and Fenerbahce as candidates to win the trophy this season.

Overall I see that the representatives of England and Italy are still at the forefront for now, but there are still two more matches in the future to determine who will qualify from the group phase and advance to the round of 16. West Ham were the defending champions last season, and currently they are doing quite well in the Europa League by topping group A and have only lost once so far. If I see them, they are favorites there.

Surprise results seem common in Conference League these last two match days and Fenerbahce was one of such teams yesterday that probably made many people lose a lot of money.However as you say not all is lost because there is still time to recover in both competitions where in Conference League it would be much easier I think as this group most likely permit Fenerbahce to have the luxury of losing a game like they did yesterday and still be able to qualify further which I find it the most likely thing to happen.

In Turkish league it is becoming increasing difficult with Galatasaray being in a super red hot form that I find it difficult Fenerbahce to have a chance here.

The strongest team in the first 4 games is a German one, it is Bayer Leverkusen. They have won all 4 games and scored 12:2 goals. There is no other team that do this, right after them comes an Italian team Atalanta Bergamo with 3 wins and one draw, 7:3 goals. Matchday 5+6 will not so important for Leverkusen, they will win 1 more game and gp it to the next round. I thought Liverpool would win also all their games too, but yesterday they lost 3-2 to Toulouse, strange.

Well two losses is what is needed to wreck this season is only the temporary picture we may have. Of course a flawless record looks like the only way to perfection, but if Fenerbahce can shake off these two bad games and start winning again, this can still be a perfect season. Their position in both the Turkish league and the Europa League is still good and everything is possible for them. It's almost inevitable to have some games where the results do not reflect the performance or when they performance was simply not as good.

I knew Beşiktaş would lose, my favorite was Bodo/Glimt.

Fenerbahçe lost, I honestly didn't expect it, it was an easy win for Ludogorest.
I hope Fenerbahçe won't continue like this because we have high hopes for them in the Conference League.

To be fair, we did expected Besiktas to end up losing, not only the opponent was a tough one and not as easy as some of the other teams, but also Besiktas is going through some turmoil right now, the president they have is temporary now and said he will not be candidate for the elections, so they will have another president quite soon, and the manager they have is a lovely footballer we all loved, Burak Yılmaz, amazing personality, but not a great manager as we can see and a temporary one, they are not getting any new manager until the elections. So basically when you combine all of that together, it was expected of them to lose, and they did their best, and after this period is over, they will gradually become the powerhouse of Turkish football once again like they used to be.

Fenerbahce on the other hand was totally unexpected, obviously they have plenty of players missing, and since they almost guaranteed to go up as first team, they ended up using the backup players, losing with your backup players and not caring about the game could end up with a loss, the part I did not expected wasn't the end result, after seeing the squad they went with, I could say many did expected it, the part that was unexpected was that they didn't use their stars they had, so it was definitely unexpected to see backups but not unreasonable to rest their best players.

Two losses in a row for Fenerbahce one in turkish league and one in europe and things might take a really bad turn for them if they continue like this. From a perfect season to losing against one of the weakest teams in the group. I had my money on Fenerbahce so really dissapointed at how they played tonight.

I thought the loss against Trabzonspor was just an outlier and they would be fully recovered by now and beat Ludogorets, but yes it looks like Ludogorets had an awful day against Nordsjaelland and their defense fell apart for some reason. In this game against Fenerbahce they were playing stable and had more chances and shots on target. I thought after the early goal in the first half that the game would be far from over, but they used their advantage for a final counter attack and sent Fenerbahce home with a loss.

You know what they say "there is no need a guide if the village is seeing". The opponent was in better condition than Beşiktaş. This made it easier for them to put pressure on Beşiktaş and to overcome the danger. Beşiktaş could have won this game if they had played a bit smarter, but unfortunately they had a poor final touch and they couldn't resist to Bodo's attack. I'm counting this season as a dead season for Beşiktaş and there is no hope for them.

Considering the part of the match so far, Beşiktaş was very ineffective, especially despite playing at home, they accepted the superiority of Bodo Glimt in the match. Now the score is 2-0 and Moumbagna scored 2 goals. After this match, Beşiktaş's chance of leaving the group will disappear. This situation creates great sadness for Turkish fans who think that Beşiktaş will come out on top in the group.

Now Tayfur Bingöl scored a goal and Beşiktaş will try to score 2 more goals to get back into the match.

Ludogorets lost 7-1 to Nordsjaelland in this group. They looked like a good team in the match against Fenerbahçe. They are a really interesting team. They are black one day and white the next. They are not in a gray area. On the other hand, Fenerbahçe lost to Trabzonspor last week after 19 wins in 19 games this season. They had a really fascinating streak. But they lost it. Djiku and Becao will not play in this match. They have problems in defense. Normally I would see them as the clear favorites for this match, but they have big problems in defense. If they get 1 point from this match I will consider them as a successful result.

Ahh aboubakar ahhh. Cenk's performance so far has not been enough to score, but there were some positions where he could have scored if Aboubakar had been there instead. And while I writing these lines, Besiktas have conceded a goal. 3 points is like a dream now because this guys are in good condition.

If Beşiktaş can't win today, they have no chance in the group, so they must get 3 points. Aboubakar was removed from the squad at the last minute due to his injury. Cenk Tosun will be in the striker position.
Beşiktaş is the favorite at home, but they need to reflect this on the field. If Muleka and Rashica are effective, Beşiktaş's job will be easier. The stadium was not full, I wish it was a full stadium. Still, I think Beşiktaş will somehow win this match. Good luck to Black Eagles.

Beating the Bulgarian third team should not be a big deal for Fenerbahce, they are very much capable of getting a win and they should be getting an easier one, so an over would make more sense. A bet on 2.5+ fenerbahce handicap would be huge, they could score 3 goals easily to this club and the odds are much better right now for that bet.

I have seen 4.00+ somewhere for that, and that is definitely without a doubt makes more sense to bet on, the yare very good at pressing and scoring early goals, so it should be easier for them. Only downside is that if you are beating a club 3-0 by 35th minute, you tend to let go a bit and they go back to defense and just let the rest of the game end, which may result with conceding a goal, not lose, but could ruin 2.5+ part.

Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe are playing tonight.
Beşiktaş vs Bodo/Glimt
Ludogorets Razgrad vs Fenerbahçe

Don't trust Beşiktaş, the game is in Istanbul but I think Bodo/Glimt is the favorite.

Fenerbahçe had a bad defeat last week but Fenerbahçe is the favorite in this game. I don't think he will have much difficulty, they will probably win 2-0.

Unai Emery is a top class manager, he only have the bad luck of having to ""bad"" steps with two really shit big teams like P$G and Arsenal, and we can see that both teams are the problem and not the managers. I can see him leading aston Villa to bigger things, but Premier LEague is really hard to take a place between the 4 top positions.

Definitely Unai Emery is very serious about what he said that is target this season is to appear in champions league next season and I am beginning to believe him because he don't just win but win with bigger merging in  each match, in their last five matches the had scored almost 16 goals and conceded only 4 goals.
I am beginning to have confident in Aston Villa this season I thought it was like before but this time they really mean it especially Watkins who I think will be the highest goal scorer of the team with the way is going now he will end up becoming a super goal machine like Haaland, son, kane, salah, etc.