Topic: UEFA Conference League 2023/24 Season - page 6. (Read 4930 times)

There are 13 days to go for the final match.

The updated market for this match is like this:



This would surely vary from one website to another but I'm just sharing the one I've found.   

These odds don't make me surprised first of all. I was expecting Olympiacos to have good odds to lift the trophy and they really have. It's worth trying I think and probably I'll do it.    However on paper of course Fiorentina are one step ahead. Especially after qualifying for this stage 2 years in a row, I expect them to do their best to lift the trophy finally.

But will they be successful? It's hard to predict at this point. 

This Aston Villa side this season have been outstanding but I think their performance level towards the season’s closing stage have been reduced drastically. Not just that at this point they’re almost at the point deduction level and we know how that could affect their league standing this season. Though they missed out on the final of conference league with a very top and impressive performance from Olympiacos but you can’t say that they haven’t done well.

 Like this team has been able to secure a UCL spot, I think that eas confirmed with Tottenham’s loss to Man City some days bac.  ⁠So i think they must be commended for reaching this stage of the competition especially reaching the 4th place in the EPL. This should be enough reason why Unai should be entrusted but in as much as he’s trusted he’s got to up his game because the UCL isn’t one competition where you play with a low mentality.

 ⁠They will need massive regrouping and maybe an addition of one or two top players that will help them especially in the UCL competition as that’s a very fierce competition. They can build on their top performance this season and build up for next season as that’s what they need to do whilst going forward.

I also didn't expect Aston Villa to be eliminated in the semifinals against Olympiakos and even defeated in two meetings even though initially Aston Villa was the favorite club in this league to win, it was unexpected that EPL clubs had been eliminated in all UEFA competitions and there were no EPL representative clubs anymore. representing in international competitions the only hope was Aston Villa but now that club has also been eliminated by Olympiakos and now we just have to decide between Fiorentina and Olympiakos who will take the trophy.

I think it is very natural that Olympiakos is the next favorite to win this title because it is able to beat EPL club quite easily and we also know how Villa has performed in the EPL so far and it is not an ordinary club but Olympiakos was able to reach the final without any difficulty against Villa but Fiorentina's appearance is also quite wary.

Just like me, I think a lot of football fans out there would've love to see Aston Villa play in the final of this season's UEFA Europa Conference League competition but unfortunately for us, the English Premier League club was stopped from achieving such feat by Greek club Olympiacos who gave their best in the two-legged semi final tie between the two clubs. Aston Villa manager Unai Emery in my own assessment actually performed well with the boys this season but failed to maximize the opportunity of playing an European final.
Aston Villa have already qualified to play in the UEFA Champions League competition next season as their top four finish this season wasn't confirmed when Tottenham Hotspur failed to win against Manchester City. Aston Villa we know wouldn't play in the final but I think they deserve applaud for the little they've achieved already this season.

Aston Villa are on the verge of their second defeat in the Premier League, their fourth in all competitions. They also look unlucky with their embarrassing actions in this series. The Premier League gave the Toffees a six-point deduction for committing a breach of the stability rule. To be honest, they don't have anything to rely on in this match. This
making them unable to compete for the next match so I lost the bet with great disappointment, I think it is necessary to implement new rules so that Aston Villa players will be better in the future.

The problem with English teams is only one, they play in europe like they dont want to play, is 0 interest it seems when we talk about the second tier competitions like Europa League and this Conference League, when you see the games of them you see the lack of atitude and compromise from the players, and that is not easy to solve. Also i dont know why that happen.

Aston Villa despite showing massive improvement in the league, as you can see how they have been able to improve so tremendously under Unai, you will think even in Europe they will be such a masterclass to watch. Well because of their great performance in the league, so many people even predicted the to be in the finals of the UEFA Conference league.

 ⁠Well unfortunately Olympiacos had a huge surprise for them and were able to batter this Aston Villa side at the Villa Park and I think this should be am major worry for Unai and his coaching team whilst they prepare to participate in the UCL next season. Looking at that victory, you’ll have a strong conviction that this Olympiacos side will be giving Fiorentina some headaches in the final because that victory against Villa showed how resilient and strong their bond as a team is.

 ⁠Fiorentina who were able to book their place in the finals are also not a team to look oast because they have a strong rooted spirit in success for competitions like this and they can be ready to go all out to challenge for the trophy and with determination can get the trophy. So I think this is going to be one very fierce final as the 2 teams are both great in terms of performance this season. I cant wait to see what the final holds and who will be going with the trophy at the end of 90 minutes. Aston Villa will need to consolidate on their loss and know where they need to work on as they approach the UCL because the UCL ain’t a place  of so many errors as you could get punished so head for the slightest error.

Aston Villa cannot be trusted when they take part in European competitions, the momentum they have failed to be utilized properly, competing in the top four of the Premier League standings cannot be used as a reference that Aston Villa will perform as well in the UEFA Confederation League. Olympiakos was very lucky to beat Aston Villa 6-2 on aggregate, because previously many assumed that Aston Villa would be able to reach the final this season, even Unai Emery squad was predicted to have the chance to win the trophy. However, unexpectedly, Olympiakos appeared impressive and managed to resolve all doubts about them. The final match will bring together Olympiakos versus Fiorentina, I predict Olympiakos chances are slightly higher to win the trophy.

Overall, Fiorentina is not a team that can be underestimated, because they have good bargaining power in this competition, and last season they also managed to reach the final round. Meanwhile, regarding Aston Villa next season, it is very likely that they will be able to finish in the top four of the standings, so they will play in the Champions League. It is clear that the competition in the Champions League is much more difficult than the UEFA Confederation League, Unai Emery must be able to add depth to the squad to become a team to be reckoned with. Meanwhile in the Premier League, the competition next season will be much more difficult than this season, it is clear that Aston Villa will most likely not be able to compete in the top four of the standings again.

I wasn't disappointed you see, I wanted them to lose that game although the approach used by Unai Emery during the game yesterday was what I expected, bit I didn't expect Olympiacos to hold them tight and at the same time, get the chance of securing a good goal and them two to seal that game.

This is not the time for them to chicken out, they should keep them heads up and focus on not moving below from them current position. Unai Emery has experience, if he had taken them successfully to the finals, there's no way he wouldn't have won that Competition.

Florentina also impressed! You know they wasn't able to win this same Competition against West Ham United last season, this season, I hope they will do all they can to make things up correctly.
Don't put so much blames on Aston Villa, they might be fatigued. And it has affected the training section and stuff. Loses like this are hurting but good for teaam to come back twice or more next time.

I was also very disappointed with the result Aston Villa got in this Conference League, because I also bet on Aston Villa in these two legs against Olympiacos. But anyway, the fact that Aston Villa lost in the two legs because indeed, I also thought Aston Villa had a chance to win and qualify for the final match. Because at least, Aston Villa's position in the Premier League standings also makes me confident in Aston Villa to be able to beat Olympiacos. But anyway, in reality Olympiacos really managed to beat Aston Villa in both legs played. Because at least, Aston Villa's position in the Premier League standings is also safe but yes, somehow Aston Villa still failed in the Conference League despite only playing against Olympiacos.

Aston Villa what a disgrace to England football are you.I find it very difficult to believe that teams from England are having difficulties to beat teams from Greece as even Brighton screwed up in the group stage against AEK Athens or PAOK,don't remember who they played against and surely the quality of the Premier League is better than Greece Superleague.I think that Aston Villa does not deserve at all that position they are holding in the Premier League that will see them coming back and playing next season too,I think someone needs to implement a new rule that teams that play and lose against much weaker team in European competitions to be ban to play for 2 consecutive seasons in that competition again,let's see if strong teams will lose games again,NOT going to happen if they do that but they don't as corruption and money rules everything even football.

It is indeed a shame! Aston Villa were terrible in every way, but most importantly in defense... Just how can they concede 6 goals in 2 matches from Olympiacos???    We have all seen how Olympiacos were playing before this stage. They didn't have anything impressive to be honest. But unexpectedly they destroyed Aston Villa.

I'm so mad at Aston Villa for their poor effort. My bets lost because of them.    First a bet on Aston Villa win in the first leg lost and this time a BTTS bet has been failed. But I'm a little obstinate and will take my chance for the final too.  

I didn't think Aston Villa would lose in yesterday's match. They already lost in the first match, they had to be much more aggressive and decisive yesterday. They had a very high rate of possession of the ball, but they could not score a goal, and on top of that, they conceded 2 goals. I had higher expectations for Aston Villa, I think there has been a big decrease in their performance in recent weeks. Let's see what they will do in the Premier League next season

It seems that Aston Villa failed to live up to expectations, even though Emery fleet was quite consistent in the Premier League, they were unable to convey the same performance when playing in European competitions. I think the problem faced by Aston Villa is mentality, the Premier League representatives do not have a winning mentality, so they failed to reach the final this season.

Olympiakos is clearly more deserving of winning the trophy, especially after beating Aston Villa in two legs, simply beating Fiorentina should be much easier to do. However, Fiorentina were finalists last season, obviously it will not be easy for Olympiakos, and I think the final match between Olympiakos and Fiorentina is quite ideal.

For Fiorentina, this final is an opportunity to make amends for last season mistakes, where their previous efforts were thwarted by West Ham. Besides that, I still didn't expect Aston Villa to be eliminated, even though in the Premier League they were even able to beat a team like Arsenal. Regarding the favorite team in the final, it is clear that Olympiakos is more worthy of winning the trophy.

Olympiakos defeated Aston Villa at home to become another team to reach the final. Of course it was difficult for Aston Villa to qualify after their away win, but Aston Villa couldn't really do much during this match. Although Aston Villa played a better game compared to their opponent, they couldn't take advantage of the positions they found and unfortunately they were eliminated.The name of the final was Fiorentina-Olympiakos.If Fenerbahce had eliminated Olympiakos, maybe they would have qualified for the final and in case of a possible situation they would have won the cup.I think Olympiakos is the favorite against Fiorentina.

What a shame it was the Aston Villa performance in this series man, a complete shame.
Olympiacos really deserves to go into the final and plus they are gonna play in home if im not mistaken.

Between Fiorentina and Olimpiacos i think FIorentina can be a feet foward but..... after how Olympiacos win against Villa maybe is Olympiacos the favorite or the big contender.

This guy scored 5 goals in total against Aston Villa in 2 matches.    It is really a superb performance.

I have never seen Aston Villa defense this vulnerable at the same time. I mean in the Conference League. They looked like the absolute title contender but here we are. I really wonder what was going on behind the scenes.

Emery couldn't prepare his players for the title target. They were actually in a safe condition in the Premier League. They didn't have a reason for their minds to be busy with some other thing. What is your favourite team to win the title now? I hope Fiorentina do this as they have qualified for the final consecutively. 

Yesterday i thought Aston Villa can able to performing well and they can reversing the situations but clearly i was wrong because Aston Villa was performing poorly they even did same mistakes just like they showed in the first leg and Aston Villa defensive lines is still poor so although Aston Villa was dominate the match with 74% ball possessions but these statistics seems useless because they unable to broke the defense of Olympiacos and with counter attack scheme Olympiacos can scores 2 goals and eliminate Aston Villa with final aggregate 6-2

Olympiacos is not the favourite even since group stages they have already to lost several times but they can found their consistency and reach to the final match and for Aston Villa their status actually as Champion candidate but unfortunately their journey have to stopped at semifinal and for Olympiacos they has just made a history because Olympiacos as the second team from Greece who able to reach to the final match of European competition after Panathinaikos on 1977 and about the final match obviously Fiorentina is the favourite and let see it later whether Olympiacos can surprising us again by beating Fiorentina or not

If you watch the 1st leg, Aston defense was very bad at that time and the Olympiacos strikers plays very well.
I still believe Aston can win by 2 goals or more today, Olympiacos is not a team that likes to play defensively.
And Olympiacos performance since the last season also still up and down, they are not the king of Greece Super League anymore
In the round of 16 they have lost 1-4 at home to Maccabi Tel Aviv, my guess is 1-3 or 0-2 for Aston.

That penalty in the 85th minute secured Fiorentina's spot in the final. Congratulations to Fiorentina for reaching the Europa Conference League final once again. I'm hopeful they can clinch the trophy this time. Since winning the final has been a challenge for them in the past, and West Ham United out of the picture, it's their real chance to lift the trophy.

As it stands, Fiorentina will face Olympiacos in the final. Olympiacos has the upper hand, posing the biggest challenge for Aston Villa to turn things around in their favor. Can Emery's side bounce back from a two-goal deficit? I have faith in Emery's teams, but it's going to be a tough task.