⚽UEFA Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2022/23 | Round of 16

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I still can't believe how we lost the matchup against Olympiacos like this. Sad

It was mostly because of our manager's fault unfortunately as he wasn't good at all with tactical choices. I had big hopes from Fenerbahçe to reach at least the semi finals and face Aston Villa. Even if we got past Olympiacos I assume that we would be destroyed by Aston Villa with this game though.

From now on I expect Aston Villa to destroy Olympiacos. They should be able to finish the job in the first leg already. I don't expect Aston Villa to lose the Conference League title to any team as well.

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Quote from: Palakka on April 19, 2024, 03:12:46 PM

Quote from: Plaguedeath on April 19, 2024, 05:46:11 AM

Aston Villa already slayed the biggest opponent in Conference League, I think there's no reason Aston Villa can't become a champion, considering Olympiacos, Club Brugge and Fiorentina are mediocre teams. Both Olympiacos and Club Brugge on their domestic leagues, Fiorentina play in a top league, but they're just top 10 teams in there.

This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.

Aston Villa performance in the Conference League is fairly stable and consistent so indeed they deserve to be favorites to reach the final round of this season, a difficult journey I think has just been passed by Aston Villa and it proves that their mentality and performance at this time is really extraordinary, Lille is one of the big teams in the French League and their ability in Ligue 1 is also like Aston Villa which is currently Being ranked 4 English League, the match between the two teams was very exciting and even both could beat at home with a score of 2-1 so as to make the aggregate goals to 3-3 in second leg,to force the winner of the match to be determined by penalty kicks.

For now I think only Aston Villa has indeed proven to be able to destroy the big teams in the Conference League, after previously destroying Ajax who is the favorite to win, Aston Villa also managed to get Lille out of the Conference League championship competition this season, so I quite agree if maybe for now no team can prevent Aston Villa from winning the championship, But I think Fiorentina would be an ideal opponent and would make it a little difficult for Aston Villa later if they could reach the final.

I agree with you, for me Aston Villa deserves to reach the final of this conference league, I believe that among the four teams left in the running they are the strongest. Now two very interesting semifinals await us Aston villa - Olympiakos Fiorentina - Club Brugges For Fiorentina it is the second time they have reached the semifinals, and they will try to reach the final even though the opponent is a tough one

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Quote from: Plaguedeath on April 19, 2024, 05:46:11 AM

Aston Villa already slayed the biggest opponent in Conference League, I think there's no reason Aston Villa can't become a champion, considering Olympiacos, Club Brugge and Fiorentina are mediocre teams. Both Olympiacos and Club Brugge on their domestic leagues, Fiorentina play in a top league, but they're just top 10 teams in there.

This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.

Aston Villa performance in the Conference League is fairly stable and consistent so indeed they deserve to be favorites to reach the final round of this season, a difficult journey I think has just been passed by Aston Villa and it proves that their mentality and performance at this time is really extraordinary, Lille is one of the big teams in the French League and their ability in Ligue 1 is also like Aston Villa which is currently Being ranked 4 English League, the match between the two teams was very exciting and even both could beat at home with a score of 2-1 so as to make the aggregate goals to 3-3 in second leg,to force the winner of the match to be determined by penalty kicks.

For now I think only Aston Villa has indeed proven to be able to destroy the big teams in the Conference League, after previously destroying Ajax who is the favorite to win, Aston Villa also managed to get Lille out of the Conference League championship competition this season, so I quite agree if maybe for now no team can prevent Aston Villa from winning the championship, But I think Fiorentina would be an ideal opponent and would make it a little difficult for Aston Villa later if they could reach the final.

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Quote from: Plaguedeath on April 19, 2024, 05:46:11 AM

Aston Villa already slayed the biggest opponent in Conference League, I think there's no reason Aston Villa can't become a champion, considering Olympiacos, Club Brugge and Fiorentina are mediocre teams. Both Olympiacos and Club Brugge on their domestic leagues, Fiorentina play in a top league, but they're just top 10 teams in there.

This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.

I believe there is a good reason why Aston Villa would not become the champion and besides the fact that they first have to qualify for the final, I believe that Fiorentina would be a very tough opponent in a final. I know that they haven't been doing very well lately in the domestic league, but I think they are hard to play against when there is a title at stake and they remind themselves of what they are able to. In Serie A they are quite lost in the middle of the table, but I would not underestimate them in a Conference League final.

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Quote from: Plaguedeath on April 19, 2024, 05:46:11 AM

Aston Villa already slayed the biggest opponent in Conference League, I think there's no reason Aston Villa can't become a champion, considering Olympiacos, Club Brugge and Fiorentina are mediocre teams. Both Olympiacos and Club Brugge on their domestic leagues, Fiorentina play in a top league, but they're just top 10 teams in there.

This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.

I can't say Villa were better than Lille... They had almost no shots in regulation time and miraculously managed to score a goal... The penalty shootout was just luck and Villa were lucky... About Fiorentina I can't say that they are a weak opponent for Villa either... Maybe Fenerbahce and Brugge yes, but Fiorentina will definitely give a fight... Probably the winner of this match will take the cup...

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Aston Villa already slayed the biggest opponent in Conference League, I think there's no reason Aston Villa can't become a champion, considering Olympiacos, Club Brugge and Fiorentina are mediocre teams. Both Olympiacos and Club Brugge on their domestic leagues, Fiorentina play in a top league, but they're just top 10 teams in there.

This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.

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Two English clubs lost in the Champions League yesterday... Judging by Aston Villa's current game, they will also lose to Lille... I wonder if Liverpool will be able to score 4 goals against Atalanta today? Grin

I don't know why, but all the top EPL teams have terrible results... Villa can't even make a dangerous moment...

Aston Villa managed to score one goal in the 87th minute that means the match will continue through extra time, we don't know how this match ends even if it continues through penalties, luck is very necessary. In another match Fiorentina scored the first goal in the 92 minute (Extra Time) at first I thought Fiorentina would win easily without extra time especially when Viktoria Plzen played with 10 players but actually it's not as easy as we imagine lol, Fiorentina has taken place in the semi-finals and waiting for the next opponent.

We are also waiting for another interesting match between Fenerbahce vs Olympiacos, in the first leg Fenerbahce lost 2-3 and today they play at home, they should have an advantage here. I think Fenerbahce will also secure a place in the semi -finals by winning today's match with a difference of 2 goals, do you think these two teams will score goals?

Very funny how that turned out... Aston Villa are the only English club to continue playing in European Cups this season... They were lucky to score a goal in the last minutes and ended up in the semi-finals...
About Fiorentina, I was sure that they would win at home without any problems, but there were many problems... Now I don't even know who will win, Fiorentina or Villa in the next match...

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Unfortunately, Fenerbahce eliminated a rival they could have eliminated by making the wrong decisions.Ismail kartal's decisions led to Fenerbahce's loss to olympiakos.We can say that it all started when he took Fred out of the game.Fred asked his coach "why are you taking me out?" but of course it was too late.It really pisses me off that Ismail kartal is such an unqualified person.It's really inconceivable that they couldn't take advantage of this when this was a rival they could have eliminated and even when they had a chance to be champions in the conference league this season.

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Aston Villa are through the semi finals! However they owe Emiliano Martinez a lot for this qualification. Grin

He literally saved 2 penalties to bring the semi finals to his team. Such a big experience really!

Otherwise Lille were doing a pretty good work and I was expecting for that also after what I saw in the first leg. They really fought hard against the biggest title contender but it was very difficult to get past Martinez.

Now Fiorentina and Aston Villa have qualified so far. Fenerbahçe are in the lead by 1-0 and I believe they will also make it. Club Brugge are really comfortable with their 2-0 lead and they should be more comfortable to make it to the semi finals.

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Quote from: 3meek on April 18, 2024, 02:29:43 PM

Two English clubs lost in the Champions League yesterday... Judging by Aston Villa's current game, they will also lose to Lille... I wonder if Liverpool will be able to score 4 goals against Atalanta today? Grin

I don't know why, but all the top EPL teams have terrible results... Villa can't even make a dangerous moment...

Aston Villa managed to score one goal in the 87th minute that means the match will continue through extra time, we don't know how this match ends even if it continues through penalties, luck is very necessary. In another match Fiorentina scored the first goal in the 92 minute (Extra Time) at first I thought Fiorentina would win easily without extra time especially when Viktoria Plzen played with 10 players but actually it's not as easy as we imagine lol, Fiorentina has taken place in the semi-finals and waiting for the next opponent.

We are also waiting for another interesting match between Fenerbahce vs Olympiacos, in the first leg Fenerbahce lost 2-3 and today they play at home, they should have an advantage here. I think Fenerbahce will also secure a place in the semi -finals by winning today's match with a difference of 2 goals, do you think these two teams will score goals?

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Quote from: 3meek on April 18, 2024, 02:29:43 PM

Two English clubs lost in the Champions League yesterday... Judging by Aston Villa's current game, they will also lose to Lille... I wonder if Liverpool will be able to score 4 goals against Atalanta today? Grin

I don't know why, but all the top EPL teams have terrible results... Villa can't even make a dangerous moment...

I knew they'd ben in trouble once they allowed Lille a goal in the first leg, just didn't expect it to be so soon like this. Not over though, far from, Villa still have a goal in them somewhere and they will fancy themselves if it goes to penalties.

Edit: and they scored just as I was posting this. 3-3 on aggregate, took a deflection but you have to keep making your luck. Game on!

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Two English clubs lost in the Champions League yesterday... Judging by Aston Villa's current game, they will also lose to Lille... I wonder if Liverpool will be able to score 4 goals against Atalanta today? Grin

I don't know why, but all the top EPL teams have terrible results... Villa can't even make a dangerous moment...

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I have a little something on PAOK and Brugge BTTS.

Brugge is clearly the better overall team here, but they did waste quite a few chances in the first leg to largely put it away, including a penalty in the second half.

PAOK at home is a different beast though, they completed a comeback against Dinamo Zagreb in the 1/8 finals with a 5-1 thrashing (0:2). Those six goals are most certainly not an outlier. This season, PAOK's five home matches in Europe have produced 23 goals, or nearly five per game.

I expect an open match, Brugge has enough quality to score at least one on the counter, given PAOK's need to mount another comeback.

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Quote from: FanEagle on April 12, 2024, 02:20:52 AM

I have to say I am a little bit shocked about both games. I expected Fiorentina to dominate, like have a big margin victory and I bet accordingly, I did not expected this result at all. I also expected Fenerbahce to get a close victory, but that could happen. A team that is considered as one of the leading candidates to get the cup, should not be losing to Olympiacos if you ask me but that's how things are in football world, you just get what you do not expect and just move further with that.

All in all, I just believe that second legs will matter a lot more after these games, none of them looked like a guaranteed thing so it is going to be very important for all teams to get a lot more ready for the second leg game for sure.

The Europa League and Conference League are full of surprises... Some favourite teams can get really unexpected results for various reasons. Some of them are focused on an achievement to earn in their domestic league at the same time and give less importance to these tournaments. Some of them just underestimate their opponents and get surprised by them.

This was really what happened in the Plzen v Fiorentina match. I can't imagine how many people bet on Fiorentina to win especially because of its very attracting odds. I will expect Fiorentina to win home in regular time though. We wouldn't come across another surprising result I assume right? Grin

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Quote from: FanEagle on April 12, 2024, 02:20:52 AM

I have to say I am a little bit shocked about both games. I expected Fiorentina to dominate, like have a big margin victory and I bet accordingly, I did not expected this result at all. I also expected Fenerbahce to get a close victory, but that could happen. A team that is considered as one of the leading candidates to get the cup, should not be losing to Olympiacos if you ask me but that's how things are in football world, you just get what you do not expect and just move further with that.

All in all, I just believe that second legs will matter a lot more after these games, none of them looked like a guaranteed thing so it is going to be very important for all teams to get a lot more ready for the second leg game for sure.

Yes, many surprises occur in European matches, not only in the Conference League even in UCL and UEL matches some favorite teams that are considered to win are easily defeated or draw, if it only happens in 1-2 matches that is normal but this time it happened in many matches lol. As gamblers we have to be more careful in predicting the match in the second leg there may be another surprise there it would be better to watch the match first before deciding to bet. So far I favor Fiorentina and Aston Villa it seems these two teams will reach the final, while Fenerbahce is still in the grey.

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It is true that Fiorentia failing to get a win was a bit disappointing that's a game they should have won without a doubt. However, Villa got the win and that was the bet I had , I put a good money on them because I honestly believe that they look like the team that can win it all and I believe that no team could be as good as team in this cup anymore.

Looking at all other games you can see that all other teams are weaker and that's the most important thing. I get that we are talking about a situation where things are not that simple, so maybe I could be wrong and I trust Villa this much but that doesn't mean that I am right, that's just what I feel that's it. Villa got the win though, so that means I am right so far and lets hope that goes on.

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I have to say I am a little bit shocked about both games. I expected Fiorentina to dominate, like have a big margin victory and I bet accordingly, I did not expected this result at all. I also expected Fenerbahce to get a close victory, but that could happen. A team that is considered as one of the leading candidates to get the cup, should not be losing to Olympiacos if you ask me but that's how things are in football world, you just get what you do not expect and just move further with that.

All in all, I just believe that second legs will matter a lot more after these games, none of them looked like a guaranteed thing so it is going to be very important for all teams to get a lot more ready for the second leg game for sure.

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Olympiacos Fenerbahce to star in a few hours, well im more expecting for the super show before the game made by the fans andsurely with thousands of fireworks than the game in fact.

About the game i dont want to do some bets because we already see in the last home game of Olimpiacos against the israeli team and sucks, so.... against Fenerbahce i dont want to bet with that irregularitie.

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Quote from: Pulsar77 on April 10, 2024, 07:03:46 AM

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I'm rooting for Fenerbahce and Fiorentina because Fenerbahce is too superior in their domestic league, while Fiorentina, even they're awful, but the league they played is very competitive to Czech First League.

Fenerbahçe have a really tough work to do tomorrow evening. Olympiacos are really one of tough teams to beat away. Sad

I'm still favouring Fenerbahçe though. Especially if we see them play like the way they did against Union Saint-Gilloise they can really win. Even a draw would do a good job to finish the work home.

Fiorentina have a comfortable work to do on paper. In addition to these matches there are Aston Villa - Lille and Club Brugge - PAOK too, what do you think on them? Huh

My favourites are the home sides for those ones. Aston Villa are even the highest favoured team to become the champions.

Too lazy to read so I might be mistaken but Fenerbahce's threats to withdraw from the Turkish League means they won't be a member of the FA anymore. Doubt they'll do it, at least not until the season ends, as they'll want to be in this UEFA competition (and I'm certain cannot compete if not member of Turkish FA).

Don't know how this all affects the players on field but usually a team with external issues can't focus on the pitch -- so I'm staying off them for bets.

Villa my pick too, and that's maybe the laziest assessment but they're the only team I've seen play and they're pretty special plus got a coach who knows the map of UEFA KO tournaments Wink

Lille's not exactly a shit team though.

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Quote from: Plaguedeath on April 10, 2024, 06:34:45 AM

Bump.

Tomorrow the knockout phase will start, Olympiacos vs Fenerbahce and Viktoria Plzen vs Fiorentina.

I'm rooting for Fenerbahce and Fiorentina because Fenerbahce is too superior in their domestic league, while Fiorentina, even they're awful, but the league they played is very competitive to Czech First League.

Fenerbahçe have a really tough work to do tomorrow evening. Olympiacos are really one of tough teams to beat away. Sad

I'm still favouring Fenerbahçe though. Especially if we see them play like the way they did against Union Saint-Gilloise they can really win. Even a draw would do a good job to finish the work home.

Fiorentina have a comfortable work to do on paper. In addition to these matches there are Aston Villa - Lille and Club Brugge - PAOK too, what do you think on them? Huh

My favourites are the home sides for those ones. Aston Villa are even the highest favoured team to become the champions.

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