Topic: ⚽UEFA Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2022/23 | Round of 16 - page 11. (Read 5317 times)

Group F most exciting here I think, but it is the same thing happening at every level actually. Milan having problems, PSG also and United all in UCL.

Go down one step and you see Ajax bottom of their group, Roma and Villareal in danger of playoff.

Not enjoyable to be fans of those clubs but nice for us neutrals of course

After I lost my bets, I forgot to comment on this thread, there were many surprises in the results, Besikitas lost, Aston Villa won, Fenerbahce also lost. They were losses that left me surprised. and looking at the positions of the teams in their groups makes everything more shocking, besikitas was a disappointment, they couldn't at least stay in second place, they are currently in last place with just 1 point. In 4 games they failed to have at least one victory. This is something very bad. Fenerbahce, despite having lost, is still in first place, but it still does not guarantee them passage to another stage, with the defeat putting Fenerbahce in a very delicate situation

If they lose in the next 2 games it could jeopardize their passage to another stage, so I hope they can win in the next game if they want to guarantee their passage to another stage. In the case of Aston Villa, they only need one more victory to guarantee passage to another stage and with that they would relax in the last game. Fiorentina are in a delicate situation, they need a victory to guarantee their passage, but a defeat would put them in trouble and with a high risk of not progressing to another phase. Honestly, at the beginning of the games at this stage I thought that all the big teams would go through without difficulties, but I'm seeing a completely different scenario

Ludogorets isn't a weak team also so I am not surprised to see them winning. Fenerbahce players are kind of sure of their qualification after the nice start they made in the group stage. They could win vs Spartak Trnava to qualify regardless of the result of Nordsjaelland games. Fenerbahce will end first for sure in my opinion.

The second half was indeed better for Fenerbahçe. They were able to create dangerous goal opportunities more than the first half. But wasting all of them was like the turning point of the match. Fenerbahçe couldn't get any proper contribution from either starting eleven players or the bench. 

Ferdi Kadıoğlu was the only player I can talk more positive about. He is a really consistent Turkish left-back which isn't a thing we see very often in Turkish football. He would probably get offers from bigger teams next summer.

Unfortunately, despite having a better second half than the first, Fenerbahçe left the field with a 2-0 defeat. Especially in the first minutes of the second half they had some good positions and attacks but they couldn't make the finishing touch as needed. Fortunately, they got good results in the first games and they didn't get into trouble.

Fenerbahçe have left a really problematic first half behind. They are 1-0 behind against Ludogorets away now. Piotrowski's goal was really unlucky for us as his shot was really hard to save for Livakovic.    I wonder whether the reason why we are playing this ineffective is our being in a comfortable situation in the group.

But the fans will still expect to see a better performance in the second half. They were like a ghost in the first half. Especially to compensate the unexpected loss against Trabzonspor it would be nice to get a good result here.

Yep, Astana vs Balkani draw is the best possible outcome for Dinamo so now eveyrthing is up to them. If they win next two games they are 2nd, and 4 points might be enough if other two teams don't beat Viktoria who secured first position.

Either way, Dinamo fans don't really care much (myself included) about Conference League anymore since and many even want for Dinamo get kicked out of it so they can focus on national championship which is priority at the moment and might be harder than ever to win it.

interesting round so far
Plzen lead at home against Dinamo Zagreb few minutes before the end, Besitkas down at home against Bodo/Glimt

second part will matches between Villa and AZ Alkmaar, as well as Ludogorets and Fenerbahce, where Villa and Fenerbahce are pretty much favorites, but matches could go on any side, so goals should be better choice

The same crisis is still continuing for Besiktas. Senol Gunes left the team untimely although it wasn't his fault that the team were performing poorly. It has been due to the bad management of the president of the team. Now they haven't still found a permanent manager. They are still trying to manage with an caretaker manager who is Burak Yilmaz.

However he is really bad at this job. Therefore the assistant coach Vukas has taken care of the team temporarily. But the team are still a disappointment at the moment.

Besiktas are 2-1 behind against Bodo/Glimt home. If they lose here it is over for them in the Europa Conference League already now.

Another round of Lottery League   and this time we might not see a lot of goals like the previous rounds because games stared slowly this game and whoever played under 3.5 or 4.5 today should be a happy one.

Later on , we have the 2nd half of games and Aston Villa vs Alkmaar should be a good one to watch and maybe even place a bet. I might also take the entire games under 4.5 goals because like I said , I don't feel we will see a lot of goals.  

Dinamo have a chance to pass both Astana and Balkani since they got a draw vs each other but of course we know how bad the team is right now. They are facing Plzen and they are 1 goal behind in the first half.
In the other matches, Beşiktaş received one goal vs Bodo. Fiorentina and Frankfurt are leading also with one goal in the first half of the matches.
So far, Plzen, PAOK and Frankfurt guaranteed qualification if the results will end with their victories in today's games.

They still have the best chances to finish 2nd (and probably they will) but at this point I am simply avoiding betting on them as at the moment they are completely unpredictable and could lose against anyone.

I've been watching them from the early 90s when my father took me for my first game, and I rarely remember Dinamo being so bad as they are at the moment and most of the problems are due internal power struggle which I don't think will end up anytime soon and until then club will suffer.


The only reason why Dinamo is not more behind the others is because they are shit as well.

Yeah they could stay in the second place since the other both teams aren't that top although they already lost vs Balkani but that was an away game anyway. I don't know if they will play better in the future or not but I am very pessimistic not about their qualification or not to the next stage but about how far they could go in Conference League. I don't expect much from them, their performances dropped badly this year comparing to the previous ones. Even in their domestic league they are the third with 3 defeats in 10 matches. They used to be first and lose 3 to 5 matches during the whole season in the previous years!

Shocking that a team from Faroe Islands gets points and even wins a match against someone. Few years ago this would have been a miracle and now its just normal. Aston Villa finally plays well in europe and got a win that will secure them the next phase for sure.

Dinamo Zagreb probably still have a chance to stay in the second place, but they play equally badly with the outsiders in the group. They lost 2 out of 3 games and this is a very bad result for Dinamo. I hope they can win the rest of the games.

Dinamo is currently a total mess and I would advise anyone betting on them, no matter the opponent.

This time last year Dinamo would sit comfortably be at the top of the their group with probably all wins, but they had a horrible summer transfer windows in which they sold three out of four best players, with only Petkovic staying who is not the most consistent perofrmer even when healthy and now with him being injured they are without anyone who can score or create a solid chance.

Nice name for the league
I warned later for Bodo game vs Beşiktaş that Bodo used to play in European competitions and might surprise known teams. Unfortunately they lost badly their game and they are sitting alone in the 4th place with 3 points difference from the 2nd and 3rd team..
Fiorentina and Frankfurt destroyed their opponents with a huge result, 6 goals to 0! While Dinamo Zagreb continue its failure strike..

Wow, that's nice, always happy for success of such small clubs. I already said many times - Klaksvik home ground is one toughest to play. It's already 6th game for them in this European campaign, including qualifiers and they're still undefeated. And after this win they seriously can think about reaching next round.
Aston Villa impressed me, big win against one of Eredivisie title contenders. Unai Emerey is doing great job with this team. He already won many Europea league trophies and chances is high that he can add Conference league trophy to his portfolio.

Good and "historic" win of Klavsik from Faroe Islands, agains the slovenian team of Olimpija, also first time i see Aston Villa finally playing like they know, and destroying AZ in their home, a solid 4-1 to return to England with 3 point and a+3 in goal diference.

This is just the beginning, we know they haven't had bad results in the UECL (2 draws from the 2 games they've played), but it's a truly embarrassing result for a team as big as Fiorentina. As I said before that the current results are the beginning, we'll probably see massive movement from Fiorentina starting from the third match day of the UECL.