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.
Topic: ⚽UEFA Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2022/23 | Round of 16 - page 2. (Read 4606 times)
April 10, 2024, 06:34:45 AM
March 20, 2024, 04:29:16 PM
Olympiacos are a really challenging opponent for us. However there is no chance for you to get an easy draw as of this stage. If we look at it objectively I think that we are one step ahead of Olympiacos but everything can happen in this matchup. There would be brilliant atmospheres to be created by the supporters in both matches. If I manage to find a ticket I will absolutely follow the match at the stadium in İstanbul/Kadıköy on April 18th. I would send photos to you. 
March 17, 2024, 11:37:51 AM
Fenerbahce is also solid, but one can't just lose a home match against Royale
others are a bit lower quality clubs
Fiorentina has low odds, but IMO they are far from it
others are a bit lower quality clubs
Fiorentina has low odds, but IMO they are far from it
Yeah think I saw a punter losing big on that Belgian game, mystifying for me as well that the Turks would slip at home, but if I were them, I'd be happy to use up my "loss" on home soil before the QFs. You usually need to lose a game or two to wake up the rest of the team, no better timing.
Agreed on Fiorentina, zero value for them. I really want to say this cup is Villa's to win, they certainly have the manager pedigree to do it, not sure about the personnel on field though.
March 17, 2024, 05:45:50 AM
<>
I agree about Aston Villa - Lille also. The highest quality draw among all is this one. Aston Villa should be able to advance to semi finals though but Lille can resist more than Ajax I think.
The current odds for the biggest favourites to become the champions:
- Aston Villa - 2.80
- Fiorentina - 4.50
- Lille - 6.50
- Fenerbahçe - 7.00
I agree about Aston Villa - Lille also. The highest quality draw among all is this one. Aston Villa should be able to advance to semi finals though but Lille can resist more than Ajax I think.
The current odds for the biggest favourites to become the champions:
- Aston Villa - 2.80
- Fiorentina - 4.50
- Lille - 6.50
- Fenerbahçe - 7.00
I think all the teams here will have their fans imagining the best. Fenerbahce is the dark player, I think all Turkish teams at the top are capable of winning at any time of the day, at the same time even a fancy team like Villa can play like shit, so I don't know if the odds are accurate. For Villa everything seems to rely on Ollie Watkins, he was slightly injured too, gash on leg, that can spell bad things for them.
Fiorentina, no idea.
Do you guys feel that it's a little "weird" feeling that teams you have basically no idea about normally, I mean you do not follow them or anything, you just check their scores and all that, and odds, that you support maybe even more than some fans on betting day?
I mean we are talking about something that is a bit weird to me, I do not support any of these teams, and probably never checked over half of their squad too, I know some players in all of them, but if you tell me to count the best eleven of these squads, I could probably do it for Villa, and even that's doubtful, whereas I can't do it for any other team %100 guaranteed. So me, supporting these, just because I bet on them, like I am a fan for the past 30 years, is a little weird feeling
.
I mean we are talking about something that is a bit weird to me, I do not support any of these teams, and probably never checked over half of their squad too, I know some players in all of them, but if you tell me to count the best eleven of these squads, I could probably do it for Villa, and even that's doubtful, whereas I can't do it for any other team %100 guaranteed. So me, supporting these, just because I bet on them, like I am a fan for the past 30 years, is a little weird feeling
.I only check scores, but I never support, just hoping for certain results. This is mainly because I play Bitcointalk Sports Fanatics League so everything is covered there
But it's not like I totally never know anything about them. You can do best 11 for Villa? I can only do 5 maybe. Watkins, Martinez, Cash... oops only 3 lol.
You should be in the Premier League pool, why don't you join?
In fact I hardly see you sharing bets on EPL, or am I missing them?
March 16, 2024, 03:49:22 PM
Do you guys feel that it's a little "weird" feeling that teams you have basically no idea about normally, I mean you do not follow them or anything, you just check their scores and all that, and odds, that you support maybe even more than some fans on betting day?
I mean we are talking about something that is a bit weird to me, I do not support any of these teams, and probably never checked over half of their squad too, I know some players in all of them, but if you tell me to count the best eleven of these squads, I could probably do it for Villa, and even that's doubtful, whereas I can't do it for any other team %100 guaranteed. So me, supporting these, just because I bet on them, like I am a fan for the past 30 years, is a little weird feeling.
I mean we are talking about something that is a bit weird to me, I do not support any of these teams, and probably never checked over half of their squad too, I know some players in all of them, but if you tell me to count the best eleven of these squads, I could probably do it for Villa, and even that's doubtful, whereas I can't do it for any other team %100 guaranteed. So me, supporting these, just because I bet on them, like I am a fan for the past 30 years, is a little weird feeling
. 
March 16, 2024, 03:07:27 PM
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS DRAWS
Club Brugge v PAOK - A 50-50 match-up, with the latter looking to land a final in their home country.
Olympiacos v Fenerbahce - The Greece-Turkey rivalry is back.
Aston Villa v Lille - Two Northern European sides face off.
Viktoria Plzen v Fiorentina - Last year's finalists travel to Czechia.
Source link: https://www.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2023-2024/uefa-champions-league-quarter-final-and-semi-final-draws-with-europa-and-conference-league-to-come-f_sto10062518/story.shtml
Olympiacos - Fenerbahche should be epic pair and I already imagine what atmosphere will be in both stadiums. 50/50 IMO, Olympiacos made such crazy comeback against Maccabi.Club Brugge v PAOK - A 50-50 match-up, with the latter looking to land a final in their home country.
Olympiacos v Fenerbahce - The Greece-Turkey rivalry is back.
Aston Villa v Lille - Two Northern European sides face off.
Viktoria Plzen v Fiorentina - Last year's finalists travel to Czechia.
Source link: https://www.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2023-2024/uefa-champions-league-quarter-final-and-semi-final-draws-with-europa-and-conference-league-to-come-f_sto10062518/story.shtml
Aston Villa is main favorite of tournament, but now they got final worthy opponent.
It looks that Fiorentina got easiest opponent on paper, but Fiorentina itself doesn't looks so confident.
Totally agreed. Ajax were already a mess since the beginning of the season. They were lucky to not lose in the first leg but they couldn't escape the inevitable in the second leg... 
So this can't be called like one of potential final matches in this tournament. Ajax just needed to get really lucky with the draw to be able to have a chance to reach the final round.
Ajax were starting showing soe better football and improved results in the middle of seasons, but in recent weeks we see same terrible Ajax that we saw in beginning of season. Tey barely survived against Bodo/Glimt, it was difficult to expect that they can eliminate Villa. So this can't be called like one of potential final matches in this tournament. Ajax just needed to get really lucky with the draw to be able to have a chance to reach the final round. March 16, 2024, 06:50:05 AM
Aston Villa probably pulled the hardest team they could pull, Lille is still a decent team. To be fair at this stage all teams are quite decent compared to Aston Villa, but they still seem like the favourites. Luck on the 1-4 matchup is that the winner of Aston Villa and Lille matchup will be playing against the Fenerbahce Olympiacos matchup winner, which means that two of the highest rated teams in this conference league season, will matchup during semi finals.
So whoever goes to other side of semi finals, will face someone easier compared to what could have happened. This part is so confusing usually is that any team could lose on this round, or could win the whole thing and this is why it should be hard to bet on these.
So whoever goes to other side of semi finals, will face someone easier compared to what could have happened. This part is so confusing usually is that any team could lose on this round, or could win the whole thing and this is why it should be hard to bet on these.
March 16, 2024, 05:49:27 AM
No final should ever end like Aston Villa Ajax scoreline man, 4-0? I don't think I ever saw a final like this before so you know it's good riddance of Ajax for sure.
Ajax has only not done so well in past 2 seasons though, I mean compared to Villa?
Anyway, Lille Villa is now the best match to look forward to. No offense to Greek and Turkey affair
Ajax has only not done so well in past 2 seasons though, I mean compared to Villa?
Anyway, Lille Villa is now the best match to look forward to. No offense to Greek and Turkey affair
Totally agreed. Ajax were already a mess since the beginning of the season. They were lucky to not lose in the first leg but they couldn't escape the inevitable in the second leg...
So this can't be called like one of potential final matches in this tournament. Ajax just needed to get really lucky with the draw to be able to have a chance to reach the final round.I agree about Aston Villa - Lille also. The highest quality draw among all is this one. Aston Villa should be able to advance to semi finals though but Lille can resist more than Ajax I think.
The current odds for the biggest favourites to become the champions:
- Aston Villa - 2.80
- Fiorentina - 4.50
- Lille - 6.50
- Fenerbahçe - 7.00
March 16, 2024, 05:28:31 AM
Ajax in England now, this match is actually the most exciting one in the night to me, even in Europa the 'best' choice is Roma Brighton or Marseiile-Villareal, but none of those clubs are both recently exciting to see like Ajax-Villa, agree?
I do agree that Ajax vs Aston Villa will feel a little bit like early finals game. I am not saying that winner of that game will go on to win it all, last year I said the same thing for Barcelona vs United and I failed, but it is definitely two great teams without a doubt. If you want to watch any conference league games this season, I am sure this should be at the top of the list.I think Aston Villa may have a better chance, Ajax hasn't done so well in recent years and I think Aston Villa has been on the up lately as well. This is a knock off stage game so we would never know ,anything could happen so we should be ready for any result. I wagered on Villa to win but I had no confidence in that bet at all to be fair.
And so it all came and it all proved me and you wrong.
No final should ever end like Aston Villa Ajax scoreline man, 4-0? I don't think I ever saw a final like this before so you know it's good riddance of Ajax for sure.
Ajax has only not done so well in past 2 seasons though, I mean compared to Villa?
Anyway, Lille Villa is now the best match to look forward to. No offense to Greek and Turkey affair
March 15, 2024, 09:49:29 AM
WHEN WHILE THE EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS, SEMI-FINALS AND FINAL BE PLAYED?
The quarter-final will take place on April 11 for the first legs, with the second legs a week later on April 18.
The semi-final first legs are on May 2, and the return legs are on May 9.
The final, in Athens, is on May 29.
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS DRAWS
Club Brugge v PAOK - A 50-50 match-up, with the latter looking to land a final in their home country.
Olympiacos v Fenerbahce - The Greece-Turkey rivalry is back.
Aston Villa v Lille - Two Northern European sides face off.
Viktoria Plzen v Fiorentina - Last year's finalists travel to Czechia.
Source link: https://www.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2023-2024/uefa-champions-league-quarter-final-and-semi-final-draws-with-europa-and-conference-league-to-come-f_sto10062518/story.shtml
The quarter-final will take place on April 11 for the first legs, with the second legs a week later on April 18.
The semi-final first legs are on May 2, and the return legs are on May 9.
The final, in Athens, is on May 29.
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS DRAWS
Club Brugge v PAOK - A 50-50 match-up, with the latter looking to land a final in their home country.
Olympiacos v Fenerbahce - The Greece-Turkey rivalry is back.
Aston Villa v Lille - Two Northern European sides face off.
Viktoria Plzen v Fiorentina - Last year's finalists travel to Czechia.
Source link: https://www.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2023-2024/uefa-champions-league-quarter-final-and-semi-final-draws-with-europa-and-conference-league-to-come-f_sto10062518/story.shtml
March 15, 2024, 09:11:45 AM
I'm glad for Fiorentina managed to qualify further in Conference League and I think no matter who they face next , they should qualify further too because I have them to reach finals this year.
Meanwhile , Paok did a spectacle last night by scoring 5 goals and whoever took those 6x odds to qualify on Paok should be very happy right now.
Plzen ...the only team who played poorly both games and to be honest Servette did an outstanding job this season in Conference league so massive prompts to them.
Aston Villa ...looks like the giant that should be stopped at some point or they will end up winning Conference.
Meanwhile , Paok did a spectacle last night by scoring 5 goals and whoever took those 6x odds to qualify on Paok should be very happy right now.
Plzen ...the only team who played poorly both games and to be honest Servette did an outstanding job this season in Conference league so massive prompts to them.
Aston Villa ...looks like the giant that should be stopped at some point or they will end up winning Conference.
March 15, 2024, 12:44:50 AM
Dinamo Zagreb had 2:0 after first leg and now they lost second game 5:1. And I wouldn't say that PAOK were huge favorites before the game. After all, Dinamo previously eliminated Betis, what happened to them now?
-snip
-snip
it is hard to decide what is a bigger surprise, Dinamo out by PAOK on a 5:1 note, or Olympiakos rise against Maccabi after first match meltdown
Aston Villa stocked Ajax, and they seem as prime favorite to win competition, Fenerbahce is also solid, but one can't just lose a home match against Royale
others are a bit lower quality clubs
Fiorentina has low odds, but IMO they are far from it
March 14, 2024, 07:19:04 PM
Whoah who would have thought Olympiakos would win by such a large difference especially after they had lost one time already against the same team. I guess they really did build on a strategic advantage this time. It must hurt a bit for Maccabi to lose in this way and get knocked out by such a large goal difference.
If any Maccabi fan traveled to Europe for this their trip was cut short. Props to Olympiakos for this
If any Maccabi fan traveled to Europe for this their trip was cut short. Props to Olympiakos for this
March 14, 2024, 05:10:19 PM
I'm very happy that Fenerbahçe won this comfortable today. In case of Aston Villa's making a mistake I think that we can win the Conference League.I think that we have taken a huge step on the road to the quarter finals by winning 3-0 away today. Royale Union need a big miracle from now on. If I can find a ticket I'm going to try to watch the match in Kadıköy. 
If we hadn't scored with an advantage in the first leg, we wouldn't have made it through today. We played really ineffective in the second leg. If we had only won by one goal in the first leg, we wouldn't have made it through today.
I really like Alexander Blessin, the coach of Union Saint-Gilloise, I think he has a very bright future. He played for Antalyaspor for a while when he was a footballer. I think he knows Turkey and Turkish football. I think we should start transfer talks with him now. He can do more at Fenerbahçe than he did at Union Saint-Gilloise.
March 14, 2024, 04:11:31 PM
Dinamo Zagreb had 2:0 after first leg and now they lost second game 5:1. And I wouldn't say that PAOK were huge favorites before the game. After all, Dinamo previously eliminated Betis, what happened to them now?
Fenerbahche lost against Union 0:1, but when you win first game 3:0, you can afford such loss.
From evening games Aston Villa - Ajax looks most interesting. Very sceptical about Ajax chances, now they're struggling again, same like in beginning of season.
Fenerbahche lost against Union 0:1, but when you win first game 3:0, you can afford such loss.
From evening games Aston Villa - Ajax looks most interesting. Very sceptical about Ajax chances, now they're struggling again, same like in beginning of season.
March 14, 2024, 10:56:52 AM
Yeah the both to score bet seems like the better on for a game between this weak Ajax and this good Aston Villa, but the main thing to know is, for anybody who is not following Eredivisie Ajax this season is trash, not the good ajax of past years, and Aston Villa is clearly in one of his best seasons but we can see they already lose some games in the season without so much sense, in fact the other day against Luton they play a horrible second half.
Aston Villa has a much better performance than Ajax at the moment, the performance of Aston Villa and Ajax in domestic competitions is very different. Aston Villa has appeared impressive this season in the Premier League, and has the opportunity to finish in the Champions League zone. Meanwhile, Ajax has experienced quite serious setbacks since the season started, luckily now they have improved a little. The match has started, both teams fielded their best squads, even though Ajax acted as host, Aston Villa had a much greater chance of winning the match.
March 08, 2024, 02:50:56 PM
Contrary to expectations, Fenerbahce almost secured the round with a comfortable 3-0 away win.I was expecting this match to be a tough one for Fenerbahce but Fenerbahce really played at a high level.The performances of Ismail Yuksek, Oosterwolde and Ferdi really dazzled Fenerbahce. Especially Oosterwolde's goal in the 84th minute, not as a stopper but as a winger, was a great detail.Now that Fenerbahce have beaten this opponent, they can wait for their next opponent.They won't lose at home anyway.
March 07, 2024, 06:42:04 PM
I'm very happy that Fenerbahçe won this comfortable today. In case of Aston Villa's making a mistake I think that we can win the Conference League.I think that we have taken a huge step on the road to the quarter finals by winning 3-0 away today. Royale Union need a big miracle from now on. If I can find a ticket I'm going to try to watch the match in Kadıköy.
Fenerbahçe, Aston Villa and Ajax have good odds of winning the Europa conference league. Winning becomes part of the deal when a club is having a wonderful moment winning and thrashing the necessary points. There's no how we would be watching an elite team struggling to win games. There are club that are automatically been selected as favorites because they have what it takes to lift the good points. There are promising clubs that are fighting harder we could anticipate in the tournament. They become desperate for winning scores simply because their cause doesn't meet at ends. March 07, 2024, 06:19:25 PM
I'm very happy that Fenerbahçe won this comfortable today. In case of Aston Villa's making a mistake I think that we can win the Conference League.I think that we have taken a huge step on the road to the quarter finals by winning 3-0 away today. Royale Union need a big miracle from now on. If I can find a ticket I'm going to try to watch the match in Kadıköy.
March 07, 2024, 06:16:55 PM
Quite the surprise with Tel.Aviv winning against Olympiakos right ? Also the score is quite shocking as well as 4-1 defeat kinda makes the comeback impossible. I think this happened because Greek league this year is super close and first 3 teams are very tight for title fight that could go until last game so no wonder why Olympiakos had no gas today.
Not the only heavy surprise as Fenerbahce smacked USG well, I know quite a few happy people tonight because of that result. Brugge the other Belgian heartbreak.
Them Israeli teams make good underdogs, I've always thought that. Just a long fall from grace for the Greeks. On the other hand, Fiorentina went to Haifa and got a win.
It's Conference League, I guess. Might as well put money on the dogs.
Expextected goals and fun game between Ajax and Aston Villa,
Blame Ajax, always.
Jump to: