Can Fiorentina achieve back 2 back conference finals ? I think not. Even if they won last game in the last minute , I don't think they will replicate that tonight against Brugge simply because Brugge on home ground can beat anyone at this point and if I were to place a bet , I would choose Brugge to qualify.
Fiorentina had their chances last year against West Ham and they disappointed a lot.
Topic: ⚽UEFA Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2022/23 | Round of 16 - page 3. (Read 4955 times)
May 08, 2024, 07:47:02 AM
May 04, 2024, 02:28:45 PM
Same here man, same here. It's just really the universe telling me that I don't know football anymore (or I never really did).
You can watch a team, follow them a bit, measure expectations on form, determination, talent, and bookmaker odds -- and then it all goes out the window anyway.
They have nothing to fear in Premier League. They're good enough to lose 2 games and still get Champions League, so I don't understand if that's a distraction. Here and now you can win a trophy.
You know how I feel too about Liverpool. Losing to United who will of course get thrashed by City in FA Cup. And losing to Atalanta who will of course get trashed by Leverkusen. We could have had two amazing finals, but we lost to teams who were, frankly, there to be taken.
You can watch a team, follow them a bit, measure expectations on form, determination, talent, and bookmaker odds -- and then it all goes out the window anyway.
They have nothing to fear in Premier League. They're good enough to lose 2 games and still get Champions League, so I don't understand if that's a distraction. Here and now you can win a trophy.
You know how I feel too about Liverpool. Losing to United who will of course get thrashed by City in FA Cup. And losing to Atalanta who will of course get trashed by Leverkusen. We could have had two amazing finals, but we lost to teams who were, frankly, there to be taken.
In this kind of situations we really have nothing to do. Football is really full of surprises and this surprise was a big one as well.
Aston Villa have been nearly everyone's favourite to win the Conference League trophy but now they are on the verge of elimination in the semi finals already. I agree with you about Liverpool too. Everything became upside down for them in such a short time period. I assume we need to get used to this lol. 
May 03, 2024, 09:44:30 AM
Aston Villa - Olympiacos match is not even close to my expectation now. 
I don't know how but Aston Villa got 2 times behind and it is 2-3. Do these players have their minds busy with thw Premier League or what? They weren't looking like this in the previous rounds. Olympiacos were the last team to make difficulties for them technically. If Olympiacos somehow reach the final I will be sadder for wasting a big chance. Maybe we could have been the one to do this.
Edit: It is 2-4 now.
I don't know how but Aston Villa got 2 times behind and it is 2-3. Do these players have their minds busy with thw Premier League or what? They weren't looking like this in the previous rounds. Olympiacos were the last team to make difficulties for them technically. If Olympiacos somehow reach the final I will be sadder for wasting a big chance. Maybe we could have been the one to do this.Edit: It is 2-4 now.
Same here man, same here. It's just really the universe telling me that I don't know football anymore (or I never really did).
You can watch a team, follow them a bit, measure expectations on form, determination, talent, and bookmaker odds -- and then it all goes out the window anyway.
They have nothing to fear in Premier League. They're good enough to lose 2 games and still get Champions League, so I don't understand if that's a distraction. Here and now you can win a trophy.
You know how I feel too about Liverpool. Losing to United who will of course get thrashed by City in FA Cup. And losing to Atalanta who will of course get trashed by Leverkusen. We could have had two amazing finals, but we lost to teams who were, frankly, there to be taken.
I don't know if this is true or not , but they share the same CEO on both teams ? that should not be allowed if that is true.
What on god's blessed earth? I just looked it up -- couldn't find anything about it. One Greek guy owns them and Nottingham Forest... but I don't think they allow a guy to hold two executive positions in football do they?
May 03, 2024, 05:53:55 AM
Aston Villa lost at home to Olympiakos in the European Conference league.Olympiakos were not at their best throughout the match but made good use of the positions they found.Ayoub El Kaabi scored 3 goals in the match and we can say that it was not easy to win.Aston Villa could not defeat their opponent no matter how dominant they played from the beginning of the match and risked passing the round. It was unlucky that Luiz missed a penalty in the 84th minute.Fenerbahce showed again that they have the potential to win the cup if they had eliminated Olympiakos.I am very angry that we were eliminated by Olympiakos after Ismail Kartal's wrong decisions.
May 03, 2024, 05:47:39 AM
And this is why a lot of people are calling this league the Lottery League! Because everything can happen and every game is really hard to guess and everytime we have a lot of surprises during the games ...and today it was no different. Aston Villa vs Olympiakos was that game where an entire planet had 1x or Villa to win and the entire planet lost their betting tickets and I don't know if this is true or not , but they share the same CEO on both teams ? that should not be allowed if that is true.
Then , we had Fiorentina who once again scored a late goal to win the game and has the first chance to reach finals but I won't count out Brugge just yet.
Then , we had Fiorentina who once again scored a late goal to win the game and has the first chance to reach finals but I won't count out Brugge just yet.
We really need to be ready for every kind of results in this tournament. I agree with that. This is commonly seen in the Europa League and Conference League both. In the Champions League big surprises happen less often when we compare them. This is why I'm trying to be extra careful while betting on the matches here. I mostly prefer goal bets.
This loss is really a heavy one. Do you think Aston Villa will come back from this? By the way I think even Olympiacos weren't expecting to be this comfortable here.
Lastly the most unexpected final like Brugge v Olympiacos is quite likely to be seen now. May 02, 2024, 05:23:17 PM
And this is why a lot of people are calling this league the Lottery League! Because everything can happen and every game is really hard to guess and everytime we have a lot of surprises during the games ...and today it was no different. Aston Villa vs Olympiakos was that game where an entire planet had 1x or Villa to win and the entire planet lost their betting tickets and I don't know if this is true or not , but they share the same CEO on both teams ? that should not be allowed if that is true.
Then , we had Fiorentina who once again scored a late goal to win the game and has the first chance to reach finals but I won't count out Brugge just yet.
Then , we had Fiorentina who once again scored a late goal to win the game and has the first chance to reach finals but I won't count out Brugge just yet.
May 02, 2024, 04:32:53 PM
Missed this my man, and I was hoping for the same. I always feel like it's idiotic for teams like that to progress, since they ruin the games and won't make it to the final anyway. Emery will still be disbelieving his luck he landed the easier team in the semis. I really think it's written in the stars for Villa so it's theirs to lose, you're right.
P.S. I did see the match vs Chelsea and they did eventually drop points but that's to Chelski! No one left in Conference is half as talented.
P.S. I did see the match vs Chelsea and they did eventually drop points but that's to Chelski! No one left in Conference is half as talented.
Aston Villa - Olympiacos match is not even close to my expectation now.
I don't know how but Aston Villa got 2 times behind and it is 2-3. Do these players have their minds busy with thw Premier League or what? They weren't looking like this in the previous rounds. Olympiacos were the last team to make difficulties for them technically. If Olympiacos somehow reach the final I will be sadder for wasting a big chance. Maybe we could have been the one to do this.Edit: It is 2-4 now.
May 02, 2024, 11:35:19 AM
I've a little something on Fiorentina/Brugge match, expect to see goals.
Had the chance to watch Brugge's first half vs PAOK (2nd leg), an attacking team, extremely dangerous/lethal counters. They can absolutely hurt Fiorentina, and i'm sure they'll have opportunities to do so. Domestically, they are top of the league, having scored 15 goals in their last five matches.
Fiorentina failed to reach the Coppa Italia Final, not doing great in Serie A either. The Conference League final is the only way to save their season, and i'm confident they will go for it. Viktoria Plzen parked the bus in the 1/4 finals, but Brugge is not that type of team, i expect to see end-to-end football. It's been raining in Florence, and the weather forecast for the match is also rain...fast surfaces typically result in more attacking football/goals.
Michael Oliver will referee tonight, BTTS in all six European matches he's been in charge of this season.
https://int.soccerway.com/referees/michael-oliver/60878/
May 02, 2024, 10:51:48 AM
I still can't believe how we lost the matchup against Olympiacos like this. 
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.
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.
Missed this my man, and I was hoping for the same. I always feel like it's idiotic for teams like that to progress, since they ruin the games and won't make it to the final anyway. Emery will still be disbelieving his luck he landed the easier team in the semis. I really think it's written in the stars for Villa so it's theirs to lose, you're right.
P.S. I did see the match vs Chelsea and they did eventually drop points but that's to Chelski! No one left in Conference is half as talented.
April 25, 2024, 05:14:05 PM
I still can't believe how we lost the matchup against Olympiacos like this. 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.
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.
April 19, 2024, 04:34:32 PM
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.This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.
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
April 19, 2024, 03:12:46 PM
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.This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.
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.
April 19, 2024, 03:10:27 PM
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.
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.
April 19, 2024, 02:27:12 PM
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.
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...
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.
This will be a good momentum for Aston Villa, they haven't become a champion since 1995.
April 19, 2024, 05:33:24 AM
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? I don't know why, but all the top EPL teams have terrible results... Villa can't even make a dangerous moment...
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...
April 18, 2024, 06:57:28 PM
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.
April 18, 2024, 04:17:19 PM
Aston Villa are through the semi finals! However they owe Emiliano Martinez a lot for this qualification. 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.
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.
April 18, 2024, 03:02:26 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? I don't know why, but all the top EPL teams have terrible results... Villa can't even make a dangerous moment...
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?
April 18, 2024, 02:34:11 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? I don't know why, but all the top EPL teams have terrible results... Villa can't even make a dangerous moment...
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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