Topic: ⚽UEFA Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2022/23 | Round of 16 - page 8. (Read 4955 times)

Yep, pretty lucky considering the fact that Astana was quite good in the end half and even missed the penalty. If they scored, I think that match would end up very differently as Dinamo was just horrendous in the first half and was ready to conceed few more goals.

I have to say that as a Dinamo fan since 1980s, it pains me to see them looking like this, where they are not favorites even against 4th tier teams and its been quite a lot of time since they were so bad. Worst of all, future doesn't look any better too as their youth team isn't what it was few years ago.

Fenerbahce lose of yesterday cant pass unpunished, they need to really punish the player in some way, you cant lose so much prestige. I see some parts of the game and man, that was one of the worst performance i ever seen in my whole life, the nordic team attacks and scores without so much opposition.

Fenerbahçe lost away with a disgraceful football. The manager Ismail Kartal is definitely responsible for this match. After this heavy defeat, he should either resign or the president should look for a new manager as long as the same football continues in the next match. I don't think it will go any further with Ismail Kartal because for the last 3-4 matches there has been a low form especially due to the absence of becao, djiku and fred. There shouldn't be reasons for losing games despite the absence of these three players and not finding a solution to this. There is no explanation for losing points in these matches when Fenerbahçe has a wide rotation.

What happened to Besiktas? How they can lose 5:0 at home? Ok, they're last in group, playing against group leaders, but still it's shameful. Show some respect to fans who come to support you.
Olimpija - Lille, I haven't seen worse pitch in UEFA competition for a while
https://twitter.com/GFFN/status/1730286283329528024
I don't understand how referee allowed to play there.

I must admit that it was a good bet for you mate but you were unlucky. Because I really liked their effort in the first half. Their goal expectation was around 1.20 but there was still no goal. If they scored first things could have been easier for you. But they couldn't. The red card they got after a goal conceded was the end of the hopes for Astana.

Astana literally couldn't do anything in the second half. It must have been really annoying for you to watch them in the second half.

I think the Europa League is harder to predict so I try to keep away from it for betting. 

Very interesting round in Lottery League today as we have  A LOT of teams what depend on a positive result today or at least a draw so that's why I don't expect to see a lot of goals because teams simply won't risk to lose the game just because they prefer to play super offensive and so far it seems I'm right because so far we barely got goals. However , the 2nd series of games of the day might bring a bit of spectacle and some goals but after what I saw yesterday in UCL , I think some red cards are on the way...

The next match between Lokomotiv Astana vs Dinamo Zagreb Group C is one of the most competitive groups because 3 teams will fight for points I mean they still have the same opportunity because the points are very close, only Viktoria Plzen certainly gets one place in the next stage who got perfect results with 4 wins. I don't know why Dinamo Zagreb seems to be favored today with the odds that is offered by the bookies but I know that Lokomotiv Astana certainly doesn't let it be easy because this is an important match I mean Lokomotiv Astana is likely to score goals so in my opinion Both Team to Score YES is an ideal bet, what do you think?


Besides that the match in Group F is also paying attention because 2 teams have the same points (6) and Fiorentina leads with 8 points, Fiorentina may collect 3 more points today playing at home against KRC Genk does not seem difficult I'm sure Fiorentina will not waste this opportunity because they are actually not safe,  while Ferencvarosi must take advantage because their competitors KRC Genk will not get points and Ferencvarosi has a great chance to win.

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!