Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 256. (Read 49231 times)

That is why I did mention Weghorst's work rates in my post. From time to time it happens that nobody understands why a coach picks a certain player, but it might be the perfect missing piece to complete the idea the coach in mind. I remember when Mourinho was a fan of Khedira, you remember too? I didn't ever like Khedira, but Mourinho must have had his reasons to let him player a full season. The work rate was great again but he wouldn't hit the target from two meters even if the goal was empty. Players with high work rates have a value that is as important as goals and assists.

After being eliminated from the Champions League and clinching a spot here, I don't think Barcelona will want it to go so easily. They would not want to be eliminated from the Europa League once more. Following a draw in the first leg game, Barcelona will surely give it their all to eliminate any team that stands in their way of success. I believe Barcelona, but this should make Manchester United to be more prepare for the second leg tomorrow, although they’ve an home advantage to them also but that shouldn’t be completely relied on either.

Im totally with you on the Busquets vibe. Homie's a real game-changer and his presence on the pitch can give us mad stability and exert some serious pressure on our opponents. But check it, with the number of ballers we got on the team, we gotta use 'em all when we're up aganst some real tough like Real Madrid and Man United, who be breathin down our necks and all that shizz. And yo, Barca gonna fight hard and we got a boss manager who can switch things up and adapt to the players we got. We already showed we can ball out despite injuriess and lineup changes. Im tellin you, with our pure determination and strength, we gonna crush it in La Liga and give United a run for they're money. You already know, "Barca is more than a club," and we gonna prove that to our fans by smashin it in the UCL.

Sevilla are a really interesting team when it comes to the Europa League. I mean they still manage to stay strong in this tournament despite their having a bad season in the La Liga. We don't see many teams being able to do these at the same time. Because I don't think Sevilla players have a high level of morale after their general results in their league. Yeah there is some improvement in the recent ones but still they are quite weak in big matches especially.

Considering that people were right about doubting therm against PSV. But Sevilla proven how determined they were here at least. I guess they wouldn't lose this big advantage from here.

Ten Hag is ready for the tax ahead, and it's a big fight ahead for Xavi, but It may not really work out the way you think. Barcelona may not be an easy tax for Manchester United. It was quite good to see such result at Camp Nou, and it will yield positive if they can play with no sense of over confidence cuz already, Manchester united with two goals away may seem very reluctant to give it out the way they did in camp nou.

24 hours left and today Xavi said there is a possibility for us to lose the game tomorrow against Manchester United and Erik Ten Hag players because as you know they don't have many important players for this match Gavi and Pedri and Dembele but I don't think if that's real because even without of these players Xavi can replace other players this speech from him can be just part of the plan a day before the games start, regardless of that we all know Ten Hag will have hard day tomorrow against Barcelona.

Without the presence of Gavi and Pedri Barcelona's game will not be as good as the first leg, Pedri is a midfielder who has creativity in maintaining the rhythm of the game and before giving feedback to the attacker, This player is an energetic young midfielder owned by Xavi and currently his contribution is very instrumental in Barcelona's success, so without the presence of Pedri and Gavi will greatly benefit Manchester United.

These two players are not as good as Pedri and Gavi, so Barcelona's style of play will automatically be slightly different, it will be interesting to see how the second leg goes at Old Trafford with a slightly different scheme and game.

If someone understands football tactics, then I think it won't be difficult to understand why Erik Ten Hag continues to entrust Weghorst as the spearhead up front, Of the several wins Manchester United won in their previous matches, Weghorst's presence was quite helpful in the process of scoring goals, because Weghorst always opened up space for other players to score goals. Even if you pay attention when he faces one on one with the opponent's goalkeeper he is not necessarily able to score a goal.

That's why Weghorst is considered important to be in the line-up every time Manchester United plays, because Erik Ten Hak understands very well what makes his team grow although the goal did not come from a centre-forward. In the philosophy of football, victory is very important because what is seen is not who plays well and scores goals.

The 3-0 victory won by Sevilla in the first leg still does not guarantee that they can qualify for the next round, Sevilla performance in the first leg is indeed quite extraordinary considering bad their  performance in the league, but I think, PSV  which has fanatical fans and is always noisy at the cage certainly won't let Sevilla win with easy, Sevilla performance which is still very inconsistent convinces me that it looks like PSV will be able to turn things around later and in the end lock one of the tickets to qualify by getting rid of Sevilla, which is the team with the most European league champions so far.

I think a very hot night awaits Barcelona at Old Trafford. The proportions look attractive. Everything is positive for Erik tan Hag right now, there is no missing player, they get the results they want. There is great benefit in the first match ending in a draw and now they will be at home. Rashford is the most fit striker in Europe, scoring 1-2 goals every game. His finishing in the game will be very critical in this match. A tough away game awaits Xavi's team. I think I see Manchester United as closer to victory.

I see that there are two players who are doubtful that they will appear in the second leg, the first being Dybala and Abraham. I even doubt that Roma can come back and qualify for the next round by being able to win the match in the second leg which will be played tomorrow. We will see how Mourinho strategy will be in the second leg, whether he will force Dybala to play or will use Solbakken's services for that position.

Rb Salzburg is very strong enough this season even in the domestic league they have only lost 1 time in the 18 matches that have been played. I see a stronger chance that Rb Salzburg will advance to the round of 16.

Sevilla improved indeed and they are now in the 12th place in La Liga after they were in the relegation zone for quite long period, mainly before World Cup.
They won with 3 goals to 0 vs PSV making them favourites in the second leg since they will play comfortably at the opposite of PSV where they will play under pressure.
For the other teams, the results were either a draw or a 1 point difference so the second leg will be crucial for all the teams.

You are right that Sevilla have improved a lot after experiencing a bad situation with their negative record at the start of the season which made them feel the cold of the relegation zone. But slowly they are improving and the result is that we see this score in the Europa League play offs. To be honest, I didn't think that Sevilla wouldn't be able to do much in this round, but the truth is that in the first leg they were able to finish very well.

All possible opportunities for Man United are still quite big considering playing at Old Trafford as their home ground and they don't have a player who is absent in the sense that the main squad is ready to appear in the second leg later while other rumors for Barcelona they have some problems about players who getting injured of course it's a bit of a loss for Xavi and an advantage for Ten Hag, but we don't know the result later but it will be exciting in the second leg it will be decisive for them.

I can only say one thing, it is very difficult for Barcelona to lose at Camp Nou, they have all their people there and all their fans are going to support them a lot since they are player number 12, so it will be very difficult for Man United Of course I'm not saying it's impossible, however soccer can give very good surprises, it can also happen that Barcelona plays badly and loses, it's all in the possibilities, but I repeat how they will play in Barcelona, it's very likely that Barcelona will win.

I'm really looking forward to this game now! Especially the second leg at Old Traford, there will be the final and decisive match.

Giovanni Guardalà insists Juventus must play better to beat Nantes on Thursday




Source: https://www.juvefc.com/giovanni-guardala-insists-juventus-must-play-better-to-beat-nantes-on-thursday/

when you trace the history between Manchester United and Barcelona in the European competitions Barcelona is always ahead of Manchester United but with the recent form of Manchester United it will be very difficult for Barcelona to have a decent result in the Old Trafford.

Since they were unable to win Manchester United in Spain it will be difficult for them to do so in England so there will be a very fierce fixture and Manchester United could come out victorious

I also think Manchester United have a better chance of winning the return game. They showed that they can beat Barcelona in the first game, but Barcelona miraculously managed to equalise. I think Manchester will win at Old Trafford and reach the quarterfinals. Their home game statistics are very good and they have not lost at home for a long time and win regularly.

But in fact, Sevilla's performance has indeed improved after the World Cup break. Previously Sevilla was only struggling because it was difficult to avoid the relegation zone in the La Liga standings, but now Sevilla is slowly getting back on track.
This can at least push Sevilla to be even better in the Europa League as well because basically, Sevilla does have a good place in the Europa League so that Sevilla can have good abilities to continue to compete in the Europa League.

Very interesting to see Sevilla performance during play off match because they had opposite performance than in Laliga this because Sevilla can able to performing well in this competition and 3-0 in the first met makes Sevilla in the comfortable position and their chances to qualified is almost be certain because they could aim for a draw in the second leg or at least not lose with 3 goals margin and it is very possible to achieve by Sevilla and for their opponent PSV i was never thought PSV has been humiliated with those scores and now if want to qualified to the next round they have to win at least 4-0 and this is very hard target for them

1 goals looks so easy to be surpassed by roma when it will be playing at home. Salzburg is also having very big pressure to make sure roma will not make more than two goals. Salzburg will able to win as long as the match will be draw or only 1-0 as the result.

The upcoming match is very hard to predict. Roma was playing well enough during the first leg but it was not enough to defeat salzburg. What i can do to believe with a formation that will be made by mourinho.
Im sure that mourinho will be coming with something different in the second leg very soon. Playing at home was just boosting mentality from players.

If we refer to the predicted line-up of the two teams, this match is very interesting. based on predictions, Ten Hag will apply the formation he usually uses with 4-2-3-1. at least, in this match Ten Hag was quite confident with his players. the return of Lisandro Martinez and Diogo Dalot, became key players in defense. Sabitzer and Casemiro, paired as a double pivot. the rest, there is no change for the front line. in this way, Ten Hag will optimize his troops to win the match against Barcelona at their own headquarters.

On the other hand, based on temporary predictions, Xavi will not change his formation and use the 4-3-3 formation pattern. the difference is, Ferran Torres will be played as a starter in this match. it seems, Segio Roberto and Kessie will be paired as a double pivot, and De Jong will be an attacking midfielder. the rest, Raphina and Lewandowski. interestingly, if Raphina and Torres are able to play optimally. then this fight will show a very interesting match. I think, Manchester United will not be easy to overthrow Barcelona.