Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 363. (Read 49231 times)

Indeed, we still have some other big clubs as competitors to win the European League like Barcelona, Moreover Arsenal, Roma, Lazio, Real Betis, an some others who come from UCL. Barcelona should be one of the competitors that also have a high chance of winning, except that they cannot optimize every match to win. The club has several talented and great players as their central forward, midfielder, and also at back. But sometimes, they cannot be consistent. Arsenal, o the other hand, this season is very on fire. We have seen their efforts so far during this season, they are excellent enough with their achievement so far. being the top standing in the Premier League, much better than the previous season, leaving Behind Man City which is the giant club in EPL. Well, certainty, the European League will be really exicitng to watch this season.

Arsenal shouldn't kill two bird's with a single stone and I disagree if they can with the same  set of players the transfer window would be open soon, I do hope they can sign player's to back the once they have currently because injuries can also happen and it will cause harm in the long run. If they can they should just focus on the Premier League. Europa league will be very strong when the next season begins

I believe Arsenal are one of the favorites in the Europa League this season. Their game is very good and I watch their game more often every chance I get, it's very entertaining. But you're right, player injuries are the most likely worry that every team thinks about right now given the very busy schedule.

But for now the round of 16 matches are still very far from Arsenal. They still have time to stay focused on the Premier League while waiting for who will be drawn for the next opponent. So it's still safe to say Arsenal are the favorites if they're only going to meet weak teams in the last 16.

Everything can still happen to them and the worst possibility such as injury must be anticipated from the start because it is clear that currently there are several clubs who have experienced the severity of the injury storm which has made it difficult for their clubs such as Chelsea in wading into the EPL and of course Barcelona who must return to Europe. League due to injuries to their players.
Currently Arsenal are in very good condition so they have to anticipate all bad possibilities for them to continue to be consistent in the EPL and Europa League.

I'm curious about how determined Arsenal will be for the Europa League title. So far they have done a great job about balancing the English Premier League and Europa League. They have performed strongly in both of the tournaments. There will be a long break for the rest of the games to start now.

Unless they have to deal with serious injuries after the World Cup ends, I don't expect Arsenal to lose their concentration and start struggling in any of these tournaments. Besides they might add new players to their squad in January as well which would help them a lot in the rest of the season.

It made me laugh, how could anyone think a club would let another club win, moreover it was their eternal rival club. All clubs will compete in a race to stop their opponents from becoming champions, even if it is a weak club. In the minds of all clubs, their target is to become champions, but this comes back to their situation which makes them only target the top 4, top 5, top 10 or even staying in this competition. But that doesn't mean they don't want to win, in other words they measure their ability to be able to sit in which position.

being realistic, barcelona has no chance of winning the europe league, in the europe league there are strong teams that have the potential to win the europe league, barcelona has to focus on winning la liga, which will also not be an easy task for them, because despite them being at the top, real madrid can still catch up with them and you can still overcome them, so barcelona will not be able to focus on two things: europa league and la liga, they will have to choose one of the things, and the obvious choice will be la liga, what worries me is real madrid, as a fan of real madrid it seems to me that this season we won't win anything


as a fan of juventus and i feel sad that we were eliminated from the champions league, but juventus still have a good chance of finishing something this season, they are in the europa league and will play against nantes which in my opinion is not a very difficult opponent that juventus can't win and if we manage to eliminate nantes probably the other opponent will be a team that we can win, i believe that juventus can win the europa league, unfortunately we don't have any chance of winning the serie A, the junventus in recent times has been a team that hardly hires great players, I don't know if this is due to some financial reason or just the coach's stubbornness, but the way we are we have no chance of being champions of the series A

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​both have the chance to win the championship trophy this season, only two points apart, making the competition between these two clubs even more fierce. however, the one with the most potential to win the trophy this season is still Real Madrid.
Madrid is one step better than Barcelona, ​​although statistically Barcelona seems to be doing better in La Liga.

if Barcelona wants to win a title this season, what's more Xavi is targeting 2 titles at once. however, if he does not change the pattern of play and strategy. I'm not sure that Barcelona will be able to remain consistent in the following matches. the reason is, Xavi tends to rely more on La Masia than other players who clearly have better experience. Raphinha, who at the start of the season really relied on, but he didn't contribute at all. whereas, Xavi still has Ansu Fati who should be given many chances.
in essence, if the patterns and formations applied by Xavi are not changed. I'm not sure, Barcelona can win a trophy this season.

Not a single team allows its opponent to perform well and get a championship trophy at the end of the season. If there was, then it would be very strange for the team. Because it is clear as you said that all teams are fighting for the championship and the league trophy they want at the end of the season. So there is no reason whatsoever for a team like Real Madrid to give permission for a team like Barcelona to be in the position it is in now.

It sounds very funny for you to think that Real Madrid allowed Barcelona be at point where they are now. That's not, you just give excuse. Real Madrid can't allow or give Barcelona the chance to win because they are all fighting to win the league,  if Barcelona ate doing well and ahead it doesn't mean because Real Madrid allow them.

I do not think that Real Madrid really "allowed" anyone to be the first, they are playing well, they haven't lost or got a tie that commonly, they are playing well, the difference is that Barcelona is playing even better.

This is why I believe that we are going to end up seeing Barcelona win the title this year. On the other hand, if Barcelona still goes on to finals and win Europa cup, while Real Madrid somehow manages to lose both domestic cup and UCL at the same time, then we are going to see Real focus only to league, while Barcelona focusing on many other competitions and there could be some trouble there for sure, which will create a trouble for them.

Of course there will be differences of opinion on this for football fans, but for players of course this level is something they have to make the most of. This is a tournament that is held every 4 years, so for players it takes a long time for them to play there. Whereas in the Champions League or something like that they feel every year. Moreover, they are playing for their homeland, so they will play to the fullest.
I myself want to see them in the World Cup because the best players from each country are there. So I want to see if they are still as good as at the club or different, because you can say they are rarely united compared to the club level.

Juventus is having terrible start of this season with too many injuries hit them badly, and they were struggling badly for having any positive mark in this season, but good thing happen as now they have good recovery in last six weeks and with this performance they are at the third spot in Serie A which is surely good news for them before this long break, and now they have to wait for positive things if they want to stay at the top and their players could be also in better shape after the world cup.

If they have no injury during this world cup and their players could be in good shape then surely we can expect good fight at the top of Serie A as all teams will try to catch Napoli which is clearly having very good gape and still capable of leading things with quality and performance.

There is no doubt they have done good job with spending good amount on quality players which are now giving their best as leading into La Liga, but exit from Champions League is surely concern for them with Xavi's most focus is on La Liga instead of European competitions which is surely having some internal issue even they can do good in both competitions, but he wants strong hand on La Liga with if they exit from Europa League this is not going to have any issue for them.

Finances is surely the biggest concern as debit is already over 1 billion USD which mean they have to think about this otherwise they could be in serious trouble and for this all they surely need to focus on both La Liga and European competitions which can bring good revenue which is vital for them and now in coming transfer window offloading few more players surely going to have positive impact on them.

Juventus have had very different performances in Serie A and the Champions League. In Serie A, Juventus' defense is very good with only conceding 7 goals in 15 matches, but on the other hand their defense is very weak in the Champions League where in 6 matches they conceded 13 goals.

Basically I don't know Juventus' biggest obstacle this season in Europe other than the injury of several important players, but they have to prove something in a better way in the Europa League later. I don't think Nantes will be a strong opponent for Juventus in the playoffs, so Juventus will have to win that match to qualify for the round of 16.

I understand what you mean. And I also value club football more than the games of the national teams, the importance of which is decreasing every year for various reasons. As for the difference in class, in fact, in the Champions League the situation is the same - there are top clubs there, but also Dynamo, Victoria, Maccabi, Copenhagen, etc.
In the end, even you will still watch the World Cup and I think after the final game it will be more difficult for you to return to ordinary games of the national championships.

Yes, Manchester United have yet to find their best form. however, his pattern and rhythm of play is already looking better than at the start of the season. it's just that, they still experience some obstacles and weaknesses that Ten Hag must fix in the future.

so naturally, if Barcelona is superior to Manchester United in the playoffs later. what's more at this time, it is certain that Ronaldo will no longer play with The Red Devils. so, Ten Hag has no other option but to rely on Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford. even so, Manchester United still has time to prepare everything, at least Ten Hag will formulate a formula and strategy to keep up with Barcelona's game.

on the other hand, Barcelona is the favorite and is predicted to overthrow Manchester United.
IMO, this match will be a tough test match for Ten Hag, but that doesn't mean Barcelona will easily win the battle later. this fight will be a fierce battle for the two teams that will compete.

Juventus have been going through a lot of poor performances in the lead up to the World Cup. There were many injuries in the team which affected the team significantly. If Juventus want to do well, they need to return to good performances. However, I believe that whatever qualification players Juventus have, they will surely be able to return to performance.

Salzburg vs As Roma is an interesting game i think it will be really competitive salzburg always have been a difficult opponent in the european competitions on the otherhand Roma are having difficulties Recently this is a really good matchup in my opinion.

Juventus are weak defensively which have been a major cause in their drastic drop in form  and resulting in poor games in the league and in the Champions league. Their performance in the league have been much better than in the champions league which  seems to me that to evaluate a teams performance, you will get the right answers when they compete in European top level like in the Champions league or Europa league because you are competing on a different level there against the best in Europe. That could probably be the reason why they play better in the domestic league and not in the Champions league. However, they need to strengthen their defense to stand a chance in the Europa league.