Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 385. (Read 49207 times)

In group D, U.S Gilloise came out on top. Honestly I was surprised that they finished as leaders when there were braga and union berlin. While Union Berlin did well in the German league, they didn't do well both in Europe and in the league.
In Group F, it's a sad situation for Sturm Graz. Everyone had equal points but they were eliminated from the European Cups due to bad averages. It was a very strange table.

It was actually a lucky game for As Roma yesterday, but Jose Morinho's side looked very prepared for the match, as they dominated the game from start to finish, even though two of the goals were penalties, they put too much pressure on Ludogorates defense to avoid what happened to them in the first leg, where they lost 2-1.
Both the coach and the players were overjoyed with their qualification for the round of 32, especially after some unexpectedly poor results in the group stage. Congratulations to Roma. I hope they make it to the round of 16 as well, because it will not be easy with so many teams coming from the Champions League.

It's amazing how all the teams managed to score 8 points in this group, I'm probably the first time I've seen this. And it's even more surprising that Lazio go to the Conference League, as they have a negative difference between goals scored and conceded. Lazio simply had to not lose and it seemed to me that in the match against Feenoord for Lazio this would be a very big problem, but they lost this match.

Manchester United’s performance in the game against Real Sociedad was okay. They could have also played better than what they displayed. Real Sociedad had a lot of chances at goal but was all thwarted by the ever galant David de Gea.

Real Sociedad were hungry for goals and it showed in the game. The game was fast paced and I believe it was Real Sociedad that made it so. But Manchester United also wasn’t ready to lose the game and strived to get a second goal to top its group, but Real Sociedad had a sturdy defense and denied Manchester United the top spot in the group.

Roma proved their quality over Ludogorets Razgrad. I didn't watch their game because I watched Manchester United who managed to get a dramatic win, but AS Roma vs Ludogorets Razgrad stats are very interesting.
AS Roma managed to make 9 shots off target and 9 on target. Ball Possession (%) is not much difference as seen in the picture.

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David de Gea and Alejandro Garnacho became players who were instrumental for Manchester United beating Real Sociedad. As a Manchester United fan, I would like to congratulate Alejandro Garnacho. A talented young man from Argentina who idolizes Cristiano Ronaldo.

I can't say Olympiacos are having their worst season this season in the Europa League, because even though Olympiacos can qualify for the next round, the reality is that Olympiacos can never go further.
Also, regarding their competition in the local league I think there is no problem too because everything is still running normally. Even though Olympiacos is a team that dominates their local league but sometimes they get poor results, and that is natural and it can also be seen that their dominance can still be broken even though it will take a long time for their rival teams to break Olympiacos' dominance in the local league.

Anyway, a team that can dominate the local league doesn't guarantee they will do well in the European tournament, just look at what happened with Celtic and even Bayern Munich. both teams are dominating their respective leagues, but the good results they got in the local league they can't achieve in European tournaments and that seems like something that often happens too.


Dynamo Kiev this season does seem to be a difficult season for them, because the safety factor in their country may also be one of the causes of their declining performance this season and even Dynamo Kiev's local league slipped to the middle of the standings.
But I'm not disappointed with them because of several factors that happened, so it's certainly not easy for Dynamo Kiev to recover quickly.


Also about Lazio they actually won on their last matchday yesterday but unfortunately, Lazio still lost in goal productivity so Lazio were not lucky enough to win the group.
Because even, this group until the end of the group stage still have the same points and it is something very tough competition in Group F because they only differ about the total goals and this happens very rarely. Because usually there are only two teams that have the same points, but in this group all teams have a total of 8 points which is of course very competitive in the competition that occurs in Group F.

Fenerbahçe easily defeated Dynamo Kiev. But we must not forget that league matches have not been played in Ukraine for a very long time. They started playing league matches this year. But last year the Ukrainian league could not be completed. It is necessary to congratulate them once more for their struggle under difficult conditions. Because achieving this is really not an easy task.

Also Fenerbahçe's young star Arda Güler made history in the UEFA European Cups in the match. He became the youngest player to score 1 goal and 1 assist in a European cup match. This title was previously held by Jude Bellingham.

Can we say that this is Roma lucky day? 2 goals on penalties saved them from defeat and also secure 2nd place
There is no denying the factor of home teams and their experience in international competitions make them comeback
But honestly I don't think Roma is a candidate for the title this season their performance is not impressive.

This victory makes Arsenal certain to qualify for the round of 16 as group winners and can avoid strong teams later, even though they won narrowly but surely the victory was greeted with joy by the fans because we managed to maintain a positive trend so far, I think Arteta was deliberately lowering the second tier squad in that match to avoid injury to players, including withdrawing some main players when the match was not over and this was done to optimize the squad for facing chelsea later, as a The Gunners I was quite relieved to see Saka and Zinchenko back on the field after suffering injuries but unfortunately the victory had to be paid for expensive by Arteta with the return of Tomiyasu injury.

Winning by big goal difference is definitely not easy for Man United because their opponent is Real Sociedad, and besides that, Man United plays as guests. Even though Man United failed to take 1st place, they still have the potential to play in the round of 16, it's just that it can be an uphill battle if Man United gets a tough opponent in the knockout round playoffs. It would be very lucky for Man United if after the draw is done they didn't have to play against Barcelona, Juventus, Sevilla, and Ajax.

Arsenal who appear at home to difficulty scoring goals. whereas, apart from winning possession of the ball, Arsenal had many opportunities. however, unfortunately they were not able to increase the number of goals. despite winning narrowly and locking the top of this group. even so, this result did not match the expectations of the Gunners supporters.

however, it is understandable if Arteta did not field a full starting line-up for this match. the reason is, they will play a tough match this week which will travel to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's headquarters. naturally, if Mikel Arteta saves the energy of their core players during the match against Zurich.

Olympiakos had their worst European season in their recent history ... . I don't know exactly the situation of the club but they are not doing well in Super League of Greece as well so I'm thinking they are in full reconstruction mode ? because they dominated Super League for so many years and lately both AEK and Panathinaikos are looking stronger and already contesting for 1st place.

Another disappointment would be Dynamo Kiev as they only got 1 point and finished last in their group and we can say this about Lazio as well as I can't believe they didn't win Group F but gladly they took 3rd place and moving straight to Conference League  

Both games were finals. AS Roma would also made it with a draw, but for Union Berlin a draw wouldn't been enough. They must win the game. The Group F is really crazy after 6 matchdays. Each team has 8 points and only the 2 winners in the laste game have reached the next round. Lazio Rom need only 1 goal for the place 1 in the group. The frustration of Romero in the 96 minute showed with a red card.

Watched it full and I have to say Roma is a bit lucky to get 2 penalties plus 1 disallowed goal for Ludogorets. Some people say it as a bit controversial match especially related to the disallowed goal for Ludogorets. Ludogorets seems to be frustrated after the disallowed goal, then one of their player made an unnecessary fault which resulted in a red card.  However final result is a final result, congrats to Roma for qualifying to the knock out stage but they should be ready to play against harder team.

Real Sociedad had anticipated this, because they only needed a draw and even when they lost, they didn't lose by more than 1 goal, and that's what they got in this match. Manchester United's efforts to penetrate the defense built by Real Sociedad did not produce the results they wanted, although winning 1 goal was not enough to bring them to shift Real Sociedad at the top of the standings. Even Real Sociedad actually have more chances than Manchester United.

I feel that Manchester United would have qualify from the group as toppers if not that their coach made some starting line up mistakes. There was obviously no pressure on the Real Sociedad team during the first half. Bruno impact was not felt at all, the coach would have played rashford in the first with Garnacho and Ronaldo and tried to bench Bruno. When I saw Bruno playing from the right wing I knew he had absolutely nothing to achieve and it went as I predicted. They have to face round 1/16 without Martinez

This is also intended so that their players are better prepared to continue the Premier League because there will be a big match for Arsenal this week.
But even then they seem to be stronger and still win in this match which keeps them firmly at the top of the group standings even though there are no additional goals but looking at their match it is clear this is something very deserved and a deserved win too.

Manchester united had their winning yesterday against real Sociedad but failed to equal the goal difference among them. It's frustrating to face one of the teams knockout of the group stage in the championship league. Erik ten hag motivating his players to multiple the goals in the second halve, it just couldn't work out because real Sociedad had a formdable defend and all united efforts were consider not good enough. Let's see if united can defeats one of the UEFEA team.

On the other hand this is a revenge mission for them because they also had to lose in the first match but with this win and the results they got were not able to bring them to the top and still have to settle for second in the standings. They now have to play in the play offs to secure their position but indeed seeing from the current conditions I expect more of course for them to be in the play offs.

It's a shame Lazio had to get out of this match but it's interesting to see the points they got in this group F

All clubs do have a chance in the last game and of course the final result is decisive. Lazio had to settle for being in 3rd place because of their goal difference they lost.

Congratulations to AS Roma for representing one of the Serie A clubs in this tournament.
I want to review a little about an important victory for AS Roma.
AS Roma's escape to the next round was not through a smooth road like Real Betis. The Giallorossi had to struggle as they had suffered two defeats before the decider against Ludogorets Razgard at the Olimpico Rome.

Besides being one of the representatives of Serie A clubs, AS Roma's victory in their last Group C match was able to make a good record because AS Roma always won against teams from Bulgaria while playing at the Stadio Olimpico.