Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 404. (Read 49207 times)

It won't be that easy for Arsenal to win a trophy in the Europa League this season because the competition will be tougher. It's true that although this is the second biggest competition after the Champions League but the teams that compete are also the big teams who were unlucky in the previous season. Arsenal are superior compared to other teams, but that doesn't mean other teams will let it go easily for them to become champions.

I wish good luck to Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor, the representatives of our country, in the Europa League tomorrow. Fenerbahçe will host Rennes at home for the group leadership. The team under Jorge Jesus is doing well this year. There are enough players in the team to start every game with a different 11. This makes Jorge Jesus job easier.

Arsenal who have already qualified for the next round, will not take risks in this match, Arteta will choose to play safe to prevent his players from getting injured. While Arteta is more focused on the Premier League because last week he just dropped points due to being held to a draw by Southampton.
PSV who acts as the host, will take advantage of this match to gain full points and get the remaining tickets in group A. I predict this match will be won by PSV because Arsenal have no ambition to get a win.

My betslip for this week's matches will most probably be like this:

- Fenerbahce - Rennes : Fenerbahce to win (2.62)
- PSV - Arsenal : PSV or draw (1.57)
- HJK Helsinki - Roma : Roma to win (1.35)

The total odd of the betslip is 5.55 which is very favourable for a multi I think. The most risky one is obviously Fenerbahce. Because they are at nearly the same level in the Europa League now. They both have 10 points but Fenerbahce are ahead thanks to having a better goal difference. Fenerbahce managed to steal one point from Rennes in France. I expect them to play much better in Istanbul and fight for the win. A win here is guaranteeing the lead for any side also.

It is like Arsenal have nearly guaranteed the lead mathematically. I don't think Arteta would give too much time for his important players to play here. It is important for PSV to get as many points as possible because they are still under the threat of Bodo/Glimt. I can't trust their win maybe but I don't think they will lose this one.

Roma should be able to defeat HJK Helsinki easily. Depending on the result of Ludogorets - Betis, this win might help Roma a lot for the second place in the group.

Ajax VS Liverpool is an interesting match I must watch to know if what people are saying that Liverpool will bounce back to recover from their poor performance in this season starting from Ajax. I don't think, Liverpool will win this match to improve their points because this season is not for Liverpool since their coach have nothing to offer to them in this season. I guess, Ajax will beat Liverpool 2:1 to send a signal to other teams in this group to get ready for their new tactics they are using to achieve success in this season.

After his meeting with Erik Ten Hag.
Cristiano Ronaldo, confirmed to have attended a training session with Manchester United. meaning, Ronaldo will certainly be the main starter again in the match against FC Sherrif. regarding comfortable or not we will find out after he played his match in the match against FC Sheriff.

I think Erik Ten Hag is a very wise coach. he did not necessarily give severe punishment, or remove him from the squad in an unspecified time. because after all, Ronaldo is part of an important player for MU.
here is a turning point for Ronaldo, he and the team must have a high sense of trust especially in the coach. he also has to realize that his performance is getting worse, like it or not he has to be professional and try to improve his performance.

I must agree on this one. Mourinho already has a plan for Europa League and a back-up plan for Serie A so I'm not so worried about As.Roma performance right now but injuries like you said , because at some point the massive effort they are doing will catch up the body and that's how long-injuries are starting to enter in the squad. If somehow , Mourinho will be able to switch between players in order to avoid injuries but also keep them fresh for World Cup , he will be forever loved in Rome for sure.

Yeshs that's correct, focused on the Europa League will cause fatigue at some point and will get those player's tired and injured, I think they are more focused in the league, I mean the Seria A tittle. Those players are fighting for the first four position.
Jose Mourinho has the capabilities to lead them to a successful Seria A games and also the Champions League. They might still loss the next game which Gon be tomorrow. They haven't been a good side

"So far", when the teams from UCL comes there, they will want to at least win this, because they already upset their fans by not going above the group stage, which means that they are going to end up with something that would be subpar for their talent levels and the amount of money they spent.

In order to keep the fans happy, they need to win this to go on. Look at Barcelona, there is a good chance they will be in europa, which means after spending so much money while in debt and selling big parts of the clubs future, you think anything but a cup win here would be okay for their fans? Hell even financially they have to win to make it worth all the things they did.

Their last two home games encounter against Arsenal were challenging for Arsenal. Arsenal only managed to draw one game against them and lost the other one. Without a doubt, winning this game will be very difficult for Arsenal. Arsenal, though, is already in first place and has qualified for the next round. Although PSV needs the three points to have a better chance of moving on to the next round, a draw with them wouldn't be terrible for them either. It should be a fascinating match to watch.

At the start of this season Roma was surely one of the contender for title, but now things are change, and they are down at fifth spot which is surely still not bad but with their performance they are looking not strong candidate for title they have to do more hard work if they want alive in presence of Napoli, Lazio and AC Milan.

But, here in Europa Cup they still have chance in today match if they beat HJK and Betis beats Ludogorets then clearly they can still stay into Europa Cup otherwise they have to slipped into Conference league which is surely more disgracefully for them Mou doing good things, but their current form is not good, and they need to increase quality as well.

Obviously the Europa League is not a priority for any major team. In general, even now in the Europa League, Roma are doing well - they just need to beat HJK and beat Ludogorets in the home game with a difference of 2 goals. In my opinion, this is an elementary task, and by the way, it is far from certain that Ludogorets will be able to score at least a point in the game with Betis.

There is something going on wrong with Roma in the Europa League clearly. I wonder if it is due to their not caring about this tournament much maybe. Because they are focusing on the Serie A more of course. They have a chance to finish this season in top 4 considering their effort so far. But they need to work hard to do so as they have fierce rivals aiming the same thing. This means that Roma will continue to care less about the Europa League.

But I still want to believe that they would do the best they can for finishing the group as the runner-up at least. They should be able to defeat HJK very easily just as they did in their match home. Ludogorets' drawing with Betis would be enough for Roma to maintain a big chance for the 2nd spot. The last match is going to be Roma - Ludogorets. In this situation Roma should be able to have their revenge and secure the 2nd spot also.

@rby prior to the incident Ronaldo was a guaranteed starter for the Europa matches, but unless he agrees to be a substitute player for the rest of the season he won’t be allowed back in the team. Furthermore if he fails to patch up with the coach, then I expect Manchester United to play with a false 9 and it’ll be interesting to see who gets that role Fernandes or Eriksen.

For the Europa League, Ronaldo will definitely be the starter because apart from being able to rotate Rashford in attack, this is also the rule, considering he has continued to play in the starter during the match in the Europa League.
But the question is will Ronaldo be comfortable with what happened last week with the Ten Hag?
Because this is still the main thing, we know that Ronaldo has a pretty high ego.
This Thursday they will play Sherif at Old Trafford and it will probably be answered whether Ronaldo is still considered or not in the United squad.

I don't see any reason that Arsenal should come with their full squad in this match against PSV. Arsenal showed their strength in their last Europa League that they managed to win, that meant them to be at the top of the table clearly with 12 points. Whether they win or they lose they will still remain at the top of the table which is their target. I don't expect Arteta to play his full squad again today he can simply go with his Europa squad, they win or draw from Psv.

Although in yesterday's match PSV was able to play well even though the result was lost, but that does not mean PSV will be difficult to beat in the next match when PSV plays at home. Because even Bodo/Glimt when playing away against PSV and in fact Bodo/Glimt managed to hold PSV to a draw. Indeed, these results are still not fully a benchmark, but at least because Arseal is also in its best form.
So playing at Philips Stadium is not a barrier for Arsenal not getting points, at least Arsenal can still get a draw or maybe they will still win the match.

Because after all, Arsenal has certainly qualified for the next round but indeed, PSV is the closest team in the standings which of course Arsenal must still have a wide point gap so that there is no chance for PSV to take over the top position.

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But apart from that match, I think there will be an interesting match and maybe it will be an easy bet for the HJK v Roma match, because Roma have so far only been able to win once when playing against HJK. In this round Roma will play again against HJK, and I think this will be a great opportunity for Roma to be able to win the match at least to still have hope of being runner-up.

Roma should be able to win group C, but in reality Roma looks like a mediocre team to fight just to get a place to qualify. Therefore, in the next two matches Roma are required to win if they really want to qualify from the group stage, and Roma cannot rely on Betis to beat Ludogorets. Because to make their position safer with the points they have, Roma really needs to win the remaining two matches.

If we look at this match in the first leg.  which is where PSV is very difficult to build their attacks, I'm not too sure they will dominate the game later, even though PSV will play as the host later.
VSP has 7 points, and Arsenal is top of the group with 12 points. It's a tough match for PSV to win this battle. like it or not, PSV had to play with an attacking pattern since the early minutes. if Ruud Van Nistelrooy's men want a win, and hope Arsenal slip up in their next game.

however, it seems that scenario will not happen. the article, on the one hand Arsenal played very well. they are in the On Fire phase.

PSV's match this time was really tough, because PSV had to face a team that had never lost in the group stage of the Europa League this season, namely Arsenal. Because if PSV wants to continue to secure their position in the group standings, at least PSV must be able to draw with Arsenal and get a win against Bodo/Glimt in the final match for the group phase. This is obviously a bit tough for PSV as they have to try not to lose in the two remaining matches.

Ronaldo has been in the squad of all the Europa League matches that was played Manchester United, even the match they will play on Thursday Ronaldo will also be in the lineup. Ronaldo has seen good amount of matches in Europa but very small amount of match in the EPL.
I don't know if a Erik ten Hag want to be rotating his players by making Ronaldo to be permanent striker for Europa League and giving other players chance in EPL. Just that people like watching Ronaldo play, he should try to be bringing him on.