Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 442. (Read 49230 times)

That was in the 36 minute, and would been great for him and the gamel. Than a strange penalty and the referees maybe made a mistake. If that had not happened Real Sociedad San Sebastian would not have scored a goal and a good game. Casemiro and Cristiano Ronaldo did not score only one goal in 90 minutes. 6 yellow cards after the penalty and no good chances. A game that Manchester should forget quickly.

It really showed that Ludogorests really prepared well for this match more than Roma, because they started using Roma from the first half till the end of the match that made Ludogorests to defeated Roma 2-1 for the favour of Ludogorests. I think Roma coach did not use their last match line up for this match, because they really demonstrated well from their last match that made many people to predicted for their favour in this match but they lose to Ludogorests at the end of the match. Roma really missed their opportunity in this game, because their midfielders really supplied  their strikers opportunity to achieve many goals from the game but they did not use the opportunity well.

Unlike what we expected from the Red Devils in this match, placing Ronaldo as an early starter adds to Manchester United's bad record. the goal was created in the 35th minute from Ronaldo's header, unfortunately had to be ruled out for offside. erik ten hag's strategy this time was not very effective, not much can be expected in this match.
As you said, jadon sancho and bruno fernandes were not played as early starters so that man united struggled to build an attack that brought his performance back down.

As for Real Sociedad, they rely on counterattacks with a defensive strategy pattern. luck was on the side of sociedad, getting a penalty in the 59th minute that put them ahead in this match.

I watched Fenerbahçe-Dinamo Kyiv match fully, I think Fenerbahçe played good and well deserved win they got. Although Dynamo Kyiv looked solid in overall defending against Fenerbahçe attacks. Ukrainian squad is fairly lower skill. But they disrupt Fenerbahçe's morale with scoring a goal through quick attacks. I feel like Fenerbahçe will go to next round but I think they won't be able to compete with better teams.

Ronaldo has entered the final stages of his career as a professional footballer, he is not like he used to be who looks very dangerous in front of the opponent's goal. His age has greatly affected his performances on the field, lately he has started to struggle to find his best form so Ten Hag often puts him on the bench.
I don't think Ronaldo was the culprit of the Manchester United defeat, because football is a team game, not an individual game. This time Ronaldo failed to maintain confidence when he was given a share to play as a starter, defeat was inevitable because no Manchester United player was able to break into Real Sociedad's goal.
Ronaldo's decline in performance has further strengthened speculation that his time together with Manchester United will not last long. Ronaldo must accept the fact that he is no longer the first choice, Next match Ten Hag will put Ronaldo back as a substitute due to not being able to show his best performance when given the trust.

Although Roma lost this match, they tried their best to earn points in this match. But they had something wrong. Ludogorets scored both goals thanks to the stupidity of the Roma defenders. I was also totally surprised by Ludogorets' second goal. Despite Roma having so many defenders, they couldn't counter it. I would say that Roma's midfield and forward players played well but they lost this match due to poor defence. Mourinho should find the weaknesses in his defenders.If they do not solve it quickly, they will lose points in the upcoming matches of Serie A.

Although Bulgarian professional league cannot be compared to the Italian league in terms of quality. But PFC Ludogorets Razgrad has been consistent this season. They have one of the best defenses in the league, which has conceded few goals. This kind of result always happens when the bigger team underrates an unknown club. The game was balanced and they didn't show Roma any respect and they took their goal-scoring opportunities. Roma has been very inconsistent considering their recent result, I am sure Mourinho would find the solution to their attacking failures. 

I am not a big fan of Ronaldo starting but his poor form is due to lack of preseason training, and that’s why he’s not in a proper shape to dictate games and that’s a big reason why he’s warming the benches. Furthermore I feel that the entire team didn’t do enough yesterday, and I’ll expect Ten Hag to heavily rotate once sport resumes again (I’m assuming this week’s games will be postponed).

One of the surprising result for today that Roma has lose from Ludogorets and apparently Ludogorests know how to counter Roma strategy that during the match they successfully locked Dybala movement and he hasn't get many chances to scoring goals and the result 2-1 is deserved to Ludogorests because they playing better and for Roma they only can score 1 goal from 6 shot on goals i think after seeing this statistics there is something problem with their forward line because they looks wasted several opportunity to scoring goals

The defeat also extended Manchester United's bad record when playing Cristiano Ronaldo as a starter. This defeat is also a bad record for Ronaldo's debut in the European League. Another reason that is an issue of discussion is the return of Maguire in defense. The dropping of Maguire actually made the Man United defense look a mess. Evidently, Real Sociedad was still able to make eight shots with three of them on target despite losing possession.  

Manchester United manager, Erik Ten Haag of course realizes that and this is of course a note for him, that Maguire is indeed a serious problem for United. This defeat also ended the winning streak he had achieved and unfortunately, the record came to a halt in front of his own fans at Old Trafford.

For the first time, Ronaldo played as a starter this season but he failed to complete his task (failed to score) and Man United had to lose 0-1 to Sociedad. Actually, he didn't play too badly, there were a few chances that could have been goals but because Sociedad is more likely to play defensive football, that's what makes it difficult for Ronaldo to penetrate. In addition, Man United also does not play with the Premier League formation (Sancho and Bruno Fernandes were not played as starters) and I think there is a performance difference because of it.

He will only last one more season as a footballer, the rest he will not be able to do as he is now. He continued to train just to prepare to be ready to defend Portugal in the World Cup. I feel after the World Cup he will make a decision that will shock the whole world.
Playing from the start against Real Sociedad it was clear that Cristiano's form no longer mattered. He can no longer run and dance because of the age that made him that way. Screams of annoyance would continue to sound as he played.

Aging is something that can not be avoided by any athlete and also by anyone. And logically it wasn't his goal-scoring instinct that was missing in Ronaldo. But the pace he once had in the game has started to fade with time so it's only natural that in the Premier League he is on the bench more often as you say because there are players who are more worthy to be placed in Ronaldo's position now.

Maybe Ronaldo is not like it used to be, even though for the first time Ronaldo himself was fielded by Erik Ten Hag as a starter, after the previous six matches he was fielded as a substitute, in this morning's match Ronaldo failed to create shots on target, from four attempted shots that released the details, two wide and two in the block, with the bad results that Manchester United got this morning, Ronaldo's name was again in the spotlight, because the Portugal national team player, extended the bad record he achieved at the beginning of this season.

If they didn't take this game serious, I wonder what game they would want to take serious because, they've got almost zero hope of emerging as champions of the EPL but when it comes to the Europa League, the might have a chance. Arsenal and Manchester United could be seen as the league favourite and so, they need to put in there best. Arsenal already did there quota to have won there game but Manchester United that played beautifully against Arsenal in the EPL, here allows Real Sociadad to win them in there home. Its shocking but, its football I guess.

It's rather unfortunate that Manchester united lost their first game on the same day the world lost her great Queen. I was rooting for them to win but it did not seem likely considering the fact they couldn't even score a goal. They are one of the strongest contenders for this league title and as such am seeing a recover in the second leg and other matches yet to be played.

games I made bets

Ferencvarosi 3 - 2 Trabzonspor



this game scared me, 1 half I was already very happy because everything indicated that it would be an easy victory for Ferencvarosi, but to my shock the Ferencvarosi player received a red card and the whole nightmare began, it really seemed that Ferencvarosi would lose in this game, I would say Ferencvarosi won because luck was with them

Manchester United 0 - 1 Real Sociedad

now i understand why the manchester united coach doesn't change the same 11 in the premier league, it's more than clear that the problem is only minimized when he keeps the same 11



Malmo 0 - 2 Braga



this season Braga is doing very well, if they manage to get far then they will be giving a lot of joy to the fans

Fenerbahce 2 - 1 FC Dynamo Kiev

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honestly they were games in which they had some shocking results, arsenal won and but seeing teams like Roma and manchester united losing was something very shocking for me, I would say that these two teams are short of more players in attack and defense, they still need go through big changes if they want to start seeing big results, roma depends on even 11 to succeed, but their attack can't score many goals, while manchester united is the same thing


after their defeat, i no longer bet on them as favorites to win the europe league, in fact for me they don't have a chance of that

Ronaldo finally showed up in a game however Manchester United couldn't even score one goal today. Interestingly Real Sociedad even won in Old Trafford. It looks like Manchester United didn't take this game as serious as the EPL games. Otherwise they were already in a great form recently and they would win here as well. I don't think that this result would affect the morale much because they are concentrated on their league games these days. But as they are seen as one of the biggest title contenders in the Europa League the expectations from them will still be high.

For sure you cannot rely on cristiano only thesedays.

Prime cristiano has long gone , he plays like he is losing his confidence , the touch he had pretty poor though despite collectively the team playing not so bad , real sociedad just successfully makes united frustrated and as for the result they keep the 1 goal lead till the end of the match.

Manchester united lost their first match, they performed below my expectation today, they had lot's of opportunities but they couldn't secure any goal, they missed all their opportunities.
Even with Ronaldo and Anthony starting the match, Manchester united still couldn't secure even a single goal. Ronaldo lost some opportunities which I don't believe will lose, i think Ronaldo is already getting old and his performance few years ago can't be compared to his current performance. I just hope Manchester united will perform very well in their next match in both Europa and premier league.