Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 136. (Read 58896 times)

Bayer Leverkusen are still unbeaten this season. Bayer Leverkussen headcoach, Alonso have prepared his necessary strategy and ready to face one of the top sides in the Europa League this season. AS Roma is not consider an average team because they've also been one of the top challenges for elite clubs in Seria A this season. Daniele De Rossi is equipped with solid maps and good players, the ones that are also ambitious and determined to excel in all round processes.

Hmm, it's not easy to predict this match even though Leverkusen has a better record but on the other hand, AS Roma is not a team that can be underestimated, we know they have sufficient experience in competitions like this so there's no need to doubt the player's mentality. By the way we cannot compare both teams based on last season for example Leverkusen who are very solid and consistent this season while last season Leverkusen only finished in 6th place.

Will As Roma inflict their first defeat on Leverkusen, or will they become the next victims of Leverkusen's ferocity this season?
Last season they also met and the one who won and could advance to the final was AS Roma, but this season is much different, because Leverkusen itself is a very solid team and very difficult to beat. They are the only team that has never been defeated in the European League, and in fact in all the matches they have played this season, including the Bundesliga. This is a challenge in itself for AS Roma, especially for De Rossi to think of a strategy that can make Leverkusen lose when they meet them in the semifinals.
Let's see who will be the winner in this tight match. Is it AS Roma with the changes that DE Rossi has brought since becoming their coach, or Xabi Alonso who will continue to show the toughness of his team this season. It's worth looking forward to and it's definitely not an easy match.

A draw is still better than defeat, so Bayern Leverkusen still has a better chance to win this match than Roma winning it. Bayern Leverkusen are still on their undefeated streak which doesn’t looks like it is coming to an end soon. They are still the favourites for this semifinals and they have the support of many fans to finish the season undefeated, so that should serve as an encourager to them and not let their fans down. They’ve been for long envisioned to make it to the finals, so no obstacles should stop them from achieving that, not even the great Roman team.

Leverkusen's qualification to the semi finals of this season's UEL was also historic as they kept their unbeaten record still in play after drawing to West ham. This season they've been an undaunted team and they really have all it takes to finish the season with the unbeaten record intact and two trophies in their shelf.

 Their next UEL opponent is competitive but it's not really a big deal for them based on the fact that they have gained enough confidence and have even being in tougher encounters which they've at thesame time comfortably come out from victoriously. Roma themselves know that they won't be up for a joke game in the semi finals stage.

 We all thought UEL would be fair enough to make an encounter between Leverkusen and Liverpool but we also forgot that football can't always be as it seems as Liverpool, the big team who were projected to stay longer in tbe contest were eliminated by a smaller team who really stands little chance to bring down Leverkusen if peradventure they get to go up against each other in the final game.

 This weekend, Leverkusen would still definitely maintain their unbeaten track record and 99.9% still uphold this record in the domestic league till the season runs out and for their UEL race, the chances to maintain the records are still feasible. Truthfully, so far this season, Leverkusen have been remarkable and they're a team that the football community is proud of.

We all know and see that Leverkusen's performance deserves our appreciation, in fact almost throughout this season in the various competitions they have played. Xavi brought his team to do a very good job, especially in the Bundesliga which they won. now, Xabi is aiming for a record so that his team goes through a match without losing. plus, trying to win other trophies, namely the Europa League and DFB Pokal. but to make it happen, Leverkusen must beat the teams that are their opponents. In this competition, AS Roma is Leverkusen's opponent in the semifinals of the Europa League. as I often said in previous posts, these two teams met again in the semifinals like last season.

Well, I don't see any changes occurring due to the matches played by the two teams in their respective domestic competitions. whether it's Leverkusen drawing against Dortmund, or Roma losing to Bologna. In fact, if we refer to the available odds, there is no change regarding the odds even temporarily. Leverkusen remains the favourite, but has quite an ideal opportunity. meanwhile, AS Roma has slightly higher odds because Leverkusen is superior. even though the first leg match will be held at home to Roma, in terms of consistency throughout this season, Leverkusen is better than the opposing team. Well, because this match still has a time gap, let's just follow it first when these two teams play their match in their domestic league.

I think the revenge aspect is what makes this game kind of special, but there are many other circumstances that make this an interesting one! Roma is doing well since Mourinho left and Bayer Leverkusen is still unbeaten. It would be out of this world if they can finish this season without a single loss while playing three competitions simultaneously.

But as you said, it is a revenge for what happened last season and it is a great example how these games can play out when everything is running against one team. Leverkusen was dominant last time and lost and I think they will be dominant again, but this time it is all about achieving a different result. I like De Rossi, but I am hoping the best for Alonso.

Bayern Leverkusen can win the Europa league now since Liverpool is out of the challenge because Liverpool would have been a threat to them had it been they made it to the semi finals but it's very obvious that Leverkusen is the Favourite to win the Europa League trophy. Roma's strength cannot match up that of Leverkusen because I know that Roma not taking their match against Bologna seriously was just because they want to focus on their Europa league match with Bayern Leverkusen but Leverkusen will surely win them.

Atalanta is one controversial club, you may think that since they were able to eliminate Liverpool that they can also win Marseille but the reverse might be the case if time is not taken.

The result of the match in domestic competition cannot determine whether you lose or win in the next match in Europa league. Sometimes, the team looks very strong in domestic league but they play badly in international match such as in UCL or UEL. Inter Milan is a perfect example, they are really strong in Serie A but they can't go far in UCL. Meanwhile Dortmund and Atalanta perform rather badly in domestic leagues, but they can play quite strong in international competitions.

Because of the reason I explained above, I am sure the defeat of Roma against Bologna in Serie A can't automatically be the reason of Roma to lose against Leverkusen. Sure, Leverkusen can be defeated, there is no team that has no chance to lose. However, the chance of Leverkusen to win surely bigger than AS Roma if we analyze the current stats of these teams.

Anyway, don't underestimate Marseille! If they are weak, they won't reach UEL semi-final.

The semifinal match between Bayer Leverkusen vs As Roma is certainly the most eagerly awaited because this is the most intense semifinal between the two teams. For Leverkusen, this is a revenge match for last season because they also lost to As Roma in the semifinals and Leverkusen also has high self-confidence in this match apart from the fact that so far they have not been defeated in the domestic league.

For As Roma, this is the fourth semifinal in a row and last season they made it to the Europa League final but As Roma failed to win the Europa League after losing to Sevilla. Apart from that, AS Roma's journey in the Europa League this season was also not easy, they managed to reach the semifinals because they managed to overcome all obstacles which were not easy and AS Roma managed to get rid of Feyenoord, Brighton and finally AC Milan. Of course, this is good capital for As Roma to break Bayer Leverksuen's unbeaten record.

Bayer Leverkusen drew against Dortmund. Don't not mean their performance has declined. I just view it as they have won their Bundesliga trophy and nothing remains for them to fight for again, but just to keep their unbeaten record. And by the way, Dortmund is not a weak team. Dortmund is currently in great form, and again, Dortmund is fighting for top four so Dortmund doesn't take it easy with Leverkusen. And for anybody that watched the match, they will know that Leverkusen really played well and they never declined in form. So if I should choose the favorite team to win the semi-final, I will definitely go for Leverkusen.

As for Atalanta against Marseille, I can't really go for any team as the favorite team for now. It seems that Atalanta is the favorite team so far as they were able to eliminate Liverpool. But watching Marseille matches, I know they are also in good shape, but let's see what will even happen in their first leg of the game.

The Roma vs Bayern Leverkusen match in the semifinals should be the most interesting match to watch, both teams are just a better fit for each other and will give each other a very tough time before a winner is decided in that match. Since the quarterfinals, it was this side that the Bayern Leverkusen’s fall into that will give them a hard time, either they meet Milan or Roma, now that’ll have to fight out and prevail if they want to make it to the finals. A lot have trust in them to reach the finals and their unbeaten run has also contributed to their success so far and the so much believe everyone have in them. Bayern Leverkusen will try their best to win but it won’t be an easy match for them to make it to the finals from this round.

That type of "underdogs beats the favourites" type of story line of course happens every season, but the reality is that we are looking into something that's much better and gets views, and yet Liverpool was a much much better team, everyone knew that unexpected results could happen, but nobody really assumed that Liverpool would be the one, they assumed that some other team would be the one.

I think this is why most people didn't really expected them to have something major, and that is why I think it's clear that we are not going to end up with anyone accepting this defeat as normal. Some other team could be understandable, but Liverpool is huge and they are fighting at Premier league for a title, so losing here was a shocker.

Bayern Leverkusen have strong counter attack and have winning fighting, several matches had conceded early and few minutes left before match ended Leverkusen has record with scoring goals on few minutes left before match ending. I admit Bayern Leverkusen has bigger chance with Europe League trophy after AS Roma currently get bad perform in domestic league.
Leverkusen still hold as teams in European competition without unbeaten yet until 45 matches, won Bundesliga and few matches later Europe League will be second tittle for Bayern Leverkusen. AS Roma has difference position with Leverkusen not get huge pressure yet in domestic league match and Roma need to win all matches left to get top fourth position standings, For Leverkusen its not matter with domestic league matches result because have been the winner.

Yes, I admit that Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and in the UEL are highly respected because of their very strong defense and also a very strong attack line, as proven by the points table. We can see how Leverkusen has performed during this season and indeed none of this will provide any guarantee for get the UEL title but at least with a very consistent performance Leverkusen is able to have a big chance of winning the UEL title.
I once read someone here saying that Leverkusen currently has a very great strategy such as not wanting to lose and it's better to end in a draw to continue to be able to reduce the opponent's mentality and I'm sure even though some people doubt Leverkusen, I still believe that Leverkusen will be successful in winning the UEL title this season.

I think facing Roma will not give any difficulties to Leverkusen because in every match we already know who will win even though there will be resistance from Roma but for me no matter how strong Roma will not be able to defeat Leverkusen except to get luck.
Furthermore, for Atalanta who will face Marseille can also be guessed who will qualify for the final round later and actually these two matches can be seen who will qualify for the final round and who will get the UEL title.
My choice that will advance to the final round is only Leverkusen and Atalanta.

An interesting point of view, but bookmakers radically disagree with you; they estimate Bayer's chances of reaching the final as 1.25 and Roma's as 3.75, which is the worst quote for all four clubs (Atalanta 1.50, Marseille 2.50).
I can’t say that 1.25 looks fair or tempting, but I don’t want to bet on Roma, which was beaten by Bologna. Maybe after the first game interesting options will appear.

But it has to be put into perspective now, seriously! Yes, I was as shocked as everyone else when Liverpool lost that game at home 0-3 against Atalanta. But look at their development after the landslide victory against Sparta (6-1).

They lost in the FA Cup against Manchester United, first title gone. They then had 2 ok wins against Brighton and Sheffield, which was nothing impressive, but still ok and important. Then they had a first draw against Manchester United, dropped some points and that was the first setback. That was followed by this disastrous loss against Atalanta. Then the loss against Crystal Palace followed. Then they got eliminated by Atalanta.

I want to say that there is clearly a downtrend and despite the win against Fulham, Everton wasn't the biggest surprise here.

So this begs the question: how much does the Atalanta triumph over Liverpool really tell us?

There is a saying that says no one is perfect, which is applicable to what you just mentioned. Even though Bayer Levekusen has never gone on a losing game this season but only a draw or win, it will be surprising to see them lose to AS Roma in a semi-finals game. But what I want you to understand more is that AS Roma are doing the best they can to get a trophy this season, and I am also expecting them to achieve that aim. Because even in the game that you mentioned against Bologna, if you look at the game or watch it, you will find out that AS Roma played more than Bologna, but they were just able to get a single goal, which most people are not focused on the performance but the win. That is why you also said that, while I have my potential on AS Roma in the home game, in the second leg I can't say.
 
In the other game, we have the same view that Atalanta will win against Marseille, no matter the home or away game. I know they will definitely make it to the finals and meet up with either of the two teams on the other side.

Leverkusen is a strong candidate to win the Europa League this season, as you said, of course Leverkusen has everything needed to win the Europa League this season, after Liverpool was eliminated of course there is no other team that can indeed make us take our eyes off from Leverkusen, and even Atlanta who managed to beat Liverpool  can not we say can win the Europa League this season,  But Leverkusen's ever-improving form in every game certainly makes us not hesitate to say a place in the final belongs to them, Roma may indeed have improved their performance but of course it is not enough to be sure for them to break Leverkusen's unbeaten record this season,I think facing Leverkusen, of course, a good performance cannot guarantee beating them, and of course Roma must have a strong mentality to be able to make things difficult for Leverkusen, as well as De Rossi should instill an unyielding attitude in his players before facing Leverkusen later.

In my opinion, Leverkusen will go to the final, while Atlanta and Marseille will be very difficult to see who will win, but I personally see whoever can reach the final between Marseille and Atlanta will certainly be a worthy opponent for Leverkusen.

Of course, Atalanta is doing great recently and for them to be able to win Liverpool who we thought is the favorite club to win the league is still surprising, and that means that they have the strength and quality to win Marseille if they are determined to win and qualify to the finals. Atalanta also won Fiorentina yesterday in Coppa Italia semifinals. This shows that they are in a good form and can win Marseille.

Perhaps on the match of Leverkusen playing against Roma, I was thinking that Roma will be able to stand on their ground to play Leverkusen and if possible win them. But from their last match that they lost to Bologna, that have made me to keep wondering if they will be able to win Leverkusen who has never accepted defeat since the beginning of this season. However, we should not use the performance of clubs in their domestic leagues to judge their performance in European leagues