Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 190. (Read 58988 times)

This season, there's been a switch in the dominance that occurs in the German league, the professor Xabi is one key threat to Munich who's in time past being the head and leaders of the league. Even though last season, there's been a trail behind from Dortmund, comparing all the years, only Leverkusen have been overtime been able to maintain the difference in standings on the contention battle.

 Tuchel knows that a serious tussle laid ahead and as the season keeps drawing to an end, there's been hope for a greater chance to create growth opportunities too. They have had tough matches but still in both home and away encounters, they've remained positively consistent in their game performances and results too. Their stride in the UEL is seeming to take them till the finals and even add another trophy to their closet, regardless of the fact that they may have a top contender.

 They've given the fans enough confidence to stand by and believe in them to deliver well which is something beautiful to experience in all of the happenings so far this season. The season has yes being a very different and unusual than every other past seasons and for Leverkusen, it's being different for a good cause. 3 trophies are looming about for them. Certainly the Bundesliga, the DFB pokal and highly probable, the UEL.

 The opponents for these titles aren't seeming tough for the soon to be crowned German champions, there's been evidences of what they're capable of and I don't think that if after they've kept up a good pace and record from the beginning till now, they'll then turn to spoiling or tainting the good records set. The last games are anticipated and there's much believe in the fact that as always and usual, they'll be the victors till the end.

I also believe that Leverkusen has something more to do in getting rid of West Ham even though they have to be considered quite equal opponents because West Ham is a team from England that is used to sharp and hot play in its own domestic league. But Leverkusen will certainly do more to get the best results here because they are also aware that this opponent will be very different from previous opponents so Leverkusen will try to do more in their next match.

On paper, Leverkusen this season is very favored to be able to continue to do and show what they have done so far, yes that is without defeat and they even did it in different competitions, that is a statistic that is very difficult to see because it certainly rarely happens. Leverkusen has the advantage in this quarter-final round, the opponent they will face is not a special team if you look at their domestic league, but Leverkusen still cannot underestimate their opponent.
Leverkusen has 2 targets that have a big chance of being realized, the first is the Bundesliga championship which is already in front of their eyes, and the second is the Europa League title which they are also one of the very favorite teams and they are even predicted and expected to be in it. final match. This proves that the public's trust in them is very great because they have seen their impressive performance this season. Their job is only to respond to the trust the public places in them.

Now Bundesliga is into their pocket, and they are also having final of the DFB Pokal cup which mean things are already well control for them, and they are clearly focusing about their biggest challenge which is UEFA Europa Cup, and they are going to give their best for this with having opponent like West Ham which is not easy they will give their full approach and power in this game hopefully we will have them into final which is surely good achievement for them, and they will try their best for having treble in this season which will be ideal end for the Xabi Alonso.

Even we all now prediction has never been easy but still all is well settled for them to have dream end of their season and then go ahead for the better start of their next season which need more intention and better and improvement performance as Bayern Munich will be give his best for having title back.

With this information, I have more belief in Leverkusen because West Ham have very bad defense. They have not too bad results in Premier League, earned many points but they have negative goal difference and they got 55 conceded goals after 31 matches. A team at the 7th position with negative goal difference is very strange stats.

West Ham got about 1.8 conceded goals for each match they play in Premier League and this poor defense system will be tested by a strong attacking system of Leverkusen. The German club have impressive attacking and defense systems with 68 goals and 19 conceded goals after 27 matches in Bundesliga.

We all expect Leverkusen and Liverpool to qualify for the Europa League final and both teams will compete well in the final match but if the Europa League equation and on-field performance is not right then it is very difficult to see these two teams in the final. If we look at the Champions League, Manchester City and Real Madrid face each other in the quarter-finals, but we consider these two teams in the finals or semi-finals. Like the Champions League, if this is the case in the European League, and if these two teams meet in the semi-finals, or in the quarter-finals or semi-finals, if these two teams fight against different opponents, if they lose, we will not see these two teams in the finals. But I would expect the competition in the Europa League to be much tougher and Liverpool and Leverkusen to be in that tough competition.

It is true that all the efforts made by Leverkusen this season are truly extraordinary, they should not waste their hard work so far, Leverkusen still has a little struggle left, he must be able to get through the quarter-finals and semifinals in order to reach the final and maybe he will face Liverpool in the match. the final, who knows, right? The match against West Ham was quite a tough match for Leverkusen but if you look at their previous meeting Leverkusen was able to beat West Ham with a big score of 4:0 but the match was just a Friendlies which did not affect anything and cannot be used as a benchmark that West Ham will let ha it happened again.

But because I believe that Leverkusen will do everything to win this match, they will create a large aggregate in the first leg which will benefit Leverkusen so that in the second leg Leverkusen doesn't have to work hard. They just need to play a defensive strategy so that West Ham has difficulty breaking down Leverkusen's defense, I can't wait for Leverkusen's appearance in the quarter-finals. To be honest, I have a little doubt that they can beat West Ham easily because this club is a club from the Premier League.

I have not really have doubts with Leverkusen been able to get through to the finals and fortunately their quarter finals group into the semifinals after seeing the draws, is such that gives them much hope in the fact that they can possibly be able to win such and be able to proceeding into the final rounds of the Europa league this season as most of the teams that are to contend them in this stage isn't looking really challenging enough for them.

If Leverkusen finally succeed in getting through to the finals after this stage of the league where in they are now, they are most definitely going to see it as an achievement too because i doubt if in a very long time they have been able to get to this point in the Europa before now so most definitely it's an achievement for them even if they get beaten by Liverpool that's if Liverpool aswell eventually gets to the final round of the Europa too aswell. It's actually been a really interesting Europa season too as the kind of tension and excitement that came with this season is unmatching with last season.

AC Milan is actually a team that Leverkusen should actually look out for because at some point it looks like they will be meeting AC Milan and if they are not prepared Enough, they may be suffering their first loss of the season with them aswell as getting possibly kicked out of the Europa this season again. Leverkusen a d Liverpool still remains the favourite for the finals of the league trophy in the mean time till whosoever gets to the finals and aswell wins too.

If we look at Leverkusen's performance in all competitions they should be able to compete with top teams in the European League, currently Leverkusen is in the Quarter Final  and they will face strong opponents from several leagues including West Ham who has been waiting for this fight. I have to say that West Ham is an equal opponent and have a lot of experience well, it means that Leverkusen needs more effort to get rid of West Ham. I wonder if Leverkusen's current strength is capable of disrupting West Ham's defence.

European competitions and completely local leagues, there are many cases in which a certain team is doing very well in the local league and in the European competition they play against a team that is doing very badly in the local league, but what you see inside the field is that the The team that is not doing well in its local league is playing much better than the team that is doing well in its local league and at the end of the game the winner is the team that is not playing well in its local league. See in this case of the European League, Atalanta, Milan, West Ham are not teams that are fighting for the title. but they are teams that can cause surprises. A practical example of what I'm talking about is that Leverkusen's opponent is West Ham and when we look at West Ham's performance in the Premier League we will see the following:



West Ham:

31 games
17 victories
6 draws
7 defeats

and is in position 7 with no chance of winning the premier league, in other words West Ham is a weak team in the Premier League, but when they play against Leverkusen we will see that the game will be balanced, with the risk of West Ham being able to win this season In the European League West Ham played against a team from the Bundesliga, it was Freiburg, in that game against Freiburg West Ham won in the second leg and scored 5 goals and did not concede any goals. So this is to say that in this European competition, the performance that teams have in local leagues is not a determining factor in winning this European league.

We'll see what will happen to Leverkusen in the European league this season, whether they will do the same thing as when they played in the domestic league. I myself am very confident that Bayer Leverkusen can get through it well, indeed previously Leverkusen had experienced difficulties in the round of 16. However, it looks like Leverkusen will shift their main focus to the European League so that they can continue to challenge for the European League title until they reach the final. Seeing Bayer Leverkusen's performance so far, who have not experienced defeat, I hope they will not make mistakes that cause them to fail to get anything because they have struggled so far.

I don't think we can judge Leverkussen lucky to face last year Europa Conference League winner so most likely this will be a very much intensely fought battle and the English teams are known to be performing very well when they put the heart in play.The record of Leverkussens surely is scary so far as they have already won the Bundesliga with much distance in points difference yet I don't think they will have an easy encounter against West Ham which this year has not been doing the same as last year brilliant performance yet they are not far that much from it,so it is an open encounter,anyone can move further and it would not be a surprise.

You are right, Leverkusen have a 100% winning record in the group stage which they are the only team capable of doing so. But Leverkusen drew 2-2 against Qarabag in the first leg of the round of 16 and were 100% lucky to win the second leg in injury time. Leverkusen certainly has a better record this season in the Europa League compared to Liverpool, but both are teams with different quality and squad depth.

Leverkusen has a good chance in the quarter-finals against West Ham. The first leg was played at home and that meant Leverkusen had a good advantage to win. West Ham is dangerous, especially because of its goal statistics against Freiburg in the round of 16. Despite this, Leverkusen is the favorite to progress to the semifinals compared to West Ham. Many people are optimistic about it, including me.

If talking about consistency in the winning trend since group phase until quarter final I think Bayern Leverkusen is the only of Europe League teams participants with 100% winning record not Liverpool. In this season, Leverkusen unbeaten and had all winning matches on group phase but got draw at the first leg of 16 round but keep unbeaten all Europe League matches.
Liverpool vs Bayern Munich are most ideal Europe League final match, but both team still has important match in quarter final until semifinal round with Bayern Leverkusen potential have to face the winner team on quarter final between AS Roma or AC Milan, after winning quarter final match will Leverkusen success eliminating the Serie A team and qualifying to final for facing Liverpool?

this favorite team's journey is no longer too long, they just have to get through the quarter finals and enter the semi finals, it will all be very short but the pressure will continue to come when the coach and players have to really maintain the consistency and stability or physical fitness of the players at the moment having to divide the match schedule in other competitions like Liverpool is under pressure in the EPL to compete for the title as you said.
meanwhile, Leverkusen does not have any pressure when they have locked in the Bundesliga title and only has the goal of focusing on the DFB cup competition and also the European league.
Milan and Roma are still a mystery that is difficult to predict even though they are teams that we don't discuss very often, but threats can occur when unexpected things happen.
the most important thing for me right now is just wanting to see Liverpool or Leverkusen who will stand in the final round.

Liverpool has been a very tough team this season and their performance has also helped them achieved the point at which they are currently which i feel is worth some recommendations, Liverpool can actually comfortably face almost any team in the Europa this season and still be able to win them without having to really struggle and that's why I'm sure they will be able to get to the finals I'm this their current form.

Atlanta isn't looking really convincing enough to me as a team that will actually be able to win Liverpool and i doubt going by their performance in recent times they will be able to contend Liverpool to the point they will win them or possibly get a draw maybe playing from their home, they will be able to achieve that but playing in Liverpool's home they may not be able to even get a goal from the game and the fact that Liverpool is Also trying to make sure they are able to get the trophy by the end of the season is another reason they will not give a chance to Atlanta.

Except for Leverkusen who may stand like a threat to Liverpool, i doubt if Liverpool will not be able to win the Europa this season because they have got a very good form and are definitely not going to even let Leverkusen become the reason they are not going to win the Europa this season and the fact that it will be the last they will be having with their head coach, klop is enough reason to know that they are most definitely going to do everything to make sure to give him this last honor.

I don't think anybody will deny it that Liverpool is not the favourite team to win against Atalanta. Atalanta is not a weak team, and I believe they will also try their best to win the match and qualify for the next level, but I don't think it can happen. The type of quality squad Liverpool have compared to the Atalanta squad, and with their current form, we will see that there are differences. In fact, Liverpool is the favourite team to win this going Europa League. I don't think there is any other team that is as strong as Liverpool; it is only Bayer Leverkusen. I think they are the team  capable again, and even them, I don't think they are that strong like Liverpool. Let's just see what will happen first against Liverpool and Atalanta. Maybe there will be any surprises, as football is full of surprises. 

Each team they face has its own challenges and of course it will be more difficult each round. In this round they will face West Ham and if they are successful then they will face a more difficult match in the next round. However, Leverkusen's current performance is very promising, without losing this season, it is clear that this is an extraordinary thing that they can do. Xabi Alonso is also certain to stay with Leverkusen next season, he also definitely wants to complete his duties this season first. In the Bundesliga they are a little closer to becoming champions, and in the Europa League they also have a very big chance of becoming champions, this is something extraordinary, and what is more interesting is that the one who handles them is a coach who is still relatively new, but he can shows something great.

The EPL is competitive too and so focus should be put in it but the UEL trophy to me would actually have more worth than the EPL. The UEL journey may not necessarily be stressful for them as Liverpool tends to be better than the teams in the tournament, their tough counterpart will definitely be Leverkusen because they've had more or less same domestic league results as Liverpool and the team is everly eager to strive to win games and they're aiming for the trophy. It's good that the both of them are in the same condition and then also have the same goal and target in the domestic and continental tournaments too.

 I believe that Liverpool has everything it takes to be champions in this season's UEL, their only challenge may be Leverkusen though but they're definitely up for a competitive game. They've got the players and skills with both teams having the same goal and vision ahead of the competitions too. They're the two strongest and toughest team in the contest and I won't be surprised if they conquer all their opponents till the final stage.

 In the Europa League, there's been top contending teams from the start till the current stage of the contest. Even though days back, the playoffs stage was concluded and there we saw few teams earn advancement tickets. Well from the beginning of the tournament, we know that it'll only be the tough teams that'd survive. Also predicting the winner this season would be hard as there are a number of tough teams to pick from.

 The highest we can do is to just analyze these teams based on their overtime performances this season and bringing that in the picture, the highest probable winner would be Leverkusen, then Liverpool and any other team behind. In essence it's safe to say that if the draws are favourable, then Liverpool would battle with Leverkusen in the final game of the tournament. For me, I'll really love to see the heated game between Leverkusen and Liverpool in the UEL soon though and I have a feeling they'd be made to play against themselves.

Leverkusen seems like the only choice that could win it outside of Liverpool, I believe that's going to be quite tough and I do agree that it is not going to be easy for everyone, but I do think that we are going to end up with Leverkusen posing a difficulty for Liverpool in the end.

I am not saying that Leverkusen will win, that's never known, hell maybe they will lose the next games, but at the same time if we are talking about just possibilities then yeah Leverkusen seems to be the best bet there is for it. Liverpool on the other hand has a tough schedule, with the league and all, which is why I think it is not going to be that easy and could be tired after that many games, so that's going to be a problem for them.