Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 195. (Read 58988 times)

What you said is true, the consistency shown by Liverpool and Leverkusen is the main reason why they will meet in the final, but I see Milan is also quite consistent at the moment both in the league and in the Europa League, although indeed Milan is ranked 2nd in the Serie A standings while Liverpool and Leverkusen are ranked first in the league, but we should not exclude them from the Europa League champion candidates this season,  I think those three teams will meet each other in the semi-finals and of course it will be a strong foundation for us to see who deserves to win the Europa League trophy this season.

Unlike you, I personally see that Milan and Liverpool are strong candidates to meet in the final if they don't meet sooner in the semi-finals, and if they meet in the final then I personally see the match will be tough enough and maybe even to determine the winner will not happen in 90 minutes of normal time and will most likely be decided on penalties like last season's Europa League final between Roma and sevilla.

The hope is that Liverpool can face Leverkusen in the Europa League final this season, besides Milan, they are also worthy enough to be a worthy opponent for the two favorite teams. It's true, there is no guarantee that these three clubs can reach the final, because it all depends on their luck in eliminating their opponents in the quarter-finals first. The competition for the Europa League trophy does not only require good squad depth, but mentality and experience also play a big role. It seemed that Leverkusen had a little difficulty in advancing to the quarter-finals yesterday, they were almost eliminated by Qarabag.

Surprises of course happen quite often in the European League, because all teams want trophies, and we very often see several teams being able to perform beyond predictions. Favorite status won't make things easy, let alone underestimating your opponents and being lulled by the praise they get. Among all the remaining contestants currently, Leverkusen is the team that has attracted the attention of many people by appearing unbeatable, even though they don't have the reputation of Liverpool, Xabi Alonso squad seems will to have had great luck this season.

We have our own personal views on who will be in the Europa League final this season, and I also share the same opinion that Liverpool and Leverkusen will most likely be there. You are right that AC Milan should also be taken into account, but they are not as consistent as Liverpool and Leverkusen, therefore many people consider Liverpool and Leverkusen to be the best.

However, I also do not rule out the possibility that a surprise will occur, it is also very possible that we will see another club in the final. However, for now I prefer the 2 clubs that I mentioned at the beginning. This is something that is not easy for them, of course, because the opponents they will face will not let other clubs easily beat them.

It would be very special if we saw what we predicted actually happen, because it would add to the hotter atmosphere of the competition. But we are still very far from seeing it all, because we are still in the quarter-finals and we will still have at least 4 more matches for each club to be in the final.

  Football has now gone past the normal stage of us always trying to win games with defensive format, as your opponents will be the ones to mount the pressure and you might be hurt when a silly mistakes happens. This style of football is called Haram football and is now considered not to be existent anymore.

 Well Mourinho is a good coach but I feel he needs to be flexible with his tactics, like do some changes amd make sure they’re effective rather than using same tactics match in and out. This was one reason he was sacked as the board was tired of the boring football and knew their players can play better than they were doing with Jose.
 
⁠ They hired this coach and even though he hasn’t some big achievements but at least you can see how he’s improved this squad and now they go into every match with enough confidence. This is really one big determinant to winning any match, the morale needs to be so high to always get those victories.
 
 Roma are now looking more better and are a big threat as compared to how they played like 3 months ago, and now you can have huge confidence. Their next match I think will be against Milan then you can now start seeing if they’ll be able to get the major points off Milan especially as this match holds lots of memories. I think Roma might not get all 3 points here but they can at least perform a miracle.

Like you rightly said, there is no guarantee that final of the UEFA Europa League competition will feature Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool but considering the performance of both teams in the competition and in their different leagues, I think that it's very understandable that many people are predicting a final between them. Bayer Leverkusen's incredible performance this season have been one of the surprise of the season but what's even more surprising about their scintillating performances and results is that they're leading the German Bundesliga standings with 13 points above second placed Bayern Munich who without doubt posseses the strongest team in the country.
Liverpool on the other hand have also been very consistent with their performances in the English Premier League and are currently leading their league table with two points above second placed Arsenal and three points ahead of third placed Manchester City. I'll be very glad if both teams will make it to the final because it'll give football fans across the globe the kind of befitting quality football that's expected in the final of the competition

Although there is no guarantee for everyone to see Liverpool meet Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final this season, I personally really want to see them meet in the Europa League final this season. Because of the strengths that each team already has, of course they are very curious about how they will compete to win trophies this season so that their matches are more coveted by many parties at this time than meeting other teams. Although other teams such as AC Milan are also strong teams at the moment.

These two teams from Serie A are quite a hot topic, which is always one of the conversations in this thread. Roma was initially always underestimated because it was handled by De Rossi, but he was able to bring his team to quite an impressive performance. both in domestic competitions and in the European league. however, AC Milan is still superior to De Rossi's squad. Moreover, referring to several matches in their domestic league, AC Milan performed quite impressively in their domestic league. So it's very natural that AC Milan is always the favorite to overthrow AS Roma in the quarter-final match. referring to betting odds, Milan with odds @2.09, while AS Roma with @3.55.

For me, this match will be quite interesting. I'm pretty sure De Rossi's team will put up resistance even though the match is held at the San Siro. Based on Asian Handicap betting, the odds are 0:1/2. which means, this match has the potential to overthrow each other. well, for me personally it depends on how De Rossi uses his tactics and strategy when he visits the San Siro, Milan's headquarters. if he is able to get around Milan's style of play. It is not impossible that Roma will be able to overthrow AC Milan. Well, let's just wait for the meeting between these two teams to be held.

Indeed, strategically, De Rossi is braver in exploring the abilities of the players he has, this allows him to provide freedom for the players to be able to display the best game they have and for now this is giving quite good results for AS Roma. De Rossi tried to trust his players to move further out of the defense zone, which was different when Mourinho was still in charge, they had a tendency to hold back more and that actually prevented the players' potential from being fully unlocked.

There is hope and it is not impossible that AS Roma can show something more extraordinary than this. At least they have fresh air to show and with that they can compete even more closely with other teams. The difficult match they will face is against AC Milan in the European League. They must be able to show that they can also put up resistance, even though in the end they lose, they must make it difficult for Ac Milan to win the match.

Look, AS Roma under De Rossi... its fantastic. Honestly, really enjoying it. This attacking style, its the right call. Team's playing like they have something to prove, and its working. Top 5, looking towards Champions League - thats big stuff. Frankly, Mourinho was holding them back. Too afraid of mistakes, not enough trust in the talent.

De Rossi, he gets it. Knows how to push the right buttons. And that Milan matchup? Historically tough, I understand. But with this newfound attitude, the way they're playing... yeah, Im not gonna lie, it could happen. A Roma win. Its on the table. These guys are hungry. Makes you excited as a fan, doesnt it? Whats your take? Could we be seeing an upset?

The Europa draw for the quater finals is actually an interesting one in that all teams scheduled for this draw are in a very competitive form except for Liverpool that I think has got what appears like a simple game, not like I'm trying to undermine their opponent but I just feel that Liverpool might do better than their opponent in this fixture because they have more strength and determination to making sure to win the Europa.

Leverkusen may likely get to meet AC Milan in the semifinals because I don't trust Roma well enough to be able to get to win AC Milan in the quarter finals draw, Roma seem like they have actually got a good form but I still don't think they will actually be able to really stand AC Milan because when it comes to facing top teams as this, Roma has never been in a good form enough to really contend them they only end up in a draw in their luckiest times asides which they loose so AC Milan to me looks like one of such tough team thst will give Roma a very hard time.

If it happens that both Leverkusen and Liverpool gets to the semifinals then I think the chances they will be playing together in the finals becomes very high because they are not going to mess their semi finals up, I trust Liverpool and Leverkusen to definitely try to making sure they get pass that stage into the finals and making sure they win but the finals is most definitely going to be an interesting one if it's eventually between Leverkusen and Liverpool.

They don't have any chance of them making it to the round of 16 due to their poor performance this season. Because Marseille is passing them with 6 point they are assume to have a terrible end, ending last in the group table because they are passing AEK Athens with only one point and a goal difference of 3. If AEK Athens could win their next fixture and Ajax loses, it's over for them  in the European qualifiers in the round of 16. As for these teams, Topola, Hacken, Maccabi hafia, Sheriff , Aris Limassol and Ajax, have little or no hope to qualify for the round of 16, because they all record very poor performance in the group stages.

Sevilla are a big club in Europa League and they won it last season but this season, they are no longer have chance to defend their title. With very poor performances in Champions League group phase, Sevilla did not end it at a third place to get an opportunity to play Europa League play off matches. Now they have to completely focus on La Liga to stay in the league than get regulation at the season ending.

They are not rulers of Europa League even they won 7 titles there.

Leverkusen count down days to win Bundesiga and they nearly get it already. With this success in Bundesliga too early, they can focus on Europa League and are one of best candidate here. Liverpool are another strong candidate in Europa League and if Liverpool meet Leverkusen in the final match, we will have an exciting and beauty final match to watch.

Both candidates have to complete four more matches, 2 quarter finals, 2 semi finals before meeting each other in the final. Leverkusen will potentially meet Roma or AC Milan in semi finals, not easy opponent for them to get a final match.

Because Jose Mourinho is too afraid that the club he is coaching will make a mistake so they don't play as aggressively as they are now, Roma since being coached by Jose Mourinho has been too slow to move up to a better ranking because Roma's performance is not very consistent. Currently being coached by Daniele De Rossi Roma plays more confidently and continues to win, now Roma's position is in the top 5 and getting closer to the Champions League zone. I think De Rossi will make good use of the opportunity so that Roma can get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

I don't know what strategy Daniele De Rossi has given to the Roma players so that they can really perform optimally in every match they face, Daniele De Rossi has given positive results since the beginning of his training, perhaps because the motivation given by De Rossi can make the players enthusiastic. Roma, solidarity and cooperation between players and coaches will bring the club to achieve success together.

Yes, I think because Roma's performance is getting better they can face Milan. Milan is a club that is quite difficult for Roma if you look at its history, but if Roma is able to make a difference and is able to give a surprise by winning the match over Milan. That will be a big achievement for Roma despite its performance Milan is also doing well in the league.

Sevilla journey in the Europa League so far has been quite fantastic by winning 7 Europa League titles while making them the rulers of the Europa League, last season was the last season Sevilla won the Europa League trophy while getting an automatic ticket to play in the Champions League after defeating Roma in the final, what you say is true if the squad changes that occurred in Sevilla actually made Sevilla destroyed,  Many important players left Sevilla last season after the their  won the Europa League championship and the fact that Sevilla had to be knocked out of from the top 10 la liga standing right now and of course it is quite sad to see Sevilla seem will to be out of the Europa League championship for a long time after their poor performance this season.

Naturally, Liverpool and Leverkusen are the favorites of many members here to both reach the final, because so far they have been quite consistent in maintaining their game performance in the Europa League and domestic league, although actually we may forget there are still Milan and Marseille who might give a surprise in the semi-finals later, if Milan and Leverkusen meet in the semi-finals then I personally am quite sure if Liverpool will be able to meet Milan in the final, so that way we will see how two teams which have experience in the Champions League will fight for the Europa League trophy as an achievement before ending the 2023/24 season.

It could be that AS Roma is aiming for a Champions League ticket next season by trying to become European League champions because their chances in Serie A of being in the top four are quite difficult considering how the teams above them will definitely try to secure their current position.
Even though AS Roma performed quite well in the European league, facing AC Milan was no different from a Serie A match and in their last few meetings AS Roma always had difficulty beating Milan when Roma was the away team, and for Milan this was of course their last chance to win champion title, and in my opinion this will be a fairly even match because after all both teams often appear disappointing so a surprise could happen when Milan can win in the first match but still fail to advance to the semifinals because the second match is a landslide loss and vice versa Milan is only able to play draw at home and the second match played better so can advance to semis, ao it can be said that it is quite difficult to predict because both have strengths that can be said to be the same.

Sevilla squad is no longer the same as the previous squad. They was a strong team when some key players were still in the team. In the last transfer windows, some of the key players decided to leave Sevilla. Sadly, Sevilla failed to get proper players for the replacement. The current Sevilla squad is not strong enough, that's they fail to survive in UCL. They finished the group stage in the bottom position, so they also failed to go to Europa League knockout phase. Sevilla position in domestic league is also very bad, they are only in 14th place. This season may be one of the worse season of Sevilla team.

Most people favor Liverpool and Leverkusen as the candidates of the finalist of Europa League this season. However, we don't know if they really can reach the final round because there are many other strong teams that can't be underestimated. Although both Liverpool and Leverkusen can continue to the next round, they may meet stronger teams in the semi-final round. So, it is true that the road of the final can be surprising. There is no guarantee that we will see Liverpool and Leverkusen in the final match.



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Sevilla have seemed to be a scary giant if they play in Europa League, while they always struggle in Champions League. It feels so strange when they even failed UCL group stage, even finished at the bottom. It sounds like an anecdote to say Europa League contestants should be grateful because Sevilla did not appear. Their absence opens up opportunities for other teams to shine, even  though there are teams have past success in the tournament.

Liverpool and Leverkusen are the strong favorites, given their current form and performances, but, of course, Milan and Roma should not be overlooked. Both the latter have the capability to go far in the competition and could pose a significant challenge to the favorites. Europa League could be the most unpredictable competition where top clubs often play in it with different mindset compared to when they play in their league of Champions League. The road to the Europa League final is often fraught with surprises, and fans can expect twists and turns as the competition progresses.

Not sure what your point! 
But AS Roma and AC Milan are top teams in Serie A.
It should be a tight match, both teams expects to reach the final round. And these teams also showed good performance in Serie A recently.
In my opinion, there is no favorite team in this match because they seem quite equal.

Both AC Milan and AS Roma are unpredictable. I can't say AS Roma is underdog because AS Roma is a top team in Serie A, too.
I think both Pioli and De Rossi have great tactics, they are smart managers.

It is true, this season Europa League contestants should be grateful because Sevilla did not appear because they failed to finish in third place in Group B of the Champions League. If Sevilla is present, they have a big chance of winning the Europa League trophy like last season. Liverpool and Leverkusen are currently the most favorite teams, and many even hope that these two teams can face each other in the final. Without ignoring the opportunities of other contestants such as Milan and Roma, which in my opinion also have the same chance of winning the trophy, the Europa League every season very often surprises us.

Teams that take part in the Europa League often show different performances, like Sevilla last season, they were inconsistent in La Liga but appeared impressive in the Europa League. There is a chance that such a surprise will happen again, even though Liverpool and Leverkusen are the favorites, it is possible that they will be eliminated first. Milan have to face Roma, one of them has the potential to face the two favorite teams in the semi finals later.

This season's UEL competition is very fortunate that there is no Sevilla in this competition because if Sevilla can qualify for the UEL when they fail in the champions league, Sevilla will definitely be the favorite club even though their performance seems not to be good, but Sevilla can always succeed in getting the UEL title like last season.
If Sevilla can join this competition, Liverpool and Leverkusen will definitely be under a bit of pressure because Sevilla can always get through to the final round and with the experience of dominance from Sevilla, they can always provide great enthusiasm to continue winning trophies at the UEL.
When we think like you said last season Sevilla was not the favorite team in the UEL but could surprise the whole world if Sevilla managed to lift the UEL trophy, this season it could happen to a club that is not the favorite such as AS Roma or AC Milan which could be a surprise in final round later.