Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 201. (Read 58988 times)

Against qarabag, Leverkusen did almost got me thinking they may loose that game but I was Later impressed by their comeback and it really did showed how much of a better side they were to their opponent, it at first did looked like they were going to suffer their first loss for the season but then it turned out they were much more ahead of their opponent so they got a come back and won I loved the fact that they won the game in that style.

Qarabag was not expecting that to happen I think, they may have felt like they were already going to win because it was already looking like they were already ahead and by two goals is enough to keep their opponent away from winning but then it later took them by surprise and I did enjoyed every bit of it. If you even look at both teams, Leverkusen is in a much more better form than qarabag but yet it looked like they had a tough game against a team that could be considered weak against them, Leverkusen is in a league that's more competitive than the domestic league of qarabag yet it almost looked like qarabag was such a tough team.

Quarabag in their domestic league isn't even topping their league which is no way compared to the bundesliga so for them to be able to have really fought Leverkusen that good and almost caused a threat, I think it's very fair to say they actually tried because they weren't consider a match for Leverkusen as both in depth and strength they are both not in the same strength but then they are doing well so far.

If you take the risk of betting on an underdog team, it seems like you should consider it.
there's no harm in trying your luck with a smaller amount, but you have to think about whether to bet on the first leg or second leg.
maybe it would be more natural if you bet on Roma and West Ham in the second leg match because in my opinion Leverkusen and Milan as the home team will get a big score playing at home and in the second leg Milan and Leverkusen will probably lose but even if they lose, Milan and Leverkusen will still qualify for the next round because their aggregate score is much greater in the first leg.
this is not advice, but all this needs to be considered again before you regret it.

even though currently West Ham and Roma could be strong challengers to Leverkusen and Milan, I believe the two favorite teams will qualify for the semi finals.

Qarabag was almost make it happen but some goals by Leverkusen's player at the end of the game crushed Leverkusen's dreams and yes, xabi's team deserved it after working so hard until the last minute to qualify for the next stage. I need to give a lot of credit to the leverkusen for not giving up. The better for xabi to focus on the upcoming Leverkusen game.
 It's very pointless to talk about Leverkusen and Liverpool because we're still a long way to go from that match. Thing can change if Leverkusen loses in this round, which would also end all of our hopes of seeing Liverpool face Leverkusen in the final. Liverpool will face West Ham which is a stronger team than Qarabag and it must be careful.
Leverkusen must be fully prepared to face West Ham. Leverkusen may be struggling against West Ham and i think this is gonna be a hard game that may be going till penalty. West Ham is not a strong EPL team, but westham has the potential to make Leverkusen struggle to win the game. The better for Leverkusen to concentrate on the upcoming game.
Im so confident in  if leverkusen will be winning the game soon considering that if westham is in the process to decline from the top to the bottom again. David moyes probably sacked by the club if he will fail in the europa league. West Ham will knock Leverkusen out of the Europa League this season considering that if qarabag was almost doing it. Xabi failed last season, so it's best if he can focus entirely on the upcoming game and pay what he has been missed last season.

I will try something and bet on the opposite of bookmakers favor in two of these matchups. One will be West Ham and the other one will be Roma.

Milan - Roma should already be considered as a really close matchup though. Unlike the gap between their championship odds I see them having near equal chance. Roma are much better as you have also mentioned. Milan are a really challenging opponent for them here maybe but this time they have a bigger chance with De Rossi.

Leverkusen are of course quite the favourite against West Ham on paper. However seeing them having big difficulties against Qarabag for some reason tells me to give West Ham a chance with a small bet. I'm doing this just for fun so let's see what happens. 

I also really like the changes that have occurred in the Roma squad, especially in the playing patterns or strategies used by De Rossi for Roma. And actually the strategy used by De Rossi reminds me of the attack pattern used by Girona in Laliga which even succeeded in causing strong teams to lose. Even in the league, Girona beat Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. And yeah that's a great achievement. And I think De Rossi will also be able to make Roma get a better level of play and it's possible that Milan will also have big problems when facing Roma. It's just that Milan does have a fairly capable squad. So the Roma vs Milan match will continue to be quite fierce and difficult to predict.

De Rossi was a talented and legendary player but as a head coach, I am unsure he is a talented coach. Last season, he failed as a head coach in Serie B; this season he is gaining success with Roma but it is still very early to say about his ability as a head coach.

Do you remember André Villas-Boas? After his success with Porto, many years later nobody mention him in football at highest level because his coach career fails seriously after his success with Porto.

AC Milan are stronger and more experienced than Roma from their players to coach, but Roma and De Rossi will want to prove themselves. With De Rossi, if he can help Roma to win against AC Milan in quarter finals, he will achieve another step to prove his management ability. With Roma, they will move closer to another Europa League final match after the lost final match last season against Sevilla through penalty shootouts.

I agree with you. The match against Qarabag was one of Leverkusen's toughest matches this season. But I think there are many factors that influence the match. Sometimes a team can perform poorly. So we can't judge Leverkusen from just one match. Liverpool can use the tactics used by Qarabag to expose Leverkusen's weaknesses, but Leverkusen can also look at several of Liverpool's matches in the EPL to see their weaknesses. Each team still has the same chance of becoming champion. The biggest opportunity is of course Liverpool, but Leverkusen could surprise everyone.

Daniele De Rossi is not experienced but he is talented. He was able to find out the problems of Roma. And with the help of Daniele De Rossi we can clearly see the change in Roma's overall performance. Roma team is consistently able to perform well now. In Serie A they are trying to qualify for the Champions League, while also continuing to fight for the Europa League title.

I'm not sure if Roma can play well against Milan in the Europa League. However, the Roma team is more experienced than Milan on the Europa League platform. However, Milan's past matches against Roma have not been good. Roma have not won a single match against Milan in the last 5 matches. Lost three matches and drew two. Looking forward to see how Roma fares in the upcoming match with the help of Daniele De Rossi.

AS Roma's playing philosophy changed quite drastically after being handled by Daniele De Rossi, prefer for all players keep active for attacking and De Rossi didn't really care about how many goals were conceded in each match as long as he was still able to win the match. I like with this games tactician regarding Jose Mourinho prefer playing more defensive than offensive, drastically change with AS Roma game plan after managing by Danie De Rossi and every match seems easily for Roma scoring many goals.

I have difference viewed under Daniele De Rossi he can give great achievement for AS Roma in Europe League, on quarter final will face AC Milan and has difference scheme will make Milan should think the best scheme how to stop Roma ability for scoring as many goals on the first and second leg matches.

Many say that Liverpool and Leverkusen will probably be able to reach the final and meet each other but we forget that Milan is still in this round and we also don't know whether Liverpool and Leverkusen will meet earlier in the semifinals or in the final or Milan will even reach the final. , everything is still a question mark, sometimes clubs that have equal performance will meet earlier, such as in the Champions League match where Manchester City and Real Madrid met early even though many hoped they would meet in the final, and in the European League it seems like something similar will happen. when Leverkusen and Liverpool both qualify for the next round and will probably meet early before the final.

What you said is correct, rather than Roma having to think about reaching the final, Roma's main focus at the moment is to beat Milan and that is not an easy thing because they have met often and Milan always makes it difficult for Roma, I think with Milan's current performance they are in good condition. It's good that he will be able to beat Roma, but Roma is also in good condition, maybe a draw is possible and both of them take penalties to determine who will go through to the semifinals.

The final probably the match from leverkusen vs liverpool. I don'teven trust it since roma was not able performing quite well when it was facing the big club. The better for roma to learn about how to beat its next opponent acmilan. We have known so well that how acmilan was always humiliating roma on serie a.
This means that if roma potentially lose and leave from eurpopa  league in this round.

Don’t be quickly conclusive in matches like this. Bayern Leverkusen could have suffered in the hands of Qarabag before getting that victory and that doesn’t mean they’ll do the same when they face other clubs in the Europa League. What is important is that you should be consistent and continue to win your matches, how you struggle to win the match won’t be checked after winning. Liverpool will be a big opponent and a strong one for Bayern Leverkusen to beat but it doesn’t mean they can’t beat them. If they can absorb pressure and strike back by winning the game later, that is more important than all the pressures they might have faced in the match before winning it. The winners of the Europa League competition can’t be decided now, let’s wait to see the teams that can even make it to the finals first.

Maybe, judging from their last performance with Qarabag FC, Leverkusen do not stand a chance against their next opponent which is West Ham, not under estimating their very efforts that brought them this far, but they are slowly getting down from their better performance. Even if they should defeat West Ham on both sides, do we think or believe they are fit to face Liverpool, it's quite funny tho, they only have to pick up and strategies how to become very much effective if not they may be kicked out probably before even meeting Liverpool.

We all are aware it will end with Liverpool winning this season, every other teams are on their best, still and about to put in their best but requires much more qualities to help them face a team like Liverpool. It's hard to tell which team would face Liverpool in the final, we only have to keep our heads up and watch.

Roma is not up to Liverpool's standard and they are not up to Leverkusen’s standard, I am not expecting to do something special in the Europa League. The new manager De Rossi is trying his best to change the game pattern of play to his taste so that the team can perform well against next season.

I am giving this Europa League to either Liverpool or Bayer Leverkusen because these teams were very good since the beginning of the season and they are both in the battle of winning their domestic leagues.

Bayer Leverkusen actually do look like a really strong candidate a d I wouldn't want to doubt that for any reason because they have shown so far in their performance and their results this season they they are in to get to win all the leagues where in they are participating a d one of which is the Europa, before now Liverpool was actually considered the strong candidate for the Europa because of their performance .

The current form of Leverkusen is such that you can't just get to think that they are not good enough candidate for the trophy, except they get to meet Liverpool before the finals, every indication is showing that they are very likely to end up at the finals with Liverpool but if they get to meet before the finals then most definitely some one is getting eliminated before the finals of the tournament. Leverkusen been able to really scale through in the bundesliga which happens to be such a competitive league especially with Munich, us a strong message that they could win Liverpool if they meet.

I don't want to be quick to judging what the possible outcome of the game could be but I want to hope they both get to meet in the finals and at that point they will be able to properly throw their weight and whosever wins be considered the champion and for Leverkusen it will be a record even if they don't get to win but they stayed unbeaten through the league games until the finals which can be considered an achievement.

Facing some setbacks in recent years makes Serie A teams look not so competitive, but this situation seems changing since there were two of them appeared in UCL semi-final. Historically, Serie A teams have commanded significant attention and respect from opponents across Europe, and this legacy is mostly carried by Milan. It's understandable to perceive Milan and Roma as big teams with distinct qualities. Roma has showcased their improvement with coach, and their performance cannot be overlooked.

Milan may not necessarily be considered superior to AS Roma in this particular matchup in term of UEL competition, because Milan history in UEL is not as good as their history in UCL. The difference in Milan's approach between the Champions League and the Europa League is noticeable. Each competition presents its own challenges and dynamics, and teams often adjust their strategies accordingly. Milan's journey in the Europa League might require different tactics and mindset compared to their campaigns in the Champions League.

We have a history of surprises and huge upsets in soccer with UEFA is also had special romance with these things related to unpredictable so here if we will have any shocking result this is going to be normal for the all like we have in last round when Atlético Madrid won against Inter Milan which was third favorite team for the title so currently if we will have few more surprises this all could be part of the business which is going around in this event.
Currently, this event is wide open for the all participants and things can go either way for the title race we have Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen as hot favorites, but we can have few other teams as well for the top spots with their quality and consistency.

Basically, Liverpool are a team that has better experience and good winning mentality compared to AS Roma, moreover this season is Klopp last season at Liverpool and thus of course Klopp will do his best to bring Liverpool to get the Europa League trophy. Indeed, sometimes unexpected results can also occur as happened to De Rossi at AS Roma at thismoment, at least at the beginning De Rossi was quite or maybe very doubtful. But anyway, the result De Rossi really managed to improve the quality of AS Roma but evenso, I personally still don't believe AS Roma will be able to qualify for the final match and win the trophy. At least, with De Rossi who managed to improve the quality of AS Roma so far is also an impressive result and anyway, the fact that AS Roma still has a chance to get a Champion League ticket if it manages to finish in the topfour in the Serie A standings.

Roma doesn't really look like "that" much better to me. They are better than they used to be, there is no doubt about that, but we are talking about something that is not really all that much different in the end, we are talking about a team that went from bad to decent but still not at Liverpool levels.

This means that at the end we are going to see Liverpool win it all, that's not going to change. I get that some people may feel like maybe Roma will do better than expected but I do not think that's true, I think that Roma will do fine but will not beat these better teams. However, they can go for fourth place at the league and they should focus on that, a UCL place next season could mean so much money and better players.

This is for some of the posts that respond to the above.
Each representative team from Serie A when competing in European competitions has its own characteristics even though in recent years they have experienced setbacks.
Teams from Serie A used to be of particular concern to teams not from Serie A, including the big name AC Milan.

In the AC Milan vs AS Roma match, I don't think AC Milan is superior to AS Roma. I prefer AS Roma's great potential even though AC Milan will use all their quality to beat Roma.
In the European League, AC Milan is different from when it competed in the Champions League.