Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 218. (Read 58988 times)

Maybe we have a different view of Freiburg in the Europa League this season, especially when they were beaten by West Ham with a very heavy score. In fact, I agree that Freiburg is a club that competes in the middle of the domestic league, but I still see them as a club that cannot be underestimated, regardless of the level difference between the English League and the Bundesliga, of course the English League has a much more competitive level than the Bundesliga. , but I have a different view, so I say that.

Regarding Leverkusen, it is clear they are one of the favorites in the European League this season. To date, they are an unbeaten club, both in the European League and the Bundesliga. With their extraordinary performance, it is not surprising that many people make them one of the favorites to become champions this season. However, favorite status does not make it easy for them to become champions, because their competitors also include tough clubs, one of which is Liverpool, which has also been extraordinary this season.

I think you shouldn't be sure. Didn't you see how difficult they were against Qarabakh? European league matches may not go as we expected. Moreover, West Ham is a strong team. They may come up against Bayer Leverkusen. If Qarabağ had not received a red card, Leverkusen would have been eliminated, and they were about to be defeated at Bay Arena. When it comes to big tournaments like this, everything depends on how good the two matches are.

That's why when two teams from the same country it will be easy for us to know who is the team that has a greater chance of winning, because so far we also don't see any difference when the two teams meet in the league or in the Europa League, just like you, I also think if Ac Milan will be able to overcome Roma both home and away later because even though they compete in Europa League matches but still will It feels like a Serie A match later, at the moment Ac Milan is a team that is quite experienced both in the league and European competitions so maybe they are better prepared to look at the quarter-final match than Roma at the moment, besides that I think in terms of quality of players of course Milan is far superior to Roma who are currently starting to rise in the league.

We admit that Roma's current performance has indeed improved a lot in the league, but so far to face a team as big and strong as Milan of course Roma will need luck to win, now we can see how the consistency possessed by Milan in the league that even they managed to make Juventus threatened in serie A standing , as well as the head to head between Milan and Roma so far,  Isn't Milan far superior to Roma so surely Milan will be favorites in the Europa League quarterfinals later.

It is not easy to overcome obstacles in the quarter-finals which leaves the competition increasingly difficult. They find opponents who have equal strength, including Leverkusen who will face one of the Premier League clubs, WestHam. We all know that Premier League clubs have a strong performance compared to other leagues. Even though WestHam's position in the Premier League is not as good as Leverkusen's, it could provide surprises that we cannot predict, no one knows because the European League competition is more difficult than the domestic league and that is what Leverkusen felt, who were almost defeated by Qarabag in the round of 16, so Leverkusen must not be happy before passing this obstacle.

It seems like Liverpool doesn't have such a tough obstacle because their opponents are not very consistent in the domestic league so Atalanta must prepare themselves to face Liverpool's brutal attacks because currently Liverpool's performance is very strong. They will not give mercy to any club they will face, whether in the first leg or the other second leg Liverpool still perform optimally, I am very confident with Liverpool's performance this season they will reach the final but for Leverkusen, Milan and Roma I am not completely sure who will reach the final.

Liverpool played very, very strong and aggressively in the Europa League this season. You can see how they beat Sparta Prague with a big score of 11-2. It was the biggest aggregate score in the European league this season. Atalanta is a good club, they are much better than Sparta Prague. But I think they are not a worthy opponent for Liverpool. Yes, they will make it difficult for Liverpool to win the match. But I don't see any chance of Atalanta qualifying for the next round. Maybe they only have a 10-20% chance of getting away. I am not underestimating Atalanta but I think we can refer to the statistics of both teams in the European league.

I don't think it is very different, AC Milan should be the favorite to win. AC Milan looks to have a better squad and they play quite consistently during this season. Moreover, the stats of head to head that AC Milan always got a better result. Although AS Roma has been managed by De Rossi, I'm not so sure that AS Roma will beat AC Milan. If we look at the stats in Serie A, AC Milan is also more superior than AS Roma.

You can feel optimism because you view it from your own perception. It is not totally wrong but I am sure most people will think the same as me, that AC Milan looks like to beat AS Roma and qualify for the next round. AC Milan also has no chance to win the Scudetto, winning Europa title is the only hope for the title this season. So, AC Milan must play all out and won't give a chance for AS Roma.

Europa League is more comparable to the UEFA Champions League, clubs that failed to reach UCL will later settled for Europa. I'm entertained by the stellar performance of these elite teams this season, none keep relenting actions but forward their best performance against oppositions. It's urprising to be incharge of an elite club and having that particular club missing out on the basic tasks this season.

What's happening to Liverpool this season? They failed to win important matches despite dominating and having numerous key attempts on goals, none inexcusable not to be converted to goal. Liverpool are just here wasting key moments, a form that would have put them ahead of others and placing then to be at the top. Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool are the desirable club to reach the Europa League final this season. The Europa League is elite one and it will take energy and techniques for elite team to win.

If you did watch west ham play against Aston villa today, you would understand that they actually really had a good performance, they scored the very first goal in the match and it was an early goal after which they had another in the second half but that was disallowed meaning they would have won if vAR had not disallowed that goal. They are at the seventh position with 44 points on the table.

Looking at west ham performance in the last five games, they had lost only one, drew two and aswell won two which actually means they have got a relatively fair strength and they are not to be underestimated because they can actually turn out so tough that the game may end in a draw, although I still trust the strength of Leverkusen but I want to believe Leverkusen is also aware of the strength this team can possibly summon for the purpose of this game, they could actually take Leverkusen by surprise if Leverkusen slacks at any point going by their performance so far.

Leverkusen hasn't been a mediocre team and I can trust them to be able to deliver but thin the first leg a draw wouldn't be a bad idea as they will be able to make up for it in the first half but then as much as possible they should make sure to.gwt a win so it will keep the psychological strength of west ham down and that will be the advantage Leverkusen will be having over them by their next meeting.

Actually, I have reviewed a little of the teams that will compete in the Europa League quarter-finals, but let's review it again. Liverpool and Leverkusen should be able to win their match in the quarter-finals. yeah, on paper these two teams have a big chance of overthrowing their opposing team. however, there are two matches that are more interesting to me, than the Liverpool and Leverkusen matches.

Milan vs Roma.

I have a different point of view, because these two teams met in the Europa League with different styles and coaches. based on H2H, Milan always dominates the victory over AS Roma. but this time it was different, AS Roma was handled by De Rossi. yeah, the so called coach has no experience. Based on the betting exchange, Milan is more superior. however, that doesn't mean AS Roma can't beat the same team competing in Serie A. Milan, Stafano Pioli, has a style and characteristics of the system he uses. well, if De Rossi is able to keep his team from getting carried away by AC Milan's style of play. I have optimism, Roma has a chance to overthrow Milan.

Benfica vs Marseille.

Benfica is a team that cannot be underestimated at all, but Benfica did not play smoothly in the Champions League, and even lost to Real Sociedad. Their chance of overthrowing Marseille is quite big.  However, don't be surprised if Marseille is unexpectedly able to beat Benfica in the quarter-final match. Under the guidance of Jean Louis, Marseille has improved and had a different and quite effective game system pattern. Well, for me the match between these two teams is more interesting than the Liverpool and Leverkusen match.

The reason why your saying Liverpool are not tough in this competition is because of the problem of so many injured players. I understand that so well, because with the absence of quality players there isn't going to be a good performance. We all saw what happened today between Liverpool and Manchester United. Liverpool were weak, giving Manchester United quality opportunities to shoot at their goal. I was expecting when they took the lead 1:2 they would hold it till the game end but they failed. Klopp was really disappointed, he couldn't talk to the interviewer after the end of the march he just told him  you look too plenty(fat) and left.

Atalanta aren't a team to be underestimated surely. There is a huge difference between them and Sparta Prague in the first place. They have a potential to make bigger difficulties for Liverpool on paper. However the question is "Will they be able to do so?".    Even if Atalanta do a good work in Italy I don't think they can resist a Liverpool domination at Anfield. So I don't expect this round to be the one for Liverpool to stumble.

The most attracting draw is Milan - Roma to me. I see these teams having an equal chance to advance as well. Because of that I'm quite surprised with the official odds given to them for the Europa League title. 

The win against Freiburg looks bigger than it was. Freiburg is a Bundesliga team that is only midfield even in the league and had two good seasons in which they were able to qualify for the Euro Leauge. Financially, the team is in the lower half of the league. The financial differences between West Ham and Freiburg are enormous. Therefore the 1-0 win in the first leg was more of a surprise than the 5-0 win in the second leg. Leverkusen are a different caliber and after watching West Ham's game against Aston Villa today, I see Leverkusen as the favorites.

Honestly, Liverpool doesn't have that much of a tough team to play at the league neither, if they went unbeaten from here on out for the rest of the season nobody could say that it would be impossible to happen.

I am not saying that's exactly what will happen, they may get a draw or a loss somewhere but it would not be expected. They are not playing City, they are not playing Arsenal, and at the europa, they are not playing any big name UCL type of team neither, there aren't that many teams that should be able to beat them. So all in all, we are going to end up with a situation that has to be a lot more difficult, it is going to be a tough one without a doubt and could cause a lot of trouble for a lot of people at the end of the situation.

West Ham is not a team that is that scary for Leverkusen, especially since the match will take place at the BayArena which should not be too difficult for Leverkusen. I am still very confident that Leverkusen will continue to survive until the final in the Europa League this season because when I see Leverkusen's consistency in their own local league which is extraordinary, of course they can also apply this in the Europa League. Even though the opponents are more different than the ones they have faced in their own local league.

Whatever the result of this match at least Italy has one representative in the semifinal stages and about Milan vs Roma and both teams has been met plenty in Serie A and they can beat each other but this time is different because they playing for Europa League which possibly the atmosphere will be different besides that just like people said before under De Rossi Roma has been change became an strong team in Europa or Serie A and unlike the Mourinho era that Roma always played in a defensive style but when De Rossi coached Roma he made a clear difference by making Roma play more attacking

About this match i have to says it's hard to predicted because i considers both teams is equally strong but indeed some of Milan players just like Pierre Kalulu is very confident Milan will be able to eliminate Roma and qualified to the semifinal match but Milan a bit not consistent this season this makes Milan manager Stefano Pioli was several times rumoured will be sacked and first leg will be held at San Siro and maybe of Milan can able to win this match then there is a good chance for them to qualified

Leverkusen has shown a very strong team mentality and we saw it straight away over the two legs in the match against Qarabag, many people thought they would see Leverkusen's first defeat of the season but their mentality and quality is quite good making things difficult for their opponents, I don't think that There are bad indications or visible weaknesses of Leverkusen in the match against Qarabag, on the contrary, there will be a big impact on the team with the sensational victory they achieved.

Facing West Ham in the quarter-finals will of course not be easy for Leverkusen, this is increasingly difficult for the remaining teams because they are getting closer to the title and of course the focus of the entire team will be greater.
However, even so, Leverkusen will still be very favorites to beat West Ham.

I agree here with games against Qarabag was really stunning as both times they came from behind and bring themselves to the better spot but still they exposed their all weakness and give them really trough time with in first leg game once I was sure we are going to witness first defeat for them in this season, but they have done good comeback and have draw through two late goals but in second leg game again we have impressive performance through having two goals lead they down to 10 men and then allow Bayer Leverkusen to score two goals in injury time through Schick was good but surely a wake-up call for the German champions.

Now they are going to face West Ham which is having not good season, but their performance in Europa League is amazing, and they can give them good fight till last minute of the game and things will be surely not easy for the both teams.

This is my prediction:

Milan vs Roma
Will qualify > Milan
Milan have won their last few matches against Roma and I don't think it will be any different, they look better and more prepared to reach a semi-final, not to mention the fact that they have more tradition and are used to European competitions


Liverpool vs Atalanta
Will qualify > Liverpool
I don't have much to say, Liverpool are much stronger than Atalanta. Coach Gian Piero Gasperini will have to come up with something very good to try and stop the English team


Leverkusen vs West Ham
Will qualify > Leverkusen
I don't have much to say here either, although West Ham are a good team and have some great players, Leverkusen are VERY strong this year and have almost secured the Bundesliga, so I don't think they'll miss out on qualification


Benfica vs Marseille
Will qualify > Benfica
Here's the most balanced and interesting duel, Benfica already have a certain tradition with European championships, they're Portuguese champions and have a solid team. Olympique Marseille, on the other hand, aren't doing so well in the domestic league, but they managed to knock out Villareal, who were favorites, and could give them a lot of trouble at this stage

Atalanta's performance in the last four matches in Serie A has been very poor. They lost two matches and drew two matches. Atalanta team is not in good form at present. Liverpool players on the other hand are in very good form. Liverpool's performances have strengthened since Salah joined the squad after recovering from injury. The Liverpool team has continued to perform consistently well in the Premier League. Since Liverpool's overall performance is stronger and more consistent than Atalanta's in recent times, Liverpool are considered favorites in this match.



I agree with you that we have seen very good performances from Atalanta in the Europa League in the previous rounds. The team has been playing well in Europa League matches but their performances in Serie A have been weak and erratic. Atalanta are trying to win the Europa League title. So it will not be an easy task for Liverpool to beat Atalanta team. And I personally think Atalanta have the ability to win against Liverpool.

These two clubs have previously met in the CL but that was a long time ago and currently the conditions of the two clubs are very different and I am sure there will be no difficulty in beating Atalanta in the 1st leg match.
It's a good opportunity when Liverpool in the first leg gets a match at home to score a bigger aggregate score and I believe that Liverpool are destined to qualify for the next round to win the title at UEL this season but Klopp needs a new strategy to continue to be able to break into the goal every time. opponents that must be faced.
Moh Salah has started to perform well this time providing great strength to Liverpool attack line.