Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 240. (Read 58988 times)

After watching first leg performance of few teams now things are looking pretty interesting because Roma, Milan and Marseille are doing good job and these teams could be at their best in coming matches as well now it's not easy to predict who is going to win and who is going to qualify for the round of 4 as well Qarabag was really team to watch as they were leading by 2–0 there were thinking now it's time for Bayer Leverkusen to lost their winning streak, but they were really aggressive and impressive as they score two goals in last 20 minutes and bring themselves to the level with now next game is going to play in Germany which could be also interesting.

Now as we have results most chances we will have all top teams in quarterfinals of this season, but I have my personal lineup with AC Milan, AS Roma, Atlanta, Liverpool, West ham, Bayer Leverkusen, Marseille and Benfica will be teams in last eight.

And right. Mohamed Salah was played in the second half to maintain fitness. In this match, we showed how prepared we are in all situations.
Apart from getting an aggregate of 5-1, another result that makes us happy is that Nunez is getting sharper with his goal instincts getting sharper.
With a score of 1-5 in Czech, we are already safe for a place in the last 8.

The next job that Klopp and the players are preparing for is against Manchester City in the next two days.
The return of Mo Salah in the match against Sparta gives us fresh air if Mo Salah will be able to play as a starter in the 28th Premier League match which is very important in fighting for the 20th trophy.

It is really hard to maintain it till the season ending and we know every unbeaten record can be broken any time. No streak will remain forever and it will be broken by an opponent. In this season, Leverkusen still have many matches to play and many opponents can beat them in a single match. Especially in Europa League, Leverkusen have more risk to lose than in Bundesliga.

It is too soon to say either Liverpool, Leverkusen or Roma will appear in Europa League final match. They will have to play 5 more matches to get there. I see it's fine if either Liverpool or Leverkusen will win Europa League. With Liverpool, if they achieve it, it will be a good ending with Klopp. With Leverkusen, it will be a great achievement for their club and a young coach Xabi Alonso.

Marseille vs Villarreal.

This match was in line with what I predicted, although many doubted that Marseille could provide resistance when they hosted the match against Villarreal. moreover, Villarreal is unbeaten in 7 matches in its Domestic League. however, in the hands of Jean-Louis Gasset, Marseille gradually began to show their performance quite well again. that's why, I have great confidence in last night's match, if the home team will put up resistance when they host the match against Villarreal. It was proven that Marseille was able to overthrow Villarreal.

Referring to the course of the match, even the squad coached by Jean-Louis Gasset was able to dominate with 60% ball possession. Likewise with the opportunities they had, Marseille had more opportunities than Marcelino's squad. with this result, Marseille is a little safer when they challenge Villarreal in the second leg. On the other hand, Villarreal did not offer much resistance to the home team. Marcelino's squad, only had 5 total shots, and none of them were dangerous at all. well, we'll have to wait and see in the second leg, whether Villarreal can turn things around. interesting, because Marseille was managed by Marselino before being with Villarreal.

Of course taking only goal gap into account wouldn't help us reach anywhere. Maybe they all won in a similar way but there are significant quality gaps among these teams on one hand.

If we compare Liverpool with Roma and Marseille we can easily see the strength gap. In case of seeing one of these teams having a matchup against Liverpool their job would be really difficult. Klopp wants to achieve every kind of title he can achieve before leaving seemingly.    I'm seeing Leverkusen as a direct opponent for Liverpool. They are having an amazing season in Xabi Alonso's management. They can go big for the Europa League title too.

Leverkusen's performance yesterday was such that it didn't give me much conviction, In as much as I wouldn't want to give a final verdict on their ability from the performance in a match, but sometimes the dropping of form and point by a team starts after a single game ended, they then get to further loose games or become weak such that they will further need time again to pick form and become as they were before.

I don't want to believe that Leverkusen may be prone to loosing their form soon because their performance against such a small team was such that they should have been able to comfortably get a win and possibly not concede a goal by the end of the game but it was quite u fortunate that they had to end the game in such a draw, although they did had a better possession and dominated much more than quaraberg but then they were literally loosing till the end of the first half and I almost taught they might not be able to get ahead again because they were two goals down.

Quaraberg had the first goal after which they scored the second but the. Leverkusen staged what looked like a come back in the second half but we're unable to make it a lead after equalizing the two goal, it made Leverkusen looked like they were lucky not to have lost even after all they did played, Leverkusen's performance was expected to get them a win but they couldn't get one hopefully the do better in their next meeting.

I didn't expect Qarabag's strength to be that great to be superior against Leverkusen in the first half, even though in the end this draw should be a concern for Xabi Alonso to correct all the shortcomings that occurred in yesterday's match where Leverkusen conceded two goals, I thought that they would Breaking Leverkusen's unbeaten record apparently didn't work, Xabi Alonso must prepare himself for the second leg match at Leverkusen's home ground, they must win to qualify for the next round.

The hunt for the European league should be one of Leverkusen's main targets apart from the Bundesliga, although it seems that their journey will be complicated against other great clubs like Liverpool and others, I believe that they should be able to win many titles this season if they continue to be consistent and rotate The players are good, Xabi must be able to rotate his players correctly in order to make Leverkusen perform even better in the next match, especially in the second leg, as much as possible they must be able to do without conceding and win decisively at home against Qarabag. A draw is not disappointing as long as Leverkusen does not experience defeat, it is still extraordinary to maintain its consistency as an unbeaten club.

Too soon to say they will become a champion, both Marseille and Roma are have a same strength too if we talk about winning with big margin goals. Leverkusen in the first leg looks like a mediocre team, but it could be Qarabag is very strong and people underestimate them.

In the second leg, Liverpool might lose because they don't have to win to qualify to the next rounds.

Liverpool is a team that can say they will be in the final if their game does not change in every match. We only need a prediction for one more team out of all the teams that still have a chance of qualifying. Maybe Bayern Leverkusen is a team that could be their opponent. If you look at the route, Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen will probably meet earlier.

Roma today feels different from Roma when it was still with Jose Mourinho.
Maybe Daneile De Rossi's fate is better in Rome in continuing his work at Roma even though the job was taken halfway.
De Zerbi is still good. Maybe he is suitable to handle a large team with management that is able to do what he asks.
Barcelona. Do you mean to replace Xavi?

Who knows what energy Xabi injected into his players so that within 45 minutes of the second half they almost had a comeback.
It would be a shame if he was hijacked to Bayern Munich.

I don't think Liverpool will humiliate Sparta
In the first game Liverpool practically guaranteed their place in the next round
Playing at home, Liverpool probably won't play at 100% strength

The English team will have the most difficult and important game in the Premier League on the 10th against City, worth the lead in the league, and on the 14th they could spare some players as they have won away from home

So in my opinion, be careful with your bets if you think Liverpool will win by many goals against Sparta again

Liverpool played exactly as I expected. To be honest, Liverpool's performance in European matches is tremendous, they are very successful in scoring a lot of goals. Even with this match, they showed how superior they are to their opponent.
Liverpool is a very strong candidate to become champion. I'm very curious what they will do in the next matches

We can predict how Liverpool's performance now in the Premier League and the Europa League they dominate everything, with some injured players not preventing them from winning, so I think Liverpool can advance to the final.

Yeap that's what people didn't expect, De Rossi has brought AS Roma better than Jose Mourinho hasn't he? He has done a good job for Roma and the results are now quite satisfactory.
De Zerbi is not sure he will last long in the Premier League rumors are he will go to Barcelona.

Yes Xabi kept the unbeaten run going, crazy how after going two goals down they were able to come back in the second half and even the last goal was crucial for them.

In short, Liverpool is a candidate for the team that will go to the final round as predicted, getting stronger if they see how they beat Sparta.
Then AS Roma got better in De Rossi's hands. Roberto De Zerbi is increasingly fading because previously he was rumored to be the next Pep Guardiola.
As for Bayern Leverkusen, I kept quiet because they succeeded in stopping the wishes of some people who wanted Xabi Alonso's unbeaten record to be stopped by Qarabag FX.

The game's result was very bad one. It was a disappointing result even if Leverkusen managed to draw the game in extra time. Because, in my opinion, a lot of gamblers will place their bets on Leverkusen to win because they are the favorites to win, due to their strong performance this season. I was shocked as well when Qarabag defeated Braga in the round of 16, as I wasn't expecting Qarabag to be able to defeat Braga both home and away. When the Qarabag player received a red card during the 57 minutes in their second leg, I thought that would give Braga an advantage to move on to this round. However, in the extra minutes they lost against 10 players.

Leverkusen was down with two goals in the first leg, but they managed to draw in the second half. That means that they are going to win the second leg at home. When Leverkusen concede two goals in the first half of yesterday's game, I felt that Qarabag would break their unbeaten streak. However, Leverkusen's performance in the first leg was below our expectations, so they will need to perform better if they hope to advance to the next round.

Liverpool and Roma were on fire and destroyed their opponents and Roma won big at home but Liverpool had a more impressive performance as they played home away. With these big wins, Roma and Liverpool are in quarter finals and their second leg matches will be easy for them to secure their big advantage and go to quarter finals.

Bayer Leverkusen nearly lost it but this season continues to be amazing for them. They succeeded to equalize it and avoid a loss so their amazing long streak is prolonged.

This streak will not mean anything if they can not beat Qarabag after two matches. If they have another draw next match but fail in penalty shootouts, the streak is useless for them.

It is important that Liverpool were able to decide the winner of this match in the first leg, now they will not have to think about the second leg and they can concentrate on other more important matches. By the way, Roma also confidently beat Brighton, De Rossi left no chance for the more experienced De Zerbi, and it seems to me that everything is over for Brighton in the EL.

Bayer surprised, they lost the first half and with great difficulty were able to win back until the end of the match. In general, this is a completely satisfactory result for Bayer, since they will have an advantage at home, but it was a very nervous match and Karabakh could have created a sensation, they lacked quite a bit for this.

An amazing performance by Nunez! He was really on fire last night.    Both of his goals were worth watching. He actually has a great level of technique but we just haven't seen it very often since he joined Liverpool.

But the most important point is to see him trying his best. As there is Salah in the squad it is normal not to see him Nunez scoring as many goals as him. Salah is their target man mostly in the end. The only thing Nunez needs to improve is his consistency. If he decreases the number of opportunities he wastes his general performance would be found just enough.  

Liverpool really destroyed Sparta Prague by the way. Despite the rotation they still finished their opponent off. To tell the truth the score could have been way different too as Sparta Prague wasted so many opportunities.

Milan won, but it doesn't feel like it. 11 vs 10,  result 4-2. No words.

Milan played badly. Very badly.
Milan didn't have a picture of the game. They were slow, meandering with no ideas, and those two goal errors annoyed me.
This match is like a friendly match, not like a competition.
11 against 10 for 70 minutes, and a very modest Czech team almost equalized. lol
With this way of playing in the UEFA Europa League, Milan will be eliminated against Roma or Atalanta if they qualify.

It is almost impossible for Sparta to turn things around, they are now 4 goals behind and the second leg will be played at Liverpool's home ground Anfield which of course makes it even more difficult for Sparta.
However, this is a very normal thing, Liverpool's quality is far above Sparta's so Liverpool can easily win the match.

Nothing can be predicted with certainty in football and Leverkusen has done its best to be able to get a draw with a goal in the last minute which is proof of the Leverkusen team's mentality which is quite strong.
Overall the Leverkusen team played quite well even though they were a little under in the first half and I think that's normal.
And with this draw, Leverkusen has a large enough percentage to be able to win in the second leg because they will be playing at their own home.

In football, the quality of club has become the most important factor that can greatly affect the result from the game. Sparta has no chance anymore to get into the next round. The aggregate is very big and it's impossible for sparta to qualify. Sparta was not unable against secondary team of liverpool.
How can they compete with liverpool at anfield? Sparta needs to push surrender button. It will not even be capable enough to equalize the aggregates in the second leg.

sparta will be totally humiliated by liverpool. The club was not performing well enough to compete in europa league but it might not be like that, sparta was getting unlucky because it was facing liverpool as an opponent at this stage.
Liverpool is at UCL level. The club can win europa league this season easily.