Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 291. (Read 58914 times)

The Europa League is estimated to be as important and worth watching just as the UEFA Champions League because the club's anticipating are also elite teams that have failed to meet up the necessary points for UCL. I'm only focusing on two clubs and they're Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen. There are more elite teams that we could possibly think of. The best teams always have a way to figure out golden opportunities to utilized for essential matches. There are already favorite clubs mentioned out due to their outstanding records in their perspective leagues.

First, we wait until the play-off round is finished, to see who finally advances to the round of 16. It is true, as you said, several teams coming from the Champions League add to the fierce competition in the European League. Milan, Galatasaray, Benfica and Roma as well as several other teams could be a threat to the teams that have previously qualified automatically. It is possible that teams that are more familiar in the play off round will be eliminated early, such surprises happen very often, especially considering that this is the European League. Leverkusen and Liverpool are the two most favorite teams, and indeed everything still looks gray and it is still too early to guess who will win the trophy even though both teams are performing consistently.

Especially Leverkusen, when I saw that Xabi Alonso squad was able to beat Bayern Munchen in the Bundesliga, I became more confident that they would definitely be able to reach the final. Apart from my opinion, Liverpool consistency in the Premier League also makes them highly regarded. It would be ideal if this season Europa League final brought these two clubs together, but that just a personal opinion. Their chances may change, because no one can be sure about the ups and downs of a team performance even though they are very favorites.

This year's Europa League will be very competitive. Several strong teams are playing in this year's Europa League. So it is very difficult to predict which team will be the champion.
Galatasaray team is at the top of the Super Lig table. Leverkusen are top of the Bundesliga table and Milan, Sporting and Roma are also strong teams. Each of these teams has great potential to win the title. However, it is difficult to make such quick predictions about which team will win the title.

This season there are many good teams in the Europa League which will make the Europa League tournament even more intense and enjoyable for everyone to watch because some of the teams you mentioned are quite good teams and could make unexpected surprises in the Play-offs. However, for Roma, I hope they can immediately win over Feyenoord so they can continue to advance to the next round of the Europa League this season.

It is a bit weird to say it would be hard to predict which team will win and it looks tough to decide. Galatasaray looks to be around 1.70 to 1.80 levels on odds, whereas Prague is 4.00+ odds as well. That means almost all betting odds providers are thinking that Galatasaray will win this game. I am not saying that they will, because it's football and we have seen weirder losses happened, even 1.20 type of teams losing and all, in football anything could happen.

But on paper, it is not even close, Galatasaray should not only win this game with a good margin, but also they should probably win the leg easily in both games as well. If they don't, then they would be disappointing everyone with an upset like that when they should win.

The opening match of the Play Off round between Galatasaray and Sparta Prague is difficult to predict, but I tend to choose Galatasaray because they will act as hosts. On the other hand, we have seen how they played in the previous group stage, Where in my opinion Galatasaray is more worthy of qualifying for the last 16 of the UCL than Copenhagen. However, everything could change and be very different in the European League, but on paper Galatasaray deserves to be at the top. Galatasaray and Sparta Prague are both leading the standings in domestic competition at the moment, We know there is a difference in terms of the competitive level of the league between these two clubs. What is clear is that the match will be fierce, and I hope that both of them will play openly.

Despite the loss, there were glimpses of promise, particularly evident in the first half where Roma performed a good display and even scored two goals against currently the best team in Serie A. While De Rossi has undoubtedly exerted considerable effort, the number of wins attained and the recent defeat against Inter don't provide a solid guarantee of his coaching prowess. The end of the season will serve as the ultimate benchmark to assess his suitability for the role.

De Rossi's fate hinges on several key factors. Qualifying for the Europa League and achieving a better finish in Serie A could validate the decision to appoint him as Roma's coach. Failure to meet these objectives or a decline in performance could raise doubts about his continuation. De Rossi's future with Roma depends on his ability to deliver results and showcase tangible progress by the season's end. While there's a process at play here, it's contingent upon his present performance and the execution of his plans for the club.

AS Roma is the bigger candidate for winning UEFA Europe League? are you sure with your prediction put AS Roma is the strong candidate become the winner? I doubt AS Roma will repeat their success achievement last season after success leading to final but defeated by Sevilla.
In this season, many team had impressive well in domestic league such as Liverpool keep managed Premier League first standings and there are has Bayern Leverkusen team with unbeaten until 31 matches all competition.
I doubt with AS Roma will get easily on playoff round and how possibility they will be strong candidate become the winner of UEFA Europe League for this season?

The defeat against Inter cannot be used as an excuse for De Rosi not to be able to build the club well because after all he has tried very hard even if seen from the match in the first half they actually played very well and could even take the lead over Inter.
But the current situation with the few wins he got and the defeat received against Inter is still not a strong guarantee because after all we know that the end of the season is the right benchmark whether he can be called worthy or not to become Roma coach.
De Rosi's current contract is only an Interim coach until the end of the season and when he can pass Roma in the Europa League play offs and can bring Roma to finish better in Serie A then the choice of officials to replace Mou with De Rosi is the right decision but on the contrary if he fails to give his best because Roma do not qualify for the play offs and in the domestic competition his performance remains the same and even tends to decline then why is it forced to be maintained next season.
There is indeed a process to be seen in this case but the process in question and De Rosi future plans depend on his current performance until the end of the season he gives Roma .  

There's good reason to be cautious about making predictions about the Galatasaray-Sparta Prague match. Things are not clear. When it comes to defense, Sparta Prague has been almost unbeatable in their league. And Galatasaray is currently in first place in their league and looks like a good team. Two teams that havent played in a while are going up against each other in an interesting matchup.

The attack play of Galatasaray vs. the defensive play of Sparta Prague interests me. The feeling of a force hitting an immovable object. From my point of view, it might depend on which team moves better that day. Both teams are in first place in their league, but it may be important to learn how to play against a new defense. There you go

I also think that between the two teams Galatasaray is the stronger team simply because in attack they have two ex great Serie A players like Icardi and Zaha,one from Inter Milan and the other from Roma.In such context I think Galatasaray are in a better position to win this challenge than Sparta Prague is.Of course Sparta is a team with an excellent defense and this could cause trouble to Galatasaray so in the end I would not be surprised at all even if Sparta goes further.

Benfica was finish at 3rd place of group stages after in the last matches of group stages Benfica gets crucial winning from Salzburg but before this winning Benfica has got 4 loses and 1 draw so these results is not showing they are strong candidate as the team who qualified in group D because their performance were very dissapointing but i think Benfica a bit lucky because they didn't gets strong opponent for play off stages because their opponent Toulouse also have same problem similar to them and Toulouse performance is not very stable in Ligue 1 because currently they have to hard struggling to avoiding relegation zone

And i will assume Toulouse will be more focus to the matches at their domestic league rather than in this competition because Toulouse too have a target want to survive at Ligue 1 and if my thought is true then the match against Benfica will not so important for Toulouse and more likely Toulouse will give their priority to other match so this can makes Benfica journey will be more easy and Benfica probably can able to advances to round of 16 without any problem

Galatasaray from them league Competition is doing well and it's the same with Sparta Prague as they're also on top of the league standing and divisions.
Sparta Prague are good when defending and has also kept good clean sheets recorded in the last five games and more four out of tue five played has all been clean sheets. Galatasaray has been winning them games very well. Now this is asides them league they'll have to fight for themselves.

They're already aiming also to win a trophy but I don't see this as one....  They should have also been in the Champions League but they couldn't win.

I won't deny that they can win with their new coach, but the oponents they face are below their quality, so I can't see much more about their true strength. And they met Inter Milan and lost. Despite their defeat in that match, I still think it's fair because the club they faced was the best club in Serie A this season. But I see a process there, where they can also create 2 goals even though they have to concede 4 goals that make them lose.
There are still a lot of matches that will prove to be a testament to De Rossi, but the question remains whether it will make them better or not. Again, I have to say it's a process, of course with a new coach there's going to be a transition, I can't say if it's going to be the way we want it to be or not. Time will tell.

I don't think so.
Roma are a good enough club but to be considered a strong contender for the Europa League right now is a bit of a stretch because they haven't even secured a round of 16 ticket yet as they still have to compete in the play offs against Feyenoord.
As long as they still can't get past that I think it's too much to say Roma are the strongest candidates at the moment. In addition, we also certainly know that for now the strongest candidates who are indeed possible now are only Leverkusen and Liverpool so as long as there are still some clubs that can certainly qualify in the play offs including for Roma then they still cannot be used as a reference for strong candidates for champions.

In terms of player strength, we certainly know that Roma is a good club and that cannot be denied but on the other hand, we must also be aware that with the current conditions where the change of coach and there is still a doubt for De Rosi actually this is still a problem that could not be resolved by Roma.

Roma is one of the biggest candidates to win this cup, along with Milan, West Ham United and Liverpool. In my opinion, the underdog teams are; Brighton, Leverkusen, Braga and Benfica. Of course, there may be surprises in the tournament and an unexpected team may become title. The reason why there is so much talk about Roma is that they are one of the favorite teams of the tournament. Although its performance has not been good lately.

If I will be judging by team quality I will most definitely give it to Roma because they have got good squad and team depth but the issues lays with their recent results they have been getting across all the leagues where they are participating, they have not been getting very impressive results which could mean weakness on their side.

Feyenoord has got nice results and in their league they are at the second position even if the team at the to is ahead with over five points feyenoord still isn't in a bad position at all and I will say that they are doing really good and even if Roam gets lucky to win them, they are definitely going to have a hard time winning because feyenoord will not allow them o such an easy win, I had wished for Roma to win as they are more likely to be the favourite in this game but then wishes are not horses and in football many things are bound to happen.

Benfica had such a poor run in the Champions League that I can't trust them even in the Europa League much. They had a very poor defending style and couldn't make up for it with their attacking power either. Now here they have a matchup against Toulouse. Actually I can trust Benfica on this one considering the quality difference.

But if Benfica face a challenging opponent I don't think they can get past them. At least with the performance level they had in the Champions League they can't do any good here. They aren't playing that bad in the Liga Portugal on one hand. 

Seeing Roma now is so refreshing because they don't play it safe anymore and after Mourinho left, all the players have become freer. This is all because De Rossi's strategy has proven to be effective and since he was handled by Roma, they have only lost once in the domestic league and I think that is a pretty good result. The next challenge awaits him as Roma's new coach and he will continue Mourinho's duties in European league competitions.

The opponent is actually not an opponent that they can beat easily and after all, Feyenord is one of the best teams from the Netherlands and this will be a fairly even match for both teams. The defeat two years ago certainly hit Feyenoord hard and this time they will definitely not sit back and accept another defeat. What is clear is that let's just see who wins the first leg and it will be a good record if Roma can win and it will be the first victory for De Rossi as Roma coach in European league competition.

Well, it will be very difficult to predict who will be the favorite in the Galatasaray vs Sparta Prague match. Because these two teams, as far as I remember, have never competed. I don't know if it was in the past. But as far as I can remember, since I like watching football since the 2000s or so I can't remember, I don't remember these two teams ever meeting. So the match that brings them together will be truly unpredictable. Currently Sparta Prague looks very strong in their domestic league. But Galatasaray also has a very strong performance in their domestic league. And these two teams are both leading the standings in their respective domestic leagues. So I think it's difficult to choose which one to favourite.