Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 325. (Read 58914 times)

I agree with you about Leverkusen. This is really their season to achieve something. They are challenging very well against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. I expect the same ambition from them in the Europa League also.

Since Xabi Alonso started to manage this team they have made a huge progress. I mean that it was even Xabi Alonso's first proper manager experience in his career.    It is really striking to see him making a very strong start to his manager career like this. I see Liverpool as the biggest threat to Leverkusen here. But honestly I would love to see Leverkusen beating them in the finale of the Europa League.    They also deserve this title as much as Liverpool.

In fact, during Mourinho's time as AS Roma coach the target was to be able to compete strongly in the top four in the Serie A table but ya, the results always failed. What's more, at this moment AS Roma are getting a worse trend than previous seasons and thus, it seems to be only a empty dream for Mourinho to be able to bring AS Roma to finish in the top four in the Serie A standings. Therefore, I think it is free, whether AS Roma will focus more on Serie A or in the Europa League because yes, the fact is that this season AS Roma do not have a good chance of finishing in the top four and also, AS Roma do not have a good chance of winning the Europa League trophy. So ya, it looks like the last season for Mourinho this time, it looks like it will be a bad end because Mourinho failed to bring AS Roma to get an achievement this season.

It's common knowledge that Jose Mourinho's options at Roma might be constrained due to financial limitations. But Mourinho has demonstrated his ability to orchestrate great performances and achieve notable results despite the challenges faced by Roma. His impact to the club is undeniable considering what the club has achieved in europe in last two seasons. that showcases his knack for extracting success from the resources at his disposal.

Mourinho's ability to position the team as one of the favorites to reach this season's Europa League final is a testament to his strategic approach and the belief he instills in his players. Even in defeat against AC Milan in the Serie A, it's important not to draw hasty conclusions about their European prospects. Roma's performance in the Europa League may differ from their domestic league form. Mourinho has a track record of excelling in knockout competitions, and his tactical expertise could be pivotal in overcoming challenges on the European stage.

Jose Mourinho's options at Roma are limited because of the clubs inability to his preferred players as a result of their financial strength. But he's been able to perfectly use the team to produce great performances and results since he arrived the Italian club. In his first season at the club, he was able to win the UEFA Conference League trophy for them and last season, he took them to the final of the UEFA Europa League competition before they were narrowly beaten by eventual winners Sevilla. It is because of his presence at the club that they're still considered as one of the favorites to reach this season's final in the Europa League but after their league game yesterday against AC Milan, I'm now doubting if Mourinho's AS Roma can reach the final of the Europa League.

Roma were comfortably beaten yesterday by AC Milan in the Italian Serie A and it seems they're not strong enough to reach the final of the the Europa League this season.

Moreover, both Lukaku and Dybala are good players, but they were rejected by all the top clubs. Plus, Dybala has already received 4 injuries this season and has missed many games. To win everything you need a top team, but Roma won the Conference League and reached the Europa League final - these are already good achievements. And these are the best achievements of Italian teams until someone takes at least some title. The last two times this was done by Mourinho and only him - in 2011 with Inter and recently with Roma.

Roma do not have enough talented players  in their squad. This is their  biggest weakness. However, Mourinho  has tried his best to stabilize the team's performance. But Roma's  performance did not stabilize. Roma players are not able to maintain the  continuity of performance. Roma's  defense needs to be stronger. They conceded 25  goals in 20 matches. And managed to score 32. Although the attack is quite strong, Roma's performance is erratic due to a weak defense. Mourinho should take the necessary measures to strengthen his defense in the winter transfer window. At the same time, Roma also needs an experienced striker.

Maybe Mourinho is not as effective as he used to be in his early coaching days whers he was able to build resilient teams who got trophies at the end of the season, at a time when he was with Chelsea,he made them very formidable in England and other team couldn't comfortably contend him and than we were expecting same with Roma.

The season has gone too far already for a coach like Mourinho to have already shown some different level of skill and making the team look very promising but then he seems to be suffering so much from the effects of injured players on his team but then I was expecting that by this January he will seize an opportunity here to fixing his team but sadly he's ywt to make a significant move and he need some good support around his defense line and his midfield for good distribution and to regulate the rhythm of their game from the midfield to their opponent.

What happens is that the Mou is one of the coaches who are the most prominent in the world, and can make a great game, so when we talk about being a good team for Europa League, of course it can be, be very Well, what happened with Sevilla and with everything they lost, but we have to be clear about something. Mou is one of the best coaches there is and the ones that every team would like to have, that's why I say that when it's time to do something to be able to establishing the best of all the teams, this shows something, when a coahc manifests itself to put some inconsistencies in the openers because they throw everything back, they are capable of making a team put in last place if they want, this is not I know it could be, in Serie A I already think badly because as they have Juve, as they now have Roma right now, there are interests, that the big teams are not doing well, and they are attacking them all the time.

Now when we don't agree to see that in the Europa League the level of football is different, well if it can be, it's like a UCL for me , because there are Teams that are really very good, that couldn't be in the UCL , but in the same way they are making a difference, there are Teams that have not done well last season are also there , and they are teams that have shown to be very good, and that is something that everyone sees, 'that's why I say, that when there is a need to do things well , then you have to take into consideration that the teams are very good , and this has to make the Difference , it's like something you Know that the teams in the Europa League grow and play like never Before , It's like what also happens in the UCL, when the teams play very well , but in their leagues it doesn't matter to them to do Poorly , that's something that sometimes they don't Understand , this is something that is always evident to do things right .

Jose Mourinho compares himself to Harry Potter after Roma's derby defeat




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It could be so, yeah like what you said in this post, AS Roma is not targeting trophies in the Europa League competition. what they will do is, play the match as well as possible, including playing the playoff match against Feyenoord. actually, I don't really take part in following the development of teams competing in Serie A. however, looking at AS Roma's performance and ranking in their domestic league, what you say is quite realistic. maybe, if Jose Mourinho prioritizes his team's squad to focus on its Domestic League competition. at least, Mourinho's goal and focus brought his team to finish in the position they should be. at the very least, Mourinho is targeting his team to finish in the top five in the standings. or, try as hard as possible to get into the top four of the Serie A standings. moreover, this season is Jose Mourinho's last season in charge of AS Roma. if Roma does not extend his services, or the Portuguese coach chooses to leave. He will try to bring his team to reach its best level, especially in the Domestic League. however, that doesn't mean Roma won't try their best when playing their matches in this competition. because after all, last season Roma were finalists and this season they will do their best, including trying to overthrow Feyenoord in the playoffs. Let's see how Jose Mourinho's team plays in this competition.

Ok I now did some research and it seems that there has never been a team that got relegated the same season they won one of the trophies in the Europa League or Champions League. In an ironic way, getting relegated while lifting the trophy would be a sort of masterpiece... I wonder how players would feel if they lift one of these important trophies knowing that they would not start the next season in the first domestic league. I think this is indeed an interesting question, but if I had to make a guess I believe players would want the trophy more than they would want the first domestic league the season after, unless many of the players were able to win that trophy before. It obviously depends on which club we are talking about.

The Europa League has been around for a long time and there must be some clubs that have won in the past and faced difficulties and relegation because if you look at the list of champions at Wikipedia there are at least a few clus like Ipswich Town, Parma and Schalke who have indeed won in the past and currently they are in the second caste in their respective competitions because Parama is in Serie B, Schalke in Bundesliga B and Ipswich Town is in the Championship  competition at the moment.

But that was a long time ago and maybe it can also be repeated because there are several factors where in its prime a club can be strong and over time it will fade and only a few club can survive to be in the big competition. even we may also know that in the Champions League alone there are many like this because even Nottingham Forest can be said to be superior to the acquisition of trophies compared to other big clubs because they can get 2 trophies in their prime. 

It's a little surprising for me because Roma's performance this season is not much better than 2 seasons ago when Jose Mourinho first arrived and I think Roma this season is not making better progress, so there is quite a lot of work that needs to be improved by Jose Mourinho and there are indeed problems. The lack of funding supply from management to bring in quality players is a problem and difficulty for Jose Mounrinho in building the Roma team.
This season, Roma really seems to be having difficulties and there is no other way for them to improve to be able to compete at the top of the Serie A standings this season.

They're going nowhere, not going to win the Europa League Competition and not going to qualify for the top four clubs for the next Champions League.
One thing thats sure is the both sides parting ways you feel? Jose Mourinho most likely not extending that contract. That's only happening if they can get the players he wants, but would that mean he'll win them the Seria A? It's year's already since they last won it!!

Ac Milan are now fast improving, I have been one of them blasting them coach but they're few points behind Juventus, the pressure nice and tough.

Between Milan and Roma, it's either one team wins or it ends in a draw. Both teams have had quite a good record this season and they're sure going to be challenging to themselves, keeping the odds for the game aside, Roma with the lesser chance of winning as predicted can still call a shot in the game too.
Milan will be the host, they had a good game in their last match and they won too which is an extra boost to their confidence for the Roma game.

 Well, l for Roma, they also had a good game in their last match and so they've got good players in their squad that can match the strength of Milan too. For the two teams, it'll only be fair that both sides share a point at the end but if one team wins, then it'll be an extra push for the team. I personally don't think that no matter what, they'd be the trophy lifters. There are stronger teams and maybe they'd be top contenders but winning the UEL won't be that easy.

Roma need to strengthen their squad. Roma are very lucky to have an  experienced coach like Mourinho. If Roma management had  given Mourinho bigger funds then  perhaps Mourinho could have built  a stronger squad and Roma team would  have been able to compete for the  Serie A title. But the  Roma management is not  very rich nor are they  interested in spending a lot of money on squad formation. So  Mourinho is not able to  form a squad with the players of his choice. Roma's  attack needs to be  strengthened. Dybala is playing well enough. But Roma need a playmaker. Who can bring victory to the team at the moment of need of the team. No such player is currently in Roma's squad.

Who would have thought that Sevilla could win the Europa League last season even though they were only middle-class team in La Liga and did not perform that well.
It just that in the Europa League Sevilla was the most successful team with the most titles, namely 7 titles.
In La Liga, Sevilla has never been able to perform very well and have chance of winning the title and we all know that Sevilla is only lower middle class team in Spanish football.

European League started being held in 1971 so we don't really know if there are teams that were relegated to lower divisions but managed to become European League champions.
But in my opinion it is not important because there are also teams that play quite badly in the Domestic League but in other competitions are really focused and can be quite strong.

Roma is not expecting anything in this season regarding winning a trophy and I think also Mourinho does not expect wins either regarding European trophies.They don't have the players and resources but that does not mean anything,they will take games one by one and if they see that it is possible to have a go at winning an European trophy then by all means they will do the maximum in their power to achieve such trophy.

That's sad that roma doesn't have capital to support any decision from mourinho. People were always expecting big from him coz he was a world class coach with so many achievements. The main problem is in the quality of players owned by roma.
Im not even seeing good players there and that's only lukaku and dybala. The rest was just average player and this is hard to be solved. Mourinho needs a high class squad to win everything.

I can't really see it as big advantage for as roma. As you can see that if these clubs are still performing perfectly in all of competitions. Theorically, since bayern and liverpool have same chances to win as many trophies as they can in the same season and why not?
Im not seeing it as advantage for roma caused by klopp and xabi have very good in game management and they will not let their players to be exhausted due to the busy schedules.

I just realize that if that will be a pride once a club can win some trophies at the same time. Liverpool and bayern focuses in all of competitions. Roma could not even got perfect result in the group stage.

You are right, in the Champions League the prestige will be higher than in the European League, and in fact many clubs always target the title there every season, even though that cannot be realized because they are still unable to compete with other clubs who are better prepared and stronger.
Usually this is one of the targets for a club to be in the Champions League later, so the European League champion will automatically get 1 ticket to go to the Chmpions League in the following season. However, favorite clubs cannot be arrogant and arrogant, because here it often happens that favorite clubs are actually defeated and eliminated by clubs that are not stronger than them. Every season always displays something like that.
At least they can target this as one of their targets, even though the prestige won't be as big as when they won the Champions League title.

Many say they have to look for new players in this season's transfer window. I think that is good advice. Mou needs several players who can fill some of the gaps that have been Roma's weaknesses so far. I see they don't have a good playmaker who can regulate the rhythm of the match. They also don't have a good defense. I see that they don't have a strong defender or at least a player who can command the defense to appear more solid. I think Roma at least need a few players to cover that gap.