Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 339. (Read 49891 times)

Xabi Alonso’s has built this Leverkusen squad as one that you can’t real determine who the main point man is and that’s one characteristics of a top coach. Like the way the team perform solidly and they play as a team even when they’re losing is quite one to watch and he’s bulit this team such that every player could net in the goals.

 Going forward, I think Leverkusen will be one team that are considered favorites for most titles because even when you check their form both in Germany and across Europe where they rest most player, they still perform incredibly. Yes, they could bag the Bundesliga but they’ve got to maintain consistency even when most of their players will head to AFCON by January, they’ve got to keep the wins coming and stealing 3 points, then we can see them as title winners.

I don't doubt how consistent Bayer Leverkusen is in every match, they play well and solidly. starting from the defense line, midfielders and their front line. Xavi Alonso's squad played very competitively despite the limitations of its players. However, under his tactical and strategic guidance, Leverkusen played with high performance. not just Okoh Boniface, who has always been Xabi's mainstay. However, there are other players who are quite productive, such as Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Primpong, Jonas Hotmann and other players. which means, Xabi Alonso allows his players to score goals if they have the opportunity. so, they didn't just target Okoh Boniface as Target Man.

In its 13 matches in domestic competition, Leverkusen was able to score 38 goals. In the Europa League, they scored 14 goals and conceded only 2 goals. They have scored 15 points, even though Alonso does not always play his full core squad. Of course, Leverkusen already has a ticket to qualify for the next round. they just wait, which team will be their opponent. and what is certain is that Xabi has brought dramatic changes to Bayer Leverkusen since he took charge of this team.
Honestly, I like the style of play they display. since the start of this thread, I have consistently favored Leverkusen. However, I am also well aware that along the way, it is not impossible for Leverkusen to experience problems and perhaps even be eliminated in the next phase. However, based on the favorite team in the Europa League, it is clear that I side with Xabi Alonso's squad with what they displayed and presented for us to enjoy football. I will just enjoy every match they play, especially the crucial matches. Regarding trophies, there are still lots of matches to be played so let's just keep up.

All the teams in the group H are below Leverkusen’s standard based on this season form. They will definitely win all their group stage matches and still remain one of the favorites to win the Europa League. Qarabag FK will have the opportunity to face some teams that will be eliminated in the Champions League group stage to decide their knockout stage fate since Molde will hardly qualify if they can’t win Leverkusen in their leg group stage match.

Yes, most of the teams that will possibly come to the Europa League through the Champions League are not in good form, which is why they are eliminated, but teams like Manchester United, AC Milan, Newcastle United, Lense, and probably Sevilla might give Leverkusen and Liverpool a tough time in the Europa League.

Leverkusen currently have no challenges, even if they loose their next match or draw, they still qualify for the next round of the Europa having won the first five game making them unbeaten at group stage and aswell stayed at the top of the group long enough and finally get to qualify in the first position.

I can say they had a relatively easy group stage and it turned out they qualified with much ease, getting ready for the next stage of the Europa, Xabi is aware of what's ahead and aswell with his domestic league which he will be playing simultaneously so he will definitely be rotating for the last group stage game I'm the Europa so as to be sure his team is well prepared for the next stage and the domestic league there after.

Leverkusen is definitely a good candidate to win their game, that much is for sure and I think that should be the most important part. I think it's true that we are going to end up with something that will benefit everyone if Leverkusen wins, because the odds are greater there and we would have a bigger profit. Liverpool is the clear favourite though I do agree with that, unless some super major team drops from UCL which I do not think will happen, they are going to keep being the best team without a doubt.

I think it is clear that we are going to have a result where it is going to be a little bit tougher than what we expected, and that should be something that we would not be able to just overlook, that's just not how it all works. So all in all, we need to have something that would be a little bit easier on the eyes, and Liverpool seems to be that candidate, you can convince anyone that they could win, there needs to be a very shocking result for them to lose it.

Liverpool are going on really well in the EPL these days. Especially while Manchester City are having tough days Liverpool are benefiting from the situation amazingly. They are in the title race now. If they continue to be a part of that race until the end of the season then I don't know how much Liverpool would be concentrated on the Europa League title.

I mean I don't expect them to just throw this tournament away of course. But if things go very in favour of them in the EPL then Klopp might start making rotations as much as possible in the Europa League.

Because the schedule could be quite tight and he would like to prioritize the domestic league.

I won't say they're all small clubs, Bayern Leverkusen are just on another level and they can't be halted too easy by this clubs in the same group with em.
Qarabaq currently sits at the top of them league are they to be seen as small? Hacken amongst the top three clubs right now from them swedish division. Not so sure for Molde but I know these clubs did relatively good before they good get the chance of playing the Europa League Competition.

Props to Nigerian international, Victor Boniface who just won the rookie of the year award once again for the fourth time. Winning all August, September October and November. December loading? They shouldn't relax tougher rest during the knockouts!

There is no doubt that the Leverkusen team is very strong this season. The team is at the top of the points table in the Bundesliga. At the same time, they have won every match in the Europa League and performed very well. They have scored 14 goals and conceded just two goals in 5 Europa League matches. This is proof of Leverkusen's ability. However, in the Round of 16, the Leverkusen team will perform against strong teams. I am looking forward to seeing Leverkusen's performance in the Round of 16 match. If Leverkusen can continue their dominance in the Round of 16 matches, then Leverkusen will be the most favorites to win this year's Europa League.

Bayer looks more stable than Liverpool, but like Liverpool, I'm sure Bayer will focus primarily on the Bundesliga. One of the three PSG - Newcastle - Milan will get into the Europa League. Considering that PSG have the Ligue 1 title in their pocket without any problems, and Newcastle has no chance in the Premier League, like Milan in Serie A, any of these teams can concentrate on winning the Europa League. Therefore, one of these three may well become the new favorite.

Yes, I also said before that even though they are in a fairly easy group, it still requires strategy and effort so that they can make them able to record a perfect victory from the matches they play.

Competition in the Europa League will be quite interesting, especially if there are favorite clubs from the Champions League who must be thrown into the Europa League. Like last season for example, many big clubs ended up having to be in the Europa League because they failed to escape from the Champions League group stage.

Xabi Alonso rarely rotates players. This allows their team to perform quite consistently and very well in the European League and also in the Bundesliga.
The squad formulated by Alonso is indeed excellent. but like you said. continuously lowering them may seriously impair the player's performance due to fatigue. or maybe Alonso has a special method to regenerate his players' stamina.

Some teams show good performance at the start but after half the season their performance drops significantly because several of the main players have problems with fitness. I hope Leverkusen, who has started consistently well, can continue to play good games.

If it is about being in an easy group, the fact is that Liverpool is also in an easy group, but Liverpool got 1 defeat there. But yes, at least, besides Bayer Leverkusen who are unbeaten so far in this group stage, the fact is that there is still Atalanta too who are still unbeaten so far. Not only that, the fact that Atalanta are in a slightly more difficult group, because they are joined with Sporting there too, but Atalanta managed to be unbeaten in this group phase. With these results, it seems that we also do not only always consider about Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen, because in fact there is still Atalanta that cannot be ignored in the Europa League this season.

Bayern Leverkusen have been qualified after finishing first standings position in Group H, Xabi Alonso success made Leverkusen won 5 of 5 matches and not doubt to close perfect winning result on group stage left one match against Molde. Bayern Leverkusen have managed well focus not only with domestic league but also with Europe League, won all match group stage round is the perfect achievement Bayern Leverkusen the only one Europe League teams participants have won 5 of 5 matches.

I don't really sure with your prediction Bayern Leverkusen win bigger score last match against Molde, have been qualified to next round and Xabi Alonso will make many rotation on last Europe League group round match.

Leverkusen's start is outstanding. They've dominated the group stage, which is remarkable. Their easy group helped, but their strategy and execution were great. Having avoided extra matches is a major advantage for the following level. However, player weariness may affect their voyage. Even in domestic league matches, Leverkusen rarely rotates players. This could cause burnout at a crucial competition moment. The following matches, especially against Champions League relegation clubs, will test their depth and stamina. Leverkusen must adapt and manage resources well to continue their success.

No, you got me wrong here. Klopp has been criticizing this for a long time and he isn't doing that because he doesn't like football or high intensity seasons. He is just doing this for the sake of high performance football games and I agree with him. Expanding the World Cup, expanding the Champions League, adding the Nations League, adding several competitions like the League Cup, the FA Cup, the international Club World Cup, and there is more cooking from what I have heard (could be rumors). The problem is that club football is suffering because players like Salah have to leave the club for a whole month for games like the Africa Cup. He has a point there.

They are the only club that can wipe out all matches with victory, yes in the 5 matches they played they managed to win all those mtches. Maybe yes it happened because they were also in a fairly easy group, but still it requires the right strategy that must be applied. Now they just have to focus on the match in the round of 16, they just need to wait for who will be their next opponent.
Now they are the favorites to win the Europa League this season, but their journey will also be tough. To realize that they must maintain the performance they have shown so far.

Yeah I can see that, I'm really impressed the way Liverpool is moving on this season because there performance seem to not just centered in one league but however they are really moving forward on there premier league matches because I no that they were at the third position on the premier league but when Manchester City draws there match with Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool wins there match that was there ticket to the second position and if they continue with there good performance I'm very sure there would be hope for them on the premier league.

And perhaps the same thing goes for them on this Europa because since this season Europa started there performance has not for ones deprecated but instead it has been from one winning to another.

Leverkusen was the strongest one in the group. It means that if leverkusen could pass the group easily. It will be so strange that if leverkusen will not able to pass it. I mean if we must also aware about how leverkusen needs to put more focus on this league.
The club is also leading the bundesliga but the pressure that came for the club is quite big. I hope that elverkusen will able to retain its performance. Xabi needs to roll the players anytime to make sure they will not be exhausted.
The last match day is not a difficult match for leverkusen. I have picked my choice for the last match day and it was leverkusen. It can win the last match day with big scores.

The chances of Liverpool winning a league title this season was mostly better within the Europa league but recently it turned out they even in the premier league they are slacked at all, they are continually doing great and giving their self more chances at the premier league, personally I think with the current form Liverpool has, they can give a shot at both leagues.

They have more certainty with the Europa than they would with premier league this season but gradually I think the premier league aswell is becoming a good ground for them and they are also not going to let that slid, klop can seize this opportunity and give a short at both leagues and be sure to get one in any case. Manchester city which happens to be a top rival at the premier league is currently dropping points and back in the Europa, most teams are not as good as Liverpool so it's going to be a good season for them if we'll utilized.

Liverpool is a big team and them competing in both the Europa League and EPL and yet maintaining winning streak is one thing that’s a norm for them especially as 6 times European Champions but credits must be given to Jurgen whose philosophy has helped shaped and maintained this team over the past 7 years. When compared to Arsenal, who’s also doing well so I think they’ll both be going all out for the league but Liverpool has better chances than Arsenal in the UCL.

 I strongly believe this Liverpool side will add a trophy to it’s cabinet because they’ve got everything required to win a trophy and it’ll be the fans joy to at least get to see their team win one trophy at least this season as that’ll be a perfect consolation for going blank last season.