Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 36. (Read 54601 times)

Alonso's tenure at Leverkusen has indeed been commendable, despite their disappointment in the Europa League final against Atalanta. His influence has put Leverkusen back on the right track, showcasing his skills at managing a team with promise and potential. By grooming a competitive spirit in the squad, Alonso has demonstrated his ability to guide a team towards success, even in the face of formidable opponents. His coaching style has also opened minds to alternative approaches, proving that young coaches can thrive in high-pressure environments.

 Looking ahead to the Champions League next season, Alonso faces the challenge of maintaining Leverkusen's performance and squad quality. With the increased level of competition in Europe's premier club tournament, Leverkusen must step up their game to compete against the continent's top teams. Alonso's tactical nature will be tested as he pulls through the toughness of the Champions League, where each match will be a definite challenge. Leverkusen's success in the tournament will depend on their ability to adapt and excel under Alonso's guidance.

 However, Alonso's task is made even tougher by the quest of bigger clubs for Leverkusen's key players. Retaining top talent will be crucial for Leverkusen's aspirations in the Champions League and maintaining their competitiveness domestically. The departure of key players could disrupt Leverkusen's progress and make it challenging for Alonso to replicate their successes from the previous season. As the Europa League has ended and attention turns towards the upcoming campaign, Leverkusen and Alonso must scale through the hurdles of squad management and competition to continue their upward stride in European football.

That's why it's not good to underestimate what has never happened. To be honest, I was very surprised by the Leverkusen last match with the way they pressured their opponents and how people were proud of them that Leverkusen is an unbeaten team this season, but a big disappointment from them. But Shal, they still have a record since they were able to keep the record this season since they started the season and nobody was able to defeat them until the season came to an end.

Morever, I have hope for them that next season they may do better and also break a record in the European League. Atlanta is looking like a team that will not move forward or perform well, but with the effort they put in, they make everything possible against any of their opponents and dominate the match.

Not a possibility because for next season Roma will still be in Serie A considering they currently finish in 6th place and with the list of Champions League titles that have new rules, Serie A is certain to send 5 candidates especially Atalanta has qualified automatically so for this case the club that is below 5th place then indeed they are the ones who qualify for the Europa League and Roma occupy that position.

For next season there are some clubs that are quite interesting where for the EPL we also have Manchester United although they are still a little difficult to predict but for the Europa League it looks like they can compete unlike in the Champions League which is at the bottom of the standings.
In addition, the dark horse La Liga brought in a new contestant where Bilbao, who has not participated in the highest competition for a long time, is currently a debutant club and it will be very interesting to see whether this season's outstanding performance will be the same as next season for Bilbao.

The stress will be too much for Atalanta, because they are going to face strong teams in UEFA champions league and UEFA Europa league team which it will going to reduce their strength not to be able to repeat what happened in this season.

Since it has be long they win the trophy, I don't think they will have such money to buy players because their coach will like to use those players to test his skills if they will still going to lift the UEFA Europa league trophy next season.

Even though they sell their players to buy new players against next season, it will be very hard for Atalanta to lift the trophy, because other teams will do what will make Atalanta not to take second position.

Actually, I saw that Gasperini already had a tactic to beat Leverkusen because I saw the same tactic used against Liverpool in the second leg. Gasperini knew that Leverkusen did not have very good individual quality, therefore he used high pressure man to man marking, making it very difficult for the Leverkusen players and unable to build the game. Despite having 67% possession of the ball, Leverkusen only had 3 additions to the target. Atalanta has a solid defense like other Italian teams. And the high-pressure man-to-man marking strategy is something that is often used against teams in Serie A.

However, this strategy has a clear weakness, namely if the opponent is a club with great individual quality then this strategy will only create lots of gaps in the space between the lines which will become empty because each player marks his opponent. I think if Madrid manages to win the UCL then the Real Madrid vs Atalanta match will be a very interesting match to watch.

I would also prefer to see Gasperini stay at Atalanta. But Atalanta's coach, Gasperini, seems to have been approached by the Napoli club. But the good news for Atalanta is that Gasperini seems to have chosen to remain loyal as Atalanta coach. With this, hopefully Atalanta can continue their good results into next season. Because next season Atalanta will fight in the Champions League. And it will be much more difficult than the European League. Gasperini has been with Atalanta for quite a long time. and in the end he won a trophy this season in the European League for the first time in his career with Atalanta. So Gasperini is expected by many people to bring more trophies to Atalanta in the next season.

But unfortunately, Napoli only finished in 10th place and thus, Napoli in the next season will only play in Serie A and not play in the Europa League. Also, if for example Conte manages to make Napoli have a good performance in the next season, but it seems that it is more promising for Napoli to finish in the top four or finish in the Champions League zone and not finish in the Europa League zone. I think it is clear that Conte is a great coach even though there is still no guarantee thatNapoli will have goodresults too, but at least considering about the abilities and skills that Conte has, then it seems like Napoli will be able to compete in the top four and it does not make Napoli play in the Europa League.

Atalanta experienced an extraordinary increase in performance under Gasperini leadership, he succeeded in formulating a strategy to beat Xabi Alonso tactics, who has been unbeatable throughout this season. Atalanta victory not only made Gasperini the only coach capable of beating Leverkusen, but he also managed to lift the first UEL trophy in his coaching career. Gasperini will face a bigger challenge next season after leading Atalanta to qualify for the Champions League, hopefully he will continue his career with Atalanta to continue the success story as achieved this season.

After winning the Europa League this season, of course, Atlanta will undergo a new chapter as one of the participants in the Champions League next season, after successfully recruiting his first trophy this season, of course Gasperini received many offers from European teams including Napoli, but reportedly Gasperini, who is fully trusted by Atlanta so far, prefers to stay in Atlanta to continue their journey in the Champions League next season,  Next season of course we will see the other two Italians teams compete for the Europa League trophy, Lazio and Roma are certainly two big teams ready to continue Atlanta positive trend next season in the Europa League.

Next season Champions League will use a new format with 36 teams, but so far I don't know if the Europa League will also change to their format next season or if it will still use the old format?
Currently the new format of the Champions League makes some leagues send more teams than the previous season, but whether that will also apply to the Europa League, of course, we do not know at this time.

Manchester United have had good results in some notable matches but in most matches they have failed to do well in the Premier League tournament. In the Premier League tournament we saw Manchester United qualify for the European League tournament due to their poor performance this season where they played in the Champions League this season. Qualifying for the Europa League tournament was a very difficult matter for them due to their poor performance from the start but they managed to qualify for the Europa League tournament at the end. Maybe the teams in the Europa League tournament are a bit weaker than the Champions League teams so we won't say that Manchester United can win the Europa League title next season. When the new season starts, I will first see what they have changed in the team and how much their performance has increased, then I will say how they can do in the Europa League.

UCL is the competition for men and not boys. The Europa League is for boys and whatever makes your club to qualify for this competition, you need to start acting like men because there are big clubs in UCL, and not just big clubs the four best in European leagues. Gasperini knows this and he will start preparing on how to face the challenge in the Champions League by next season, this is why I don't think that he will leave the club, because he also needs to show his skill as a good coach that can go far in the Champions League next season. Winning the Europa League this season shows some outstanding qualities in him which he has put into the club performance. This was why Atalanta was able to win the two favorite clubs in the league.

And this tactic is the result of the current Atalanta coach, Gasperini, who led Atalanta to become Europe League champions this season because this smart tactic made Atalanta appear impressive in the Europe League even though they were not really favorites from the start and thanks to Gasperini's tactics they were also able to beat Bayer Leverkusen who have not tasted defeat in 1 season so it is an immeasurable pride that Atalanta has achieved, if this coach is still at the club it is likely that he will add to the squad that is needed to compete fiercely in the big Champions League competition with their results this season of course they will I will be more confident next season, but I heard news that Gasperini was offered a contract by Napoli management to coach Napoli next season and replace Francesco Calzona, but he has not given any certainty.

If Gasperini is interested in coaching Napoli who knows what will happen to Atalanta next season because they have just found a suitable coach who has taken them to a different level, indeed if there is a top club who makes an offer to a coach who is currently coaching a club which in fact is not top clubs make the coach have to think about what decision he will take, whether he will be loyal to his current club or prefer a top club to support his career.

Alonso has put Leverkusen on the right track this season, as you said, even though they failed to win the Europa League trophy this season after being beaten by Atlanta, but still we should appreciate Alonso performance this season and even I think Alonso is a coach who has made all our minds open otherwise all young coaches will fail when coaching a big team.  Next season Alonso and Leverkusen will play a difficult match in the Champions League and of course they must be able to maintain the performance and also the quality of the team in order to be able to compete in the Champions League, Champions League and Europa League of course have different rivalries and I hope Leverkusen or Team Team Medioker can surprise us next season in the Champions League.

At the moment of course Alonso has a tougher job with maintaining their squad and player performance, especially reportedly there are currently several big teams that are starting to target Leverkusen main player and if the player leaves it will be difficult for Alonso to repeat their glory next season, this season Europa League is over and Atlanta officially become champions after their long journey ,  Seeing the number of big teams that failed to reach the Champions League zone this season in the top 5 league Europa , it is certain that next season we will see tighter competition will occur in the Europa League.

Overall, Xabi Alonso has done his best with Leverkusen. And losing in the European League Final was just Leverkusen's only bad result. And the rest is a very impressive result. The only concern now is about their players who will definitely be targeted by many other clubs in the player transfer market that will open. I hope Leverkusen can retain their mainstay players. And yes, next season everything is still difficult to predict. But with Xabi Alonso's tactics, maybe Leverkusen will still have good results next season.

It's still difficult to predict what Roma will be about next season. Will De Rossi make Roma stronger or will he experience a setback? We will see later.

They are aware that they keep buying players from lower leagues that did very well and young age as well. So you look at Scotland, Portugal, Netherlands, Türkiye, Belgium and such, find players that are under 25 years old, and was a vital part of the championship club or top three at least, and if they are about 15 million or less, they buy that player and then make that player go for 2 seasons at Napoli, show how good they are, and if they gained value they sell that player, if not then they just keep them so the player may help Napoli.

If Conte takes over, he is not going to do that because every manager knows that you need to get success right away to keep your job, and in most cases that is not going to be all that easy.

What Leverkusen has done this season is quite impressive, but a surprise occurred in the final but overall Xabi Alonso has really been able to provide quite positive changes to the Leverkusen team since his arrival.
Next season will of course be different, but I am quite sure that Xabi Alonso will make better progress for the team.

Roma will play in the Europa League next season, but I don't think they will be as strong as this season. For next season, everything is still difficult to predict, especially in the Europa League, every season always presents big surprises.

It will be a matter of days for Conte to join Napoli. I was reading that he was clear about the players he wants and they are certainly not cheap players. Among these there are Chiesa and good morning considering that Federico Chiesa has just signed the renewal with the Juventus and has decided to stay it won't be easy to get him to move from Juventus which is a great club to Napoli, who let's face it isn't coming off a great season so it will be difficult and then there's also the fact that Delaurentis doesn't always come up with the money so for the players I don't know we will have to wait

Yup, it is reported that Napoli will get a decision from Conte in the next 10 days. Currently, some media reported the negotiation process is facing obstacles. Because, Conte wants to get full control over the player transfer process. This may be difficult for both of them to achieve. We know that Napoli so far become a club that has not bought players at high prices. If Conte becomes coach, will Napoli be ready to fulfill requests to spend more money on players who are Conte targets?

That is indeed a pretty wise choice because after all with all the conditions that occur at this time it is very possible indeed to see Gasperini remain at Atalanta with the current conditions with what Napoli provides for next season is better.

The drawback is that Atalanta is indeed an ordinary club and without any special players in the club but in terms of performance they are not too bad because their ability to work together is still very good until now so that with Gasperini who already understands very well their club cooperation will clearly be reliable next season.

Although we also have to realize that in the end things like what happened a few seasons ago where Atalanta actually screwed up when in the Champions League maybe it can still happen but I think they will learn from the past if indeed the goal is development in a better direction.

From the Premier League what was surprising was that Manchester United managed to beat Manchester City and with this victory Manchester United got 1 European League ticket, if Manchester City won the final FA Cup then Chelsea would get the ticket.
Everything has gone surprisingly well and of course this gives joy to Manchester United and its fans, Chelsea have to accept not having chance in the Europa League even though their performance at the end of the season is starting to improve.

By getting this opportunity they should start preparing everything as well as possible and the fans hope is that Manchester United will be able to show that they can start to become strong team again.
If they properly prepare their best performance then it is possible that in the Europa League next season Manchester United will be able to compete for the title.
But Manchester United must remain careful because the team entering the European League next season is also fairly strong team from each domestic league competition.