Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 395. (Read 58914 times)

Yes, if we compared with last season, Roma has improved a bit. It is true that they didn't start this season very well. But they can get better results lately, so they can be in 5th place now. If Roma can play consistently until the end of the season, no doubt they will finish at the top 5. Or they can finish in UCL zone if Napoli or Milan play worse in the second half of the season.

I think AS Roma is quite lucky in group G. If we analyze the squad quality, AS Roma should be superior against all the teams in group G. But Roma may get difficulty to play consistently, so they missed points in 2 matches. I'm a bit surprised AS Roma can be defeated by Slavia Praha in matchday 4. I think AS Roma quality is much better than Slavia Praha.

What game are you talking about? The draw between Manchester City and Liverpool? Manchester City was the stronger team in that game with more chances and more possession and more everything. It also isn't true that Liverpool doesn't have a striker and I also wonder why anyone thinks that Liverpool doesn't care much about the Europa League. It is not interesting for them to play against Toulouse, I agree, but the competition just gets going when the teams from the Champions League are also joining the Europa League. There will be a few interesting matches regardless of the name of the competition.

If Liverpool had a striker they would have beaten City, they play well, they don't care much about the Europa League, but this team has a comfortable semi-final. I wish this team was in the CL, they always deserve to be there. But this is also a chance to win the Europa League, which is very likely. I think Klopp will also want to give this fanbase a taste of the European Cup by not being in the CL. It's very unpleasant to watch a team here that would have made at least the semi-finals in the CL.

I don't like statements like Liverpool is the best because by what standards do you judge that if not by games won and goals scored vs. goals conceded. If you do, you will find out that Leverkusen has been doing better than Liverpool, but this wouldn't make me say that Leverkusen is the best. I think there are a few worth mentioning that played well, but Leverkusen is the only team that won all games and conceded the least goals with just two in five games. Yet that doesn't make them the next Europa League winner.

Sevilla has been one of the toughest teams in the La Liga and this season they've just been in between performances. Their performance this season has been far behind expectation, their continuation in the European series is shaky and there's a high probability of them getting disqualified.

Lens are even more comfortable in performance than they are. Sevilla now seems less threatening and are even threatened by other teams. Arsenal has been able to put up a good show against them in the European face offs, for them to scale through this phase, they need to earn and secure a win in the next game, which has a very low chance of happening. So it's safe to say that Sevilla is currently not fit to contest continentally unlike before.

Likewise for the Lens squad, and they will fight by going all out, at least playing at their own headquarters will increase their motivation to win the match against Sevilla on matchday six. Basically, it's not just Sevilla who wants a ticket to the European League if they fail in the Champions League group phase. In the match against Sevilla, they will go all out. Lens only need a draw point, so they will get a ticket to the Europa League playoffs.

Meanwhile, Sevilla only has 2 points. which means, they have to play offensively and come out to calm this match. if the scenario works, Sevilla is in 3rd place. However, if it were the other way around, then Lens would have an opportunity to find a gap when Sevilla was caught off guard in the meeting between these two teams. I am quite sure that the meeting between these two teams will be marked by tough fighting from both sides.
referring to performance, Lens is more consistent, especially in the Domestic League. So, let's see if Sevilla can beat Lens and have the opportunity to take part in the Europa League. Or, this team will sink either in the Champions League or not take part in the Europa League competition. There's still time to find out, let's just wait and besides, there are still other matches that are no less exciting.

I know it's not a tournament at their level, but they need to win it exactly because of that since we are talking about a situation where if they lose it, they lost a cup that is way below their pay grade as well, which would be even worse. This is why it's quite important that they end up winning it, and they should work hard to get it.

I mean it doesn't mean that we are going to end up with anything that would be ideal for them, they may end up losing at the knock off stage as well, like who says they won't be out at quarter finals or semi finals? It's possible, if they end up not caring about it like this, then it's quite possible that an upset may happen against another team. This is why they need to take it seriously. What I am trying to say is that "liverpool won Europa" may not be a huge huge celebration, I get that, but also "Liverpool lost to some smaller club at Europa" is even worse, so they should still try to use all their best players to win it.

All teams definitely want first place because it will not only qualify them for the next round, but also make them champions in the group. So each team will definitely try their best to be the best of the four teams in one group and of all the groups that I have seen, there are only two groups whose first position cannot be disturbed by their opponents, namely group E which includes Liverpool and then group H which includes Leverkusen. Meanwhile, for other groups, there is still the possibility of a change in first position if the team currently in first position does not get points in their last match in the group.

West Ham are really ambitious in the Europa League this time. They qualified for the Europa Conference League finale before you know. I don't see any reason preventing them from doing it in the Europa League as well. They are already among the title contenders.

Maybe they aren't the biggest title contender but Europa League is always open for seeing new champions. Even Frankfurt became the champions for example. Maybe the biggest title contenders such as Liverpool, Leverkusen and Roma will fail unlike the expectations. West Ham can get one step forward in this case.

Liverpool is very much in a good form this season if you watch closely on there Europa matches you will see that Liverpool is the best team on this Europa League, however I believe there plan this season was to win two trophies such as premier league and Europa but it was quite unfortunate for them that Manchester City and Arsenal has taking over the premier League so considering there performance and Manchester City Liverpool doesn't have chance against them, so however what Liverpool is doing now is to channel all there performances to the Europa League so that they will never go empty handed this season so there is every possibility that Liverpool will win the league.

Although Ajax managed to improve their performance in the domestic league but still, Ajax no longer has a chance to be able to finish in the top 2 in the Europa League group stage this season. But ya, at least Ajax still has a chance to be able to finish in third place to continue to the Conference League. Because anyway, in the last match in this group phase, that Ajax will play at home against AEK. At least, Ajax still has a chance to be able to beat AEK because yes, at least Ajax has better quality too. But perhaps, at this moment it still won't be easy for Ajax because of course, AEK will also fight to maintain the third position they have obtained at this moment, because at least a draw is enough for AEK to finish in third position.

Luckily we have this actual system where every place matter, because most of the groups are already decided in the top two positions to continue in the competition, but we have all the place to be determinated, if you are gonna be first or second, or if you are gonna be third and goes to conference or 4ª and nothing for you.

Roma's concern is obviously the midfield. The idea that a proficient attacking midfielder can enhance the supply of quality passes to forwards like Lukaku aligns with the need for a well-coordinated and balanced team. They also need a proper destroyer in the middle of the pitch who can anticipate the transitional attacks directly to their defense. Strengthening the squad during the transfer market could indeed be a strategic move to address the existing challenges and elevate the team's overall performance.

It will be interesting to see how the management responds to this need and whether they can secure a skilled midfielder to bolster their attacking options. Mourinho will demand big ambition from the board, as he is someone who want to win trophy every season. Transfers can significantly impact a team's dynamics, and your suggestion reflects an understanding of the tactical adjustments needed for success.

Ajax had a poor start to this season but they showed the qualities of a top team, to pick up point even when they’re failing and they’ve maintained top form over a period of time and that’s one thing that could get them a shot at Europa Conference League if they maintain this solid form till the very end, and even help them improve better in their domestic league.

 Now with them getting a point against this Greece team that could take them through to the Conference League, they’re a pretty good club who’s known for building youngsters and selling them off to go make fame and that’s one quality of a very good club who builds player, they would cause some worry in recent weeks and would be in top spot in coming weeks.

Last season, Sevilla finished on 12th standings position with 49 points and they have very poor performance but helped more after winning Europe League and success become La Liga teams participants in Champion League. Not change yet with Sevilla performance for this season between domestic league or Champion League exactly have been eliminated from group stage and potential will not participants in Europe League after fail for finishing on 3rd position.

How possibilities coming back to  Europe League in this season? Sevilla has two points in Champion League group stage and remaining 3 points left from Lens, if want get place for playing in Europe League have win last match against Lens and pessimistic with Sevilla not won match yet in Champion League.

Yes, I also know this that the previous season did not perform well in LaLiga because Sevilla was focused on getting the European League trophy and getting tickets to the Champions League this season, but what makes me sad is that Sevilla not prepared in terms of performance players who are not strong enough to compete in the competition. champions league and many people hope that Sevilla can appear in the European league again even though they failed in the champions league, will be a good experience to find out the mistakes that occurred and improve in next season and returning to the european league is a little difficult to maintain the position in 3rd place the champions league group because they have to face Lens who are Sevilla strong challengers.

Last season in laliga Sevilla didn't do very well and am not also surprised by their performance this season. I knew the Champions League game will be tough for Sevilla because this is a game that Sevilla is not very used to and they are not prepare for Champions league. The Europa league is the game that Sevilla is very used to, I think coming back to Europa league will be very much interesting . Sevilla is a team that most people wants to always watch in Europa League because they surprise people whenever they meet with top Premier league team in Europa game.

It's the last chance owned by sevilla to go to the europa league. Unable to beat lens will make sevilla out from european competitions. The new coach shall understand its team better. Sevilla was always playing so badly in all of competitions.
The performance from sevilla is also very poor at this moment. In terms of probabilities, lens is much more favored to win the game when compared to sevilla. The stats of sevoilla during the previous matches in UCL has told us about the proof how bad the performance of sevilla is.
I would rather than pick lens instead of sevilla. Despite Sevilla's struggles and consistent point losses, Lens still managed to come out on top against Arsenal. Im losing my trust to the sevilla at this moment.
Despite the club's attempt to move forward by recruiting a new player, there has been no progress. Mendilibar is quite better than the current coach.

I agree about this all with most chances they can go into Conference league because they have last game at home against AEK Athens which is also having just one win with draw against Ajax at home which can give them benefit, but Ajax needs to stay at this new level which giving them good success in last few matches and now from relegation zone to having 8th spot is good we are in 14th round, and they can go for the third or fourth spot into Dutch league which is also good after having the worst start of this season.

Things are looking much better in last few games, and they need to improve their quality and performance because Ajax is one of the best clubs in Europe even their business model is just developed young players and sell them for good profit but they still have good and rich history so hopefully now they will turn the table even Dutch league top four spots are not easy for them.

I did change my mind to be honest about Liverpool not being interested in the Europa League. I agree that they probably had some issues to go their max in the Europa League at first because I understand that players don't feel the challenge as much when they are used to playing the Champions League, but as soon as they advance to the next round now and they pass some more rounds, Liverpool will again be on fire to win the title. It is mentally tougher at first, but a semifinal in the Europa League can still become something special. The final would be huge. But I know what you mean.