Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 426. (Read 58799 times)

The strongest game that Atalanta played so far in the Europa League was definitely the one against Sporting Lisbon. They won it 2-1 in Portugal and they were on par with them for 90 minutes. I thought that the game will be harder than that as the Portuguese team is tough to beat at home, but this was one game when Atalanta managed to show their full potential. Their season in Serie A is more like average so far I would say as they couldn't win any of the important games against the stronger opponents from the upper part of the table. But they are one team to watch in the Europa League given the performances they showed there.

There is some truth in what you say, but in my opinion Atlanta is quite good in the local league because they are in the top 5 clubs. Indeed, in this league Atlanta appears impressive, having never been defeated so far in Match 4. The reason is for Sporting Lisbon to remain careful or alert in maintaining their point difference in the standings, next month they will play against Atalanta at home. In the match, it will determine that Lisbon will continue to the next round of 16. If Libon suffers a defeat and Strum wins big in the score later, it will threaten to get the runner-up position later.

For me, there are only two teams in this group phase that are ideal as strong candidates. We can already guess that it is none other than Liverpool and Leverkusen. However, so far, only Leverkusen has appeared consistently in both the domestic league and this competition. As for Slavia Prague, I doubt they will be able to make it far into the next stages. However, their chances of qualifying for this group phase and even becoming group winners are wide open. I think if Mourinho didn't use his defense against Slavia Prague, Roma could have beaten them even in an away game.

Apart from that, several teams that are likely to drop out of the Champions League have begun to appear, although they are still difficult to predict. However, several teams that failed in the Champions League will give color to this competition in the race for the title. Also, there is another English team that cannot be underestimated, namely Brighton. De Zerbi's squad is very difficult to predict. Not infrequently, when this team plays against stronger opponents, Brighton is always able to keep up.

Another team in the same group as Brighton, namely Marseille. At least, their chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are quite big, especially since they are in first place in Group B. Even though they are only separated by points, this does not close their chances. For me, these two teams are quite worthy of attention.

Until now especially 3 teams have really impressed me with their statistics: Slavia Prague, Liverpool and Leverkusen.

Maybe you will say "What's up with Slavia Prague?"    But they are doing really good in Group G now. 10 goals scored 2 goals conceded in a group with Roma. They even played both games against Roma already and they are the leader with 9 points. As for Leverkusen and Liverpool they are already doing really great. I see both of them as the biggest title contenders. Slavia Prague for a title challenge? I wouldn't expect it at all of course.

Atalanta and Sporting Lisbon are the two competitive clubs in their group and is obvious that the both teams will qualify for the next round so whichever way it is i dont think if it will affect anyone of them should one lose to the other but however, Atalanta needs to win or draw in other to be confident about their qualification to the next round.

The both clubs have performed excellently well so far despite Atalanta not being too in-form in their league but for them to give more of their energy in the Europa league might really mean that they are up to something good.

But this isn't fully true. It would be more exact to say that they are in a good position, but they are not qualified for the next round yet. In fact it could become unnecessarily close when they were to lose the next game in the Europa League. it is not likely, but saying that they have passed the group stage is wrong.

Since the next game is against the underdog I think Liverpool will finish the group stage in that game, but their goal should be to win the group as that helps them avoiding some of the bigger names in the next round. That is still an important goal that should be obtained.

However, if I consider the group as a whole, the fact is that Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen also still unbeaten so far. Also even greater is about Bayer Leverkusen, because Bayer Leverkusen managed to win in all matches, while Atalanta had one draw and Marseille had two draws. So ya, with those who have managed to go undefeated so far, then of course they are certain to qualify for the next round. But regarding Atalanta, at least at this moment Atalanta is still in the top five in the Serie A standings. Therefore, I think Atalanta so far this season still looks fine in Serie A and also in the Europa League because Atalanta can still be in good position at the moment.

They shouldn't be too heavy on themselves, to be fair everyone has bad years, and that could happen. The idea is simple, Brighton is having a wonderful year right? They are doing great, and they did quite great last year as well, so they are on the rise, and Ajax on the other hand is doing terrible, right? They are not doing all that great and their results are unsatisfactory.

So the question is simple, in five years, do you see Ajax being better than Brighton? I can see that for sure, and that is the important part. Consistency is the key in sports, and a team that is consistently good, could always have bad years, and a team that rarely ever does good, could end up having a blast season. We will see Brighton get worse, and Ajax get better.

This season was probably the worst that Ajax Amsterdam is going through. I thought that after their two wins in the league this could be the moment where they can turn everything around, but it isn't happening. The loss against Brighton and now also the draw against Almere in the last minute of the game is another setback instead of a turnaround. I believe that this season will have consequences for several more seasons. Usually Ajax is a real talent factory, but when they don't play in the Champions League, they are no as attractive anymore for young players.

Atalanta performance in this competition was much better compared to their performance in Serie A this because Atalanta has good records for group stage and so far only them is the team who still unbeatable in the last 4 matches on group D and this results also makes Atalanta can able to occupy first place on group standings and their chances to qualified was very high because for the next match against Sporting i think Atalanta only needed to gets at least draw result but first met from these teams looks good for Atalanta because they can able to beat Sporting and not impossible for 5th matches Atalanta can repeat that result again and if Atalanta can able to overcomes Sporting then they will ended group stage as champion group and automatically advances to round of 16

You are right that Ajax's chances in the European league are over because they haven't produced anything good so far, even in the domestic league they have performed no less badly in 11 matches only managing to win 3x, so overall Ajax has really declined compared to several seasons ago.
Other teams that also no longer have a chance to qualify are Topola, Aris Limassol, Rakow Czestochowa, Maccabi Haifa, Sheriff, and Hacken, but Ajax has better statistics in European competitions than these teams so what happened to them is quite surprising, seeing how weak they are currently with only getting 2 points from four matches.
By no longer having opportunities, perhaps Ajax will no longer play with full strength in the European league because they will concentrate more on improving their ranking in the domestic league so that the team that will face Ajax in the next two matches will have a little easier match to win.

This was Liverpool's first mistake and defeat in the European League and in my opinion Jurgen Kloop will immediately improve their team's performance to appear more consistent in the next match in the European League. I am sure that in the remaining matches Liverpool will be better and able to improve the performance of the players and not repeat the mistake.

Liverpool still leads group E and I'm sure Liverpool will definitely qualify for the next round because Liverpool's opponents in the remaining 2 matches are not very difficult opponents, but in the last match Liverpool will play away against Royale so that the incident against Touluse doesn't happen again, the hosts will definitely be superior. take action so Liverpool have to make good use of the remaining two matches so that Touluse doesn't take over first place, currently it seems that Touluse is trying to take Liverpool's position if Liverpool is even a little careless then Touluse can occupy it therefore Liverpool have to be more careful in the remaining matches.

matches in the domestic league will not be a benchmark to see how genuine Brighton performance is in the european league, but we all know that it is very different because if a team has matches scheduled in other competitions, usually the team will save a little energy so as not to be too strong. compete in the domestic league and focus more on other competitions to win prestigious titles such as the current european league.
and for me currently Brighton performance is very good even though they are runners up in group B but the difference in points with Marseille is very thin and Brighton still has the opportunity to lead in group B because there are still 2 matches left to come.

Brighton has been gradually improving because earlier their form seem very inconsistent as thy had some mixture of wins and losses in their domestic League, they didn't seem like they were in their best form at the start of the season but they are now slowly becoming better.

They (Brighton) still have a chance to qualify pass the group stage of the Europa league but then making it pass the round of sixteen is something they will further have to work hard to get, because this season they Europa have gat some very good teams who are well inform such as Leverkusen who is making Waves in the bundesliga which happens to be very competitive this season, so Brighton have to be better than they are currently.

No one can say they (Ajax) will create a miracle and qualify for the round of 16. It was mission impossible. In fact, I can say that Ajax's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are over. Marseille has the opportunity to win the Group. Meanwhile, Brughton and AEK AThens still have a chance to get second place. Although Brighton is far more favored to qualify for the next round.

If the coach still can't handle it well, it is probably because Brighton coach still has a lack experience in this competition. But I think they are quite successful in Europa League so far, they could stay in the second place. Brighton seems to qualify for the next round as the runner up of group B.

Do you refer to the EPL match against Sheffield United?
I think EPL match has nothing to do with Europa League competition.
If they failed in EPL match, it seems they are not preparing well for the match.
For the matches in Europa League. They are quite successful, they won 2 matches, 1 draw, and 1 lose only.

To be honest, in the Europa League competition I was not the same even though I watched every Ajax match.
IMO, it seems that Marseille and Brighton have a big chance of qualifying for the next phase. the only difference is which team has a ticket to the round of 16, and which team has to go through the playoff phase first. which means, if these two teams, Marseille and Brighton, win their match, these two teams will determine the final meeting of the group B phase.

So, now we review the Ajax side. This team from the Eredivisie league has experienced a significant decline in performance. Not only did they not win a single match in the Europa League, but they also experienced a decline in performance in their domestic league. I don't know much about the Eredivisie competition, or am more looking for information related to Ajax. but what is certain is that many of their players left in the last summer window. and I think that's what caused Ajax to experience a decline in performance. As for the newcomers, maybe they need a process or are not as good as the previous players. and as we can see, it seems they have no chance of qualifying for the next phase.

You're right. Liverpool has quality players in their squad, that's why they become one of the favorite teams to win this competition. Jurgen Klopp must realize it so much, but it was surprising when they got a defeat against Toulouse. Yes, it was a mistake, they shouldn't be defeated by a small team like Toulouse. I saw some unpopular players on the lineup of Liverpool at that time. However, Liverpool still leads the group E and it seems not to lessen the chance of Liverpool to qualify for the next round. Let's hope Jurgen Klopp will be more careful to decide anything in the next matches.

The pressure that comes with European Competition haven't been well handled by Brighton Coach and the players. They're a different Brighton this season unlike last season.
Today they have failed to win after winning Ajax in the European Competitions in the Europa League.
They have always played both sides scoring when they play at home this season. That was also sloppy defending.

The squad rotation didn't work for Liverpool coach, even if they equalized finally and saw it cancelled they shouldn't have won that game.
This noon against Brentford was great. Mo Salah had to double to seal the game, Jota also scored impressively.

Liverpool had a really physical fixture over the weekend the reason for them resting some players During the week against the French Side, I think this has made the group kind of open for Toulouse because they’ll need to secure all 3 points in their coming 2 fixtures to secure top spot in the group, Liverpool been a big European team would want that top spot and Head Coach, Klopp is a tactical genius and know the right changes to make to the starting line up againt Toulouse.

 Liverpool have some good quality players who have proven not just their form but name also over a period of time, Jurgen would know how to balance this team so as to avoid this kind of mistake next time because it might be pretty costly, however I'm pretty sure they would qualify for the next round and go far in the tournament.