It was a bad day for Turkish teams. Neither team played as we expected, unfortunately we could not win. They actually had stronger squads than their opponents, but they could not play as they should. It is very sad that Galatasaray could not get 3 points from such a team, especially when it has such a good squad. Sometimes player quality is not enough, it is very important for the team to play in harmony and score goals in such critical matches
The blunder was at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half, Galastasaray were unable to maintain their focus in the 40s and they conceded a goal in the first half then in the early second half the same thing happened, Rigas was able to score there quite easily and make Galastasaray catch up, even though they were superior at the beginning of the first half 2-0, but they were unable to maintain it, quite unfortunate. 
Topic: UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season - page 53. (Read 20276 times)
Europa League with new format seems not easy for some of favourite teams because the teams just like Manchester United, Ajax, Roma, Galatasaray, Olympiacos, and Athletic Bilbao still hard struggling in this competition even for the first favourite just like Manchester United still unable to gets the winning result and among all of 36 teams who playing at this competition so far only 5 teams who can able to gets 2 wins
I have to says Europa league matches is so unpredictable this season because although probably on the paper some of big teams is much stronger than small teams but there is no guarantee those teams will be automatically can beat their opponents and it proven until week 2 besides Manchester United some of strong teams just like Sociedad and Roma has been failed to gets the winning result even Roma has just lost from IF Elfsborg
Yes I agree, but I think there isn't this one huge favorite in the competition. All of the teams mentioned do have problems at the moment. Tottenham just lost to Brighton, Manchester United dropped points, Roma is having trouble, Lazio is doing ok, but isn't that good either.
But despite their loss I think Tottenham is among the favorites in the Europa League and at the end of the day it is not the Premier League and teams that have been doing so so in the domestic league have won the Europa League in the past. Best example here is of course Sevilla when they were struggling hard in La Liga and yet won the Europa League title despite playing against some of the best teams.
I found a very interesting illustration about Ten Hag, Man United, in their last match against Porto.
Source: Ten Hag-maguire
I never expected Ten Hag to put the club in a worst state with the years that he has spent the the players. It seems that the longer he stays, the more the team performance depreciates and something needs to be done fast. Otherwise, I will not classify Manchester united as a bog club anymore, but a rich club.
Manchester united might not qualify from the group stage because they have not shown any quality performance in their first two matches, rather they show much weakness to their opponents. I will love to see which trophy Ten Hag sill win this season for him to retain his job.
Actually, in this competition we cannot judge a team too quickly. I am not a Man United fan and also just think positively that sometimes a team that looks bad can get very maximum results gradually. We see like Sevilla which is known as a team with bad performances in La Liga but has always been able to win the European league title. And another example is Atalanta who has never been a favorite in this competition but was able to beat Leverkusen last season.Manchester united might not qualify from the group stage because they have not shown any quality performance in their first two matches, rather they show much weakness to their opponents. I will love to see which trophy Ten Hag sill win this season for him to retain his job.
This could happen to Man United who we are currently judging badly with the results in the EPL but we do not see the draw as the best result.
On the one hand, if we blame Ten Hag, we should probably also blame the team management who are the ones who are most responsible for Man United's future. If Ten Hag does not provide any improvement, the management should take further steps.
Europa League with new format seems not easy for some of favourite teams because the teams just like Manchester United, Ajax, Roma, Galatasaray, Olympiacos, and Athletic Bilbao still hard struggling in this competition even for the first favourite just like Manchester United still unable to gets the winning result and among all of 36 teams who playing at this competition so far only 5 teams who can able to gets 2 wins
I have to says Europa league matches is so unpredictable this season because although probably on the paper some of big teams is much stronger than small teams but there is no guarantee those teams will be automatically can beat their opponents and it proven until week 2 besides Manchester United some of strong teams just like Sociedad and Roma has been failed to gets the winning result even Roma has just lost from IF Elfsborg
Europa League with new format seems not easy for some of favourite teams because the teams just like Manchester United, Ajax, Roma, Galatasaray, Olympiacos, and Athletic Bilbao still hard struggling in this competition even for the first favourite just like Manchester United still unable to gets the winning result and among all of 36 teams who playing at this competition so far only 5 teams who can able to gets 2 wins
I have to says Europa league matches is so unpredictable this season because although probably on the paper some of big teams is much stronger than small teams but there is no guarantee those teams will be automatically can beat their opponents and it proven until week 2 besides Manchester United some of strong teams just like Sociedad and Roma has been failed to gets the winning result even Roma has just lost from IF Elfsborg
I would say that there are many factors here due to which the results become more random even in pairs with a clear favorite. The first factor is the status of the games - their value is low due to the fact that this is a large group stage and there is always time to correct mistakes. The second factor is the teams participating in the competition - after all, the strongest and most stable clubs play in the Champions League. Well, the third factor is motivation: in such tournaments, strong clubs have lower motivation, while weak ones have higher motivation.
Yes and in an interview Ivan Juric stated as if he had worked very well and did not accept when there was lot of bad talk about AS Roma performance and defeat against team that actually had much lower level than them, but this is ridiculous because defeat is still defeat and of course there will be lot of negative sentiment so they have to be able to accept it.
But indeed in that match, statistics show how Roma's dominance and many attacks were much greater than their opponents. However, all of that was in vain because it was ineffective and there were no goals at all, IF Elfsborg was indeed quite lucky because they got a penalty kick opportunity, and Roma was very unlucky with that. But behind all that, the point is that Roma's game at that time was not optimal and still wasted many opportunities. We'll see in the next matches, how they develop under Ivan Juric. In Serie A, Roma did get a win in their last match.Ten Hag has not only messed up the team, but he has spent a lot of budget to recruit new players, but so far all his efforts have not been able to provide the expected impact.
I found a very interesting illustration about Ten Hag, Man United, in their last match against Porto.Source: Ten Hag-maguire
So far Manchester united has gotten two points in the Europa even if they are yet to win a game or loose one but its not an encouraging result for a team that had a very high expectancy from people with their chances of wining the league title this season but then it has turned out they aren't even amongst the top ten in the Europa league table and sadly its same back home in their domestic league, I'm beginning to doubt if they will be able to get pass the round of sixteen or even make it there by the end of the current round so far.
Manchester United have been really poor this season. They have been consistent in their poor performances this season. It has been two seasons under Erik Ten Hag, I expect a much better performance from Manchester United but up till now they are neither playing good football nor winning games comfortably. This is not the standard for a top club like Manchester United, they have drawn two games that they should have won comfortably in the Europa League this season.Manchester united might not qualify from the group stage because they have not shown any quality performance in their first two matches, rather they show much weakness to their opponents. I will love to see which trophy Ten Hag sill win this season for him to retain his job.
I believe Galatasaray will be in top eight, not just because they will do fine for the rest of the games, but no teams are dominating the league phase right now, there are only few teams with two wins. Meaning, if Galatasaray wins four games and lose 2, even that would eb enough.
Tottenham game will be harder to play, definitely harder than RFS no doubt, but on contrary to what people believe, I think the chance of them having a draw against Spurs is likely. Because, Galatasaray didn't care about RFS and they underestimated their opponent, they didn't run, fight or battled, and they failed to win because of this. When they are playing against the Spurs, they will be aware that they are playing against a great team, probably best team in Europa right now, so they will play better.
Tottenham game will be harder to play, definitely harder than RFS no doubt, but on contrary to what people believe, I think the chance of them having a draw against Spurs is likely. Because, Galatasaray didn't care about RFS and they underestimated their opponent, they didn't run, fight or battled, and they failed to win because of this. When they are playing against the Spurs, they will be aware that they are playing against a great team, probably best team in Europa right now, so they will play better.
Galatasaray's only weakness is their defending. They can't play effective in defense especially against teams with fast counter-attacks. They concede so many goals and lose their advantage because of that. This is the point they need to work hard on. They have time for that considering the upcoming break for national matches.
If they make progress on that then everything would be just fine. They can already score goals easily. They have very capable players in the attacking area. Even in Osimhen's absence it doesn't matter for them.
So far Manchester united has gotten two points in the Europa even if they are yet to win a game or loose one but its not an encouraging result for a team that had a very high expectancy from people with their chances of wining the league title this season but then it has turned out they aren't even amongst the top ten in the Europa league table and sadly its same back home in their domestic league, I'm beginning to doubt if they will be able to get pass the round of sixteen or even make it there by the end of the current round so far.
Manchester United have been really poor this season. They have been consistent in their poor performances this season. It has been two seasons under Erik Ten Hag, I expect a much better performance from Manchester United but up till now they are neither playing good football nor winning games comfortably. This is not the standard for a top club like Manchester United, they have drawn two games that they should have won comfortably in the Europa League this season.
So far Manchester united has gotten two points in the Europa even if they are yet to win a game or loose one but its not an encouraging result for a team that had a very high expectancy from people with their chances of wining the league title this season but then it has turned out they aren't even amongst the top ten in the Europa league table and sadly its same back home in their domestic league, I'm beginning to doubt if they will be able to get pass the round of sixteen or even make it there by the end of the current round so far.
Manchester United have been really poor this season. They have been consistent in their poor performances this season. It has been two seasons under Erik Ten Hag, I expect a much better performance from Manchester United but up till now they are neither playing good football nor winning games comfortably. This is not the standard for a top club like Manchester United, they have drawn two games that they should have won comfortably in the Europa League this season.
So far Manchester united has gotten two points in the Europa even if they are yet to win a game or loose one but its not an encouraging result for a team that had a very high expectancy from people with their chances of wining the league title this season but then it has turned out they aren't even amongst the top ten in the Europa league table and sadly its same back home in their domestic league, I'm beginning to doubt if they will be able to get pass the round of sixteen or even make it there by the end of the current round so far.
Manchester United have been really poor this season. They have been consistent in their poor performances this season. It has been two seasons under Erik Ten Hag, I expect a much better performance from Manchester United but up till now they are neither playing good football nor winning games comfortably. This is not the standard for a top club like Manchester United, they have drawn two games that they should have won comfortably in the Europa League this season. 
It seems that Bruno Fernandez is in a bad mood getting 2 red cards in 2 matches is not an accidental mistake even though he knows the consequences, in the previous match against Tottenham Manchester United club won when appealing and he did not miss several matches but this time it seems that Manchester United will not win because it is clear that his mistake could endanger other players and he must accept the punishment by missing several matches the coach must be able to discipline his players so that they do not play carelessly which will ultimately harm the team.
Indeed, in a very bad mood. To get two red cards, you still have to be able to do that. I suppose that this is part of some plan and everything is not as it seems. It is possible that this is such a strategy, but it somehow does not work well.Well, I myself do not believe in even the slightest chance of Manchester winning. No, this season the club has not shown a very good game. It could have been much better. I know that for sure.
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Roma is over, after Mourinho left the team, Roma is getting weaker.I see that Roma have many young players like 20 years old, although there are great young players like Yamal, Guler etc, but most of young players are weaker than average players in prime age.
It's hard to believe Roma would out from the competition because there are many unknown teams played in this league.
On Juric's post-interview after their defeat against Elfsborg. He said that he has seen improvements in his squad, though they lost to a small club.
This is a disgrace for Roma's management. They made terrible decisions. They went from world-class coach (Mou) to a midtable coach (DDR), then to an amateur coach (Juric).
It seems to me that the Roma banter era will never end.
Whatever is said that they have seen better improvements but in fact the defeat that we all see, improvement and development can be said even though the team lost when playing against bigger team but this was defeat against small team like Elfsborg and AS Roma was unable to turn things around at least to get draw.
Honestly, I much more interested in AS Roma which is still led by De Rossi than the current leadership period which was taken over by Ivan Juric after De Rossi was fired on the grounds of differences of opinion about player transfers with Florent Ghisolfi as AS Roma director.
If it continues like this I doubt AS Roma will be able to play well in the Europa League competition even though previously they were one of the favorite team that had the opportunity to compete for the championship title.
I saw an interview in some social media where I was watching reels with him, Ten Haag saying explicitly please dismiss me answering some questions from I don't know who as it was a short reel from Instagram. It is going to be beneficial to remove him as since the time he came he made a mess out of a very good rose of players who no matter they were not getting good results they were playing well, since this guy came not only they played not well anymore but kept going from bad to worse and I really still to this day do not understand Manchester United upper management, if I were in their shoes I would have sacked him a long time ago and that would be the most correct decision seeing the situation for some years now. He promises from ages now to improve team performance but it is something that is not happening, and if it did not happen in three years I doubt it is going to be happening now.
Ten Hag has not only messed up the team, but he has spent a lot of budget to recruit new players, but so far all his efforts have not been able to provide the expected impact. On that basis, the request for his dismissal is understandable, fans do not want to see their favorite team experience a worse decline. I am sure Ten Hag has received a warning from the club top brass, although on the other hand he said he was not afraid of being fired. But the chaos will not stop by firing Ten Hag alone, meaning that management must ensure that Ten Hag's next replacement can boost the team performance which is currently slumping. For now, several well-known managers are still seen unemployed, and perhaps management has tried to explore various opportunities that are currently available. Europa League with new format seems not easy for some of favourite teams because the teams just like Manchester United, Ajax, Roma, Galatasaray, Olympiacos, and Athletic Bilbao still hard struggling in this competition even for the first favourite just like Manchester United still unable to gets the winning result and among all of 36 teams who playing at this competition so far only 5 teams who can able to gets 2 wins
I have to says Europa league matches is so unpredictable this season because although probably on the paper some of big teams is much stronger than small teams but there is no guarantee those teams will be automatically can beat their opponents and it proven until week 2 besides Manchester United some of strong teams just like Sociedad and Roma has been failed to gets the winning result even Roma has just lost from IF Elfsborg
If Ten Hag is not able to improve Manchester United's performance this season, then I am sure this will be his last season at Old Trafford. It's not good to keep a coach who fails to improve the quality of the team for longer, so his dismissal will hopefully help the team come up with a better plan with another coach.
I saw an interview in some social media where I was watching reels with him, Ten Haag saying explicitly please dismiss me answering some questions from I don't know who as it was a short reel from Instagram. It is going to be beneficial to remove him as since the time he came he made a mess out of a very good rose of players who no matter they were not getting good results they were playing well, since this guy came not only they played not well anymore but kept going from bad to worse and I really still to this day do not understand Manchester United upper management, if I were in their shoes I would have sacked him a long time ago and that would be the most correct decision seeing the situation for some years now. He promises from ages now to improve team performance but it is something that is not happening, and if it did not happen in three years I doubt it is going to be happening now.
If Ten Hag is not able to improve Manchester United's performance this season, then I am sure this will be his last season at Old Trafford. It's not good to keep a coach who fails to improve the quality of the team for longer, so his dismissal will hopefully help the team come up with a better plan with another coach.
This is a simulation of course. Nobody has to rely on this data. However it will most probably turn out to be right about many of these teams considering their conditions.
I just hope Turkish teams have a successful run in the remaining 6 matches in this stage.
None of them relieves me with their game to tell the truth. But for now Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe look more probable to finish in a good place. If Galatasaray improve their defending they can even finish in top 8. Otherwise it would stay as a dream because there are some tough opponents ahead - especially Tottenham and Ajax.
I believe Galatasaray will be in top eight, not just because they will do fine for the rest of the games, but no teams are dominating the league phase right now, there are only few teams with two wins. Meaning, if Galatasaray wins four games and lose 2, even that would eb enough. However it will most probably turn out to be right about many of these teams considering their conditions.I just hope Turkish teams have a successful run in the remaining 6 matches in this stage.
None of them relieves me with their game to tell the truth. But for now Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe look more probable to finish in a good place. If Galatasaray improve their defending they can even finish in top 8. Otherwise it would stay as a dream because there are some tough opponents ahead - especially Tottenham and Ajax.Tottenham game will be harder to play, definitely harder than RFS no doubt, but on contrary to what people believe, I think the chance of them having a draw against Spurs is likely. Because, Galatasaray didn't care about RFS and they underestimated their opponent, they didn't run, fight or battled, and they failed to win because of this. When they are playing against the Spurs, they will be aware that they are playing against a great team, probably best team in Europa right now, so they will play better.
So far Manchester united has gotten two points in the Europa even if they are yet to win a game or loose one but its not an encouraging result for a team that had a very high expectancy from people with their chances of wining the league title this season but then it has turned out they aren't even amongst the top ten in the Europa league table and sadly its same back home in their domestic league, I'm beginning to doubt if they will be able to get pass the round of sixteen or even make it there by the end of the current round so far.
From the beginning, I was never sure that Manchester United was able to become a team that was in the title race, because I think Manchester United is still very difficult to have stable performance. Thus,I was never sure about Manchester United because basically they are still in the process of building a better and stronger team, not a team that already has a good and strong form, so ofcourse it is difficult for Manchester United. The teams that are in first and second place at the moment are Lazio and Lyon and I think, both teams were not initially considered to be able to be at the top of the standings.Thus, even though the new format is implemented, it seems that the Europa League still has surprises to happen.
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