Topic: UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season - page 75. (Read 20355 times)

Vicario deserve to be man of the match IMO, he saved 5 shots while Kochalski only saved 2 shots and conceded 3 goals. Tottenham looks very strong even though they only play with 10 players, probably this would be first prestigious trophy for Tottenham?

I don't really see a big opponent in Europa League, they're all only B class teams.

Again I had to experience defeat in my bet just because of 1 match out of 4 matches that I entered in the parlay bet even though I was very sure about this bet.
It is basically very difficult to predict the Europa League match because the chances will be the opposite of the expectations that we expect.
Initially I found it difficult to choose between Ajax and Besiktas because I thought both clubs were equally strong and I chose the option for BTTS because I thought both teams would score but it turned out that Ajax scored many goals without reply which made them win with the biggest score among the other contestants I think this is a good start for Ajax in the Europa League.

Roma failed to win after being held to a draw by Athletic Club at the Olimpico. Artem Dovbyk had given Roma a 1-0 lead, but Aitor Paredes' 85th-minute goal made the home side's victory disappear just like that. This result is clearly very disappointing because they failed to win at their home base. Roma looked increasingly chaotic in the second half, Bilbao increasingly smoothly pressed Roma after Nico Williams came on to replace Alvaro Djalo. Valverde decision to change strategy proved to be the right one, Aitor Paredes became Bilbao hero after scoring the equalizer with a header.

The new format requires each team to take advantage of home games as there is no longer a Home Away system, Bilbao were lucky to steal a point at the Olimpico.

AS Roma got another goal from Dovbyk, this goal is his third goal for Roma and looks like the striker began to adapt to his new team mates. His performances for Roma has been improving in latest matches after several early disappointed ones. He chose space very smartly in that situation and the head shot is simple but accurate and dangerous enough for scoring a goal. It looks a simple finish but when you are on field, many players can miss that chance.

Again Roma got another late conceded goal and lost two points. This happened in early matches with De Rossi and cost him the coach position. Their new coach Juric helped them winning a first match in Serie A but this draw in Europa League shows that Juric did not help Roma players to focus better in defense to secure points in late minutes of match. Juric and Roma players must work hard together to improve it.

Ten Hag magically exited a risk of sack last summer but this season began with bad results and he now is under pressure of being sacked again. After two seasons with a lot of patience and opportunities gave to Ten Hag, Manchester United actually have many analysis on work efficiency of this coach and they already have different plans with him. One of plans would be sacking Ten Hag and hiring a new coach for Manchester United.

Winter transfer season is always most riskiest time for coaches, and Ten Hag will have high probability of losing his job in December and January.

Ten Hag was really disappointing so far and he was not helpful for Manchester United at all Even after the bad relationship he had with some players and the huge money he spent for Manchester United he still couldn't get the result Manchester United wanted to see from this coach and this can show Ten Hag is not going to stay in Macnshter United for a long time.
Maybe he will not see the new year in Manchester United.
The fact about Manchester United in the European matches they had is they only won one game in the last nine games they had in Europe games and now they got a 1-1 draw against Twente.
 
 

Very disappointed at how Roma missed full points against Bilbao at home. I expected them to win. They played well in the first half, had more possession, controlled the game, and led 1-0. But the second half was just terrible to watch. Their gameplay looked like they had stayed in their locker room. They played more defensively in result their opponent was able equalizing the score.

Although a draw isn't bad either, three points would be really valuable for them in the new format.

The Roma team attacked a lot early on and succeeded in scoring.  Roma's Artem Dovbyk scored in the 32nd minute. It was a brilliant and hard-hitting goal. But later attack time did not see any more goals, but opposite team they were very aggressive. And Athletic Club tried hard throughout the match but finally got the breakthrough. The defenders of both teams were the most diligent as they only prevented attacks, Athletic Club made a total of 12 attacks in the whole match with 1 success, and the Roma team made only 5 attacks and one attack success. 

However, both teams have managed to add one point each to the points table and have maintained their rightful place in the points table, but despite the relatively athletic clubs attacking, they have not been successful, it is just a failure for them.

I think even if Tottenham could win with 10 players, they would only score 1 goal or a 1 goal difference in victory. But here, they really dominated the match with 3 goals. Whereas on the other side, Qarabag also launched a barrage of attacks on Tottenham, but they could be controlled and repelled effectively so that there were no goals at all.

That's why Tottenham's players rating is so good in this match, they deserve this.

Source: tottenham vs qarabag rating

There are indeed several versions of the rating, but the point is, the full Tottenham players got a good rating, except for Dragusin who received a red card.

Tottenham might but I wouldn't bet on it. In my books, they're in the same category as Manchester United because they lack the kind of consistency that makes a great team. When Ange took charge of Tottenham in 2023, it looked like they would challenge for the title. We all know how that ended. I will watch their progress over the course of the tournament.

For Besiktas, For a team that won't win the Turkey Super Lig (as Galatasaray and Fenerbache are simply better), I'm surprised they don't take European games seriously.

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Roma is such a shitty team. Up 1-0 and didn't bother to add to their lead. Always want to settle for less when they can be more.

The performance of Beşiktaş generally in this game was poor reason being that they were holding the ball but couldn't make something good out of it, even in the first half they were in the same ball possession with Ajax but they were not able to make an attempt until the end of the first half even when they conceded first goal they couldn't push an attack to equalize in the game.

Going into the second half they were disorganized and the home team used the opportunity to score two goals in less than 10 minutes into the second, the worst performance of Beşiktaş tonight is that they couldn't make any shot on target from the beginning of the game till full-time very poor performance from them including the poor substitutions made by the coach.

Drăgușin indeed did a mistakes and it caused the referee give him red card at 7 minutes and i thought this incident will makes Tottenham will be playing under pressure but we can see it that the red card since early match didn't have any effect to Tottenham performance because today they can able to beat Qarabag with the final scores 3-0 and i think this is fantastic because playing with 10 players but Tottenham still able to beating Qarabag with huge scores

Besides Tottenham who can earn 3 points today i have seen Lyon also has successfully to gets their first winning in this competition and before this match begin i was a bit doubt Lyon can able to overcomes Conference league defending champion Olympiacos because their performance at Ligue 1 is not too impressive but apparently they can able to bounce back and can utilize their home match with very well today

I confess that I am very surprised at how well Ajax is doing in European competitions. It will seem that the coach and the board have defined European competitions as a clear objective, while the local league is not their objective. In any case, this victory was convincing, and there is no doubt that Besiktas fans must be very angry about this defeat, because this season they have a much better squad than last season, and they were supposed to perform well. As for Ajax, if they fail to achieve anything in European competitions and are a disaster in the local league, then the coach will be the target of criticism.


Tottenham is the kind of unstable team that I don't trust. When I saw the odds for them to win the game, I wasn't tempted to bet on Tottenham even though I saw that they had high odds. The only thing that came to my mind before the game started was that the game could end in a draw. But Tottenham surprised me with this easy victory.

I watched the whole match between Ajax and Besiktas. Ajax showed from the first minutes of the match that they are the better team. Besiktas played a very sloppy game in the attacking sets and they couldn't connect the lines. By the way, Giovanni Van Bronchorst didn't start the match with Immobile. He started the match with the young talent Mustafa instead of Immobile. He brought Immobile on in the second half, but Immobile couldn't threaten the Ajax defense either. I feel lucky because we will not play a home game against Ajax...

I like more this cometition now with no Chamspion's League team on it.
It has more purpose now but less appeal for sponsors and TV.

Ajax could be the one who wins this competion imho.

source: BBC Sport

I it that Ajax has finally bonce back in order to trash Besiktas 4 goals to nil or Besiktas has just become too bad because this was the most shocking score for me. Tottenham did so much well win against Qarabag even while playing 10 against 11 with a 3 goals to nil. Also is good to see Jose Mourinho men getting a win the Europa league today, for me good job for them though I will love to see how far the special one and his team can go in the Europa league this season.

Ten Hag is an hypocrite, he can never see his wrong always shifting blames, I wonder if he do realized that he's the head of the team though I doubt since he is too thick-skinned. Also I wonder who still place bet on this team or at most gives them a straight win, this I can't remember when last I literally did that, I often avoid betting a team like Manchester United who're so much inconsistent when can say volatile like meme coins.

 

They was the better side yesterday and I'm not going to lie. Maybe they was more organized than Manchester United both in midfied and also the flankers.
The win was close and obvious if not for the error made by Christen Eriksen as he should have just passed the ball for the defender close to him or play back to Andrea Onana for. Safety sake.
It was a beautiful goal from Twente, well taken and beautifully timed. Fans are already kickin'for the return of Ole Gunner Solskjaer which I honestly consider a very stupid move if Manchester United new owners in charge of football does that.

I am not at all surprised by this result, they played very poorly against a team of this calibre. Moreover, Ten Hag put the responsibility for the conceded goal on the shoulders of the team, it seems to be right, but it's as if he has stopped realising that the fans and the management have no patience and that his leadership of the team, which drives it lower and lower may sooner or later end. I think this season MU won't even make it to 1/4 in the Europa League

regardless of the red card and the fact that smaller teams can defeat against a bigger team in most cases, this was a clear win for Tottenham and they knew they had to win. What player can you attest to in Qarabag? I don't even know a single one of them .

That's an evidence of improper organization by the team's manager... Sometimes, he may have felt they could be a way his team of selected players would win against Ajax, or maybe, for the lost part, it'll be a tie. Then he may decide to bring in immobile to brush up. Sadly, in football, you may not have your chances showing up twice!

Alot of opportunities went down the drain, especially the clear chance that sara had to score from outside the box, but they somehow created a different pattern for themselves... I love the understanding and chemistry between the players; especially how they just got to play and blend well with the Nigerian super beast, osimhen..
IMHO, osimhen is really trying to understand the game pattern in the turkish league... Remember how Nicholas Jackson fumbled a few times before getting it right? This is a little more enhanced though... Again, the goal was counted, but as an "Own goal" against their competition.

Qarabag is a club that nearly eliminated Leverkusen in Europa League last season by leading 2 - 0 against Leverkusen before letting Leverkusen to equalize it. Things can change after one season and Qarabag can be weaker now but if Tottenham can beat Qarabag with this big result and with only 10 players, it's very impressive.

Tottenham quality is for Champions League, not for Europa League but last season, they did not play well enough to end in top four of Premier League and have to join Europa League 2024 - 2025 season. This big can be explained by good quality of Tottenham, but as said win big with 10 players since 7th minute is very impressive performance.

You are not the only person who saw this but Manchester United owner saw something different. It's lucky for Ten Hag but he will not be given permanent opportunity and job in Manchester United. The club owner will make a sack decision and find a new coach if Ten Hag continues with bad performances. To save his job, he must improve Manchester United and show it with better results.