Topic: ⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2022/23 | Group Stages - page 15. (Read 14933 times)

^Ajax is a talent factory. They've relied on producing and grooming talent to sell on and make profits while being just good enough to win a historically less competitive league to qualify for UCL, which brings in further revenues.

They'll always be attractive for young players because of that route -- their problems now are club management and scandal, and eventually not having enough good players to keep making the difference. And I said two seasons ago that they actually need to rethink their strategy. You need to retain players and cultivate a little more instead of churning them out, particularly now that their league competitors are getting much better.

P.S. Yes, yes, I'm trying to get over Liverpool. But better to purge the bad results at group stage with second stringers.

Brighton has really prove that there performance can never be compared with Ajax performance, Brighton has been on a good form sice the early of these season and they have won Ajax the second time now they first meet on October and Brighton won them and they meet again yesterday they also won, so is very obvious that Brighton performance has greatly improve unlike last season when they were having some challenges in performance which draw them back.


However Ajax poor performance these season is never like before because they have played 12 matches and won only 2 matches, the low performance now got me wondered if it was the Ajax I used to know that always plays very.

Freiburg defeated TSC Backa Topola 5-0 to embraced the victory from their opponent, and to stand on a solid ground to challenge who ever may come their way next match and they are capable to make things happen that will make them to top in this group A, because West Ham united won their match with 1-0 to disgraced Olympiacos  that made them to maintain the highest points in the group. It was a surprised match see Liverpool be disgraced in the home of their opponent 3-2  despite their coach used the right players to battle with Toulouse in the Europa league competition but it was a surprised seeing the match ended up in the favour of Toulouse and it make their fans feel Liverpool don't have the skills to end well in this season, because Toulouse don't have potential players like Liverpool we know in the premier league competition. I think, Liverpool coach has a lot of work to do to help the team to maintain good position in this group E because this match has caused fear into the mind of Liverpool fans for this defeat they experienced from Toulouse.

Liverpool lost their first ever Europa League Group E match against Toulouse. Liverpool were the best and attacked in the match, but they were unlucky not to win in the end. Liverpool lost 3-2, Liverpool's attack and style of play was good, every player attacked brilliantly, but they lost the match. Liverpool dominated the attacking movement and had possession of the ball from start to finish. I think the match against Toulouse may have taken Liverpool's course klopp as a normal team, which is why they lost the match. The match may have been lost due to Mohamed Salah not playing in the match, Liverpool lost with a normal side without the Egyptian star. Although they are still leading the group points, a loss in this match might make Liverpool stronger in the next two games and they will win there.

Even 4 matches without a win, only managed to draw 2 times and collect 2 points so far, of course, Ajax's chances of getting out of the group are very limited.
Ajax's performance has been very bad this season, they have experienced a significant decline in performance compared to last season, so it is not surprising that Ajax has received a series of bad results in Europa League matches, especially in group B, the Ajax team is in a slightly difficult group with teams of high quality. above them.

Marseille and Brighton both won and if you look at the current standings table, it is very likely that these two teams will qualify from group B.
AEK Athens also still has a real chance, but it's realistic to see that the strength of the Marseille and Brighton teams is much better, so with 2 matches remaining, there is a very big possibility for Marseille and Brighton to qualify.

Ajax lost to Brighton with score of 0 - 2 and this means they haven't won single win in 4 matches and only have 2 matches remaining so it will be very impossible for Ajax to qualify for the next round.
Moreover Marseille and Brighton have been top of group B with 8 and 7 points so there is no hope for Ajax to catch up, if today match against Brighton wins they might still be able to catch up and have safe place, but apparently they lost.

Leverkusen, Liverpool and Roma are quite great teams not only in the Europa League but in the domestic league they also perform very well. We can see the development and consistency of the play of these three teams when a team that was eliminated from the UCL enters this League.

Brighton had a very competitive game with Ajax but Ajax missed many attacks. Meanwhile, the Brighton team is very strong and the experienced stars and defenders are strong, due to which Ajax team players attacked but could not break the defenders. Total shot on goal post 8 Ajax team and Brighton team 8 shot on goal post. But the Brighton team was successful in two of these goals and the defenders of the Ajax team could not cover it well, due to which two goals entered the goal post of the Ajax team. And in that Brighton won by 2 goals and one goal was early in the match but the next goal came in a great attack. Shortly after half-time Brighton made it two goals and Brighton went on to win.

Expected something more from Ajax as they started showing some positive signs. But even [laying at home they lost without scoring a goal. Roma lost against Slavia, probably not that big surprise  and now it's almost clear that both teams will go to the next round. Didn't watched Toulouse - Liverpool game, but it had to be interesting. It already looked that LFC achieved draw3:3 on additional time, but VAR cancelled goal because of handball. Leverkusen remains only team with perfect record after scoring goal on 94th minute against Qarabag.

Ajax took two wins in a row in Netherlands, heading out from relegation zone, and now they have to play against Brighton
not to lose odds are bit above @2, and looks tempting since Brighton is far from great form as well

Leverkusen, Liverpool and Roma are only teams having all wins so far, will they all continue their strikes, all having pretty tough away matches
will be interesting to see what happens

Believe me, everyone at the club is angry. Now I just hope we repeat the feat and win tonight, secure qualification, give the rest of the young 'uns a run in Europe, and prepare to meet possibly some of the UCL dropouts.

Getting drawn with United (provided they don't lose to Gala + Bayern) would be pretty sweet. Everyone won't mind meeting this version of the Red Devils.

I'm really happy to see an EPL club beating a French side, it's all clear that there's absolutely zero competition in Ligue One. Liverpool thrashed Toulouse 5-1 and it was an easy triumphed victory earned by Jurgen Klopp men. May I remind you that the Reds are not happy, competing in Europa League is definitely not a priority for then because they know were they belong, which I'd UEFA Champions League competition. It's really embarrassing watching them playing among mediocre teams will only make them served supremacy against their oppositions.

That right liverpool journey this time did not encounter any significant difficulties in the three matches they have played, and are now at the top of group E with perfect points (9 points). I think liverpool deserves to be the favorite if you look at their fairly stable history of performance, both in the Epl and in the European Leagues. The 5-1 victory over toulouse confirmed that the Reds are indeed one level above them. I think it is very realistic for Klopp to focus more on this competition, considering that the competition they have is easier than in the Epl.

I think this perfect winning record is likely to continue until the group stage matches are over, and I don't expect The Reds to meet laverkusen in the early rounds. I hope the two of them meet in the semi-finals, this is quite interesting in my opinion.

Liverpool humiliates Toulouse 5-1 at Anfield. What did we expects in the first place? The Reds was fully prepared to face their visitors and didn't take chances, making good use of every scoring opportunities created, Jurgen Klopp and his men showed no mercy towards his opponents. On the other hand, I blame Toulouse for poor defensive strategy, they have no clue towards the team they were playing, an elite English Club that's competent enough to still win them with one down, just funny to watch Liverpool moving to crucial phases in Europa without any stress.

I'm very disappointed with Sporting, on paper they were the favorites, they have a good squad in my opinion and their opponent wasn't a very strong team, and seeing the difference between these two teams I decided to put Sporting in my multibet bet, but unfortunately for me it was a disastrous game with Sporting being reduced after 8 minutes of the game, it was as if it had already been decided that Sporting would not win this game, with 10 players playing it would be very difficult, but when Sporting scored a goal I was hopeful and that's why I didn't cancel my bet, especially when it was very close to the end of the game, I convinced myself that there was no need to cancel the bet because all Sporting needed to do was strengthen the defense, that's all. but to my chagrin in the 79th minute Sporting conceded a goal and the game was tied, it was very obvious that that result would not change and with that my bet was lost

another game he bet on was the liverpool game, on paper liverpool was already seen as the favourite, and it was a good strategy for the liverpool coach to have spared players, even so liverpool managed to score 5 goals, liverpool won the game without having no difficulties and with this victory they remain in the group with some comfort in the next games, I believe that Liverpool will move on to another stage.

Another game that I also bet on was the Leverkusen game, who on paper were also seen as favorites to win the game and on the field they crushed their opponent, with 5 goals that they managed to score and only conceded 1 goal. This season Leverkusen is doing very well, they are at the top of the table in the Bundesliga, which is a huge achievement, congratulations to the Leverkusen coach. With Sporting's draw my bet was lost. Anyway, I didn't have any luck in those Euro League games, but I profited in the European Champions League games.

Sporting Lisbon were unlucky in yesterday's game due to a red card, although they managed to lead almost the whole game, but the match ended in a draw. Ajax didn't beat Brighton either and couldn't even score a goal. Many matches turned out to be unpredictable. Freiburg had an interesting game when they lost the first half but scored three goals in the second half and won the game.

class difference is too big to fail in this case
Liverpool seems to take Europa league seriously, and they are top favorite for winning

paying tribute to former Everton board chairman, Bill Kenwright, that passed away this week, was prime fair play from neighbours

Leverkusen is also playing great this season, and will probably be main competitor for this season trophy

Liverpool show every time they play that they are not in the mood for jokes this season in all the competitions that they are playing in. They performed excellently, West ham lost, Brighton won their game too, but Liverpool have shown more believe. Roma and Liverpool are two teams that I can say are good picks to win this competition this time, but I will not underrate the other teams that will join them later. Sevilla is still another team, they can win it again if they join.

Liverpool tonight delivered a great performance in front of their home fans to thrashed French club Toulouse in the UEFA Champions League competition. The Reds played on their full strength to brush Toulouse aside.
Goals from Diego Joto, Darwin Nunez, Endo and Mohammed Salah was what Liverpool needed to maintain their perfect start to the Europa League competition since the start of the season.

There is not many upsets today, almost all favorites won, and some won big. Maybe that Atalanta and Sporting didn't won is a bit unexpected, but after all, they played away against quite decent teams. Royale Union saved my parlay by scoring goal on 94th minute. In general, it was quite profitable day.

I saw more than enough Ajax games this season to be sure not to back them. They sacked manager finally, but nothing has changed with Hedwiges Maduro as caretaker and I don't think that this Ajax squad is capable for something. You understand that something is just wrong with Ajax when bookies gives 1.29 for Brighton win.

I can't say that Ajax can beat Brighton away. Ajax don't show good results in the League, although Brighton are in last place, objectively they play better. I have no doubts about Lisbon and Leverkusen. In general, there are a lot of interesting games today.