UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread - page 172.

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Quote from: EdenHazard on December 13, 2021, 10:21:28 AM

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Especially the Barcelona - Napoli draw makes me excited more. There is around a two-month time period until the first games to start. This is a long enough time period for Barcelona to pull themselves together I suppose. Xavi needs to work really hard with the players and get them ready for the Europa League games also. But if they only focus on La Liga, then Napoli would do the same Benfica did to Barcelona in the group stage. Grin

If the match held in next few weeks i guess we have the winner already between barcelona vs napoli right? Grin

luckily there is sufficient time for barcelona to improve everything and get a title of the season at least rather than nothing .. as mathematically barcelona are out of la liga title race and this is one of the prestigious one that they could reach.
interesting draw though. i just wish sheriff tiraspol could bring us some entertainment through their unexpected crazy on fire performance.

Yeah, Napoli would have been the winner if the game was held on a near date. Grin

Barcelona have a very low chance for the La Liga title even while mathematically speaking. There is already a 18-point gap with the leader. They wouldn't stop caring about their domestic league of course but they would fight for ending the season at a decent position at least. And their main focus could even be the Europa League if they don't start increasing their form in the La Liga until the Napoli game.

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Quote from: joker_josue on December 15, 2021, 03:27:40 PM

Quote from: Juse14 on December 15, 2021, 02:33:01 PM

they stumbled in UEL to be in 3rd Position and not only that they also let go of their winstreak and had to be forced down to 4th position currently in Serie a.
But in this case I feel that Napoli will continue when compared to barcelona

Right now, I think any team that is in the competition is capable of beating Barcelona. OK, maybe two or three teams would have a harder time beating Barcelona. But the vast majority have clear conditions at this time, to beat Barcelona.

Barcelona this season is not barcelona a few seasons ago which other teams were very afraid of, in my opinion now many teams in the european league have the opportunity to beat barcelona which is currently in critical condition, maybe even later barcelona will be defeated by napoli and fall in the european league trip this season.

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There are matches like the champions league. Barcelona-Napoli matchup is such a match. In addition, the Lazio-Porto match can be played at a high level. The teams that finished first in their group and the winners of these matches will play in other matches. Leading teams are their groups; Lyon, Monaco, Spartak Moscow, Eintracht Frankfurt, Galatasaray, Red Star, Bayer Leverkusen and West Ham. There will be very competitive matches.

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I can see that the biggest draws in last 32 round are Barcelona - Napoli and Porto - Lazio. Barcelona can still be favoured by the majority of people even though they are having some problems nowadays. Because there is a big interval between now and the date of the first leg. We could see a much stronger Barcelona until then. Moreover, they are facing some crucial injuries now and most of those players are gonna be back by then.

When it comes to the other draw, I believe that Lazio are one step ahead despite having a tough draw. Lazio seem to be more credible to me for now but their chance will be depending on their performance in the first leg which is an away game. If they manage to draw with Porto at least, then they can advance.

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Quote from: Juse14 on December 16, 2021, 08:25:22 AM

Quote from: joker_josue on December 15, 2021, 03:27:40 PM

Quote from: Juse14 on December 15, 2021, 02:33:01 PM

they stumbled in UEL to be in 3rd Position and not only that they also let go of their winstreak and had to be forced down to 4th position currently in Serie a.
But in this case I feel that Napoli will continue when compared to barcelona

Right now, I think any team that is in the competition is capable of beating Barcelona. OK, maybe two or three teams would have a harder time beating Barcelona. But the vast majority have clear conditions at this time, to beat Barcelona.

Barcelona's condition is now very concerning and strangely Xavi is still too arrogant to admit that their team is doing well.
I feel now their chances are very slim to bring the trophy to Camp Nou and maybe even this season they will fast for the title this season.
for bets in this match i feel very confident to give my bet to napoli

There are not enough experienced players in the Barcelona squad. Coutinho, Dembele and Depay are talented. But I doubt if they are experienced. If these three players had been in form, and had been able to perform well on a regular basis, the Barcelona team would have been stronger. But now the situation of Barcelona, they will not be able to win against Napoli.

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Quote from: Distraction on December 16, 2021, 06:09:54 AM

Quote from: poldanmig on December 14, 2021, 02:50:39 PM

The knockout phase for the Europa League this season is quite interesting, because we will see a number of big matches occur early, the preliminary match between Barcelona and Napoli can be said to be a big game of the European league, I think whoever can win the match later can be said to be a strong candidate to be able to penetrate the European league final this season.
The Europa League knockout stages first leg will start on 17 February 2022 and the second leg will take place on 24 February 2021.

Definitely. Especially the Barcelona - Napoli draw is going to be really interesting. It is like an early final round for this tournament too. I would have liked to see them having a matchup against each other in the final stage or right before that. Anyway, I reckon that Napoli can be seen as the closer to side to win taking the current efforts into account. But it is early to make a certain assumption already now.

We will see the battle of the Spanish giants and the Italian giants in the European league match later, but I personally don't dare to claim that Barcelona will lose easily in the match against Napoli later, even though I really want to see Napoli move forward, but the match is still very long of course will give barcelona a lot of time to improve their squad in the januari transfer window, so yes I think it's better to see how the two teams move in the transfer market and then choose one of the teams to bet on Grin

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Quote from: joker_josue on December 15, 2021, 03:27:40 PM

Quote from: Juse14 on December 15, 2021, 02:33:01 PM

they stumbled in UEL to be in 3rd Position and not only that they also let go of their winstreak and had to be forced down to 4th position currently in Serie a.
But in this case I feel that Napoli will continue when compared to barcelona

Right now, I think any team that is in the competition is capable of beating Barcelona. OK, maybe two or three teams would have a harder time beating Barcelona. But the vast majority have clear conditions at this time, to beat Barcelona.

Barcelona's condition is now very concerning and strangely Xavi is still too arrogant to admit that their team is doing well.
I feel now their chances are very slim to bring the trophy to Camp Nou and maybe even this season they will fast for the title this season.
for bets in this match i feel very confident to give my bet to napoli

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Quote from: poldanmig on December 14, 2021, 02:50:39 PM

The knockout phase for the Europa League this season is quite interesting, because we will see a number of big matches occur early, the preliminary match between Barcelona and Napoli can be said to be a big game of the European league, I think whoever can win the match later can be said to be a strong candidate to be able to penetrate the European league final this season.
The Europa League knockout stages first leg will start on 17 February 2022 and the second leg will take place on 24 February 2021.

Definitely. Especially the Barcelona - Napoli draw is going to be really interesting. It is like an early final round for this tournament too. I would have liked to see them having a matchup against each other in the final stage or right before that. Anyway, I reckon that Napoli can be seen as the closer to side to win taking the current efforts into account. But it is early to make a certain assumption already now.

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After the Uefa play-off drawings, we have seen a truth that this platform is getting harder and exciting in every single year. The participation of great teams such as Barcelona, Dortmund, Sevilla and the like will ensure a real opportunity for all the audiences around the Europe to have got a more tough challenges as well as this state makes the league much competitive. The already existed teams in the League should have got very furious and scared to face off any of the giant teams in the next rounds.

I am really looking forward to watch the games among those teams.

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We shouldn't underestimate Barcelona in the Europa League only by considering that they are still in the recovery phase. Maybe they don't perform like in the old times now but they are really one of the biggest favourites to reach the Europa League title. And there is still a long road before the games of the next stage here. Until then, some of Barcelona's crucial players will have bounced back from their injuries. And there will be a lot of time for them to improve their game. We could see a totally different Barcelona as of the first leg of the draw vs Napoli.

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Let's not go too far in that way of thinking. Barcelona is in a crisis, yes - but individually they still are one of the top teams in the competition - the best one actually.

If I had to choose the winner now they'd still be in my top 3 - the problem for them is that they got a really tough draw in a really bad time for them. But it has to be said that Napoli is 5th in Italy and that they lost both games to Spartak in the EL - not really a team that can be considered a favorite.

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Quote from: Juse14 on December 15, 2021, 02:33:01 PM

they stumbled in UEL to be in 3rd Position and not only that they also let go of their winstreak and had to be forced down to 4th position currently in Serie a.
But in this case I feel that Napoli will continue when compared to barcelona

Right now, I think any team that is in the competition is capable of beating Barcelona. OK, maybe two or three teams would have a harder time beating Barcelona. But the vast majority have clear conditions at this time, to beat Barcelona.

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Quote from: poldanmig on December 14, 2021, 02:50:39 PM

Quote from: Distraction on December 14, 2021, 05:43:08 AM

A final match like Barcelona - Dortmund, Barcelona - Napoli or Dortmund - Napoli would be really perfect for this tournament. Because I would really like to watch a quality final match in this tournament and this would increase the attention to the final match also at the same time. Because normally there is not as much attention as the final match in the Champions League.

The knockout phase for the Europa League this season is quite interesting, because we will see a number of big matches occur early, the preliminary match between Barcelona and Napoli can be said to be a big game of the European league, I think whoever can win the match later can be said to be a strong candidate to be able to penetrate the European league final this season.
The Europa League knockout stages first leg will start on 17 February 2022 and the second leg will take place on 24 February 2021.

both teams are both not in good form at the moment even though Napoli were superpowers in the Serie A and Europa League at first but they are currently the same team in pain and not much different from Barcelona.
they stumbled in UEL to be in 3rd Position and not only that they also let go of their winstreak and had to be forced down to 4th position currently in Serie a.
But in this case I feel that Napoli will continue when compared to barcelona

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Quote from: Vdecso on December 14, 2021, 04:18:14 PM

When it comes to the teams left after the group stage, the biggest candidates to win the championship seem like Barcelona, Dortmund, Napoli and Sevilla to me. It wouldn't be fair not to add Sevilla among these candidates. Because they are the most successful team in the Europa League in the last ten years. They will be a big threat again obviously.

Barcelona and Napoli will beat each other because they will face off in this round, so one of them will advance and fall. About Sevilla I think this team is no stranger to Europa League events, because Sevilla have won titles here several times and even Sevilla won this title three times in a row in the 2013/2014 to 2015/2016 season. So yes, Sevilla are already familiar at this event and now Sevilla still has the opportunity to repeat this achievement again. But indeed, the competition now will not be easy because there is Dortmund there and also don't forget Atalanta and many other teams who won the group yesterday, they are all great teams.

Of course, there are some other strong teams in the Europa League now too. I just wanted to mention especially the teams that are seen as the biggest candidates for winning the title. The Europa League is always open for a surprise too and maybe we won't even be seeing the teams I mentiond becoming the champions at the end. But I wish that we can have a big finale.

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Quote from: ElmasKafa on December 14, 2021, 07:06:46 AM

Dortmund - Rangers draw can also be an enjoyable one for us. Because these teams both are productive teams especially in their domestic leagues. And I expect the game in Signal Iduna Park especially to be superb. Dortmund are going to be the highly favourite club here in both games but surprising things can happen any time. For example, Dortmund's being eliminated from the Champions League was a big surprise.

If Borussia is knocked out of the Champions League, it will certainly do everything not to be knocked out of the Europa League, so it has been a favorite and will remain for me personally and I do not want to consider losing it, although of course everything can be. I'm more likely to watch the matches purely because of the beautiful soccer, because my team is already out)

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Quote from: emrecemsan on December 15, 2021, 12:08:09 PM

I have never thought that I would have ever seen Barcelona in the Europa League. Moreover, I would say that it must be a some kind of game bug if I come across this in Football Manager. I really like the new format of the Europa League. UEFA succeeded in creating a competitive and exciting league compared to the past.

Everyone must have the same shock as you, how could it not be, Barcelona, which has been known as one of the strong candidate teams to win the Champions League every season, has actually experienced a decline in performance this season and made them have to be ready to play in the UEFA second tier league, but I think that's a natural thing, because all teams must have a different bad phase every season and maybe this season is the worst phase for Barcelona in the European league competition, and even now many fans from rival Barcelona teams are making funny memes on the internet about barcelona drop to european league Grin

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I have never thought that I would have ever seen Barcelona in the Europa League. Moreover, I would say that it must be a some kind of game bug if I come across this in Football Manager. I really like the new format of the Europa League. UEFA succeeded in creating a competitive and exciting league compared to the past.

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Quote from: ElmasKafa on December 14, 2021, 07:06:46 AM

Dortmund - Rangers draw can also be an enjoyable one for us. Because these teams both are productive teams especially in their domestic leagues. And I expect the game in Signal Iduna Park especially to be superb. Dortmund are going to be the highly favourite club here in both games but surprising things can happen any time. For example, Dortmund's being eliminated from the Champions League was a big surprise.

Given the fact that Borussia has no motives to save energy (and this season it plays in an ultimatum attacking style), we can expect some absurd results here like 6-2 or something like that. I will wait for the bookmakers to make quotes on the total in this pair and think about placing a bet if the odds match my assumptions.

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I'm not very happy about the Barcelona - Napoli draw particularly. Because it is like a finale match in the Europa League. It would have been much better to see these qualified teams in the final round. Anyway, we can still enjoy watching both matches of this draw of course. I hope that Barcelona develop their current game much more than this until these matches. In the contrary case, Napoli can turn this draw into a one-sided one.

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Quote from: Vdecso on December 14, 2021, 04:18:14 PM

When it comes to the teams left after the group stage, the biggest candidates to win the championship seem like Barcelona, Dortmund, Napoli and Sevilla to me. It wouldn't be fair not to add Sevilla among these candidates. Because they are the most successful team in the Europa League in the last ten years. They will be a big threat again obviously.

Barcelona and Napoli will beat each other because they will face off in this round, so one of them will advance and fall. About Sevilla I think this team is no stranger to Europa League events, because Sevilla have won titles here several times and even Sevilla won this title three times in a row in the 2013/2014 to 2015/2016 season. So yes, Sevilla are already familiar at this event and now Sevilla still has the opportunity to repeat this achievement again. But indeed, the competition now will not be easy because there is Dortmund there and also don't forget Atalanta and many other teams who won the group yesterday, they are all great teams.

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