Topic: UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread - page 41. (Read 34287 times)

I still hope that West Ham will surprise me in the second leg by turning the game around. Because I believe West Ham do have better quality
players, and also West Ham should be more motivated to beat Frankfurt, because winning the Europa League is the way for West Ham to get tickets
to the Champions League competition, so I expect West Ham to play attacking from the first minute.

West Ham's defeat in the first leg was because West Ham were surprised by a quick goal from Frankfurt, this is a lesson for West Ham to
concentrate from the beginning of the game. Even West Ham in the first leg dominated the match, but the attack that the West Ham players built
was not effective. So from the several opportunities that were obtained, they were only able to score one goal.

Frankfurt's performance is actually not too special, but I admit the fighting spirit of the Frankfurt players is very high. So even though
the Frankfurt players lost technically to the West Ham players, the fighting spirit of the Frankfurt players was extraordinary, they play very hard
and never give up. No wonder a big team like Barcelona can be defeated by Frankfurt, but if West Ham can play with an effective attacking
strategy, West Ham should be able to beat Frankfurt.

I personally will still be waiting for the results from the 2nd leg later, because I think that West Ham seems to be able to turn things around. Frankfurt is a team that is difficult to predict I think even though they have proven to win matches up to this stage, but I still don't really believe that it really happened. But if in the end Frankfurt can indeed maintain the victory in this first leg, then of course Frankfurt deserves to be the winner of the title because they managed to get rid of the favorite teams.

Frankfurt players really demonstrated in the first half that made people to predicted the match that West Ham will not achieve a goal through out the match. Frankfurt players used all their strategies to played with West Ham to make sure they defeat them 2-0 but the match later ended 2-1 for the favour of Frankfurt. West Ham performance was very poor through out the match that made them to scored 1 goal which was not giving their fans joy for the leading Frankfurt team was leading with 2-1 in the second half. I think West Ham coach need to introduce more strategies to their strikers, so that they will know how to achieve early goals from any match to achieve victory at the end of the match.

Frankfurt is performing better in away matches. However, since they have been able to win the away match, they can only qualify for the final if they can draw in the home match. And so Frankfurt's players will be somewhat stress-free. My prediction is that the second league will be drawn 1-1.
The Leipzig team is strong and more experienced than the Rangers. Leipzig won the home match. Although the goal difference is very small. But I think they will be able to maintain this continuity in the away match.

What a game again from Eintracht Frankfurt. I couldn't believe myself when I saw the first goal in less than 1 minute. Very strong performance, and that wasn't even in their own stadium. On Thursday they will play again but this time with all the fans present. Hopefully they won't be choking and will reach the finals. That RB Leipzig will reach the finals seems not as a big surprise, everybody is expecting it. They are the clear favourites to win the cup this year. Betting now for 1.8 on Leipzig to be the Europa Winner seems a bit low in my opinion. If West Ham would reach the finals, than I would bet large on Leipzig. But with an all german final things are getting more tricky. Counting out Eintrach Frankfurt now seems like a mistake to be me, the team must be really hyped for the title. Also in the last two german league matchs the Leipzig and Frankfurt played there was no clear winner, the played 0-0 and 1-1. With 3.5 the payouts for Frankfurt winnings seem much more profitable.

The match was competitive. I was expecting Frankfurt's victory. Because I saw Frankfurt's performance in the away match against Barcelona. They played very well. And my guess was that Frankfurt would win 1-0 or 2-1. That is what happened. Frankfurt have had fewer attacks than West Ham last year. But each of their attacks was planned. That's why they beat West Ham.

Eintracht Frankfurt managed to beat West Ham who played in front of their own supporters with a score of 1-2. It seems West Ham struggled to play effectively in this match making it difficult for them to at least draw. Looking at the statistics from West Ham, they actually don't lack for opportunities, only from the 15 shots they managed to do only 2 that led to the goal. It's a bad record for the attacking sector, how they don't have accurate shots.

Rangers lost by a narrow score at home leipzig, Leipzig's mathematical calculations have excelled thanks to his one goal against Rangers, but the second leg will be played at home to Rangers. The revenge mission will be carried out, the Rangers will do whatever it takes to thwart leipzig to reach the final. It's hard to say Rangers or leipzig will go into the final, because at the moment the chances of both teams are still the same. On the other hand, West Ham and Frankfurt are also not sure who will go to the final, the second leg will be very exciting, because the four teams are fighting each other to get into the final round.

Leipzig have focus on both competition between Europe League and Bundesliga because still not safety on 4th standing position with two points left from Freiburg. How ever 1 goal winning from Rangers on first leg still can lock Leipzig step to final Europe League and need most contributing how keep consistent second leg between keep try 3 points on domestic league, loss points on domestic league will make Leipzig have out from champion league spot next season and possibility for Freiburg will play firstly on champion league.

I also think that nothing has been decided yet in these semifinal pairs and surprises are possible. The only thing we can say with confidence now is that after minimal victories in the first matches, clubs from Germany have an advantage over their rivals. However, in my humble opinion, there is still some reason to talk about a likely German final, because the same Eintracht is playing its second leg at home with the frantic support of its fans, who have already proved their strength and dedication in their sensational departure to Barcelona. Leipzig is quite paradoxical this season and it is much better at away matches than at home, and taking into account the already existing one-ball advantage, all this is a fairly weighty argument in favor of Leipzig.

It still cannot be accurately ascertained because leipzig has won narrowly over Rangers and still has a chance for Rangers to turn things around in the next leg before heading to the final because winning by one goal cannot be said to be in a safe position, because every club will also try their best to prevent their opponent from reaching the final.

I think that Leipzig are going to make it to the finale. The first leg was quite competitive actually but Leipzig still succeeded in winning by 1-0. This is a good advantage for Leipzig before going to Scotland. Rangers can become a completely different team in their home games actually. But against Leipzig, they might not be able to play like they do all the time. Leipzig would manage to get a draw against them in the worst case I think and they would get what they want. However it is really hard to predict the winner of the West Ham - Frankfurt matchup. Frankfurt have obtained a huge advantage by winning them 2-1 away actually. But West Ham are still a better team than them normally and they can still eliminate Frankfurt if they really want it.

yeah, this season will be the european league final between teams from germany

even though leipzig only got 1 goal at home but in the 2nd leg later they will definitely play all out to win at the rangers home. as well as frankfurt who will certainly will win when playing at their home in the 2nd leg later

there is no need to doubt that there will be an All Germany final and we have seen from the results of the first leg where Frankfurt again made West Ham United the next victim after Barcelona, ​​of course both will fully belong to the Frankfurt Entra because they will act as the host, and in other matches RB leipzig managed to beat the rangers even though they created many chances but the lead was created just before the second half ended the score 1-0 became a good enough capital to undergo the second leg at the Glasgow rangers headquarters.of course RB leipzig knows how to dampen the Scottish team

Well I think it's too much to make a judgment especially because it's Frankfurt. You must not forget that Frankfurt are not a very good team to be in this season's Europa League final without luck. West Ham could beat them in front of the home crowd, so Frankfurt's 2-1 win in the first leg should not rule them out in the end.

I wouldn't think their success against Barcelona would guarantee a title this season for them, it just doesn't make much sense and I hope we can see something realistic here because I'm sure none of us are Frankfurt fans, Even if I believe we won't bet on their win.

And again I was right, but unfortunately I didn't have time to place bets. It was somehow very realistic for me that Frankfurt could win the game or at least play a draw - I wasn't wrong. At home it won't be difficult to keep the result 

Even though playing away Frankfurt did look very confident, maybe because they managed to get rid of Barcelona. So the Frankfurt players
confidence is very high, it's no wonder they finally managed to beat West Ham. But West Ham will not give up so easily, I believe West Ham
will learn from their defeat, although Frankfurt in the second leg match will play at home, it does not guarantee they will win. I'm sure West Ham
will give their best, and will beat Frankfurt in the second leg. However I believe West Ham have slightly better quality players than Frankfurt,
so West Ham in my opinion deserves to be in the final, but Frankfurt will definitely not let them be beaten by West Ham. Moreover, Frankfurt is
more favorite with winning on aggregate goals and will play at home. So the second leg match will be very interesting, because both teams
definitely want to qualify for the final.

Regarding the second leg of Rangers vs Leipzig, it was clear to me that Leipzig would qualify for the final. Even though if we see Leipzig only
winning by one goal difference, it is still quite a big opportunity for Rangers to qualify for the final. Therefore Leipzig in the second leg match
must play carefully, not to let Rangers score a goal. Because I see Leipzig being better in every way compared to Rangers. After all, in the first leg,
it was very clear that Leipzig had dominated the match. So Leipzig should be able to qualify for the final, if Leipzig don't make a mistake
in the second leg.

Frankfurt are really playing really well, they are playing with a lot of confidence. The results obtained are really very profitable for those who will play the second leg later at home, they will be in the final a little longer.

while Leipzig only won 1 goal, and the second leg will be played at Rangers. I think anything is still possible, both teams still have the same chance of qualifying for the final.

I thought that the away goals rule has been removed in champions league, if it is so, it means that is is not effective in Europa again or is it still effective in the europa league?

I don't think that it is worthy to write westham off in this battle. I believe that westham has the potential to win and they can win against frankfurt. They have been playing too well in europa and I will really want them to advance more, even upto the finals.

I really really really didn't expected Frankfurt to win at away game. I mean they keep on proving me wrong, I have been telling they will be losing soon for 3 games now in europa and they have not. Kudos for beating, they deserve the finals at this stage, they will be playing at home and I doubt they would be losing, let's see what happens but I doubt they would be losing all that easily after all of this.

Leipzig game wasn't a shock though, it was definitely a game to watch and it was entertaining to see such great defenses, but at the end of the day Leipzig is just a smidge better and that allowed them to beat Rangers, not easily but confident enough.