⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2025/26 | Group Phase

[ILuckyGuyI]

The game will end in a few minutes, the first half, and there is still no goal in the game. I must say that Immobile is not playing and is not sitting on the bench, so Besiktas are limited in this game and the risk of them losing this game is very high in my opinion. It is true that both teams in the 3 games they played in this competition lost in 2 games and only managed to win in 1 game, which is why I see both teams as being on the same level. But with Besiktas lacking a good player on the field, they may lose the game. I searched to find out why Ciro Immobile isn't playing today, and I found this:

Beşiktaş Injury Update: Ciro Immobile

In the MRI scanning of Beşiktaş player Ciro Immobile, who was injured in the first half of Black Eagles’ Trendyol Super League the match against Kasımpaşa last night, strain and bleeding were detected in his thigh muscle.  Ciro Immobile's rehabilitation has already been started by the Beşiktaş medical team.

source: https://bjk.com.tr/en/haber/90167/besiktas-injury-update-ciro-immobile.html

Beşiktaş-Malmö game was quite boring. If my brother wasn't a Beşiktaş fan I would have turned off the TV after the first half Beşiktaş's young player Semih Kılıçsoy did a great job in the absence of Immobile and in my opinion, was the best player of the game. After losing their first two games in the Europa League, Beşiktaş took a huge step toward qualifying for the play-off stage by winning their last two matches.

[buwaytress]

Both teams have scored more than 30 goals in all competitions. I can only picture an open game with goals in both directions.

My condolences to your BTTS and Overs. I also picked horribly (yes, I'm looking at you Spurs, and you Roma). Well, you get what you get when betting on this crap league, I guess.

Beşiktaş-Malmö game was quite boring. If my brother wasn't a Beşiktaş fan I would have turned off the TV after the first half Beşiktaş's young player Semih Kılıçsoy did a great job in the absence of Immobile and in my opinion, was the best player of the game. After losing their first two games in the Europa League, Beşiktaş took a huge step toward qualifying for the play-off stage by winning their last two matches.

I'd have to be full-blooded Turkish to turn on any game with any team from there these days (no offence, guys, just the way the game is).

[morvillz7z]

Both teams have scored more than 30 goals in all competitions. I can only picture an open game with goals in both directions.

My condolences to your BTTS and Overs. I also picked horribly (yes, I'm looking at you Spurs, and you Roma). Well, you get what you get when betting on this crap league, I guess.

Slavia had one good chance to score towards the end and maybe a penalty shout in the first half, but other than that all the good chances went towards Eintracht. Marmoush with the perfect free-kick to win the game.

Some live accas to recoup my losses from that match:

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[NAPK1NS_RA3]

1 leg away from a $360,000 win, unbelievable that Fenerbahce lost like that after all those chances and the penalty.

[buwaytress]

^ That's the kind of slip I like. I actually came close to making one just last week, but took out 2 legs I thought were just me messing around, from 125/1 to 11/1. That was Celtic and Sporting. That's how it goes, doesn't it?

Gala's consistently shown they can take English teams to town at home -- don't know why I refused to go with that flow. Annoying myself now with second-guessing when I had potentially some really cool bets lined up.

[LTU_btc]

Gala's consistently shown they can take English teams to town at home -- don't know why I refused to go with that flow. Annoying myself now with second-guessing when I had potentially some really cool bets lined up.

Gala's result don't reflect game at all. They had chances to score maybe 9 goals, but in the end Spurs almost made an comeback. A bit crazy game.
Nice game end between RFS and Anderlecht, good to see that this small club continue to collect points at home. It was almost equal game and was happy to see them scoring late equalizer.
Bodo/glimt doesn't lose at home often, so Qarabag achievement is big, especially when they're not powerhouse club.

1 leg away from a $360,000 win, unbelievable that Fenerbahce lost like that after all those chances and the penalty.

Damn, that was so close. Really nice parlay, too bad that I don't know how to make such things. I usually lose even with 3 combinated low odds events .

[CLS63]

I really admired the betslip as well. I can't imagine how I would feel if I lose like that.

Anyway if we come back to the Europa League I should also appreciate the work Galatasaray have been doing so far. They are the most successful Turkish team in the tournament at the moment. They have a big potential and Osimhen effect is also really big. On the other hand Fenerbahçe are suffering recently. That kind of a loss against AZ can't be acceptable. I hope we manage to qualify for the playoffs at least.

[slaman29]

I really admired the betslip as well. I can't imagine how I would feel if I lose like that.

Anyway if we come back to the Europa League I should also appreciate the work Galatasaray have been doing so far. They are the most successful Turkish team in the tournament at the moment. They have a big potential and Osimhen effect is also really big. On the other hand Fenerbahçe are suffering recently. That kind of a loss against AZ can't be acceptable. I hope we manage to qualify for the playoffs at least.

Let me tell you how you will feel, like shit lol

I never came close like that in a big way, the 'closest' maybe ever happened was in roulette I went all in on a number, then changed my mind and took the chips away at the last second, and the number hit.

Its only 36x tho on a small yolo balance so it's not really as shitty as missing 1000x because a stupid team you trust shat on you.

Very happy for Osimhen too personally, they did bad to him in Napoli.

[buwaytress]

Seems like Pep's not going to be the only manager in Manchester having trouble with sleep this weekend... Garnacho got another early lead, only for United to be United in defence. Even De Ligt looks like a scared schoolboy in this setup.

All hail Bodoe/Glimt, hitting it up at Old Trafford! I mean heh, they'll probably end up losing but if United need to rely on Hojlund and Garnacho to make up for mistakes, it ain't going to look good.

[CLS63]

Seems like Pep's not going to be the only manager in Manchester having trouble with sleep this weekend... Garnacho got another early lead, only for United to be United in defence. Even De Ligt looks like a scared schoolboy in this setup.

All hail Bodoe/Glimt, hitting it up at Old Trafford! I mean heh, they'll probably end up losing but if United need to rely on Hojlund and Garnacho to make up for mistakes, it ain't going to look good.

By the way Manchester United have made a comeback and now they have a 3-2 lead. But the remaining part of the match might still be painful for them considering the performances so far. To be honest I wasn't expecting them to be in such trouble against Bodo/Glimt despite knowing Amorim has just come. Hojlund is really shining today. Amorim is trying to make his system work at Manchester United as well for now. This may take some time.

[LTU_btc]

Performance of Turkish clubs had such big contrast yesterday. Besiktas being favorites suffered big loss against Maccabi 1:4. I guess that fact that games had to be played in neutral location without spectators played big role.
While Fenerbahche got important away win against Slavia. Made some money betting on BTTS and over 2.5 goals, odds were quite high

[CLS63]

Performance of Turkish clubs had such big contrast yesterday. Besiktas being favorites suffered big loss against Maccabi 1:4. I guess that fact that games had to be played in neutral location without spectators played big role.
While Fenerbahche got important away win against Slavia. Made some money betting on BTTS and over 2.5 goals, odds were quite high

That was a big disappointment to be honest. But Beşiktaş have had really difficult days recently because of a president change and so on. The players have been out of morale for a while. But when it comes to the general performance of the Turkish teams in the Europa League so far I can say it isn't bad at all.

Especially Galatasaray have been one of the best starters to league phase. It is good to see my team Fenerbahçe's making progress at the same time.

[buwaytress]

Especially Galatasaray have been one of the best starters to league phase. It is good to see my team Fenerbahçe's making progress at the same time.

Sorry about your loss, friend. I had faith not so much in Mourinho but in the home crowd. All Mou could do was complain about missing leftbacks, but I still think they should have won this.

Ruined one of my freebets... but that's how it goes. He's going to have to do this the hard way from now on. But I bet you he loves it. I wonder if the fans like him for that?

[Woodie]

By the way Manchester United have made a comeback and now they have a 3-2 lead. But the remaining part of the match might still be painful for them considering the performances so far. To be honest I wasn't expecting them to be in such trouble against Bodo/Glimt despite knowing Amorim has just come. Hojlund is really shining today. Amorim is trying to make his system work at Manchester United as well for now. This may take some time.

The boys play tonight again,  and with a new manager at the wheel,  will the Amorim formula work and get the boys registering another win or manager will be experimenting with his team to find the formula that works for him

And with the Manchester derby on mind, it will be interesting to see how he will manage his players to avoid tied legs on game day...

[LTU_btc]

The boys play tonight again,  and with a new manager at the wheel,  will the Amorim formula work and get the boys registering another win or manager will be experimenting with his team to find the formula that works for him

And with the Manchester derby on mind, it will be interesting to see how he will manage his players to avoid tied legs on game day...

It wasn't easy game for MU, but most important that they got win, that's matters most now.
In general, not many interesting results yesterday. Probably biggest upset is Anderlecht away win against Slavia. Surprised to see such huge 5;0 PAOK win vs Ferencvaros. But it was crucial for them to stay alive.
Ajax got painful loss at home against Lazio. And maybe they didn't played that bad, but in the end, their recent results looks so poor.

[Amphenomenon]

The boys play tonight again,  and with a new manager at the wheel,  will the Amorim formula work and get the boys registering another win or manager will be experimenting with his team to find the formula that works for him

And with the Manchester derby on mind, it will be interesting to see how he will manage his players to avoid tied legs on game day...

It wasn't easy game for MU, but most important that they got win, that's matters most now.
In general, not many interesting results yesterday. Probably biggest upset is Anderlecht away win against Slavia. Surprised to see such huge 5;0 PAOK win vs Ferencvaros. But it was crucial for them to stay alive.
Ajax got painful loss at home against Lazio. And maybe they didn't played that bad, but in the end, their recent results looks so poor.

The Manchester United team is still finding hard to get their rhythm especially in their defense and Onana the goalie is often too unreliable, making many incredible saves and also letting an easy ball pass him or sometimes making opportunity for the opponent to score like we saw in that game.

Ajax met Lazio in the wrong time, don't forget they just got a back to back wins against Napoli before this game and has also been among the teams having excellent record in this season Europa league, leading the table with goal difference.

[CLS63]

The boys play tonight again,  and with a new manager at the wheel,  will the Amorim formula work and get the boys registering another win or manager will be experimenting with his team to find the formula that works for him

And with the Manchester derby on mind, it will be interesting to see how he will manage his players to avoid tied legs on game day...

It wasn't actually an easy match at all for Manchester United. But they improved their performance in the second half. Hojlund was really a game changer with 2 goals after being subbed in. Amorim really likes this 3-defender formation. It must be a relief for Amorim after losing 2 matches in a row in the Premier League. But when it comes to the Manchester derby at Etihad their job will still be difficult even though Guardiola is having tough days.

[Zaguru12]

It wasn't actually an easy match at all for Manchester United. But they improved their performance in the second half. Hojlund was really a game changer with 2 goals after being subbed in. Amorim really likes this 3-defender formation. It must be a relief for Amorim after losing 2 matches in a row in the Premier League. But when it comes to the Manchester derby at Etihad their job will still be difficult even though Guardiola is having tough days.

This Amorim system continues to actually expose most of Manchester United players and how there overall performance isn’t something worthy of been called a Manchester United player. Amorim seems to been bent on using his preferred tactics he used at Sporting Lisbon and I would say it is better to stick to something you know or are familiar with, Ten Hag said he can’t play his pattern with this players which was right but also in the end the preferred tactics didn’t work and he got kicked out. Wouldn’t it have been if it was his old tactics that actually get his out of the job. Right now I will only give credit to  Amorim, he is continue to produce result with this kind f players, Manchester United are now one of the seven teams to actually book a place in at least playoff places after they started badly, two more games to get automatic promotion to the round of 16

[CLS63]

Fenerbahçe are in a really dangerous position after finishing 6 matches in league phase. They are in the 21st place with 8 points. There is like a 1 or 2-point gap with the closest teams trying to qualify for playoff stage. We played really horrible against Athletic Bilbao in the last match. We couldn't answer them with a good performance.

Our remaining matches are against Lyon and Midtjylland. Lyon are really tough but I hope we can defeat them home. For the other match we should be able to win no matter what.

[buwaytress]

Fenerbahçe are in a really dangerous position after finishing 6 matches in league phase. They are in the 21st place with 8 points. There is like a 1 or 2-point gap with the closest teams trying to qualify for playoff stage. We played really horrible against Athletic Bilbao in the last match. We couldn't answer them with a good performance.

Our remaining matches are against Lyon and Midtjylland. Lyon are really tough but I hope we can defeat them home. For the other match we should be able to win no matter what.

Destiny still in their hands, don't worry. I've always thought I prefer my team to fight it out tooth and nail in group stage, otherwise an easy coast seems to affect their judgment in the KOs. League phase is different, of course, and it seems a lot more worthwhile (prize money wise) to finish higher up on the table but I think Mou will enjoy this more.

I think a draw against Lyon would still put a playoff in your own hands -- good luck... in a month from now!