UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season

[Felicity_Tide]

Ajax is a really good team and for me one of the favorites to win the entire thing so i dont think Galatasaray had much of a chance here. They arent as good in europe league as they are in the Turkish league but they got through to the next round and they can reach max semi final in my opinion.

TBH, I wasn't expecting this from Galatasaray.
From the start of the competition, they where my favorite to finishing at the top position, and maybe even winning the title (even though I wasn't sure about that). How things has turned around so quickly. Like most people will say, how you finish a race matters most. Galatasaray started well, but just couldn't finish well in the group stage, though they made it to the play offs, which doesn't look like a good result IMO.

And as for spurs and Manchester united, they still found their way up the table. Both teams have been very shaky (especially United) since the start of the season, but they where able to secure a round of 16 spot for themselves as if they've been playing well through out the entire season. Congrats to the both of them.

[ShowOff]

You can say a lot of things about Tottenham Hotspurs this season but you can never say that they aren't scoring goals. Tottenham has been fantastic up front all season and today they managed to keep a very rare clean sheet. Tottenham find it easy to score goals and find it even easier to concede goals that's why their three goals victory without conceding is very surprising. Manchester United too found their scoring boots and managed a clean sheet as well, this game could be good momentum for Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester United going into the weekend.

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both secured convincing wins, with both Premier League sides securing their places in the last 16. Admittedly, their opponents today were quite easy, they appeared very dominant in possession, although the expected goal did not come until midway through the second half. Tottenham are level with Lazio in terms of goal productivity in the League Phase with 17 goals, while Manchester United are one level below them with 16 goals.

It is interesting to see the journey of both teams this season in the Europa League, both appearing different from the Premier League. This impressive performance will certainly be valuable capital for their next match, where Manchester United and Tottenham are trying to improve their respective positions in the Premier League standings.

[coinlocket$]

So Lazio ended in 1st position at the end.
On the top of the leader-board we have strong teams
Lazio Athelic United and Spurs in the top 4.
Not like in Champions League where so many top teams failed to be in the top 8

The overall level is lower here with more differences between top clubs and average clusbs

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i hope galatasaray has finally seen its shortcomings. i mean, it's so obvious right in front of everyone - the team needs reinforcements at full-backs, midfield, and goalkeeper. what more has to happen? we dropped out of the top 8, we lost our unbeaten streak, what else needs to go wrong, i don’t get it.

galatasaray will face either az alkmaar or midtjylland. we’ll probably lose to either of them. i guess the european journey is over now. it’s done and dusted.

[JiiBs]

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both secured convincing wins, with both Premier League sides securing their places in the last 16. Admittedly, their opponents today were quite easy, they appeared very dominant in possession, although the expected goal did not come until midway through the second half. Tottenham are level with Lazio in terms of goal productivity in the League Phase with 17 goals, while Manchester United are one level below them with 16 goals.

I did expected to have seen goals scored from the first half, especially with Tottenham with the ridiculous odds they were given by the bookies. They have about 1.17 on them for odds and did nothing to prove why they got favored that much until late in the second half. Same thing goes for Manchester United although, there’s was a lot more doubting, the odds and they were the visitors here but, they still did manage to get that win though. A 2 goals victory was a good one in the Europa.

[Amphenomenon]

Galatasary got their first lost of the season and in the Europa league, making them to fall below the top 8 of the table and now will have to fight for the their chances to qualify for the round of 16 by coming out victorious in their coming play off match. Although I still think they can get to the round of 16 and possibly more but have to maximize their chances and avoid disappointing performance like this.

I have a hard time trusting Galatasaray in international leagues. They just don’t seem to fit the bill with me and even in their local Turkish league, they are not so consistent or should I say, I can’t just figure them out. That’s why, the Netherland side having to beat them tonight was a satisfying watch, even though I didn’t make any predictions on it. It really was a game that could go either side.

Tottenham for a while scared me. Played goalless draw in the first half, maintained that scoreline deep into the second half and suddenly, they started the goal scoring. 3 goals was the most I would have expected and they made it happen.

Ajax is a really good team and for me one of the favorites to win the entire thing so i dont think Galatasaray had much of a chance here. They arent as good in europe league as they are in the Turkish league but they got through to the next round and they can reach max semi final in my opinion.

To be honest is not like Galatasaray are not doing any much better than Ajax in their various domestic league. While Ajax are a lot better than how they were last season I still don't consider them way higher than Galatasaray in the Europa league contenders rather they are have similar chances. Galatasaray can do much better they have the squad to compete with other teams in the Europa league, they just have to get themselves together and become better.

[pawel7777]

So Braga did manage to beat Lazio at home, but it wasn't enough and they finished just outside the play-offs zone, as Fenerbahce has a better goal difference. A wasted effort.
Good game by Man United, they're not doing great in the Premier League this season and pretty much can already wave goodbye to their chances of finishing in the top 5, but they still can aim for a trophy in either the Europa League or the FA cup to give something to their fans.
If Amorim sets the team right and stabilises their form on a high and consistent level, I'd say winning the thing is quite possible, although I think Lazio is the biggest favourite.
At the beginning of the season my money would be on Tottenham, but, in the Premier League, they've been nothing but a disappointment recently, although today's game was a walk in the park. A comfy 3-0 win against Elfsorg secured their 4th place, so maybe it's too soon to write them off.

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For the performance in the European league, I am a little more optimistic about Manchester United's journey because even though they played badly in the Premier League, they are still quite consistent in the European League.

Exactly, in the EPL, Man United is indeed very bad this season, even very low performance down to position 12, only in the UEFA Europa League, their performance is very good and consistent, indeed quite different from their competition in the Premier League.

yes at least, in 8 matches, they have never lost even once this is a very good achievement and they finished in 3rd position, qualifying for the next round.
- 5 wins
- 3 draws
- 0 loss
And now, man united is in the list of the top for next round

Source: UEFA Europa League

[Adbitco]

Is it that some teams didn't really take the Europa league seriously? or the competition was too hot for them? Or they just didn't want to do well in it. Because I really don't understand how teams like  Sporting Braga and OGC Nice from the Portuguese and French league that are both in 4th position in their domestic league couldn't make it to at least the play offs of the Europa League. Seriously it's really surprising to me that they couldn't make it.

4th place in their own league doesn't mean much, it shouldn't even be considered an achievement. There are very strong teams from many countries in the Europa League.
Nice didn't even win any games in the league. They were one of the worst teams in the league. Braga failed to qualify for the play-offs because of the number of goals scored and conceded. If we look at the teams with the same points, PAOK, Twente and Fenerbahçe are also very strong teams doing well in their respective leagues. So there is not much validity to what you say. By the way, Braga would have qualified for the next round if their last minute goal counted.

I would have talked about Feenerbahce too but I only singled out the major teams from Europe's top 6 league that's why I only singled out Sporting Braga and OGC Nice, my take is, ow can you be in 4th position in your domestic league and come almost last 35th position in a competition of 36 teams, isn't it awkward? You talking about 4th place not being an achievement is what I don't agree with. Depending on the strength of your league, even a 6th placed team is better than a 1st placed team in some Leagues. So that's why I'm surprised seeing them in such a position. City are 4th in the EPL, is City not better than a 1st position team like Gala in Turkey?? I'm just trying to let you know that being 4th or 6th in a better league means much.

[Rruchi man]

If Amorim sets the team right and stabilises their form on a high and consistent level, I'd say winning the thing is quite possible,

Amorim experimented with Mainoo playing as a creative player not defensively, and that resulted in a goal and assist for him. Amongst the Manchester United players linked to leave the club, he was among them, but with the performance from today, I think the coach may begin to second-think his decision and may decide to give him more chance to play deeper, closer to the oppositions penalty Box because of how creative he can be both with goal scoring opportunities and creating opportunities for his teammates.

[Smartvirus]

Exactly, in the EPL, Man United is indeed very bad this season, even very low performance down to position 12, only in the UEFA Europa League, their performance is very good and consistent, indeed quite different from their competition in the Premier League.

yes at least, in 8 matches, they have never lost even once this is a very good achievement and they finished in 3rd position, qualifying for the next round.
- 5 wins
- 3 draws
- 0 loss

That’s because, the Europa league isn’t heavily contested just yet. They’ve had soft and softer opponents to bag points from in contrast to the EPL where, just any team could come against them and undo them. Manchester United isn’t that bad if I’m to be fair, they’ve got some good players on their side, the likes of Amad that is making the rounds with Fernandes there to help, Garnacho too and a couple of other good players. Hope they stand their ground here in the Europa as, they’ve got nothing in the EPL.

Galatasaray lost 2-1 away against Ajax today. I didn't have much hope against Ajax. When I saw Berkan Kutlu and Kaan Ayhan, I said from the beginning that they would leave this match. There is no full-back in the team and it has been two years. It is very difficult to understand what Okan Buruk sees in these players.

They had that coming, trust me else, how would Ajax be so dominant in a game. Gala didn’t play to win, they just came to give us a show and a show they gave. Now, it’s ended.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

To be honest is not like Galatasaray are not doing any much better than Ajax in their various domestic league. While Ajax are a lot better than how they were last season I still don't consider them way higher than Galatasaray in the Europa league contenders rather they are have similar chances. Galatasaray can do much better they have the squad to compete with other teams in the Europa league, they just have to get themselves together and become better.

Yeah both teams are at the same level but it's just that the home team factor can help them, at first I estimated this match would be very interesting but unfortunately not, Galatasaray was only able to score 1 goal in the last minute even though they have recorded 28 shots and 9 on target, luckily even though Galatasaray lost in this match but they could still fight through the playoffs.

Now 8 teams have succeeded in the next round earlier while some teams have to go through the playoffs, I saw one of the players from Ferencvaros being on the top score list he is Barnabás Varga well, I predict Ferencvaros will qualify for the next round also Galatasaray will take a place there. 3 teams from the Eredivisie League will fight in the playoffs well, I think at least one of them will also go there.

[SatoPrincess]

To be fair, not being sure about what's going to happen is the reason why Europa is even watched. Normally these are worse teams, we would rather just watch UCL and not really watch this if it was all about how one good team beats everyone else. But that's not the case right now, we can see shocking results and that's why we watch this.

Compared to it, UCL isn't like that, we have not seen a shocking winner for so long, it's almost always the teams you know that will win, the top teams of the world, even if there are some teams like last years Dortmund that goes to finals, it is just for finals, they lose there anyways. Which is why it's quite important to realize that we are seeing how things are changing at Europa because it is not always the same team that wins, hence makes it so entertaining.

I don’t agree with you in this, because all the teams selected to compete in the Europa league are also top teams, the criteria for qualification in the Europa League is finishing in 5th and 6th positions in top European leagues not just any leagues. Winning the champions league is not an easy task for any team, it takes an outstanding performance to win the title almost same as the Europa league it takes only the best at the end of the tournament to win the trophy.

[tusandii]

As I suspected, Lazio would most likely lose in this last match because they had been confirmed to qualify and were still at the top of the UEL standings, but even though they could beat Lazio, Braga still couldn't secure their position in the play-off zone so their struggle in the UEL only ended here.
I bet on BTTS and under 3.5 unfortunately I had to lose because Lazio didn't score a goal at all even though I thought at least Lazio was able to score 1 goal based on their productivity in the UEL.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Manchester United are highly favored in the UEL match, bookies bet that victory will be easy for Man United, even though if we look at FCSB, they are quite good in the current competition, they are undefeated at home and have only conceded one goal at home, of course this is a whip for them to be able to do it again and make their team proud if they can hold Man United to a draw, I don't think Man United will find it easy to win the match because FCSB will also give their best in front of their supporters.

Successfully defeating FCSB makes Manchester United qualify for the next round automatically and this is a good achievement for them even though if you look at Manchester United's performance in the Premier League it is very inconsistent. This victory also provides more motivation for Manchester United because they have succeeded in ensuring they qualify for the next round so that now they can focus a little more on improving their standings in the Premier League. The next match in the Europa League will be much more difficult because they will face much tougher opponents so they must be prepared carefully in order to get better results.

[mamesso]

You can say a lot of things about Tottenham Hotspurs this season but you can never say that they aren't scoring goals. Tottenham has been fantastic up front all season and today they managed to keep a very rare clean sheet. Tottenham find it easy to score goals and find it even easier to concede goals that's why their three goals victory without conceding is very surprising. Manchester United too found their scoring boots and managed a clean sheet as well, this game could be good momentum for Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester United going into the weekend.

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both secured convincing wins, with both Premier League sides securing their places in the last 16. Admittedly, their opponents today were quite easy, they appeared very dominant in possession, although the expected goal did not come until midway through the second half. Tottenham are level with Lazio in terms of goal productivity in the League Phase with 17 goals, while Manchester United are one level below them with 16 goals.

Man United and Tottenham ended the League Phase in third and fourth place and qualified directly for the last 16. This result is very beneficial for both teams because it avoids the play-off round and can save the players' energy from two additional matches.
In my opinion, Tottenham victory was not too surprising because they got an easier opponent than Man United. Meanwhile, on the other hand, FCSB is entitled to qualify for the play-off round, while Elfsborg had to be eliminated earlier due to the difference in the number of goals with Fenerbahce who managed to finish in the last position in the Play-off zone.

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The only team that I trust and can win the match here is Manchester United, Manchester United is the only team that I believe can defend well against FCSB the remaining matches are difficult to predict, the match between Roma and Frankfurt is going to be tough and I don't think Roma can defeat Frankfurt easily in the match, Roma is playing at home but we should remember that Frankfurt is a strong team and they can even be the one to score an opening goal in the match.

The reason why I ask you to not trust Tottenham is because the team defenders are not good, Tottenham will be winning a match and within the last minutes of a match the opportunity will equalize, Tottenham is not a team that can be trusted, they always concede goals in their matches, playing Tottenham 1.5 or 2.5 is the best option for anyone who wants to bet on the game.

Actually if you look back at the match a few years ago, you definitely wouldn't say something like this. Because in the last match of the qualifying round it will be easier to predict. The main reason is that we can predict easily with the number of odds and also the top teams that look potential will definitely enter the play-off round. As you can see that most will doubt Spurs and Roma or even doubt the bets I predicted. But look at the final results in the current match. Sometimes we predict the results of the match requires logic like Lazio against Braga, of course Braga wants to enter the play-off round while Lazio is already in a safe position and for Lazio there is no need to waste energy just to get a safe position.

While Frankfurt also has a safe position while Roma needs a play-off position. So Frankfurt will give Roma the opportunity to score a winning score and this is the result.



Braga vs Lazio (Braga win) Win
FCSB vs Manchester United (MU win) Win
Roma vs Frankfurt (Roma win) Win
Tottenham vs Elfsborg (Spurs win) Win
Ajax vs Galatasaray (BTTS)Win
Athletic Bilbao vs Viktoria Plzen (Bilbao)Win

[Bitcoin_people]

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For the performance in the European league, I am a little more optimistic about Manchester United's journey because even though they played badly in the Premier League, they are still quite consistent in the European League.

Exactly, in the EPL, Man United is indeed very bad this season, even very low performance down to position 12, only in the UEFA Europa League, their performance is very good and consistent, indeed quite different from their competition in the Premier League.

yes at least, in 8 matches, they have never lost even once this is a very good achievement and they finished in 3rd position, qualifying for the next round.
- 5 wins
- 3 draws
- 0 loss
And now, man united is in the list of the top for next round

Source: UEFA Europa League

Manchester United's performance has been poor this season but they are doing well in the Europa League. Although their position in the Premier League is not good, their position in the Europa League is very good and their performance is also very good. Manchester United finished the European with a great performance and they qualified for the next round by finishing third in the points table. Manchester United must play stronger at the moment and improve their performance as they have been able to achieve a good position.

[Hirose UK]

As I suspected, Lazio would most likely lose in this last match because they had been confirmed to qualify and were still at the top of the UEL standings, but even though they could beat Lazio, Braga still couldn't secure their position in the play-off zone so their struggle in the UEL only ended here.
I bet on BTTS and under 3.5 unfortunately I had to lose because Lazio didn't score a goal at all even though I thought at least Lazio was able to score 1 goal based on their productivity in the UEL.

This is the same as UCL, Lazio as the top of the Europa League standings and Liverpool as the top of the UCL standings who both lost in the last match, but it quite shame that even though Lazio lost and gave Braga the full 3 points, it still couldn't make Braga occupy position in the zone play-off.
Braga is ranked 25th and is only -1 difference from Fenerbahce in terms of the total goal difference from the 8 match they have played, looking at the bet you made, it is quite good but unfortunately Lazio couldn't score goal.

[blue Snow]

As I suspected, Lazio would most likely lose in this last match because they had been confirmed to qualify and were still at the top of the UEL standings, but even though they could beat Lazio, Braga still couldn't secure their position in the play-off zone so their struggle in the UEL only ended here.
I bet on BTTS and under 3.5 unfortunately I had to lose because Lazio didn't score a goal at all even though I thought at least Lazio was able to score 1 goal based on their productivity in the UEL.

Braga should have scored 3 goals to qualify for the playoffs and shifted Fenerbahce's position, And in other time, luckily Jose Mourinho's squad can hold off the Midtjyland squad at the MCH Arena. I'm expecting lazio to win last night, and maintained an unbeaten record, but I agree with you think, Lazio has definitely stepped into 16 rounds without playoff no matter what the result they get so they play not so hard. but considering to win in each match can increase the spirit and metallicity of the players, so that should be lazio maintain their stability for the sake of solidity the squad.