UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season

[ginsan]

Being able to score two goals early before being the away team even though Galatasaray managed to equalize is a clear proof that AZ Alkmaar are better in every aspect.

The first half alone had three goals scored. That means, the first half alone was over 2.5. I had thought and wanted AS Roma to qualify from the start so that it would be more exciting and finally it happened. If in the UCL a team from the Portuguese league managed to thwart a Serie A team, here a Serie A team thwarted a team from the Portuguese League.

Actually, after the first leg result with a score of 4-1, of course there is no chance for Galatasaray to catch up on the goal deficit. Moreover, in this second leg, Az Alkmaar played better, and they were able to trouble the home team's defense by successfully scoring an early goal and that already shows how ambitious they are to get through the play-off round.

In another match where Roma showed their consistency to advance to the next round after successfully securing victory in the second leg. The final result was 3-2 for Roma's victory with an aggregate of 4-3, Roma played quite well in the second leg because they were able to dominate the match by launching many attacks.
Apart from that, the match between Ajax and Union Saint is still ongoing where the temporary score is led by Union Saint with a score of 0-2. I think Ajax must try their best because this will determine their chances in the European league because the temporary aggregate is 2-2.

[Adbitco]

Could it be that the Belgium side Union St.Gilloise wants to complete a comeback against Ajax and this eliminate them from the Europa League tonight?  Last week Ajax attained a victory over Union St.Gilloise with a 2 - 0 win away from home but today Union St.Gilloise is giving back same energy to Ajax in front of their home fans, to add insult to injury, Ajax is down with a man down due to red card and is losing 2 - 0
Both teams are leveled on aggregate and as it stands Union St.Gilloise is dominant over Ajax. 65 minutes the clock, let's see what happens before 90 minutes.

[RockBell]

Galatasaray vs AZ Alkmaar.

I predicted that Galatasaray would score at least two goals in this match, but what I didn't take into account was that AZ Alkmaar was also able to score goals, even they were the first to lead with two goals. As a result, the match ended with a score of 2-2, unfortunately Galatasaray had to stop its steps until this round.

Roma vs Porto.

According to my prediction, playing at home is advantageous for Claudio Ranieri's squad. Although they were behind first in the 27th minute, Dybala was able to equalize 8 minutes later and even 4 minutes later Dybala scored again for his team and ensured their advantage in the 83rd minute. As a result, this match ended with a score of 3-2, a victory for AS Roma. My prediction was a little off, I didn't think there would be many goals in this match. But what is certain is that Roma successfully defeated Porto and is entitled to the next phase.

The two matches will be among the most interesting match of the today. One was Roma's match against Porto, which I watched because I felt it would be exciting, and I was right. I truly enjoyed the match, as both teams played well. I was not expecting it to be so thrilling. Even after Porto received a red card, they continued to play remarkably well. I kept imagining how the game would have ended if Porto hadn't received that red card after fifty minutes. It might have gone into extra time, and from there, anything could have happened.

As for AZ Alkmaar, I know they are in good form, and they were never going to take it easy against Galatasaray. That is exactly what happened. Nowadays, it’s rare for AZ Alkmaar to play against any team and not score. Even today, when I wanted to gamble on them, I played for them to score at least one goal, and they did so without wasting much time. I didn’t watch the game, but based on what people were saying, it was very interested.

[Raflesia]

What I can see in today's match is the misery of Galatasaray who have to accept that they cannot proceed to the next phase and Sociedad who managed to do what they should have done since the first leg by successfully advancing to the next phase comfortably for now.
Galatasaray even though they were one of the favorites for the play off this time, only the fairly striking defeat in the first leg made it difficult for them to be able to turn things around even though in this match they played at home.

AZ knows that they only have to try not to lose by a lot of scores but they provide a different situation where this match even though they lost in terms of ball possession but in terms of opportunities they were clearly very good even Galatasaray still had quite a lot of trouble with that.
7 clubs have confirmed themselves now just waiting for Ajax who are indeed having difficulty qualifying especially after the red card received by Davy Klaassen which makes them now have to struggle and try to survive until at least a penalty shootout because attacking with 10 players is quite difficult.

[Weawant]

Victor Osimhen was left out of the first leg of the Europe League match between AZ Alkmaar because he was on suspension. And his absence affected their performance negatively. If he was on the pitch, Galatasaray wouldn't have been beaten with that high goal margin.  The home team felt his impact today but the sloppy defending of Galatasaray caused them to concede two goals. The youthful AZ Alkmaar showed some class and deserve to be in the competition's round of sixteen.  It was a disappointing outing for a club that was tipped to win the the competition. Galatasaray would have to focus on the Turkish League especially the game they have with Fenerbahce.  

There's this spectacular impact Osimhen's presence on the pitch has always gotten on the Galatasaray team such that even if they aren't winning or even if he literally didn't score a goal, he gets the chance to give his team this psychological boost as to the chances of possibilities at almost every and any minute and that was what was lacking with Galatasaray in the absence of victory against Alkmaar, I just hope they get a chance to qualify for the europa again or maybe the UCL if they do better in their domestic league and Congratulations to Alkmaar.

[jstyler]

Solid analysis Zlantann, Victor Osimhen's absence did indeed affect Galatasaray's performance, but also gotta give credit to AZ Alkmaar's young guns, they played a great match and deserved the win!

[MK-74]

Galatasaray got what was expected and got eliminated from the Europa League.
Only two players were good in Galatasaray today, Osimhen and Günay.
I can say that I have never seen a player as passionate as Osimhen.
Okan Buruk definitely needs to fix the team.

Fenerbahçe match ended 2-2 and advanced to the next round, congratulations to Fenerbahçe. I hope they beat their next opponent and advance to the quarter finals.

[BIT-BENDER]

Galatasaray actually did not stand any chance to win Alkmaar today, they gave it all they could but it was obvious that they did not stand a chance at all.
Real S'dad gave a good running today, infact I think that they are amongst my favourite team to win the Europa league this season. They gave really been impressive doing very well.
Ajax match is still on and I see that they are currently in a good position to qualify. They may be Shaky today but on their day they are fantastic.

[Mate2237]

Galatasaray got what was expected and got eliminated from the Europa League.
Only two players were good in Galatasaray today, Osimhen and Günay.
I can say that I have never seen a player as passionate as Osimhen.
Okan Buruk definitely needs to fix the team.

Fenerbahçe match ended 2-2 and advanced to the next round, congratulations to Fenerbahçe. I hope they beat their next opponent and advance to the quarter finals.

Mourinho and his boys where fantastic in this two legs of the Europa League playoffs against Andalect as they win 3:0 in the first leg at home before going away today to draw the 2:2 Mourinho has really tried as his team was fantastic this is to show that fenarbach has started getting shape as a team because even at home fenarbach is doing very well and i will not be surprised if they over take Galatasaray in the league turkish league table

Fenarbach is the only Turkish club in Europe right now with the elimination of Galatasaray so they should do everything possible to go far in the competition and am quit confidence that Mourinho's men will give a good account of them self by doing well in this competition let see the team that will come against in the next round of the competition

[GiftedMAN]

Galatasaray vs AZ Alkmaar.

I predicted that Galatasaray would score at least two goals in this match, but what I didn't take into account was that AZ Alkmaar was also able to score goals, even they were the first to lead with two goals. As a result, the match ended with a score of 2-2, unfortunately Galatasaray had to stop its steps until this round.

Galatasaray's performance in the Europa League is quite inadequate and the reason for this inadequacy is clearly due to the technical team. After the 4-1 defeat, I had already given up hope for Galatasaray in the UEFA Europa League. They were losing 2-0 in today's match. The best thing Okan Buruk could have done was to accept the defeat early and let the players rest.

Galatasaray will have to try some other time because they already decided their fate when they lost in the first leg, they had a poor performance in both legs and this shows how the manager is able to change the game when he clearly watched his team lose 4:1 in the first leg. Coming to the game today Galatasaray should have taken the lead very early but they still conceded goals 2 goals that they fought hard for before coming back into the game but at the end they lost by aggregate. The Galatasaray manager has a lot of questions to answer concerning his poor performance in his team's Europa League performance I believe he wanted to concentrate on the domestic league where he's hoping to win.

[Hyphen(-)]

Solid analysis Zlantann, Victor Osimhen's absence did indeed affect Galatasaray's performance, but also gotta give credit to AZ Alkmaar's young guns, they played a great match and deserved the win!

You are right, Osimhen's absence in the first leg was the main reason why Galatasaray didn't perform well in the first leg, and AZ Alkamaar used their chances in the first leg with their fans at home to get all the necessary goals they needed, and they were able to have a goal of two, which is why they are confident in this second leg.
Osimhen and the entire Galatasaray team did well today, but it is too late because they couldnt score enough goals and they were eliminated.

[JiiBs]

Solid analysis Zlantann, Victor Osimhen's absence did indeed affect Galatasaray's performance, but also gotta give credit to AZ Alkmaar's young guns, they played a great match and deserved the win!

Would we say the Netherlanders have always got a better team than the Turkiye side? I like to consider Galatasaray a well matched and even better opponent to AZ Alkmaar. Unfortunately for Galatasaray, they weren’t that good this night and AZ Alkmaar just managed to get everything right to win the day with much ease than I expected. It was a great one still and we are edging closer to not having our favorites in the competition. Could this lose have anything to do with VO.9

[BitcoinHunt3r]

You are right, Osimhen's absence in the first leg was the main reason why Galatasaray didn't perform well in the first leg, and AZ Alkamaar used their chances in the first leg with their fans at home to get all the necessary goals they needed, and they were able to have a goal of two, which is why they are confident in this second leg.
Osimhen and the entire Galatasaray team did well today, but it is too late because they couldnt score enough goals and they were eliminated.

Galatasaray can't just rely on Osimhen because the fact is their defense is very bad imagine in 2 matches Galatasaray conceded 6 goals 2 of them at home of course they can't expect more with this situation especially for a more intense round. Ajax also managed to qualify after going through a dramatic win in the last minute through a penalty Ajax won 3-2 on aggregate, other teams like AS Roma are also in a similar situation somehow they managed to beat Porto even though many people doubt them.

After Galatasaray kickout then Fenerbahce is the only team from the Turkish League that has advanced to the next round, yeah Fenerbahce will face Ranger in the next round and they should have a better chance to qualifying. We know Fenerbahce can always take advantage of playing at home by scoring many goals to increase the aggregate.

[ingiltere]

Galatasaray can't just rely on Osimhen because the fact is their defense is very bad imagine in 2 matches Galatasaray conceded 6 goals 2 of them at home of course they can't expect more with this situation especially for a more intense round.

It's normal for them. Their defense have vulnerabilities but they didn't make any transfers to make up for it. Instead they bought more offensive players. They should've thought about this. Galatasaray management didn't do squad planning well. Now they see consequences. Conceding 6 goals in two rounds against AZ Alkmaar is nowhere being acceptable. Now they only have local league in their hands. But they always say we want to play in the final, we want to get the cup. First pass play-off round, you can't even qualify to round of 16.

[uchegod-21]

Galatasaray can't just rely on Osimhen because the fact is their defense is very bad imagine in 2 matches Galatasaray conceded 6 goals 2 of them at home of course they can't expect more with this situation especially for a more intense round.

It's normal for them. Their defense have vulnerabilities but they didn't make any transfers to make up for it. Instead they bought more offensive players. They should've thought about this. Galatasaray management didn't do squad planning well. Now they see consequences. Conceding 6 goals in two rounds against AZ Alkmaar is nowhere being acceptable. Now they only have local league in their hands. But they always say we want to play in the final, we want to get the cup. First pass play-off round, you can't even qualify to round of 16.

TBH, I have always counted Galatasary as a club that will contest very well for this season's Europa league. With their sudden food performance when Victor joined them, I counted on them very well. But when they started to concede much goes, I remembered the words of Jose Mourinho, that it is the defence that wins league for a club and not the attackers. It makes no meaning that strikers will score 3 goals in a match and defenders end up conceding that amount of goals as well.

I heard that Osimhen's loan deal is about to expire, the impact will be negative on Galatasary and they may end up struggling the more this season.

[Queentoshi]

Galatasaray can't just rely on Osimhen because the fact is their defense is very bad imagine in 2 matches Galatasaray conceded 6 goals 2 of them at home of course they can't expect more with this situation especially for a more intense round.

It's normal for them. Their defense have vulnerabilities but they didn't make any transfers to make up for it. Instead they bought more offensive players. They should've thought about this. Galatasaray management didn't do squad planning well. Now they see consequences. Conceding 6 goals in two rounds against AZ Alkmaar is nowhere being acceptable. Now they only have local league in their hands. But they always say we want to play in the final, we want to get the cup. First pass play-off round, you can't even qualify to round of 16.

It is a lesson they can learn from and a point where they can make progress from going forward. Next opportunity will be a chance for them to make these defensive additions to the team. There will be another Europa competition for them, another that they can compete to win.

[snipie]

Galatasaray can't just rely on Osimhen because the fact is their defense is very bad imagine in 2 matches Galatasaray conceded 6 goals 2 of them at home of course they can't expect more with this situation especially for a more intense round.

It's normal for them. Their defense have vulnerabilities but they didn't make any transfers to make up for it. Instead they bought more offensive players. They should've thought about this. Galatasaray management didn't do squad planning well. Now they see consequences. Conceding 6 goals in two rounds against AZ Alkmaar is nowhere being acceptable. Now they only have local league in their hands. But they always say we want to play in the final, we want to get the cup. First pass play-off round, you can't even qualify to round of 16.

A successful team is the one conceding less goals as possible and score more than they receive. The fact that many teams focus only on scoring by consolidating their attack line is a big mistake when they let holes in their defence line. Sometimes it is a highway for the opponent to score, not only vulnerabilities.
At least Fenerbahce passed. In the other hand, Ajax Amsterdam were able to pass while playing with 10 players for most of the game after the red card but also they have to go through extra time!

[Moreno233]

I don't know if any of you watch the match between Ajax and SSG tonight, a very interesting match that did not following the prediction of many pundits. Just when we thought that Ajax will humiliate USG using home advantage,  having won them by two goals to nil in there home, the reverse was the case tonight as the USG returned the same favor to Ajax who played at home. It was only in extra time that Ajax go the goal that made them to win the match. Sincerely, without Ajax goalkeeper, Ajax would have lost the match.

[Joca97]

I don't know if any of you watch the match between Ajax and SSG tonight, a very interesting match that did not following the prediction of many pundits. Just when we thought that Ajax will humiliate USG using home advantage,  having won them by two goals to nil in there home, the reverse was the case tonight as the USG returned the same favor to Ajax who played at home. It was only in extra time that Ajax go the goal that made them to win the match. Sincerely, without Ajax goalkeeper, Ajax would have lost the match.

Everyone expected from Ajax to win easily. But that did not happen Union opened the match really well and at halftime they leaded 0-2 with a player more. But Ajax was able to pull through in overtime and score a goal and pass into the next faze. I dont know how Union didnt go through just insane

[Rengga Jati]

Galatasaray can't just rely on Osimhen because the fact is their defense is very bad imagine in 2 matches Galatasaray conceded 6 goals 2 of them at home of course they can't expect more with this situation especially for a more intense round. Ajax also managed to qualify after going through a dramatic win in the last minute through a penalty Ajax won 3-2 on aggregate, other teams like AS Roma are also in a similar situation somehow they managed to beat Porto even though many people doubt them.

Even if Osimhen can play well, Galatasaray can't win the match if they have fragile defense. Conceded 6 goals in 2 matches is a clear sign of weak defense of Galatasaray. The coach of Galatasaray must fix the problem on the defense line very soon. This will bring bad impact on the domestic competition if it won't be solved in the near future.

For Ajax, I think there is no big problem on this team although they only won the aggregate with a narrow gap. Saint-Gilloise played quite well, they dominated very much the match in Leg 2. Unfortunately, Ajax got a red card since minute 25', so they lost 1 player. But I think Ajax is quite strong that they are only conceded 2 goals.