UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season

[Unknown01]

Honestly, I didn’t expect that result before the match either. But now, after the first leg, it actually looks well deserved. Bodo/Glimt played with confidence, they were bold and created chance after chance. It wasn’t luck or a fluke – they had a real plan. Now I’m really curious to see how Lazio responds. The Norwegians have a historic chance, but I doubt the Italians will go down without a fight.

Lazio is not as good as they used to be and I doubt Bodo will concede 2 goals so easily. Even though Lazio will have the home advantage, the game will be very tough because Bodo have proven this season that they can hold their own against traditional european clubs and I'll be happy if they progress. Lazio simply lack the strong players like Immobile who can decide a match on their own.

[Kristiyana]

Onana is like a cat and has 9 lifes. He messes up always and still is the main goalkeeper of Man Utd. I know they paid a lot for him but its time to get rid of him. He costed Man Utd the win and makes mistakes always and at this level you cannot make these mistakes

Is obvious that no one believed that manchester united will end up with a score of draw, after all their effort and struggles just to ensure that they gain victory over Lyon. and they were very consistent in maintaining the goal till the last minute of the added time, to be frank I was so pained when I saw that Lyon have make an equalizer. Because I have already consider manchester united as the winner, but it was so unfortunate that they couldn't secure the wining. Of course all the whole blame goes to the goalkeeper for not being nice in the last minute of the added time.

[el kaka22]

While everyone was focused on the United vs Lyon game, the other three games were quite similar too. Bodo is the only winner of the day, they won their game 2-0 against Lazio, which I did not expected, this Bodo Glimt team is getting quite good, I have been seeing their name on UEFA competitions for a while now, they are doing a good job. Outside of that, both the Rangers vs Bilbao game and the Spurs vs Frankfurt game were draws as well, which makes it three draws along with Lyon game being a draw.

I have seen too many people complain about Onana on the second goal, I get that the first goal was his mistake, that is 100% true, but second goal, the "bounce" was normal, a powerful shot that close is too hard to collect, so bouncing is normal, defense should have done a better job.

[Stablexcoin]

LOL. Always want to laugh big every time you see Onana's appearance. I wonder what was used by Onana so that it made him the first choice of Manchester United coach despite the previous coaching, millions of Telh's eyes saw how Onana's performance.
There is almost no other choice in all competitions other than Onana.

The match that Manchester United should have won over the hard work of the team that kept moving in vain because of his stupidity.
I am also sure, for his stupidity, Amorim still will not make another goalkeeper as an option to replace it.

Many people call Onana the worst goalkeeper in Manchester United history but one thing to understand is that Manchester United only has Onana to rely on, will they use second string goalkeeper in an important match like this? Of course not and Amorim also did not seem so disappointed that he really blamed Onana for what happened in today match. There is no point in disappointing this result and there is still second leg match in the home match later for Manchester United to get an advantage and enter the semifinals, it seems that we will still see Onana as the main goalkeeper in the next match.

We just feel sorry for what we see every time in an important Manchester United match, Onana performs badly. A professional player when he experiences bad performance in several matches, he will try hard to improve his performance in the next match so that over time it will be good. But we can see how Onana was last season with this season. There is no visible difference that has changed.

Amorim should also give trust to other goalkeepers even though he is considered to be gambling by trying to play a different goalkeeper in a different competition.
Indirectly, Amorim can make the right decision on who is the best to be the main goalkeeper.
In the second leg, 98% Amorim will also make Onana the main goalkeeper.

I think the biggest issue with Onana is that he’s become a meme. People only remember his mistakes, as if he was signed just for his footwork, but the reality is he’s a solid shot-stopper. Stats back that up — both this season and the last. You can see it visually too, he saves a lot. But the image sticks. Meanwhile, Chelsea’s Sanchez makes more errors this season, yet no one mocks him the same way. Maybe it’s just because his team isn’t sitting 13th.

Manchester United wants to bring back De Gea which i won't have to reconsider their decision, i agree on seeing competition between two interesting goal keepers, setting the competition will be right so they take good chances when they are futured in games, De Gea returning to Manchester United will fill up first goal keeper slot while Onana can be summoned in either Europa or any less major league they qualify.

I'm also against mocking Onana, he is not the worst goalkeeper, not to mention also playing with the worst defenders that can't help defend him. The freekick that was scored last match was as a result of no player to head the ball out and then all Lyon players were all onside to either nod or kick the ball into the post, one way or the other it must have ended as a goal, Lyon players struggles to hit and deflect the ball which gave Onana a different dive for the ball leading to the bounce before entering the post. See what happened to Courtois in the Champions League, did good saves, but with that weak defense, they conceded three goals. Manchester United should focus on improving their defense.

[SmartCharpa]

Bodo/Glimt seems to be playing surprisingly well. It was Bodo's home ground yet defeating a team like Lazio is a great achievement. Had expected the Athletic club to win against Rangers but they played a draw.

Bodoe played a fantastic game to lead 2-0 against Lazio. I'm not shocked by the result since Lazio, who previously beat Atalanta in the league before playing Bodo, is becoming inconsistent at this stage in the season, they were lucky to beat Atalanta in the last two games. After a draw in the first half, Bodo managed to score two goals in the second half. Lazio must put in a lot of effort in the second leg because they are down by two goals.

However, Rangers was lucky to draw against Athletic Bilbao, otherwise, they would have lost the first leg. I expected Athletic Bilbao to score a goal since Rangers were down to ten men in the first half, but Bilbao was unable to seize the opportunity to score a single goal against ten men.

[Mayor of ogba]

LOL. Always want to laugh big every time you see Onana's appearance. I wonder what was used by Onana so that it made him the first choice of Manchester United coach despite the previous coaching, millions of Telh's eyes saw how Onana's performance.
There is almost no other choice in all competitions other than Onana.

The match that Manchester United should have won over the hard work of the team that kept moving in vain because of his stupidity.
I am also sure, for his stupidity, Amorim still will not make another goalkeeper as an option to replace it.

Many people call Onana the worst goalkeeper in Manchester United history but one thing to understand is that Manchester United only has Onana to rely on, will they use second string goalkeeper in an important match like this? Of course not and Amorim also did not seem so disappointed that he really blamed Onana for what happened in today match. There is no point in disappointing this result and there is still second leg match in the home match later for Manchester United to get an advantage and enter the semifinals, it seems that we will still see Onana as the main goalkeeper in the next match.

We just feel sorry for what we see every time in an important Manchester United match, Onana performs badly. A professional player when he experiences bad performance in several matches, he will try hard to improve his performance in the next match so that over time it will be good. But we can see how Onana was last season with this season. There is no visible difference that has changed.

Amorim should also give trust to other goalkeepers even though he is considered to be gambling by trying to play a different goalkeeper in a different competition.
Indirectly, Amorim can make the right decision on who is the best to be the main goalkeeper.
In the second leg, 98% Amorim will also make Onana the main goalkeeper.

I think the biggest issue with Onana is that he’s become a meme. People only remember his mistakes, as if he was signed just for his footwork, but the reality is he’s a solid shot-stopper. Stats back that up — both this season and the last. You can see it visually too, he saves a lot. But the image sticks. Meanwhile, Chelsea’s Sanchez makes more errors this season, yet no one mocks him the same way. Maybe it’s just because his team isn’t sitting 13th.

Erick Ten Hag allowed De Gea to leave Manchester United for free just because of the errors he made that led to goals, and so many Manchester United fans were not happy with how Erik Ten Hag treated De Gea, who has carried Manchester United on his shoulders for years and helped them to win matches when Manchester United's defense couldn't defend properly, but Onana has made errors that led to goals more than De Gea in just his few years at Manchester United, and you expect people not to mock Onana. Onana should show his shot-stopping ability at Manchester United, and he should also stop committing blunders if he wants to be loved by many at Manchester United.

[Issa56]

Onana is like a cat and has 9 lifes. He messes up always and still is the main goalkeeper of Man Utd. I know they paid a lot for him but its time to get rid of him. He costed Man Utd the win and makes mistakes always and at this level you cannot make these mistakes

Onana is not a goalkeeper which Manchester United are suppose to keep, Onana keep on allowing Manchester United lose matches which they are suppose to win. I was really expecting a better performance from Onana, I never expected those errors from the guy in the match. Onana reduced the chances of Manchester United qualifying for the next round of champions league, all what Lyon will want to get in the next round of the match will be a goal, before they start playing a defensive game, if Lyon can score first, then it’s going to be difficult for Manchester United to equalize.

No matter the amount which Manchester United spend on Onana, they are not suppose to keep him, because if they can keep him, then they are not really going to move forward, because Onana will keep on making mistake in matches which they are suppose to win, and they will end up losing some, so Manchester United should just dispose Onana.

[kawetsriyanto]

Manchester United have indeed performed poorly in recent weeks, in fact Manchester United have only won one of their last five matches in all competitions, but even so, Manchester United have never lost in the Europa League, of course this will be a good capital to increase confidence before facing Lyon.

Man United performed quite badly recently, they never got a single win in the last 3 matches. They were defeated by Nottm Forest in EPL, they got a draw against Man City. In Europa league, Man United only got a draw against Lyon. This condition isn't good for Man United although their performance are not very bad in Europa league.

In terms of the meeting of the two teams, Manchester United is also superior to Lyon, maybe this will also motivate Lyon in this match to make new history. Lyon is in their best form even in the last few matches they have been very productive in scoring goals of course this will be a deadly attack for Manchester United.

Sometimes the history of the previous matches can't determine the strength of the teams. Although in the past Man United was superior, but in the match yesterday Lyon looked more dominating the match. Man United couldn't show that they are a stronger team. It was just lucky that Man United wasn't defeated by Lyon in Leg 1.

[Just Say]

The draw that Manchester United played at Lyon's home is a good result, which has given Manchester United a good advantage to proceed to the next round of the Europa League competition, but since Manchester United scored a goal against Lyon in the 88th minute and failed to secure a win over Lyon because of Onana's error, it makes it look like the 2-2 draw is a bad result for Manchester United because they were supposed to beat Lyon. It is not possible for Manchester United to offload the players playing below standard at a time; it is a gradual process, and they will replace the players playing below standard with the players that will help the club play competitively and challenge for the title.

It may not be correct in any way to say that Manchester United's draw at the Lyon Club's home ground was a good result for them. Maybe such a result will not be advantageous for them to advance to the next round of the UEFA Europa League. I would like to sincerely point out Onana's slight error in this match because he couldn't save an easy goal at first, as a result the Lyon Club players were in a very good mood from the beginning of that match.

Moreover Manchester United's recent performance does not allow us to relax at all, so at this stage it goes without saying that Manchester United's underperforming players must be replaced to at least increase their chances of winning trophies.

[shinratensei_]

While everyone was focused on the United vs Lyon game, the other three games were quite similar too. Bodo is the only winner of the day, they won their game 2-0 against Lazio, which I did not expected, this Bodo Glimt team is getting quite good, I have been seeing their name on UEFA competitions for a while now, they are doing a good job.

Many people here were not really familiar with Bodo. I know them so well, and often surprised me, but lack of popularity among the football fans. No doubt many people here keep talking about United vs Lyon game without cared with bodo's game.
I rated Bodo is a average team, but always overachieved. They kicking lazio ass two nil. I never imagined how lazio would get such huge lost against a team that came from nowhere. Lazio gets hammered so hard, and most probably out of competition soon.

It's hard to believe how Bodo kicked so many popular clubs ass out of UEL. they'er such a good team, and focused on the ball control. They deserved the win.

[Frankolala]

While everyone was focused on the United vs Lyon game, the other three games were quite similar too. Bodo is the only winner of the day, they won their game 2-0 against Lazio, which I did not expected, this Bodo Glimt team is getting quite good, I have been seeing their name on UEFA competitions for a while now, they are doing a good job.

Many people here were not really familiar with Bodo. I know them so well, and often surprised me, but lack of popularity among the football fans. No doubt many people here keep talking about United vs Lyon game without cared with bodo's game.
I rated Bodo is a average team, but always overachieved. They kicking lazio ass two nil. I never imagined how lazio would get such huge lost against a team that came from nowhere. Lazio gets hammered so hard, and most probably out of competition soon.

It's hard to believe how Bodo kicked so many popular clubs ass out of UEL. they'er such a good team, and focused on the ball control. They deserved the win.

I have some strange feelings that Bodo might be the winner this season. Europa is a competition that nobody do predict the right club to win the league until in the semifinals. The biggest surprise is that the least expected or focused club do always win the title. Nobody talks about Bodo because they're not popular and in a weak league but the fact is that, they gat what it takes to win any club in UEL.

[wakier]

I couldn't agree more with Matic in this. He's called Onana as the worst goal keeper ever played in Manchester United. He strikes Onana back after his club gets mocked by Onana as ez team to beat.

Onana has always been liability to his club, and helped Lyon to equalize the score. His club might be lost if his opponent had proper finishing, but lucky him majorirty of his opponent attempts were failed.

Do you guys agree with Matic's statement? I would not take it personal, but matic is absolutely right here about Onana.

I also feel like that since Erik Ten Hag appointed Onana to replace David De Gea I doubted his ability and now it is proven how bad Manchester United's defense is since Onana guards the goalpost Man United often concedes goals from opponents who are sometimes considered weaker, the coach should have realized this a long time ago and started thinking about the option of recruiting a new goalkeeper to improve the situation.

[Pandu Geddon]

I also feel like that since Erik Ten Hag appointed Onana to replace David De Gea I doubted his ability and now it is proven how bad Manchester United's defense is since Onana guards the goalpost Man United often concedes goals from opponents who are sometimes considered weaker, the coach should have realized this a long time ago and started thinking about the option of recruiting a new goalkeeper to improve the situation.

Onana is rumored to be one of the players that United will release in the summer transfer market. but there has been no news of interest from other clubs, not only is his performance not interesting to big teams, maybe it is also related to the salary requested by Onana is also quite high. Something that is inversely proportional to the quality of the game he showed.
Of the 4 matches in the quarter-finals, 3 matches with a draw, and one match that was quite surprising for Bodø/Glimt's victory.
with a situation like that, the second leg will definitely be more interesting. we still can't see the team will really qualify except Bodø/Glimt who have a greater chance with a 2 goal advantage.

[3meek]

Honestly, I didn’t expect that result before the match either. But now, after the first leg, it actually looks well deserved. Bodo/Glimt played with confidence, they were bold and created chance after chance. It wasn’t luck or a fluke – they had a real plan. Now I’m really curious to see how Lazio responds. The Norwegians have a historic chance, but I doubt the Italians will go down without a fight.

Lazio is not as good as they used to be and I doubt Bodo will concede 2 goals so easily. Even though Lazio will have the home advantage, the game will be very tough because Bodo have proven this season that they can hold their own against traditional european clubs and I'll be happy if they progress. Lazio simply lack the strong players like Immobile who can decide a match on their own.

Lazio lost in Norway because Bodo has an synthetic pitch and a very cold climate... Lazio players were not ready to play in such conditions... I think Bodo won't stand a chance in Italy, although I agree with you that they are playing great this season... But I think that Lazio will have to win the return match with maximum score... But if Bodo wins again, it will be a real sensation...

Bodo Stadium...

[G_Besar]

I have some strange feelings that Bodo might be the winner this season. Europa is a competition that nobody do predict the right club to win the league until in the semifinals. The biggest surprise is that the least expected or focused club do always win the title. Nobody talks about Bodo because they're not popular and in a weak league but the fact is that, they gat what it takes to win any club in UEL.

Yesterday only Bodo/Glimt team was able to win at home when hosting Lazio even though it was only by two goals, but I also don't think that Lazio will be able to give three goals without reply at home when hosting Bodo/Glimt. Because apart from their matches that were able to produce wins and losses for one team, the other matches only ended in draws like what happened in Lyon vs Manchester United and Rangers vs Athletic Club and Tottenham vs Frankfurt. But even so I also don't have a feeling of champions for Bodo/Glimt team in the Europa League this season even though the team has been able to beat Lazio in the first leg of the quarter-finals.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Fully supported and I believe he should keep him on the bench more atleast he would know that he needs to adjust his gameplay to suit the situation of the team, if am not mistaken the number of times Manchester united have fell short of supposed victory that would have gotten and then later drew or lost the is more of the fault of Onana and just countless errors in his goal post.

It happened repeatedly because the mistakes he made cost the team full points in the match and if you look at Onana who always makes mistakes, it is only right that the number two goalkeeper is given a chance to play. The coach did nothing and trusted Onana more as a goalkeeper even though we know many mistakes he made.

Luckily Manchester United did not lose in that match, but what is quite regrettable is how the second goal was scored by Lyon in the added time so that Manchester United failed to maintain the victory.

[Slow death]

Luckily Manchester United did not lose in that match, but what is quite regrettable is how the second goal was scored by Lyon in the added time so that Manchester United failed to maintain the victory.

Maybe the coach is doing some experiment to understand why many good players and even goalkeepers play well in other teams but when they arrive at Manchester United they play worse, but strangely when they leave Manchester United they play well again.
Manchester United has made terrible mistakes in the last 5 years

Fiorentina will trigger the option to extend David de Gea’s contract, confirmed.

“He will stay with us also next season”, president Rocco Commisso says.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1910935918502174981

At this point he would be playing for Manchester United and the team would have saved money, but they let him go and spent money to sign a goalkeeper who didn't have much experience in the Premier League. Honestly, I can't understand Manchester United's mistakes.

[tygeade]

I couldn't agree more with Matic in this. He's called Onana as the worst goal keeper ever played in Manchester United. He strikes Onana back after his club gets mocked by Onana as ez team to beat.

Onana has always been liability to his club, and helped Lyon to equalize the score. His club might be lost if his opponent had proper finishing, but lucky him majorirty of his opponent attempts were failed.

Do you guys agree with Matic's statement? I would not take it personal, but matic is absolutely right here about Onana.

I also feel like that since Erik Ten Hag appointed Onana to replace David De Gea I doubted his ability and now it is proven how bad Manchester United's defense is since Onana guards the goalpost Man United often concedes goals from opponents who are sometimes considered weaker, the coach should have realized this a long time ago and started thinking about the option of recruiting a new goalkeeper to improve the situation.

Erik Ten Hag was horrible with transfers, unless someone else made this move by force and ETH had to do deal with this, but as far as I know he was the one who wanted De Gea out and wanted Onana to join, so it was his fault, and check out the transfers during Erik Ten Hag period, as a coach he wasn't that terrible, in fact taking such a piss poor team to two cups was a great achievement.

However, the reason why they have a terrible team was also him, he overspent on too many terrible players, and then had to dig himself out of his own grave he dug, so there was no way he would be considered good. If the same thing goes on, we could see Onana leave finally this summer, and Amorim could finally get a decent goalkeeper.

[Akbarkoe]

Luckily Manchester United did not lose in that match, but what is quite regrettable is how the second goal was scored by Lyon in the added time so that Manchester United failed to maintain the victory.

Maybe the coach is doing some experiment to understand why many good players and even goalkeepers play well in other teams but when they arrive at Manchester United they play worse, but strangely when they leave Manchester United they play well again.
Manchester United has made terrible mistakes in the last 5 years

Fiorentina will trigger the option to extend David de Gea’s contract, confirmed.

“He will stay with us also next season”, president Rocco Commisso says.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1910935918502174981

At this point he would be playing for Manchester United and the team would have saved money, but they let him go and spent money to sign a goalkeeper who didn't have much experience in the Premier League. Honestly, I can't understand Manchester United's mistakes.

As De Gea gets older, he is getting better at making saves, his reflexes are very rare for most goalkeepers. But unfortunately, as you said, Manchester United chose to waste that talent just to bring in a goalkeeper who is said to be more visionary.

Likewise, several other players, both midfielders and attackers, and perhaps the latest is Antony who is currently playing for Real Betis on loan for half a season. Since his arrival at Benito Villamarin, Antony has succeeded in bringing Real Betis which was initially in 11th position and now they are in 6th position in the standings, and even Real Betis is unbeaten in its last few matches in La Liga in a row.

And seeing the improvement experienced by Antony, I hope that after the season ends Man United will bring Antony back to Old Trafford, changing his mind to sell Antony at the end of the season.

[Derekfunds]

Fully supported and I believe he should keep him on the bench more atleast he would know that he needs to adjust his gameplay to suit the situation of the team, if am not mistaken the number of times Manchester united have fell short of supposed victory that would have gotten and then later drew or lost the is more of the fault of Onana and just countless errors in his goal post.

It happened repeatedly because the mistakes he made cost the team full points in the match and if you look at Onana who always makes mistakes, it is only right that the number two goalkeeper is given a chance to play. The coach did nothing and trusted Onana more as a goalkeeper even though we know many mistakes he made.

Luckily Manchester United did not lose in that match, but what is quite regrettable is how the second goal was scored by Lyon in the added time so that Manchester United failed to maintain the victory.

Onana is just like a Rat in a lion clothing and so you will be thinking he would do great not knowing it is just fake and the Rat ability inside him has unveiled itself, I think he needs to be benched to some extent so that he will learn and correct his mistake if at all he would learn, all the time Manchester united second goalkeeper keep for Manchester united there was nothing like mistake as a matter of fact he saved a lot and even to the extent of saving penalties, a chance needs to be given to that young man to show and prove himself.