2017-18 UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread

[Foye]

I wonder how our fellow friend Massimo spent last Thursday enjoying Galatasaray's incredible Europa League Qualification effort btw.

[Baphomet]

Current holders are Manchester United.

Second qualifying round is underway.

[The_Brecht]

Gent, PSV, Bordeaux and Freiburg already out.

[The_Brecht]

Next round:

Shkëndija (Mac) v Milan (Ita)
Vardar (Mac) v Fenerbahçe (Tur)
Ajax (Ned) v Rosenborg (Noo)
Osijek (Kro) v Austria Wenen (Oos)
Crvena Zvezda (Ser) v Krasnodar (Rus)
Altach (Oos) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Isr)
BATE (WRu) v Oleksandrija (Oek)
CLUB BRUGGE (Bel) v AEK Athene (Gri)
Maritimo (Por) v Dinamo Kiev (Oek)
Dinamo Zagreb (Kro) v Skënderbeu (Alb)
Ludogorets (Bul) v Suduva (Lit)
Panathinaikos (Gri) v Athletic de Bilbao (Spa)
Apollon (Cyp) v Midtjylland (Den)
Domzale (Slo) v Marseille (Fra)
Partizan (Ser) v Videoton (Hon)
FH (IJs) v Braga (Por)
Everton (Eng) v Hajduk Split (Kro)
Utrecht (Ned) v Zenit (Rus)
Legia (Pol) v Sheriff (Mol)
Viitorul (Roe) v Salzburg (Oos)
Plzen (Tsj) v AEK Larnaca (Cyp)
PAOK (Gri) v Östersund (Zwe)

[The_Brecht]

Mighty Fenerbache losing against Vardar.
Those idiots are ruining my bet.

[Foye]

Mighty Fenerbache losing against Vardar.
Those idiots are ruining my bet.

Süper Lig hella competitive as usual.

[Merc_Porto]

[Hellcrooner]

Very lowly this year........

Until some good teams falls from Cl its Arsenals to Lose with Ac Milan being a Close second.

[Andi Obst]

As long as we don't actually have to play in Luhansk, I'm pretty happy with the group.

[Hellcrooner]

As long as we don't actually have to play in Luhansk, I'm pretty happy with the group.

On paper Hertha and Athletic should go trough without any worries .

[Hellcrooner]

I say these go trough:

Villareal and Slavia
Dinamo Kiev and Partizan
Istnabul and Braga
Milan and Aek
Lyon and Everton
Lokomotiv and Cophenagen
Steaua and Plzen
Arsenal and Koln
Olympique and Red Bull
Athletic and Hertha
Lazio and Niza
Zenit and REal Sociedad

[MaliBrah]

I'm actually excited for this tbh. Reiss Nelson coming out party.

[Foye]

Lol at Arsenal only handing out only 3000 tickets to Cologne. Match delayed an hour because there are 10.000 Cologne fans outside and all want in lol


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[Ted Lasso]

Lol at Arsenal only handing out only 3000 tickets to Cologne. Match delayed an hour because there are 10.000 Cologne fans outside and all want in lol


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Why are you loling at Arsenal? 3,000 is 5% of their capacity, which is what they're supposed to make available to the away fans.

[Foye]

Lol at Arsenal only handing out only 3000 tickets to Cologne. Match delayed an hour because there are 10.000 Cologne fans outside and all want in lol


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Why are you loling at Arsenal? 3,000 is 5% of their capacity, which is what they're supposed to make available to the away fans.

Stadium is not even sold out. It wouldve been no problem to make double that available for Cologne fans.

Its just a matter of respect, they havent played in Europe for 25 years, your stadium is not sold out....why the hell are you not making the away section larger?

If it was knockout stage I'd understand not wanting to but its just group stage.

[Ted Lasso]

Lol at Arsenal only handing out only 3000 tickets to Cologne. Match delayed an hour because there are 10.000 Cologne fans outside and all want in lol


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Why are you loling at Arsenal? 3,000 is 5% of their capacity, which is what they're supposed to make available to the away fans.

Stadium is not even sold out. It wouldve been no problem to make double that available for Cologne fans.

Its just a matter of respect, they havent played in Europe for 25 years, your stadium is not sold out....why the hell are you not making the away section larger?

If it was knockout stage I'd understand not wanting to but its just group stage.

There are multiple logistical reasons not to do what you suggest. I'm sure you saw the eventual mess inside the stands last night. These things aren't determined at the last minute. And they are under no obligation to give extra seats to opposing fans out of "respect," whatever that means.

The logical, safe, professional thing to do would have been Cologne warning their fans not to make the trip in such large numbers all expecting to attend the match. Their fans' behaviour was shameful and you are pointing the finger at the people who had to clean up their mess.

[HIF]

Whilst I understand Cologne fans; they were still wrong.

Everton proving they are as bad as I said they would be pre-season. Whoever told me they were 7th best in the prem is correct to keep very quiet.

[Riko]

Whilst I understand Cologne fans; they were still wrong.

Everton proving they are as bad as I said they would be pre-season. Whoever told me they were 7th best in the prem is correct to keep very quiet.

Atalanta is a really good team, I'm telling you: they are organized, talented and extremely motivated (last european apparence was 26 years ago). In EPL they wuold beat everyone besides top-6 team.

[sovietchild]

Athletic Bilbao loses to Zorya at home. According http://footballdatabase.com Zorya FC is ranked 314.

[Det the Threat]

German teams in Europe this week 0-0-6.

Hoffenheim losing at Rasgrad, thanks to throwing away their chances and playing too wide open on defense, Cologne losing at home to Red Star Belgrade and Hertha doing what they do best, which is losing away from home. This time at Östersund in Sweden.