[Football] Europa League Play offs - Second Leg

[pasty]

Roma through

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Gonna be Roma isn’t it?

Yep

 

[MTSeagulls]

Stab City it is

Limerick?

 

[dstanman]

Well we know the 8 possibles now

 

[Shooting Star]

Anyone else getting whiplash between all the sudden camera angle and noise changes during that penalty shootout?

 

[Farehamseagull]

Well I’m pleased. Love Roma and De Rossi. Would be a great draw.

Standard Ali J by the way. The ultimate flatter to deceive player.

 

[jcdenton08]

Never been a fan of subbing on players to take a penalty. I’d be interested to know the statistics, seems like they miss more often than not

 

[HangletonGull]

I’m going with a continuation of the dream draws. We’re going to get Milan or Sporting.

I will also accept Leverkusen, Villarreal and Benefica.

Rangers and Roma (assuming they are through) I will accept begrudgingly.

The rest, no.

2 of the 3 you would accept we can’t get
And rangers we can’t get either

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

No Ali what are you doing lol

Never bring a player on just to take part in a penalty shootout, it always ends in tears.

 

[Bodian]

So - only two (Milan & Benfica) of the third placed CL teams out of the eight made it through (I think).

 

[WhingForPresident]

Despite there being some absolute giants there, I don't think there's anyone we need to fear.

In terms of most winnable to least, I'd rank it:

Sparta
Qarabag
Freiburg
Marseille
Sporting
Benfica
Roma
Milan

 

[ozzygull]

We are the pussiest fans in the whole tournament it had to be said.

Could work in our favour. All these clubs have ultras we have GOSBTS ”now let your hearts be gay” it will scare the living sh!t out of them, it‘s fantastic and completely us. They can stick there megaphones and drums where the sun doesn’t shine, it has naff all to do with what’s happening on the pitch anyway.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

So - only two (Milan & Benfica) of the third placed CL teams out of the eight made it through (I think).

Bar the usual suspects the Champions League does have a lot of teams that aren’t anywhere near that level really. The fact that only 2 have gone through the play off round shows that.

Compare that with the Conference League where 7 of the 8 play off ties were won by the teams finishing 3rd in the Europa League probably shows there is a big argument that the Europa League is probably the most competitive of the 3 competitions.

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

So - only two (Milan & Benfica) of the third placed CL teams out of the eight made it through (I think).

Yes it has been quite a night for teams that came from the Europa League groups. Not only the 8 teams finishing second (6 winning) but also the 8 teams finishing third and dropping into the conference league (7 winning!)

 

[WhingForPresident]

Liverpool v Roma could be a tasty one off the pitch...

 

[el punal]

Despite there being some absolute giants there, I don't think there's anyone we need to fear.

In terms of most winnable to least, I'd rank it:

Sparta
Qarabag
Freiburg
Marseille
Sporting
Benfica
Roma
Milan

Phew! At least we’re not playing Luton.

 

[Greenbag50]

Whoever it is….. BRING IT ON.

Yes I know….

 

[Bozza]

Phew! At least we’re not playing Luton.

Nor Marseille.

I hope we avoid Liverpool though.

 

[Wozza]

Nor Marseille.

I hope we avoid Liverpool though.

Stop it now!

(I've prebooked a Liverpool hotel just in case)

 

[dstanman]

All games winable, but my prefrence would be:-
AC Milan - last chance for a visit to San Siro
Freiburg - The black forest and easy to drive to
Roma - What a beautiful city to visit
Qarabag - looks a great place to visit and unlikely to have a reason to go there again but travel not easy
Sparta Prague - smallest allocation and who has not been there
Lisborn teams - would love to, but 2 both teams at home on Wed / Thurs could be a nightmare
Marseille - has to be bottom of the list