2017/18 UEFA Europa League

WinnyThePoo

Cornet extremely careless do go under a player in the air. If that was rugby. It would have been a red card.

Mr.Nice Guy

F*cking hell I thought Pickford broke his neck there. Collided with his own player Williams. That was scary.

Edit: Here it is:

https://twitter.com/lampdizl/status/926160697288949760

Mr.Nice Guy

0-0 at half-time between Lyon and Everton. An interesting enough game despite the score. Everton have dealt with Lyon's attacks pretty well. Kenny's been Everton's best player for me. I'd like to see Mariano come on for Lyon and give them a bit more of a focal point up top.

Mr.Nice Guy

1-0 Lyon. Traore gets the goal.

Now he's been subbed for Mariano. Everton heading out as it stands.

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0. Aouar scores for Lyon.

Beautiful ball from Marcelo, Mariano can't quite make the most of it but it falls to Depay who plays a lovely pass to Aouar who finishes it well. Really nice goal.

super_furry

Everton are such a mess. Genuinely believe they could be relegation candidates this season.

Mr.Nice Guy

And now Schneiderlin sent off to make matters worse.

retalivity

super_furry wrote: »

Everton are such a mess. Genuinely believe they could be relegation candidates this season.

They've regressed so much. Effectively only lost one player (albeit a very important one), brought in plenty of quality to replace him, (without directly replacing him), and have a good load of kids with potential. They need someone ruthless to kick them up the arse

Mr.Nice Guy

Depay makes it 3-0. Nice header.

Mr.Nice Guy

Full-Time and Lyon win it 3-0. It was a deserved win for Lyon and means Everton are knocked out after just four games.

Everton defended pretty well in the first half but didn't offer much going forward and once Lyon opened the scoring there was only going to be one winner. I thought Ndombele did very good for Lyon and Houssem Aouar was impressive when he came on. Both these guys are 20 and 19 respectively, and then there's Lucas Tousart who is just 20. There are some really exciting youngsters in this Lyon team.

Jelle1880

Evra sent off during the warm up for kicking one of his own fans in the face

I love this game.

~Rebel~

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Full-Time and Lyon win it 3-0. It was a deserved win for Lyon and means Everton are knocked out after just four games.

Everton defended pretty well in the first half but didn't offer much going forward and once Lyon opened the scoring there was only going to be one winner. I thought Ndombele did very good for Lyon and Houssem Aouar was impressive when he came on. Both these guys are 20 and 19 respectively, and then there's Lucas Tousart who is just 20. There are some really exciting youngsters in this Lyon team.

Incredible generation of French players coming through.

inforfun

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Evra sent off during the warm up for kicking one of his own fans in the face

I love this game.

citytillidie

Group A
Results
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 V 1 Astana (KAZ)
Slavia Praha (CZE) 0 V 2 Villarreal (ESP)

Group B
Partizan (SRB) 2 V 0 Skënderbeu (ALB)
Young Boys (SUI) 0 V 1 Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

Group C
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 1 V 1 Braga (POR)
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) 1 V 1 Hoffenheim (GER)

Group D
AEK Athens (GRE) 0 V 0 AC Milan (ITA)
Rijeka (CRO) 1 V 4 Austria Wien (AUT)

Group E
Lyon (FRA) 3 V 0 Everton (ENG)
Apollon Limassol (CYP) 1 V 1 Atalanta (ITA)

Group F
Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) 1 V 2 Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
København (DEN) 3 V 0 Zlín (CZE)

Group G
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 4 V 1 Lugano (SUI)
FCSB (ROU) 1 V 1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)

Group H
Köln (GER) 5 V 2 BATE Borisov (BLR)
Arsenal (ENG) 0 V 0 Crvena zvezda (SRB)

Group I
Salzburg (AUT) 0 V 0 Konyaspor (TUR)
Vitória SC (POR) 1 V 0 Marseille (FRA)

Group J
Athletic Club (ESP) 1 V 0 Östersund (SWE)
Hertha Berlin (GER) 2 V 0 Zorya Luhansk (UKR)

Group K
Lazio (ITA) 1 V 0 Nice (FRA)
Vitesse (NED) 0 V 2 Zulte Waregem (BEL)

Group L
Rosenborg (NOR) 1 V 1 Zenit (RUS)
Real Sociedad (ESP) 3 V 0 Vardar (MKD)

Mr.Nice Guy

Sickener of a result for Nice. They managed to keep it goalless against Lazio until stoppage time and then conceded an O.G. I didn't see the game but apparently it was very poor. Neither side managed a shot on target.

citytillidie

New changes from next season

Prelminary Round
16 Teams
Trakai (LIT)
B36 Torshavn (FAR)
NSI (FAR)
KI (FAR)
2nd & 3rd from Malta, Gibraltar, Andorra, San Marino
Winners of Kosovo Cup
From Wales winners of Welsh Cup, 2nd in league & winners of play off

1st Qualifying Round
94 teams + 8 preliminary round winners
Iceland - FH, Stjarnan & IBV
Ireland - Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers & Derry City
Sweden - AIK & Djurgarden IF
Kazakhstan - Kairat, Ordabasy & Irtysh Pavlodar
Estonia - Levadia & Cup Winners
Latvia - Liepaja & Riga
Finland - Kups, Ilves & Lahti
Lithuania - Stumbras & 2nd in League
3rd from Croaita and Belgium leagues
Denmark - Cup winners & 2nd in league
2nd & 3rd in Belarus, Poland, Israel, Scotland & Cyprus leagues
2nd & 3rd plus Cup winners in Norway, Azerbijan, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, Albania, Bosina, Georgia, Macedonia, Montengro, Armenia, Luxembourg
Cup Winners 2nd in league and play-off winners in Bulgaia and Northern Ireland
Cup Winners in Malta


2nd Qualifying Round
Champions route
17 losers from 1st qualifying round and 3 losers from preliminary rounds in the champions league

League route
27 teams + 47 winners from 1st qualifying round
6th in Spain, Germany & Italy
EFL Cup Winners Engalnd
Coupe de la Ligue France
5th in Russia
4th in Portugal, Ukraine, Turkey, Czech Republic & Switzerland
Winners of Belgium Europa League play offs
3rd and play off winners in Netherlands
3rd & 4th in Greece & Austria
2nd in Croatia & Romania
Cup Winners in Denmark, Belarus, Poland, Sweden, Israel, Scotland and Cyprus

3rd Qualifying Round
Champions Path
10 winners from 2nd round and 10 losers from 2nd round in the Champions League (Champions Path)

League Path
12 teams + 37 winners from 2nd round + 3 losers from 2nd round in the

Champions League (League Path)
4th in Russia
3rd from Portual, Ukraine, Turkey, Czech Republic & Switzerland
Belgium Winners of 2017-18 Belgian Regular Season
Cup Winners in Netherland, Greece, Austria, Croatia & Romania

Playoff Round
Champions Path
10 winners from 3rd round and 6 losers from Champions League 3rd round (Champions Path)

League Path
26 winners from 3rd round

Group Stage
48 teams
Cup Winners & 5th in Spain, Germany, England & Italy
Cup Winners & 4th in France
Cup Winners in Russia, Portugal, Ukraine, Belgium, Turkey, Czech Republic & Switzerland


8 winners from playoff round (Champions path)
13 Winners from playoff round (league path)
4 losers from Champions League playoff round (Champrions path)
2 losers from Champions League playoff round (League path)
4 losers from Champions League 3rd roudn (champions path)

citytillidie

6pm Kick Off Unless stated
Group G
Lugano (SUI) V Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) V FCSB (ROU)

Group H
BATE Borisov (BLR) V Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Köln (GER) V Arsenal (ENG) - BT Sport 2

Group I
Konyaspor (TUR) V Marseille (FRA)
Salzburg (AUT) V Vitória SC (POR)

Group J
Östersund (SWE) V Zorya Luhansk (UKR) - BT Sport ESPN
Athletic Club (ESP) V Hertha Berlin (GER) - BT Sport 3 / Showcase

Group K
Nice (FRA) V Zulte Waregem (BEL)
Lazio (ITA) V Vitesse (NED)

Group L
Zenit (RUS) V Vardar (MKD)
Rosenborg (NOR) V Real Sociedad (ESP)

Playing 8:05pm Unless stated
Group A
Astana (KAZ) V Villarreal (ESP) - 4pm BT Sport ESPN
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) V Slavia Praha (CZE)

Group B
Skënderbeu (ALB) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Partizan (SRB) V Young Boys (SUI)

Group C
Braga (POR) V Hoffenheim (GER) - BT Sport ESPN
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) V İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)

Group D
AC Milan (ITA) V Austria Wien (AUT) - BT Sport 3
AEK Athens (GRE) V Rijeka (CRO)

Group E
Everton (ENG) V Atalanta (ITA) - BT Sport 2
Lyon (FRA) V Apollon Limassol (CYP)

Group F
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) V Zlín (CZE)
Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) V København (DEN) - 6pm

irishman86

Silva playing really well again for Milan in europe.

Iused2likebusts

That Everton Europa league campaign must be the worst European campaign by an English club since the introduction of the group phases at both Europa league and champ lge.

Iused2likebusts

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

That Everton Europa league campaign must be the worst European campaign by an English club since the introduction of the group phases at both Europa league and champ lge.

Out of their depth

Shanotheslayer

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

That Everton Europa league campaign must be the worst European campaign by an English club since the introduction of the group phases at both Europa league and champ lge.

Thankfully, football results don't annoy me anymore. But we're awful.

I wouldn't blame Unsworth as not much he can do with that Squad. His interview after was honest

irishman86

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Out of their depth

More a very lopsided squad towards attacking midfielders

GavRedKing

Has a caretaker manager ever been sacked, because Unsworth is going the right way about it.

Everton have been utter drivel under him.

Liamalone

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

That Everton Europa league campaign must be the worst European campaign by an English club since the introduction of the group phases at both Europa league and champ lge.

Eerrrrmmmm, other English sides haven't made it to the group stage, I think that may be worse

ERG89

irishman86 wrote: »

More a very lopsided squad towards attacking midfielders

Plus a washed up Ashley Williams playing like a turkey. They have a few players past their sell by date and are missing Coleman too(not saying it cause he's Irish) but the team badly lacks width and Martina or Jonjoe Kenny are no replacements.
Fair play to Atalanta though. Lost Conti, Kessie and Gagliardini the last 2 windows but have kept going and I like to see teams in the Europa League so happy to be there. Makes the competition look more important.

Liamalone wrote: »

Eerrrrmmmm, other English sides haven't made it to the group stage, I think that may be worse

Who could forget those playful Romanians Astra GooGoo knocking out West Ham, twice.

citytillidie

Playing 6pm
Group A
Villarreal (ESP) 0 V 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Slavia Praha (CZE) 0 V 1 Astana (KAZ) - BT Sport ESPN

Group B
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 4 V 1 Partizan (SRB)
Young Boys (SUI) 2 V 1 Skënderbeu (ALB)

Group C
Hoffenheim (GER) 1 V 1 Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
Istanbul Başakşehir (TUR) 2 V 1 Braga (POR)

Group D
Austria Wien (AUT) 0 V 0 AEK Athens (GRE) - Eir Sport 1
Rijeka (CRO) 2 V 0 AC Milan (ITA)

Group E
Atalanta (ITA) 1 V 0 Lyon (FRA) - BT Sport 3 / Showcase
Apollon Limassol (CYP) 0 V 3 Everton (ENG) - BT Sport 2 / Eir Sport 2

Group F
Zlín (CZE) 0 V 2 Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS)
København (DEN) 2 V 0 Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)

8:05pm Kick-off
Group G
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 0 V 2 Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
FCSB (ROU) 1 V 2 Lugano (SUI)

Group H
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 1 V 0 Köln (GER) - BT Sport 3 / Eir Sport 1
Arsenal (ENG) 6 V 0 BATE Borisov (BLR) - BT Sport 2 / Eir Sport 2

Group I
Marseille (FRA) 0 V 0 Salzburg (AUT)
Vitória SC (POR) 1 V 1 Konyaspor (TUR)

Group J
Zorya Luhansk (UKR) 0 V 1 Athletic Club (ESP) - BT Sport ESPN
Hertha Berlin (GER) 1 V 1 Östersund (SWE)

Group K
Zulte Waregem (BEL) 3 V 2 Lazio (ITA)
Vitesse (NED) 1 V 0 Nice (FRA)

Group L
Vardar (MKD) 1 V 1 Rosenborg (NOR)
Real Sociedad (ESP) 1 V 3 Zenit (RUS)

Mr.Nice Guy

I watched Atalanta vs Lyon earlier. I expected it would be a good game but it was a big disappointment. Both sides knew they were through and Lyon didn't apply themselves very well. Petagna scored a scruffy goal to make the difference. Fekir nearly equalised with a free-kick that hit the post but it was pretty poor overall.

Loafing Oaf

Wow, Arsenal didn't half 'bate' Borisov this evening...

citytillidie

Round of 32
Seeded
Villarreal (ESP)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Braga (POR)
AC Milan (ITA)
Atalanta (ITA)
Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Arsenal (ENG)
Salzburg (AUT)
Athletic Club (ESP)
Lazio (ITA)
Zenit (RUS)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Sporting CP (POR)
RB Leipzig (GER)

Unseeded
Astana (KAZ)
Partizan (SRB)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
AEK Athens (GRE)
Lyon (FRA)
København (DEN)
FCSB (ROU)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Marseille (FRA)
Östersund (SWE)
Nice (FRA)
Real Sociedad (ESP)
Celtic (SCO)
Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Napoli (ITA)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)

inforfun

Might actually become a more interesting tournament this year than the usual 1/4 finals in the CL.

citytillidie

Round of 32
Borussia Dortmund (GER) V Atalanta (ITA)
Nice (FRA) V Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS)
København (DEN) V Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Spartak Moskva (RUS) V Athletic Club (ESP)
AEK Athens (GRE) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Celtic (SCO) V Zenit (RUS)
Napoli (ITA) V RB Leipzig (GER)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Lyon (FRA) V Villarreal (ESP)
Real Sociedad (ESP) V Salzburg (AUT)
Partizan (SRB) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
FCSB (ROU) V Lazio (ITA)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) V AC Milan (ITA)
Astana (KAZ) V Sporting CP (POR)
Östersund (SWE) V Arsenal (ENG)
Marseille (FRA) V Braga (POR)

Johner

Some cracking ties there!

Borussia Dortmund (GER) V Atalanta (ITA)
Celtic (SCO) V Zenit (RUS)
Napoli (ITA) V RB Leipzig (GER)
Lyon (FRA) V Villarreal (ESP)

Mr.Nice Guy

Lyon vs Villarreal will be a great tie. Mariano Diaz and Cedric Bakambu are two strikers that have impressed me a lot this season. Napoli vs Leipzig is another one that should be good fun.

I did like near the end of the draw when Ostersund knew they had just two potential opponents left: Arsenal or Braga. And the camera cuts to one of Ostersund's representatives in the crowd and you could see this guy is obviously desperate to get Arsenal, his chest is heaving up and down he is so excited by this possibility. Sure enough Arsenal's name gets called and the camera cuts back to him at the end and he has the widest grin on his face. I was happy for the guy.

inforfun

If the Serie A is still as tight as it is now, i can see Napoli giving Leipzig a bye and play reserves.

citytillidie

Round of 32 1st Leg
Tuesday 13th February
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V CSKA Moskva (RUS) 17:00 - BT Sport 2

Thursday 15th February
Astana (KAZ) V Sporting CP (POR) 16:00 - BT Sport 2

18:00 Kick Off
Östersund (SWE) V Arsenal (ENG) - BT Sport 3
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) V AC Milan (ITA) - BT Sport ESPN / Showcase
Borussia Dortmund (GER) V Atalanta (ITA) - BT Sport 1
Nice (FRA) V Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS)
Spartak Moskva (RUS) V Athletic Club (ESP)
Real Sociedad (ESP) V Salzburg (AUT)
Marseille (FRA) V Braga (POR)

20:05 Kick Off
Celtic (SCO) V Zenit (RUS) - BT Sport 2
København (DEN) V Atlético Madrid (ESP) - BT Sport ESPN / Showcase
Lyon (FRA) V Villarreal (ESP) - BT Sport 3 / Extra 2
Napoli (ITA) V RB Leipzig (GER) - BT Sport 1
AEK Athens (GRE) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Partizan (SRB) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
FCSB (ROU) V Lazio (ITA)

Harry Palmr

That Arsenal side! Just as well they are up against such lowly opposition.

Napoli v RB Leipzig at 8 PM should be the game of the evening

Loafing Oaf

Surprised Ospina is playing.

ERG89

Harry Palmr wrote:

Napoli v RB Leipzig at 8 PM should be the game of the evening

Doubt it as Napoli will play their reserves.
Milan vs Ludogorets was a very poor first half of football.

Mr.Nice Guy

Ilicic just equalised for Atalanta against Dortmund.

Update: And now he's done it again! 2-1!

ERG89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Ilicic just equalised for Atalanta against Dortmund.

Grabbed his second now. Dortmund so bad at the back & in goal.

Mr.Nice Guy

Batshuayi steps up again!

Mr.Nice Guy

I gather Thauvin came on as a sub against Braga and minutes later got a goal. 3-0 Marseille now. He's in fantastic form.

Bad news for Nice meanwhile. They were beating Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 with two Mario Balotelli goals but were reduced to ten men and now the away side lead 3-2.

Mr.Nice Guy

3-2 Dortmund! Batshuayi again! What a game.

ERG89

That terrible Toloi clearance may haunt Atalanta

Rekop dog

Nice win for Milan. Pleasantly surprised Gattuso is turning things around for us.

Rekop dog

Plenty of depth in this comp this year.

Napoli putting out a bit of a reserve team this evening.

Atleti seem to be taking it more seriously so you'd have to make them favourites to lift the cup with their recent European pedigree.

Mr.Nice Guy

Gonna watch Lyon vs Villarreal.

Lyon XI: Lopes; Rafael, Marcelo, Morel, Marcal; Tousart, Ndombele; B.Traore, Fekir, Aouar; Mariano.

Villarreal XI: Asenjo; Mario Gaspar, Alvaro, Victor Ruiz, Jaume Costa; Trigueros, Rodri, Castillejo; Fornals; Bacca, Cheryshev.

Lot of great young talents in midfield.

FCIM

On paper advantage Dortmund. In my opinion, advantage Atalanta. They had enough chances to score three or four, as did Dortmund, but for every bit the Dortmund supporters are extremely passionate so too are the Atalantini. The one concern I'd have is it won't be played in Bergamo. If it was, I'd make Atalanta a nearly dead cert to go through. Hopefully the Bergamaschi will descend on Reggio Emilia in huge numbers to make the Mapei Stadium every bit as intimidating as the Stadio Atleti Azzurri D'Italia is on big game days. Forza Berghem!!!

FCIM

Thanks to Sporting Lisbon for (almost) guaranteeing that the Europa League will be a European affair from the next round on. Utter nonsense to have Kazakh etc. teams in European club competition.

Harry Palmr

Napoli playing in front of three men and a dog (not seen the dog)