2020-21 UEFA Europa League

Mr.Nice Guy

Bruno comes good again for 1-0. Awful mix-up at the back from Sociedad. Poor communication.

And now he gets another after a VAR check! Sociedad up against it now.

Lovely goal by Rashford for 3-0. Looks like the tie is over already.

4-0 thanks to James and it's not a flattering scoreline. Sociedad have been well beaten.

citytillidie

Round of 32 1st Leg Results
Wolfsberg (AUT) 1 V 4 Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1 V 1 Club Brugge (BEL)
Real Sociedad (ESP) 0 V 4 Manchester United (ENG)
Benfica (POR) 1 V 1 Arsenal (ENG)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 2 V 2 AC Milan (ITA)
Royal Antwerp (BEL) 3 V 4 Rangers (SCO)
Slavia Praha (CZE) 0 V 0 Leicester (ENG)
Salzburg (AUT) 0 V 2 Villarreal (ESP)
Braga (POR) 0 V 2 Roma (ITA)
Krasnodar (RUS) 2 V 3 GNK Dinamo (CRO)
Young Boys (SUI) 4 V 3 Leverkusen (GER)
Molde (NOR) 3 V 3 Hoffenheim (GER)
Granada (ESP) 2 V 0 Napoli (ITA)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 V 2 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
LOSC (FRA) 1 V 2 Ajax (NED)
Olympiacos (GRE) 4 V 2 PSV Eindhoven (NED)

Round of 32 2nd Legs
Wednesday 23rd February 17:00 Kick-off
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) V Wolfsberg (AUT) (Agg 4-1) - Live on BT Sport 1

Thursday 24th February
17:55 Kick-offs
Ajax (NED) V LOSC (FRA) (Agg 2-1)
Arsenal (ENG) V Benfica (POR) (Agg 1-1) - Live on BT Sport 1 / Virgin Media Two
Hoffenheim (GER) V Molde (NOR) (Agg 3-3)
Napoli (ITA) V Granada (ESP) (Agg 0-2)
Rangers (SCO) V Royal Antwerp (BEL) (Agg 4-3) - Live on BT Sport 3
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) V Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) (Agg 2-0)
Villarreal (ESP) V Salzburg (AUT) (Agg 2-0)

20:00 Kick-offs
AC Milan (ITA) V Crvena zvezda (SRB) (Agg 2-2)
Club Brugge (BEL) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) (Agg 1-1)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) V Krasnodar (RUS) (Agg 3-2)
Leicester (ENG) V Slavia Praha (CZE) (Agg 0-0) - Live on BT Sport ESPN
Leverkusen (GER) V Young Boys (SUI) (Agg 3-4)
Manchester United (ENG) V Real Sociedad (ESP) (Agg 4-0) - Live on BT Sport 2 / Virgin Media Two
PSV Eindhoven (NED) V Olympiacos (GRE) (Agg 2-4)
Roma (ITA) V Braga (POR) (Agg 2-0)

ShamoBuc

Rangers from 2-1 and 3-2 down come back to win. Savage really.

Harry Palmr

Steven Gerrard channelling Jurgen Klopp 2017, 2018

~Rebel~

Bloody hell, some free from Benfica. Well poised game now. 1-1 on the night, 2-2 on aggregate.

Harry Palmr

I've a feeling I'm going to have to recalibrate my midweek football schedule.

PsychoPete

Absolute shambles from Arsenal

Quazzie

Only Arsenal could play both games away and still lose out on away goal rule.

Harry Palmr

Hats off to Steven Gerrard he's making Scottish football quite exciting again!

~Rebel~

Glad to see Arsenal get through with a regular scoreline. Would've been a bit ridiculous to go out on away goals without ever playing a home game.

PsychoPete

Saka looks like he will be a fantastic player

The Golden Miller

Poor old Benfica never have much luck in Europe. Aside from losing the last 10 European finals they've featured in, year in year out, they've been the strongest team in Portugal the last 6 years or so. Yet seem to watch Porto in the Champions League knock-out rounds every year, having been dumped out of Europe's second competition

yourdeadwright

Awful by James and worse by the lad taken the penalty thats awful

markc91

Whos commentator on virgin for the united game

Johner

Christ what on earth is Lindelof at there. Feel bad for Tuanzebe.

sligeach

That should be a red card for Lindelof. Did he think he was in Mortal Kombat? Kneed the opponent in the head, who was standing upright, and he only got a yellow card.

yourdeadwright

How is that only yellow,
Hey kneed someone in the head off the ground,

TitianGerm

https://twitter.com/UpTheDarce/status/1365050082752659461?s=19

Fairly clattered him there!!

citytillidie

Round of 32 2nd Leg Results
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 4 V 0 Wolfsberg (AUT) (Agg 8-1)
Ajax (NED) 2 V 1 LOSC (FRA) (Agg 4-2)
Arsenal (ENG) 3 V 2 Benfica (POR) (Agg 4-3)
Hoffenheim (GER) 0 V 2 Molde (NOR) (Agg 3-5)
Napoli (ITA) 2 V 1 Granada (ESP) (Agg 2-3)
Rangers (SCO) 5 V 2 Royal Antwerp (BEL) (Agg 9-5)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 V 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) (Agg 3-0)
Villarreal (ESP) 2 V 1 Salzburg (AUT) (Agg 4-1)
AC Milan (ITA) 1 V 1 Crvena zvezda (SRB) (Agg 3-3) AC Milan (ITA) win on Away goals
Club Brugge (BEL) 0 V 1 Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) (Agg 1-2)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) 1 V 0 Krasnodar (RUS) (Agg 4-2)
Leicester (ENG) 0 V 2 Slavia Praha (CZE) (Agg 0-2)
Leverkusen (GER) 0 V 2 Young Boys (SUI) (Agg 3-6)
Manchester United (ENG) 0 V 0 Real Sociedad (ESP) (Agg 4-0)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) 2 V 1 Olympiacos (GRE) (Agg 4-5)
Roma (ITA) 3 V 1 Braga (POR) (Agg 5-1)

osarusan

Surprised that wasn't a red for Lindelof.

Absolutely not meant, but if you jump up that high with a knee out like that and catch somebody in the head, it intent doesn't matter.

Looking at this, it fits 'reckless' more than 'excessive force' I suppose, but there's also no question he endangered the safety of an opponent.

Reckless is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned

Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force and endangers the safety of an opponent and must be sent off

Johner

Disappointing from both German sides, expected a bit more from them.

Cookiemunster

Johner wrote: »

Disappointing from both German sides, expected a bit more from them.

I didn't. Leverkusen are on an awful run. They've only won 3 of their last 14 games. Hoffenheim are only slightly better having won 4 of their last 15 games.

The Golden Miller

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I didn't. Leverkusen are on an awful run. They've only won 3 of their last 14 games. Hoffenheim are only slightly better having won 4 of their last 15 games.

It isn't for all the money they spend anyway!

Johner

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I didn't. Leverkusen are on an awful run. They've only won 3 of their last 14 games. Hoffenheim are only slightly better having won 4 of their last 15 games.

I still expected them to get through this round after winning their respective groups and getting favourable draws in Molde and Young Boys.

United and Spurs are probably the two favs but I’d take Roma at a decent price.

Cookiemunster

Johner wrote: »

I still expected them to get through this round after winning their respective groups and getting favourable draws in Molde and Young Boys.

It's three months since the won those groups though. Leverkusen were in great form back then. But as I said they've won only 3 times since.

Real Sociedad were top of La Liga when the draw was made and people were saying that they'd be a tough draw for United. They're 5th now. Three months is a long time in football.

citytillidie

Round of 16 Draw
Ajax (NED) V Young Boys (SUI)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) V Villarreal (ESP)
Roma (ITA) V Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Olympiacos (GRE) V Arsenal (ENG)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) V Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Manchester United (ENG) V AC Milan (ITA)
Slavia Praha (CZE) V Rangers (SCO)
Granada (ESP) V Molde (NOR)

yourdeadwright

Battle of the fallen giants AC v United

ShamoBuc

Pity Leicester didnt get through!

~Rebel~

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Battle of the fallen giants AC v United

Would’ve been a good final, probably the best two teams left in it.

Cookiemunster

So thats two home games for Arsenal then

citytillidie

Round of 16 1st Legs
Thursday March 11th
17:55 Kick-offs
Ajax (NED) V Young Boys (SUI)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) V Villarreal (ESP)
Manchester United (ENG) V AC Milan (ITA) - Live on BT Sport 1 / Virgin Media Two
Slavia Praha (CZE) V Rangers (SCO) - Live on BT Sport 3

20:00 Kick-offs
Granada (ESP) V Molde (NOR)
Olympiacos (GRE) V Arsenal (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 2 / Virgin Media Two
Roma (ITA) V Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) V GNK Dinamo (CRO) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

Agent Coulson

Cracking goal for Milan after having one disallowed earlier.

Edit; VAR disallows it damn.

Johner

Disallowed for handball? Didn’t look it.

kksaints

Johner wrote: »

Disallowed for handball? Didn’t look it.

They need to show us better replays. Doesn't look like much of a handball.

Kiith

Hard to see the handball was from that replay.

One of the worst VAR decisions I've seen. Not a single Man U player even blinked.

Johner

Way harsh on that replay.

omega man

There must be a magic angle we haven’t seen yet otherwise that’s a scandalous decision.

osarusan

No real complaints from the Milan player but even on the replays we've seen so far, I didn't see any contact with the hand. There must be another angle, but if so, why not ensure the TV channels get it and show it right away.

Kiith

The later replays seemed to show the handball.

That was a cracking miss by Maguire though. Harder to miss than score that.

ArielAtom

Harry Maguire!!!!!!

osarusan

McTominay lucky not to pick up a second yellow there.

ShamoBuc

Fully deserved goal for Milan, Matic probably at fault.

Johner

Keeper was awful there.

Massive goal

osarusan

Got to be frustrating for MUFC fans to see them needlessy adopt a 'last ditch' defence approach when Milan didn't force them into it. Terrible gosl to give away also, free header and weak keeping.

blueser

P1ss poor keeping there. He should be saving that.

ShamoBuc

Ole might have to take some blame too I think. Utd were on top and went too defensive too. Taking off Fernandes so early was not the best thing to do. There was a second there for Utd I think, which would have surely given them a great opportunity. Gave too much credit to Milan, they were not that good tonight.

Agent Coulson

Good result for Gerrard and Rangers getting the away draw with the away goal.

Augme

If you showed me that game 10 years ago and said it was between united and ac milan I wouldn't have believed you. Very poor quality from both teams. I'd have been equally surprised if you told me both teams were going to be battling it out against each other in the europa league but both teams looked at that level tonight.