So let's see who might win ...
QF:
Wolfsburg/Donetsk vs Frankfurt/Basel
LASK/Man Utd vs Istanbul/Copenhagen
Inter/Getafe vs Rangers/Leverkusen
Olympiakos/Wolverhampton vs Sevilla/Roma
SF:
Winners of QF 4 vs QF 2
Winners of QF 3 vs QF 1
Guess this tournament is Manchester United's to lose then ...
QF:
Wolfsburg/Donetsk vs Frankfurt/Basel
LASK/Man Utd vs Istanbul/Copenhagen
Inter/Getafe vs Rangers/Leverkusen
Olympiakos/Wolverhampton vs Sevilla/Roma
SF:
Winners of QF 4 vs QF 2
Winners of QF 3 vs QF 1
Guess this tournament is Manchester United's to lose then ...
If we judge by the level of teams, by the game practice, by the current sports form, then Manchester United clearly stands out among the remaining teams. Moreover, the team is able to achieve results and usually reaches the peak of its form at the end of the season.
I would like to draw attention to Bayer Leverkusen, but the protection they have is weak.
Inter Milan? Perhaps, but after a pause, their game is not particularly impressive, the structure of the game is lost.
Shakhtar Donetsk is a good team, but as always, the lack of decent competition in the home championship prevents them from tuning in to strong opponents.🙂
I would like to draw attention to Bayer Leverkusen, but the protection they have is weak.
Inter Milan? Perhaps, but after a pause, their game is not particularly impressive, the structure of the game is lost.
Shakhtar Donetsk is a good team, but as always, the lack of decent competition in the home championship prevents them from tuning in to strong opponents.🙂
In the current form, Manchester United is the main favorite to win the trophy. Also, the draw is pretty comfortable for them. United will play matches until the end of July and then after one week they will play in Europe, which means that they will be in very good shape and prepared for it. Because there are teams here, which have not played matches soon or there is a big break between the end of their season and the matches in Europe.
Also, Wolves and Bayer Leverkusen have no so bad chances to go into the crucial phases of the tournament. This season they are playing very nice to watch football and the results in Europe are showing that. Inter will be the disappointment of the tournament.
Also, Wolves and Bayer Leverkusen have no so bad chances to go into the crucial phases of the tournament. This season they are playing very nice to watch football and the results in Europe are showing that. Inter will be the disappointment of the tournament.
HungryLyan said:
In some leagues across europe fans are are already allowed to the stadium.
However this doesn't happen in remaing matches of this seasons european competion and next seasons first 3 qualifying rounds ...
New season in premier league starts around 11 september (good news for Harry Kane since he never scores in august) so by that time maybe in top 5 leagues when new season starts maybe they will allow fans back - that is definitely considered in Bundesliga now ...
Not sure how's next season CL,EL groupstage matches are going to be though ...
with the English season ending tomorrow, I've only just looked at the fixtures for Europe. Anyone else think it's better doing it this way - playing the tournament in one go? I wonder if they'll do this going forward - after all, the CL and Europa are effectively playoffs for the top teams in all the divisions, so it makes sense to go straight in to it after the domestic season's ended. Makes the tournament more exciting and because it's not mid-week in between big league games, everyone's attention is focused on it.
It's taken horrible circumstances for it to happen like this though :-(
It's taken horrible circumstances for it to happen like this though :-(