UEFA Europa League 2020/21

[Lineker]

Very much not looking forward to this year's injury lay-off.

[Adam]

13 assists! He was already one of the best strikers around and now he's got that in his locker too. Fair play to Mourinho and whoever else has been involved in that.

[The Lusophone]

Rangers need to get as far or further than Shakhtar Donestsk and Dynamo Kiev to ensure that Scotland has an automatic Champions League place for 21/22 (or 22/23, I forget).

[Lineker]

Round of 32 draw is at midday.

[Baddar]

Figured we'd get Sociedad. Won't be easy.

[The Lusophone]

I thought for a moment that Spurs had gotten Wolfsberg but nope, it's some Austrian team that's currently 7th in their 12 team league. Still, they did finish above CSKA Moscow and Feyernoord in their group, so perhaps an upset? (no)

Sociedad will not be easy and I am still traumatised by Sevilla >_> 

[DavidMarrio]

5 minutes ago, MadJack said:

I thought for a moment that Spurs had gotten Wolfsberg but nope, it's some Austrian team that's currently 7th in their 12 team league. Still, they did finish above CSKA Moscow and Feyernoord in their group, so perhaps an upset? (no)

Sociedad will not be easy and I am still traumatised by Sevilla >_> 

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Sociedad is a tough game but honestly it's one of them of which one turns up. The one which drew the majority of its group games or the one that's topping La Liga with one loss.  United need to start playing from the get go rather than suddenly come to life when they are behind. 

[Lineker]

Very happy with that draw.

[FLiam]

Benfica? Great, we're out. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Leicester and Spurs feel like safe choices to advance. Man Utd and Arsenal have their work cut out for them.

[Lineker]

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Arsenal and Manchester United will play the first legs of their Europa League last-32 matches at neutral venues in Italy next Thursday.

Arsenal’s away leg against Benfica is being moved to Rome and United’s game against Real Sociedad, due to take place in San Sebastian, has been switched to Juventus’s Allianz Stadium in Turin.

The UK is implementing strict coronavirus quarantine rules around people returning from Portugal, which has forced Arsenal’s match to be moved from Lisbon. Portugal is on a “red list” of countries drawn up by the British government.

United said their venue had changed “because of Spanish government restrictions on travellers entering the country from England, due to the new Covid-19 variant”. They added that the return at Old Trafford the following Thursday “remains unchanged”.

Arsenal’s second leg will be an issue, with Benfica barred from entering the UK. No decision has been taken on a venue for that match.

The first legs of Liverpool’s and Manchester City’s Champions League ties against RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach have been moved to Budapest.

 

[Lineker]

Dele and Bale? What is this witchcraft...

[FLiam]

Did UEFA scrap the away goals rule for ties being played in random stadiums? Or did they just shrug their shoulders and ignore it?

[Lineker]

We've looked good. And scored some very nice goals. However we are playing against the Bognor Regis of the competition, so...

[Chris2K]

Oh they look terrible, but we've been remarkably confident and stylish so far, given the recent performances. 

[Baddar]

You can't miss three one on ones in the first 20mins of a European tie and expect to go through. We fucked it against Sevilla after missing loads of big chances, that time Martial and tonight Rashford. They have previous too.

At least we did get that goal eventually, but whatever the score ends up now, it should have been more comfortable.

[Lineker]

Here we fucking go.

[Baddar]

21 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Here we fucking go.

This is gonna be Fab's new slogan after another few seasons of transfer windows.

[Baddar]

Never did I expect to win this one so comfortably.

[The Lusophone]

Dan James is the goat.