European Games are back again, from mid Feb

MrsGrey

I just switched on the Barcelona/Man U game, and it rather took me aback to register (of course, I knew, but still) that it's the Europa League.

ValiantIron

The ECL Knockout matches start today too. No goals so far.

buffybegood

MrsGrey said:

I just switched on the Barcelona/Man U game, and it rather took me aback to register (of course, I knew, but still) that it's the Europa League.

Someone shoulda told them that they're big clubs and should be in the final stages of Europe's biggest club tournament every year, like, guaranteed like. If only there were a way.....🤔🤔🤔

claretandbluesky

The stars almost aligned last season. I bet we have a much better final than Frankfurt Vs Rangers this season.

buffybegood

You've gotta feel whoever wins out of Man Utd and Barcelona has got a huge chance of winning the Europa.

Whitehorsehammer

Well I hope it’s Barcelona..

alderz

Whilst I do not like Man Utd at all, I hate the way Barcelona have done their business over the last few years, and I think they (alongside Chelsea, City, Juventus, PSG, and a few others) are everything that is wrong with football. I don't mind them knocking Man Utd out, but then I would want them to lose the next round.

buffybegood

Just a reminder that the draw for the next round of the ECL is tomorrow at 2pm (I think).

claretandbluesky

buffybegood said:

Just a reminder that the draw for the next round of the ECL is tomorrow at 2pm (I think).

Hopefully we can swerve the two Italian teams as other than that we would be favourites in every other match Imagine.

IronHerb

So the last 16 are: -

Seeds: -
Istanbul Basaksehir
West Ham
Villareal
Nice
AZ Alkmaar
Djurgaarden
Sivasspor
Slovan Bratislava

Non Seeds: -
Lazio
Anderlecht
AEK Larnaca
Sheriff Tiraspol
Fiorentina
Gent
Lech Poznań
Basel

MunichHammer

I'd like Fiorentina and Lazio to get paired with Villarreal and Nice. Just to get two of them out of the way.
Anderlecht sounds good, we have beaten them twice already this season despite our atrocious form.

thornburyiron

The draw is at 12 noon

buffybegood

thornburyiron said:

The draw is at 12 noon

Thanks, I added rather than subtracted an hour.

PrestonHammer

By the time they've finished waffling, it will be 2 o'clock when we find out hahaha

Ravel49

12 for Europa
1 for conference

Ravel49

But yes the waffle will take it till 5 🤦‍♂️

buffybegood

Ravel49 said:

12 for Europa
1 for conference

Those are CET times I think, 11am and noon here.

Ravel49

Even better 👍🏻

IronHerb

So we don't want Lazio as we would probably have to play the first leg at home as Roma are at home in the Europa.

ASLEFshrugged

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/draws/2023/2001692/

buffybegood

Great draw, AEK Larnaca

ASLEFshrugged

AEK Larnaca v West Ham

We're off to Cyprus

Ravel49

Bring on the Halloumi 🤤

Hamstew

Loss

ASLEFshrugged

Fiorentina v Sivasspor
Lazio v AZ Alkmaar
Lech Poznań v Djurgaarden
Basel v Slovan Bratislava
Sheriff Tiraspol v OGC Nice
Anderlecht v Villareal
Gent v Istanbul Basaksehir

IronHerb

Doubt I'll get a ticket for that with around 400 allocation. 😭

steve

Sun,wine ,and a win then more wine

Yeoldhammer

Best draw we could probably get really. Bit of a journey though !

alderz

That’s an amazing draw for us. We could even rest one or two…

claretandbluesky

Almost perfect draw, just needed some of the other better teams to have a more difficult draw. If there were any conspiracy theorists out there they imagine UEFA wanted all the higher profile teams to reach the later stages.

IronHerb

You have the 3rd v 4th (Lazio v AZ) and 5th v 6th (Gent v Basaksehir) ranked teams, on start of season coefficients, playing each other.
Also the 15th & 16th (Poznan v Djurgaarden) are drawn against each other.