UEFA Conference League 2021-22 Megathread

[maclean]

The hotly anticipated Conference League began with a couple of early scheduled games last night (M. Tel-Aviv 4 - 1 Alashkert and M. Haifa 0-0 Feyenoord), but most of Match Day 1 is coming tomorrow. List below:

Kairat (Almaty) - Omonoia (Nicosia)
HJK (Helsinki) - LASK (Linz)
Flora (Tallinn) - Gent
Slavia Praha - Union Berlin
Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) - PAOK
Slovan Bratislava - Copenhagen
Mura (Slovenia) - Vitesse
Rennes - Tottenham
Qarabag - Basel
Anorthosis (Nicosia) - Partizan (Belgrade)
Bodø/Glimt (Norway) - Zorya Luhansk
Roma - CSKA-Sofia
Randers (Denmark) - AZ Alkmaar
Jablonec - CFR Cluj

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[cgf]

The hype is real

 

[maclean]

The hype is real

Right? I already got a message from my son's rugby team that the parking lot won't be available for their Thursday practice (right next to the Slavia-Union game)!

 

[robertmac43]

I'm pumped to scout for next year when Brighton finds themselves in this competition

 

[cgf]

Right? I already got a message from my son's rugby team that the parking lot won't be available for their Thursday practice (right next to the Slavia-Union game)!

I can't wait for the real CL to start for real.


Would've loved to have been there for one of the games, even though f***in UEFA won't let us use our stadium.

 

[maclean]

f***in UEFA won't let us use our stadium.

Really, why's that? Too much standing room?

 

[cgf]

Really, why's that? Too much standing room?

I was gunna say "because UEFA hates fun" but technically, yes, not enough sitting places.

 

[gary69]

Tottenham's group isn't the easiest. Rennes and Vitesse are top10 teams in this competition and to get two such teams as opponents in their group means they can probably only afford one slip-up/loss, if they want to progress further.

 

[Savi]

Vitesse are absolutely not Top 10 in this competition.

 

[gary69]

Vitesse are absolutely not Top 10 in this competition.

I obviously haven't seen all the games from other teams, so you might be right. But they finished 4th in Eredivisie last season and have had a couple of bad results this season, but I'm not sure if any of 32 other teams will do much better in their respective leagues, which are most below Eredivisie's quality. And even the ones that do, are still not that good compared to Eredivisie's teams.

 

[maclean]

Ah, didn't realise there was a buried thread about this from last month till it got bumped now. If a mod wants to merge that's OK..