2018-19 UEFA Europa League

[Corto]

Anderlecht getting dominated by Dinamo Zagreb in their own stadium

I'm far from a Dinamo fan, but they have the best team they've had in years, with a competent manager (or at least it's looking like it so far).

They've also got Dani Olmo, a Spanish kid who I hope they manage to get to play for Croatia (arrived in Zagreb from Barca at 16), got called up for Spain U-21. So, time running out to get him.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Brutal call from the linesmen... clear goal taken away from Betis. Should be 2-0.

Also, sidenote Bako has been horrendous.

 

[StevenF1919]

Brutal call from the linesmen... clear goal taken away from Betis. Should be 2-0.

Also, sidenote Bako has been horrendous.

Bakoyoko has been the worst player on the pitch in every single game he's played for Milan. Every. Single. Game.

f***ing send him back to Chelsea Leonardo. This guy isn't even good enough to be a bench player for the Primavera squad. Hell, he'd barely be good enough to start for my mens league team and we suck.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Bakoyoko has been the worst player on the pitch in every single game he's played for Milan. Every. Single. Game.

****ing send him back to Chelsea Leonardo. This guy isn't even good enough to be a bench player for the Primavera squad. Hell, he'd barely be good enough to start for my mens league team and we suck.

And to think Lo Celso was right there to be taken.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

What a hit! Take a bow lo celso!

 

[hatterson]

What a mistake by Sporting.

Also I'm pretty sure the announcer just said Welbeck was a "former Liverpool and Sunderland man."

 

[bluesfan94]

What a mistake by Sporting.

Also I'm pretty sure the announcer just said Welbeck was a "former Liverpool and Sunderland man."

No, he said Coates was. The defender who made the mistake

 

[hatterson]

No, he said Coates was. The defender who made the mistake

Ahh makes sense.

 

[hatterson]

Official did his best to make the end of the game a complete joke

Missing the head to head and then somehow giving Arsenal a throw at the end.

Either way Arsenal clearly deserved the 3 points.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Stoppage time was 5 minutes 2 mins into that they changed it to 6 mins... never seen that before.

Samu gets red carded after trying to kill Lo celso. Out frustration but he should be suspended for 3 games I hope.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Dinamo Zagreb looks like for once they will play in Europe past Christmas, they only need to win one of their final three matches and two of them are at home.

Betis looked impressive against Milan

 

[Pouchkine]

Dzyuba and Kuzyaev in great form for Zenit!

 

[bluesfan94]

Arsenal winning has kept together a remarkable run of form, which is nice to see

 

[maclean]

Marseille look sloppy as hell

 

[maclean]

And now concede a second after a couple of promising chances

 

[Il Mediano]

And now concede a second after a couple of promising chances

how'd Strootman look?

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Couldn't watch the match, but RLC with a hat trick is wonderful and I really love how Sarri is using Europa League to rotate the squad effectively.

 

[Evilo]

how'd Strootman look?

Not watching the game but he has been horrible so far this year.

 

[Il Mediano]

Not watching the game but he has been horrible so far this year.

Yeah, I didn't think he'd be great. Roma fans were of course outraged over the sale because that's what they do , but Nzonzi is a superior player based on what I've seen thus far.

Glad we sold Kevin for that fee while we still could. I'm not sure anyone else would've paid that much for him ; the Garcia connection really worked in Roma's favour.

Ligue 1 is fast and physical , and Strootman just isn't that kind of player anymore.

 

[Savi]

Genk with a dominant win at Besiktas. Scored 4 and honestly, they could have scored 8 and it would've been well deserved

Standard struggled against Krasnodar who were the better team for most of the game but somehow won on a 92th minute header on a corner kick

Anderlecht were up 2-0 at home against a very mediocre Fenerbahce side and basically gave away the win thanks to some stupid mistakes. That's actually the story of their season so far

 

[gary69]

Stoppage time was 5 minutes 2 mins into that they changed it to 6 mins... never seen that before.

Samu gets red carded after trying to kill Lo celso. Out frustration but he should be suspended for 3 games I hope.

I think Castellajo was robbed of a PK earlier, clear foul, so it's kind of understandable he was frustrated. All in all, the ref had a poor game for both sides.

 

[Cassano]

Sad decline of French teams in Europe.

 

[Evilo]

Haha decline after 3 games lol.
Om was just in the Europe league final last year.

 

[maclean]

how'd Strootman look?

To be honest I was working and only half-watching, but basically everyone on OM looked pretty awful for most of the game last night (like seriously constant passes that were like three metres off) so I imagine he was no exception

 

[Ajacied]

Strootman looked alright. Had a great through ball which resulted in a goal, but he's not the feisty, powerful two way gamer he was before. Injuries really have taken a toll on him, but he's still a quality player, especially for Marseille in the bits I've seen.