UEFA Europa League Qualifying Rounds 2020-21

[Cassano]

Meh more qualifying round games for them is good news for other PL teams.

Still embarrassing though that you needed a Bulgarian side to go to 9 men and needing a pen to advance.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Spurs and Copenhagen come from behind to advance in their ties, easy wins for Granada, Rangers and Galatasaray

In terms of upsets, Finnish side KuPS defeated Slovan Bratislava on penalty kicks after needing a 120th minute equalizer in extra time

 

[HajdukSplit]

Riga-Tre Fiori has been abandoned due to strong winds breaking some parts of the stadium so the ref decided not to continue the game. Due to the short time period of the next match, according to twitter, it doesn't seem this game will continue tomorrow as small sides like these already have their travel arrangements and the team from San Marino is leaving Latvia tonight

 

[HajdukSplit]

Dynamo Moscow already out losing to some random Georgian side away from home

 

[bluesfan94]

Riga-Tre Fiori has been abandoned due to strong winds breaking some parts of the stadium so the ref decided not to continue the game. Due to the short time period of the next match, according to twitter, it doesn't seem this game will continue tomorrow as small sides like these already have their travel arrangements and the team from San Marino is leaving Latvia tonight

So, uh, what'll happen?

 

[Savi]

BATE out as well. Reims, Basel, Malmö holding on to small leads deep into the 2nd half of their games. Steaua tied against some Serbian team.

 

[Savi]

lol crazy game between Steaua and Topola. Steaua going up 4-3 a man up only to concede in the final minute. Topola then had another man sent off, but still came back to 5-5 and 6-6 in ET but Steaua still won after penalties

 

[Power Man]

Milan’s midfield is really good

 

[HajdukSplit]

So, uh, what'll happen?

It was decided they will play tomorrow very early, a 10am local kickoff so the match can be completed before the playoff draw tomorrow (winner of this tie faces Celtic)

Here are the third round ties, matches to be played on September 24

Champions Path
**KF Tirana (ALB) and Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) were drawn by UEFA to receive a bye in this round
FK Sarajevo (BIH) vs. Buducnost Podgorica (MNE)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs. Dundalk (IRL)
Ararat (ARM) vs. Celje (SVN)
Riga/Tre Fiori vs. Celtic (SCO)
KuPS (FIN) vs. Suduva (LTU)
Legia Warsaw (POL) vs. Drita (KOS)
KI (FAR) vs. Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Djurgardens (SWE) vs. CFR Cluj (ROU)
Floriana (MLT) vs. Flora Tallinn (EST)

Main Path
Mura (SVN) vs. PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Malmo (SWE) vs. Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)
Sporting CP (POR) vs. Aberdeen (SCO)
Charleroi (BEL) vs. Partizan Belgrade (SRB)
Rosenborg (NOR) vs. Alanyaspor (TUR)
Wolfsburg (GER) vs. Desna (UKR)
Fehervar (HUN) vs. Reims (FRA)
Granada (ESP) vs. Lokomotiv Tbilisi (GEO)
Rijeka (CRO) vs. Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
St. Gallen (SUI) vs. AEK Athens (GRE)
LASK Linz (AUT) vs. Dunajska Streda (SVK)
Milan (ITA) vs. Bodo/Glimt (NOR)
Shkendija (MKD) vs. Tottenham (ENG)
Standard Liege (BEL) vs. Vojvodina (SRB)
Rostov (RUS) vs. Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
Willem II (NED) vs. Rangers (SCO)
Apollon Limassol (CYP) vs. Lech Poznan (POL)
Besiktas (TUR) vs. Rio Ave (POR)
Steaua Bucharest (ROU) vs. Slovan Liberec (CZE)
Hapoel Beer Sheva (ISR) vs. Motherwell (SCO)
FC Copenhagen (DEN) vs. Piast Gliwice (POL)
Basel (SUI) vs. Anorthosis (CYP)
Galatasaray (TUR) vs. Hajduk Split (CRO)
Viktoria Plzen (CZE) vs. Sonderjyske (DEN)
APOEL (CYP) vs. Zrinjski Mostar (BIH)
CSKA Sofia (BUL) vs. B36 Torshavn (FAR)

Tomorrow is the playoff draw, could see some good ties because the likes of Milan, Granada, Rangers, Celtic are unseeded

 

[Savi]

 

[HajdukSplit]

The playoff draw was just completed, probably the biggest match on paper is a potential Besiktas-Milan tie, which a few years back you probably could have seen in the Champions League. Spurs after two trips to EE could potentially get a home playoff tie, Rangers could host Galatasaray while Celtic face a trip to the former YU

Champions Path
Young Boys (SUI) vs. KF Tirana (ALB)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs. Floriana/Flora Tallinn
Djurgarden/Cluj vs. KuPS/Suduva
Ararat/Celje vs. Red Star Belgrade (SRB)
Dynamo Brest (BLR) vs. Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
FK Sarajevo/Buducnost Podgorica vs. Riga/Celtic
Legia Warsaw/Drita vs. Qarabag (AZE)
Sheriff/Dundalk vs. KI/Dinamo Tbilisi

Main Path
Hapoel Beer Sheva/Motherwell vs. Viktoria Plzen/Sonderjyske
Rosenborg/Alanyaspor vs. Mura/PSV
St. Gallen/AEK Athens vs. Wolfsburg/Desna
Basel/Anorthosis vs. CSKA Sofia/B36
Sporting CP/Aberdeen vs. LASK/Dunajska Streda
Charleroi/Partizan vs. Apollon/Lech Poznan
Besiktas/Rio Ave vs. AC Milan/Bodo-Glimt
FC Copenhagen/Piast vs. Rijeka/Kolos
Malmo/Lokomotiva Zagreb vs. Granada/Lokomotiv Tbilisi
Shkendija/Tottenham vs. Rostov/Maccabi Haifa
Steaua/Slovan vs. APOEL/Zrinjski
Standard Liege/Vojvodina vs. Fehervar/Reims
Willem II/Rangers vs. Galatasaray/Hajduk

 

[Savi]

EL playoffs are 1 leg only too?

 

[HajdukSplit]

EL playoffs are 1 leg only too?

Yes, only CL playoffs are two legs

 

[Savi]

Ah okay.

Great draw for Charleroi. Unique chance for them to go to a group stage. They have had a fantastic start to the season so far, winning all 5 games and already leading the Belgian league by 5 points. Home games against Partizan and Apollon/Poznan shouldn't be an impossible task, even though I have no idea how good those teams are. But being unseeded they could have done much worse.

Standard are seeded (in both rounds IIRC) but to draw Reims is kinda tough. Still though, they'll also get them at home, so not impossible.

 

[Evilo]

yeah tough task for Reims who haven't looked good in the league so far. Current form is a big thing right now.

 

[Cassano]

 

[AB13]

My Djurgården playing well against Cluj in the first half, but still 0-0. Cluj are a good team but dive like idiots

 

[Prntscrn]

Ops I wrote this in the CL thread instead of this:

This Cluj team is embarrassing. Probably taller and wider than us at every position but fall and roll around every chance they get. Think Italy at their best

 

[AB13]

And those score off a free kick from a blatant dive. This is not how football should be played

 

[sabremike]

Celtic struggling to beat a Latvian pub side, UGH.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Terrible season for Russian clubs so far, Dynamo eliminated in the last round and today Rostov lost at home to Maccabi Haifa

Reims going to penalty kicks against Fehervar

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Terrible season for Russian clubs so far, Dynamo eliminated in the last round and today Rostov lost at home to Maccabi Haifa

Reims going to penalty kicks against Fehervar

Rostov manager with the skull t-shirt, leather jacket, and black gloves was a great look, though.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Unrelated question, but in terms of country coefficients, does the quality of opponent factor into the ranking or is it just how far teams progress in the competition?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Ndombele is having an absolutely terrible game.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Unrelated question, but in terms of country coefficients, does the quality of opponent factor into the ranking or is it just how far teams progress in the competition?

It’s simply based on results, strength of opponents don’t matter. However there are bonus points involved in the Champions League which you don’t get in the EL (for example qualifying for the CL gets you 4 bonus points, making the EL gets you nothing extra)

Reims is out, lost on penalties, think Fehervar eliminated Bordeaux too a few years back