UEFA Europa League 2019/2020

[ADRossi]

Apparently our opponents just sacked their manager

 

[Universe]

very good draw

winnable tie and alot of the top 10-12 teams in competion are facing each other

the better unseeded teams we avoided too

Pretty much this.

Assuming we dispatch Ludogorets, a lot of the 'stronger' teams are facing one another in this round of 32 and will eliminate each other. Should make the round of 16 a bit less crowded.

Naturally though, let's just focus on the next opponent, take each game at a time and not take anything for granted.

 

[tonyclifton]

I don't see any reason to not try winning this competition.

Look, winning the Scudetto & EL in one season doesn't sound too bad. I'd say this season would be a great season if we managed to achieve this feat. Maybe winning the Coppa as well and we'll have a poor man's Treble.

Then, win the UEFA Super Cup next season and I'll be a happy man.

 

[PHM1605]

I don't see any reason to not try winning this competition.

Look, winning the Scudetto & EL in one season doesn't sound too bad. I'd say this season would be a great season if we managed to achieve this feat. Maybe winning the Coppa as well and we'll have a poor man's Treble.

Then, win the UEFA Super Cup next season and I'll be a happy man.

We will not win Scudetto if we play seriously on Thursday evening. I am sure.
No gas left to press, and for Conte's tactics, no pressing = failure.

 

[militoscores]

Wolves vs Espanyol

Sporting vs Istanbul Basaksehir

Getafe vs Ajax

Bayer Leverkusen vs Porto

FC Copenhagen vs Celtic

APOEL vs FC Basel

Cluj vs Sevilla

Olympiacos vs Arsenal

AZ Alkmaar vs LASK

Club Brugge vs Manchester United

Ludogorets vs Inter

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Red Bull Salzburg

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Benfica

Wolfsburg vs Malmo

Roma vs Gent

Rangers vs Braga

gut feeling:

wolves
sporting
ajax
leverkusen
celtic
basel
sevilla
arsenal
az alkmaar
man utd
INTER
Frankfurt
Donetsk
Wolfsburg
Roma
Rangers

thats a 16 we can defintley hope to progress from! would like to avoid man utd,arsenal and defintley sevilla though.

But this competition is winnable!

 

[Campione]

Yesterday I totally forgot about the draw and learned about which team we got because a lot of friends sent messages to me about it . Still cannot believe that Inter is coming to play at a stadium that is around 125km away from my city.

INTER CLUB BULGARIA is going crazy right now, everybody is asking for tickets already so I believe there will be a lot of Interisti at the stadium. Not to mention the fact that there are a lot of Balkan interisti generally.

 

[Wobblz]

Wish granted, damn. Christmas came early.

Like Campione, I too felt like a celebrity. My phone blew up with the question "We going to Razgrad?" I never imagined I'd go to Razgrad but hey, Inter visiting is probably Razgrad's best shot at having me

Super excited about the game, although I hope they eventually change the location to Sofia.

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Ludogorets are playing like a, well, mid-tier Spanish team. At least that's what they're trying to emulate. I don't follow them but the last time I watched some games they were playing possession football. They have some pretty technical and speedy players but nothing too fancy, we should comfortably win this.

In terms of clout in Bulgaria, Ludogorets are a total non-factor. It's a relatively new team, managed pretty well in contrast to the established clubs like Levski or CSKA, so they basically have no fans and are being hated for their recent success. They're like a Bulgarian RB Leipzig.

Since I don't care one bit about Bulgarian football I'm at the very least thankful that they brought teams like Real, Liverpool, Arsenal, Milan, Lazio and now finally Inter to Bulgaria and so should other fans.

 

[Provenzano]

Тhere is no chance to change the location of the game from Razgrad to Sofia.

 

[Universe]

Is Razgrad like a Bulgarian Parramatta?

 

[morrisama]

we must field complete sub team vs the Bulgarians seeing our schedule:

febr. 9 Inter-Milan

febr. 16 Lazio-Inter

febr 20. EL

febr. 23 Inter-Samp

febr. 27. EL

March 1. Juventus-Inter

that is a crucial and risky schedule. i would field our best starting eleven in the first match in Bulgaria. we'll have to win convincingly, 3 or 4 goals advantage is needed. let the 2nd team perform in Meazza so that we could go all out against Rubentus afterwards.

 

[Campione]

Is Razgrad like a Bulgarian Parramatta?

Razgrad is a small town (population around 30 thousands people). It is definetely not a modern developing city. You will not see new modern office buildings, etc. Generally you will see the well known communist type of buildings. It has relatively large for bulgarian standarts industrial zone though. Interesting thing is that in this region not a small part of the population are ethnic turks.

As it was mentioned above, its team - Ludogorets - came out of nowhere 8 years ago because one of the richest people in Bulgaria became its owner and invested a lot of money. Since then they have won for 8 consecutive times the bulgarian championship, they have been twice in the CL groups, have passed the EL groups several times. Overall, I would not underestimate them considering the fact that they have no competition in the local championship and "live" for these Europe games where they give everything.

 

[Devious]

Something else about Bulgaria, if you nod it actually means no, and if you shake your head as no it actually means yes. So if someone asks you if you'd like to get your ass anal rammed just nod. Well a friend of mine learned that the hard way when he visited Bulgaria two years ago, so wanted to share this very important information.

 

[PHM1605]

that is a crucial and risky schedule. i would field our best starting eleven in the first match in Bulgaria. we'll have to win convincingly, 3 or 4 goals advantage is needed. let the 2nd team perform in Meazza so that we could go all out against Rubentus afterwards.

So after the two torture (vs Milan and Lazio), our first XI will have only 2 days rest after a long trip returning from Bulgaria and lose points vs Samp due to fatigue. We then most probably lose vs Jube coz it is their home plus ridiculous ref calls. Eventually 1 point instead of 3 okerface:

 

[varmin]

Something else about Bulgaria, if you nod it actually means no, and if you shake your head as no it actually means yes. So if someone asks you if you'd like to get your ass anal rammed just nod. Well a friend of mine learned that the hard way when he visited Bulgaria two years ago, so wanted to share this very important information.

Haha. This is not quite true as sometimes nod means yes and shaking head - no. So, if somebody asks you about anal ramming it's better to give him verbal answer

 

[Fapuccino]

Alright Europa League. Let's do this. Whose cousin or neighbour here are we facing?

 

[Puma]

Something else about Bulgaria, if you nod it actually means no, and if you shake your head as no it actually means yes. So if someone asks you if you'd like to get your ass anal rammed just nod. Well a friend of mine learned that the hard way when he visited Bulgaria two years ago, so wanted to share this very important information.

Did your friend get anally raped in Bulgaria?

 

[Glass box]

He learned is what matters okay

 

[firmino]

He learned is what matters okay

i'm sure there's a logic in this message and i'm just missing it, but... what the fuck does it mean? :chan:

 

[Wobblz]

i'm sure there's a logic in this message and i'm just missing it, but... what the fuck does it mean? :chan:

We are discussing being anally raped in Bulgaria and taking valuable life lessons out of it, what isn't clear?

 

[Native]

i'm sure there's a logic in this message and i'm just missing it, but... what the fuck does it mean? :chan:

We learnt that unless you verbally tell people that you don't want it, you will be anally raped in Bulgaria