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The 2016 Europa League final will be played at St Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland.

 

 

Odds:

 

Borussia Dortmund 7-1f

Tottenham Hotspur 16-1

Napoli 16-1

Liverpool 16-1

Athletic Bilbao 20-1

Fiorentina 20-1

Schalke 04 20-1

Southampton 25-1

Dnipro 25-1

Marseille 33-1

Augsburg 33-1

Beskitas 40-1

St Etinnne 40-1

Braga 40-1

Anderlecht 50-1

Bordeaux 50-1

AZ Alkmaar 66-1

 

 

 

Of course it will all change once the Champions League play-off losers/ group stage losers enter the competition.

Offended that West Ham are not on the favourites list :lol:

 

Seriously though, this is a competition that really heats up during the knockout rounds. The Group Stage is just a money spinner for smaller leagues and prestige everywhere else but England.

 

Second leg will be interesting. Astra offered little until they had a man advantage, but controlled thereafter. Talk of Slaven sending a second team over, as he's angry at refereeing standards or something! I think we'll go out probably.

Offended that West Ham are not on the favourites list :lol:

 

Seriously though, this is a competition that really heats up during the knockout rounds. The Group Stage is just a money spinner for smaller leagues and prestige everywhere else but England.

 

Second leg will be interesting. Astra offered little until they had a man advantage, but controlled thereafter. Talk of Slaven sending a second team over, as he's angry at refereeing standards or something! I think we'll go out probably.

There was a reason for that

 

Already knocked out

There was a reason for that

 

Already knocked out

 

Tbf, they weren't when I posted that :lol:

 

Seems like we threw the game last night. A team of youngsters and fringe players did well enough, but apart from Lanzini there was no quality there. Once Astra went 2-1 up, we really didn't look like scoring and there's been a strong backlash against Bilic in the media and online.

 

Would have been nice to have some glamour European ties to see off the Boleyn, but the whole Europa campaign has been turbulent to say the least :lol:

A look at the Europa League play-off round:

 

Altach v Belenenses

Milsammi Orhei v St Etienne

Zilina v Athletic Bilbao

Jablonec v Ajax

Steaua Bucharest v Rosenborg

Young Boys v Qarabag

Zorya Luhansk v Legia Warsaw

Molde v Standard Liege

Viktoria Plzen v Vojvodina

PAOK v Brondby

Bordeaux v Kairat Almaty

Panathinaikos v Qabala

Lech Poznan v Videoton

Southampton v Midtjylland

Dinamo Minsk v Salzburg

Astra Giurgiu v AZ Alkmaar

Rabotnicki v Rubin Kazan

Odds v Borussia Dortmund

Slovan Liberec v Hajduk Split

Krasnodar v HJK Helsinki

Atromitos v Fenerbahec

Thun v Sparta Prague

 

What do people make of the draw?

Southampton behind at half time to FC Midtjylland to a goal from a former player from their academy.

 

 

And out of the Europa League go Southampton with a 1-0 defeat to FC Midtylland and losing 2-1 on aggregate. Their disappointing season continues.

 

 

 

The groups for the Europa League:

 

Group A: Ajax, Celtic , Fenerbahce, Molde

Group B: Rubin Kazan, Liverpool, Bordeaux, FC Sion

Group C: Borussia Dortmund, Paok Thessaloniki, Krasnodar, Gabala

Group D; Napoli, Club Brugge, Legia Warsaw, Midtjyllland

Group E: Villarreal, Viktoria Plzen, Rapid Vienna, Dinamo Minsk

Group F: Marseille, Braga, Slovan Liberec, Groningen

Group G: Dnipropetrovsk, Lazio, St-Etienne, Rosenborg

Group H: Sporting Lisbon, Besiktas, Lokomotiv Moscow, Skenderbeu

Group I: Basel, Fiorentina, Lech Poznan, Belenenses

Group J: Tottenham, Anderlecht, Monaco, Qarabag

Group K: Schalke, Apoel Nicosia, Sparta Prague, Asteras Tripolis

Group L: Athletic Bilbao, AZ Alkmaar, Augsburg, Partizan Belgrade

 

BT Showcase are showing Anderlecht v Monaco tonight for anyone interested in live free-to-air coverage.

 

EDIT:

 

Liverpool drew with Bordeaux 1-1 and Celtic drew with Ajax 2-2. They were both ahead.

 

 

Rodgers inability to play Sakho will be his downfall. Our best CB by a mile, how he doesn't start is beyond me.

Tottenham are still struggling to beat a carrier bag from Azerbaijan.

Tbf Sakho has been injured a fair bit, he started the injury with one. I also think he can only really replace Skrtel!

Disappointing draw for Tottenham against Monaco.

 

 

Waiting for Liverpool to win for £280.63

^ :D

 

Disappointing draw for Tottenham against Monaco.

Disappointing? I didn't see the game but Monaco are the number two/three side in Ligue 1 so I don't consider a 1-1 draw away from home a bad result for Spurs.

Yeah Monaco are Champions League quality, which Spurs certainly aren't so it's a priceless point for them.

A disappointing defeat for Tottenham Hotspur against Anderlecht.

 

My mistake regarding Monaco. They are a very solid team indeed and quarter-finalists in last season's Champions League shows the quality

Teams in bold have now qualified. Teams underlined can still qualify

 

Group A: Ajax, Celtic , Fenerbahce, Molde

Group B: Rubin Kazan, Liverpool, Bordeaux, FC Sion

Group C: Borussia Dortmund, Paok Thessaloniki, Krasnodar, Gabala

Group D: Napoli, Club Brugge, Legia Warsaw, Midtjyllland

Group E: Villarreal, Viktoria Plzen, Rapid Vienna, Dinamo Minsk

Group F: Marseille, Braga, Slovan Liberec, Groningen

Group G: Dnipropetrovsk, Lazio, St-Etienne, Rosenborg

Group H: Sporting Lisbon, Besiktas, Lokomotiv Moscow, Skenderbeu

Group I: Basel, Fiorentina, Lech Poznan, Belenenses

Group J: Tottenham, Anderlecht, Monaco, Qarabag

Group K: Schalke, Apoel Nicosia, Sparta Prague, Asteras Tripolis

Group L: Athletic Bilbao, AZ Alkmaar, Augsburg, Partizan Belgrade

 

 

BT Sport Showcase will be showing Fenerbahce v Celtic as their free game.

 

 

Last 32 Draw:

 

Valencia v Rapid Vienna

Fiorentina v Tottenham Hotspur

Borussia Dortmund v FC Porto

Fenerbahce v Lokomotiv Moscow

Anderlecht v Olympiakos

Midtjylland v Manchester United

Augsburg v Liverpool

Sparta Prague v Krasnodar

Galatasaray v Lazio

Sion v Braga

Shakhtar Donetsk v Schalke

Marseille v Athletic Bilbao

Sevilla v Molde

Sporting Lisbon v Bayer Leverkusen

Villarreal v Napoli

Saint-Etienne v Basel