2023/2024 Europa League Knockout Round PO

[matt]

Extra-time in Italy.

[bugylibicska]

Kuchta scores, 4:1 Sparta.

[bugylibicska]

And that's it. Sparta knocked out Galatasaray!

[Overgame]

Edited because Me = idiot.

[fabiomh]

Roma suffering in the extra time. Roma players very tired, now Feyenoord arriving to the ball before.

[Firnen]

2 or 3 out of 8 for the ELGS teams.
And in ECL, 2 out of 8.

Similar to 22/23 and 21/22. It might be a statistical fluke, but ELGS teams seem way weaker than CL and not a lot stronger than ECL.

It's the last season when the tranfer happens anyway. With the new system, no team will drop to the lower competition after the Group (League) stage.

[BurningStorm]

With all the spirit the Italian teams have for the second season in a row, it's hard to believe Roma going out in PSO now.

[Ricardo]

Will the Roma—trauma be ended tonight or deepened for Feijenoord….

Immediately giving up an advantage does not help

Now the 120 minute substitute misses
Feijenoord is out

[Firnen]

Feyenoord simply can't against Roma.

Roma wins the tie again.

[matt]

I feared the worst when Lukaku missed.

For the third year in a row Roma defeat Feyenoord, all the times things could have ended in a different way quite easily.

[fabiomh]

...

Now the 120 minute substitute misses
Feijenoord is out

I remember many times the 120 minute substitute missed the penalty.

[Sagy]

...

Now the 120 minute substitute misses
Feijenoord is out

I remember many times the 120 minute substitute missed the penalty.

I will not be surprised if it’s over 50% of the time.

[Juliusz]

Second legs attendances

Roma - Feyenoord 67,293
Marseille - Shakhtar Donetsk 63,182
Freiburg - Lens 33,911
Toulouse - Benfica 31,810
Qarabağ - Braga 31,200
Sporting CP - Young Boys 29,393
Rennes - Milan 28,320
Sparta Praha - Galatasaray 18,205

[Dragonite]

@Polak , in your CL predictions I agree with all 8 teams advancing, but here I disagree with Lens, Young Boys and Galatasaray.

No Conference League predictions?

@Polak ,

Here we were both wrong about Marseille and Qarabag, we were both right about Benfica, Milan and Roma, and in the three cases where I disagreed I was right in all three - Freiburg, Sparta Praha and Sporting.

[matt]

From the least close to the most balanced tie, ELO-ranking wise:

Benfica - Toulouse 1791-1595 (196)
Young Boys - Sporting Lisbona 1616 - 1783 (167)
Milan - Rennes 1849 - 1724 (125)
Shakhtar Donetsk - OM 1617- 1718 (101)
Lens - Freiburg 1766 - 1691 (75)
Braga - Qarabag 1652 - 1580 (72)
Galaasaray . Sparta Praha 1706 - 1663 (43)
Feyenoord - Roma 1734 - 1767 (33)

Feyenoord - Roma not surprisingly appears to be the most balanced pair.

Freiburg, Qarabag and Sparta Praha overcomed ELO.
Benfica - Toulouse was unexpectedly close.