ECL matchday 6

[Greyn]

Possible opponents for Lech in the Play-off round:

FK Bodø/Glimt
AEK Larnaka
Ludogorets
Braga
Sheriff
Lazio
Qarabağ
Trabzonspor

Lech already played Qarabag this season in the CLQ1 and went out. Maybe it is time for revenge.

[Overgame]

Still further than Silkeborg.

Yes but I think Anderlecht ambitions are a bit bigger

Actually their ambition is to not miss Europe again. They are in the middle of a big crisis, check where they are in the league.

[Juliusz]

What a night. Lech played brilliantly and finally did what they were supposed to do in the previous matches. But beating CL semi-finalist, in any circumstances, will be remembered for years.

Chance for even better campaign now. I don't have my dream draw for the play-off, but I would like to avoid Braga, Lazio and Qarabağ.

[Bulgarian]

Bravo Lech!!! Congratulations to the polish mafia i am happy for you!
Seeing Slovakia and Poland under us in the ranking having a fantastic season earning 5.500 points makes me want to see Ludogorets here for a season or two.
And speaking of them their potential opponents are:
Fiorentina -no thanks.
Anderlecht - considering their current state it might be good.
Lech Poznan - id say both sides would be happy with such draw i dont know if i would be. Maybe.
Partizan - i am leaning more to no but they have eliminated them in the past.
Dnipro - i would take it.
Gent - much like Anderlecht is not in its best shape so could be alright.
CFR - yes yes and yes. Sign me up. I dont like this club with its negative football.
Basel - also not in their best shape so could be a good one. CSKA beat them without being in good shape at home so i cant see why Ludogorets wouldnt.
Of course all the clubs can be in different shape when the matches are played in 3 months.
TLDR: avoid the italians at all cost.

[Juliusz]

MD6 attendances

Köln - Nice 47,000
Lech - Villarreal 30,117
FCSB - West Ham 20,172
Slavia Praha - Sivasspor 18,132
Partizan - Slovácko 17,256
Djurgården - Shamrock Rovers 16,726
Hapoel Beer-Sheva - Austria Wien 12,500
AZ Alkmaar - Dnipro-1 12,387
Gent - Molde 12,000
CFR Cluj - Ballkani 11,723
Pyunik - Basel 9,967
Silkeborg - Anderlecht 6,810
RFS - Fiorentina 6,747
İstanbul Başakşehir - Hearts 4,824
Žalgiris - Slovan Bratislava 4,790
Apollon - Vaduz 712

[naaba]

Belgium is a big winner of the ECL.

They always had a balanced league, and now their minnows make it to Spring in Europe.

Belgium performs "OK" in Europe because they have a large pool of "big clubs" (Brugge, Genk, Gent, Standard, Anderlecht, Antwerp) that prevent smaller clubs to do tourism accross Europe in summer. Those "big clubs" are not at the same level of big clubs in other leagues though (Porto, Benfica, Ajax) or can't go very far (Rangers making it to European final twice in 2 decades, Basel/Shakhtar making multiple CL-16 rounds). In the past 2 decades even Slavia Praha has played more EC-QF than all Belgian clubs.

But Belgium rarely has to deal with the likes of Oleksandriya, Sion, Aberdeen, etc. that bring nothing to the coefficient of their countries.