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It will be tough for Arsenal. It's like the prefect setup for Wenger to f it up and manage to lose the tie.
Match between the fallen 3rds, Napoli-Leipzig should be interesting. So will the game between Lyon and Villareal, These games should be pretty even I would think. If I had to pick I would say Napoli and Lyon will advance.
From Dortmund-Atalanta, I'll go with Dortmund. And from Celtic-Zenit, I have my money on Zenit.
Yeah, there are some nice matches. It will be fun cos going to Sweden in winter to play on artificial turf = guaranteed injuries and problems for arsenal
Most even game imo:
Dortmund vs Atalanta
Nice vs Lokomotiv Moscou
Spartak Moscou vs Atletic Club Bilbao
Celtic vs Zenith
Villareal vs Lyon
Napoli vs Leipzig
Red Star vs CSKA Moscou
Marseille vs Braga
Team in darker caracter are those I think will win.
And now, for the other team who should propably advance:
Dynamo Kyiv
Real Sociedad
Partizan
Atletico
Lazio
Milan
Sporting
Arsenal
Some fantastic matches. I will gladly watch most of them, Europa League is fantastic.
Borussia vs Atalanta Hehe, can't predict what will the outcome be but I can sense a fantastic match. Dortmund, although being better on paper, isn't much better than Atalanta as a team.
Nice vs Lokomotiv Nice is in bad form, while Lokomotiv is (I think?) first in Russian league. Should be solid matchup.
Kobenhavn vs Atletico If Qarabag managed to get points from them, Kobenhavn should atleast put a good fight.
Spartak vs Athletic Bilbao Would be better if it was Bilbao from 2 years ago, but whatever. Similiar to Nice-Lokomotiv.
Celtic vs Zenit Zenit should go through tbh. Celtic can pull a suprise nevertheless.
Napoli vs Leipzig Best match in EL, can see loads of goals but I hope that Leipzig (somehow) passes through.
Zvezda vs CSKA Serbo-Russian matchup, defo interesting. I can see great athmosphere at stadium.
Lyon vs Villareal Close second in best matchups imo - Villareal is doing decent while Lyon is playing fantastic football, I will watch this match no matter what will I miss for it.
Sociedad vs Salzburg Solid match. Looking forward to it. Sociedad has great team and a good run in EL can make them more visible.
Ostersund vs Arsenal Sadly their story will likely come to an end ;( even if they drop out, they should be happy because what they've done in last 5+ years is more unbeliveable than last minute goals in CL finals.
Marseille vs Braga I like this. Braga has few decent players so it isn't really predictable.
Napoli vs Leipzig gonna be good and also Arsenal hopefully will face one of those later.
Napoli vs Leipzig and then winner of that goes to play Östersund vs Arsenal...gonna be good.
I hope arsenal doesnt underestimate ostersund, they are a very good team. Would be nice to see a final between atletico and arsenal in the eufa.
@Chelsea8 I don't know for your but despite having so many more team than in CL, Europa feel a lot more competitive. :O
@Croatian Wouldn't mind knowing more about Ostersund, I didn't really heard about them tbf... :(
@Chelsea8 I don't know for your but despite having so many more team than in CL, Europa feel a lot more competitive. :O
^they are team who rocketed into Swedish first league, I think 5 promotions in 5 years. Now they are through in knockout phase of EL (their first year in Swedish first league and already qualified for EL, second season and they are in knockouts - that's fantastic). Their manager is Englishman Graham Potter (only English manager left in European competitions I think), their squad is really multicultural, captain is from Iraq I think? They also do karaoke and other fun stuff in their community.
Swedish league doesn't start at the same time as other leagues so they might be out of shape at the time they face Arsenal.
@Croatian Thats sick. :D Too bad they are playing Arsenal. Its ain't gonna be easy at all for them. :(
@Croatian Thats sick. :D Too bad they are playing Arsenal.
Something tells me Dortmund will be out against Atalanta
@Marcus2011 Don't forget they got rid of their manager and have plenty of time to turn their situation around before the game. :P
Quarter Final Draw:
Arsenal vs CSKA Moscow
Atletico Madrid vs Sporting
Marseille vs Leipzig
Lazio vs Salzbourg
Some pretty good games actually. Its also funny to technically see 2 Redbull team in the quarter final. XD
My predictions:
Arsenal
Atletico
Leipzig
Salzbourg
the best arsenal can hope for is teams like leipzig knocking atletico out.