Europa League
Mitchell’s tests and Olympiako’s line-up before the fight with Qarabag
Mitchell tested Vrsalikos (again) in practice in the stopper trio alongside Papastathopoulos and Cisse, but he also had a back four in the same row for some time. At the same time there was a test in attack with Ui Jo Huang and Gary Rodriguez together, but also Biel in a midfield staff position.
Olympiacos are aiming for their first win in European competition this season when they take on Qarabag at Georgios Karaiskakis in the third group match of the Europa League on Thursday (6/10, 10:00 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 2, LIVE Sportish).
Still lacking a point in their group, the Piraeus team will try to get the three points to hope for second place leading to the knockout stages of the competition, or even third if which allows them to stay alive to continue in the Conference League.
Freiburg top the group standings with six points, while Nantes and Qarabag have three points each, leaving Olympiacos looking for four to six points in their two consecutive games against Azerbaijan this week and next. This gives the Red and Whites the opportunity to qualify for the qualification in the last two games against the German and French teams.
Piraeus want to win against Qarabag, both for reasons of scoring and for the reputation and psyche of the footballers. Mitchell, who got off to a good start to his second spell at the Olympiakos bench by beating Atromitos, would like a similar continuation to boost player confidence ahead of La Liga and European action.
The Spanish coach explained Qarabag’s style of play to the players, who press high, are quick on the break and quite compact as a team, and urged the Reds and Whites to be extra careful in defense and in static phases, try to take advantage of the opportunities to take advantage of the attack.
This is a game that requires patience, intelligence, right tactics, lots of runs, passion, determination and efficiency.
Mitchell’s candidate line-up
As for lineup, Mitchell tried formations, both with three stoppers and four on defense. In the first test, the three stoppers in front of Tzolakis were Vrsaliko, Papastathopoulos and Cise, with Avila and Reabciuk on the flanks, Embila and Inbom Huang in the central midfield positions, Biel in front of them and leading the attack were Gary Rodriguez and Ui Jo Huang.
Should the Spain coach opt for a back four, possible line-ups include Tzolakis, Vrsaliko, Papastathopoulos, Cise, Reabciuk, Embila, Inbom Huang, Gary Rodriguez, Masoura, Biel and Ui Jo Huang.
Also available are Aboubakar Kamara, Bowler, Brusai, Valbuena, Conte, Bouchalakis, Marcelo, Doi, Paschalakis and Papadoudis.
It is recalled that injured El Arabi, Ba, Retsos and Vatslik are not counted, Androutsos (who, like Koutris and Lala, switched to Olympiakos B) was not included in the team either, while Hames has no right to take part in the European Championship Participate Games, Bakabou, Fortunis, Samaseku, De la Fuente, A. Camara, Leidner, Kasami and Christianson.
By the way, Mitchell decided on Wednesday evening (10/5) to train only those players who have the right to play in European competitions (except for 19-year-old central defender Kostas Chrysopoulos), while the rest will train with another group in the morning of the same day .
Source: sport 24
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Europa League
Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?
The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.
Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.
Next single season rankings:
- P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)
The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.
Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.
Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.
UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.
Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)
Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season
UEFA five-year rankings
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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