Europa League
Ioannidis: “Why not stay for years, Brinioli is the best in Greece”
Fotis Ioannidis stated after the game against Villarreal that he had no problem staying at Panathinaikos for years, while glorifying Alberto Brignoli and showing that he (and he) supports him.
His appearance in the 60th minute of the game against Villarreal changed the whole project for Panathinaikos. Fotis Ioannidis managed to score a goal in 38 minutes of the game, miss a penalty (he missed the first one and sent the ball to the post), provide an assist for Aitor in the 70th minute and from the entire defense of the Teams to be noticed Spanish team.
Another piece in this year’s impressive competitive “puzzle” from the 23-year-old striker, who closes his ears to all the transfer scenarios heard and written about lately, while in his statements to the Greek envoys he showed fully “baked” in the prospect of staying in “clover” for years.
Fotis Ioannidis spoke in detail after the game against Villarreal:
On his appearance and the change in the team’s image when he entered the field in the 60th minute:
“Every week I’m ready and want to be in the best shape possible. Regardless of whether the coach decides on the starting XI or not, I want the team to win because that is the most important thing. And that’s exactly what I’m trying to do. To help the team win. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to do that in this game against Villarreal. We all believed it. At half-time I told the boys that if we scored a goal we would be in the game. We also made it 3-0 and saw that even with this result we could cause a surprise. That’s what we thought, but unfortunately we didn’t make it..”.
What he doesn’t say about the second half picture:
“We know that we have a very good team that cannot give up and never gives up. I personally stick to that, the team fought until the end to get a result in this stadium“.
For the decisive game against Maccabi Haifa on December 14th. follows:
“Our goal is to continue in Europe in 2024. We know what we have to do. The game at Leoforo is crucial and we will deal with it as we should“.
On the fact that several European teams have looked at him again:
“My job is Panathinaikos and I’m trying to win some games with my team. That’s all I can think of. I just think about football. “Stocks” and everything that doesn’t concern me. For me it’s all about the team and what we achieve with it is very important“.
On Jovanovic’s speech at the PSAPP Awards about him and his future at Panathinaikos:
“The answer ist quite easy. The coach said what he thinks. It is very important and honorable for me what he said, namely to stay on Panathinaikos for years. It’s very beautiful and why not… “.
On Panathinaikos’ reaction after 60′:
“We know where we have to go. There is no specific “way”. We know what we have to do on the pitch. The results of the last games are not what we should have. But we will find our way and we have another game against OFI on Sunday“.
For the team and audience’s support for Brignoli and the Italian’s terrible performance:
“We know that the world of Panathinaikos is nothing but supportive and that is very important for players. Alberto has a great personality, an incredible mentality and he shows it in every game. He is the best goalkeeper in Greece and he showed that in the game against Villarreal. Even though he made a mistake in the last game, we know what he can do and we thank him“.
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
Source: Sport UA
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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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