Europa League
Hardest way to be eliminated, but Panathinaikos has to get back up
Kostas Goulis writes about Panathinaikos paying dearly for every mistake he made, but he needs to find his footing and self-confidence again.
There are defeats and defeats, eliminations and eliminations, but this time against Maccabi Haifa, Panathinaikos chose the toughest route to stay out of the knockout rounds again in the last 14 years, failing in a process in which everything came up seemed to be on the legs Take 3rd place and continue in the playoffs to enter the “16” of the Europa Conference League.
It is very “bitter” this exclusion and certainly a failure when you aim for two results at home, lose the inevitable ones and end up being eliminated from the game knowing such a cheap defeat.
Yes, Maccabi Haifa are a very good team and much more experienced in Europe in recent years against a Panathinaikos team that had been off the European map for five years, but this game should have put it to the test.” And he did did not make it…
He failed because once again he had to pay dearly for every mistake he made. Every “chaff” in defense (the excellent Vagiannidis slipped later in the game in the 0-2 phase), every bad calculation (Lodingin’s bad reaction to Kornud’s cross at 0-1).
In each of their last four games in the group stage they were constantly chasing the score early and through their own mistakes, while up front they failed to convert their own chances into goals but failed to fully capitalize on the mistakes they made his opponents did it too.
And as Ivan Jovanovic rightly pointed out in the post-match press conference, with so many goals at this level you can’t be lucky and make the difference.
Panathinaikos could and should have had much better luck in this series of games in the 6th group of the Europa League.
At least after the summer qualifiers he did and the expectations he raised. He wasn’t heartbreaking on the field. He did not experience a run like the 2014/15 or 2016/17 season, where the opponents made him the target of their desires.
Otherwise, he “fought” all his matches, but with the mistakes he made, he constantly chased after his opponents, which could not make him the winner, because the handicap that was forming put him in a very difficult position.
He must find him more ready everywhere
I don’t know if everything that happened in the Europa League group this year will be a lesson for Panathinaikos. They will certainly help him understand that he still has a long way to go before he returns to much more normal standards (and) in Europe.
And it has to become much tougher, much more cynical and decidedly more effective. So that he doesn’t do justice to himself and his commitment on the field.
The development process is not a sprint, but a marathon, but Panathinaikos should be much better prepared for the next trip to Europe in the 2024/25 season. In every level. And most importantly, a clear mind and an understanding of how to get what he can get on the field.
Until then he has to get back on his feet very quickly. It’s not easy… The “shock” is strong and especially the way this exclusion came about, but the season still has a long way to go and the next day Panathinaikos must be ready to overcome this bitterness that the Having to cope emotionally and competitively with exclusion leaves him.
There is a very important game in Peristeri on Sunday (17/12) and Panathinaikos needs to come back and win to stay at the top of the table.
To regain his faith, his grip and his self-confidence to win the national titles at a time when the national competition will become even tougher…
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.
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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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