Europa League
Corberan: “The game is final because our course will be judged in Europe”
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Carlos Corberan emphasized that he was highly motivated for the rematch with Slovan (8 November, 9.30 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 1, LIVE Sportish) and made it clear that Olympiakos’ only goal was to win and qualify for the next phase of the Europa League.
Carlos Corberan gave a press conference for the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League (in the 1-1 rematch) on Wednesday evening (October 8th) on the eve of the decisive away game between Olympiakos and Slovan Bratislava (November 8th, 9:30 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 1, LIVE Sportish). at “Georgios Karaiskakis”), expressing his confidence that his team is courageous and that its players will give everything to qualify for the playoffs.
The Spanish coach called the game in Slovakia a final, he made it clear that his side need to perform better than in the first game and that it is his sole responsibility to prepare his players mentally and psychologically .
What he said in detail:
What will be different compared to the first game and what does the qualification schedule look like: “The plan is to put the best players in the best position, to present the most competitive team to achieve our single goal, our clear goal of winning tomorrow and qualifying. We have to be good in defense and attack, be more careful and present our best strengths.”
For Slovan’s coach Vladimir Weiss’ opinion that Olympiacos will be stronger because of the returns: “There are players that were missing in the previous game but will be available tomorrow. I think it’s a step that needs improvement to have more players, but we have to compare ourselves to the first game that our guide is improve.” Even if we played against the same players, it wouldn’t make us weaker, on the contrary.”
About his impression of Slovan, their pros and cons: “They are a very competitive team, they deal with European competitions the way they deal with local competitions. The game is a final because our progress will be judged in Europe, so I think emotional control and competitiveness will be more important factors . The emotional ones.” Part will be more important than any tactic tomorrow.”
Whether the way Olympiacos finished the game will be a guide for the rematch: “In a way yes and in a way no. I clearly analyzed the last few minutes of the first game, we gave our all offensively to at least equalize. Because we became aggressive, we gave the opponent space, luckily, thanks to Tomas, we didn’t concede a goal”.
How he sees his players after three unsuccessful results if they are ready for this final: “I’m happy with my team’s reaction in the first game. I’m happy because I saw how my team reacted when they conceded a goal, which they didn’t do in their previous game when they conceded a goal have and not I must not react. But this should be done without taking any risks in defense, without giving the opponent the opportunity to threaten to counterattack. It’s my responsibility to organize the emotional and psychological part of the team. “
How his tactics are affected by Olympiacos’ problems: “I’m very motivated for the game, as a coach I’m always trying to build on my team’s strengths and my goal is to lead Olympiacos to the best places they can be in European football while I’m on their bench . It not only needs expectations, it also needs organization and I think my team is brave, they know how to deal with difficult situations.”
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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