Europa League Group Stages 2021-22

[Satchmo Distel]

Draw this morning. Pots:

Draw pots

Pot 1
Lyon
Napoli
Leverkusen
Dinamo Zagreb
Lazio
Olympiacos
Monaco
Braga

Pot 2
Celtic
Frankfurt
Crvena Zvezda
Leicester
Rangers
Lokomotiv Moscow
Genk
PSV Eindhoven

Pot 3


Marseille
Ludogorets
West Ham
Real Sociedad
Real Betis
Fenerbahçe
Spartak Moskva
Sparta Prague

Pot 4
Rapid Vienna
Galatasaray
Legia Warsaw
Midtjylland
Ferencvaros
Antwerp
Sturm Graz
Brøndby

Runners and riders by league:

NG: Leicester City, West Ham
ESP: Real Sociedad, Real Betis
ITA: Napoli, Lazio
GER: Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen
FRA: Lyon, Marseille, Monaco
POR: Braga
NED: PSV Eindhoven
SCO: Celtic, Rangers
AUT: Rapid Vienna, Sturm Graz
RUS: Lokomotiv Moskva, Spartak Moskva
SRB: Crvena Zvezda
BEL: Antwerp, Genk
TUR: Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray
GRE: Olympiacos
DEN: Midtjylland, Brøndby
CZE: Sparta Praha
CRO: Dinamo Zagreb
BUL: Ludogorets
HUN: Ferencvaros
POL: Legia Warsaw

[Snake Plissken]

Lazio, Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille and Galatasaray are drawn together in Group G. That's going to be... interesting.

[Snake Plissken]

Full draw

Group A
Lyon
Rangers
Sparta Prague
Brondby

Group B
Monaco
PSV Eindhoven
Real Sociedad
Sturm Graz

Group C
Napoli
Leicester City
Spartak Moscow
Legia Warsaw

Group D
Olympiakos
Eintracht Frankfurt
Fenerbahce
Royal Antwerp

Group E
Lazio
Lokomotiv Moscow
Marseille
Galatasaray

Group F
Braga
Red Star Belgrade
Ludogorets
Midtjylland

Group G
Bayer Leverkusen
Celtic
Real Betis
Ferencvaros

Group H
Dinamo Zagreb
Genk
West Ham
Rapid Vienna

[Antepli Ejderha]

Lazio, Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille and Galatasaray are drawn together in Group G. That's going to be... interesting.

Galatasaray have been poor this season and are down a player, suspended by the club and banned for 8 matches for hitting a team mate.

[ad hoc]

Galatasaray have been poor this season and are down a player, suspended by the club and banned for 8 matches for hitting a team mate.

I presume Snake was more thinking about the fans.

[ursus arctos]

I'm sure that he was

The Galatasaray matches away and OM's visit will be the most problematic. Lazio don't take huge numbers away, but any of the Turkish big four can count on massive support away (though perhaps not in Russia)

[Antepli Ejderha]

I'm sure that he was

The Galatasaray matches away and OM's visit will be the most problematic. Lazio don't take huge numbers away, but any of the Turkish big four can count on massive support away (though perhaps not in Russia)

Lots of Turks in Moscow UA, they are everywhere.

[ursus arctos]

I wasn't sure how that was going after Syria

[Antepli Ejderha]

A lot of hot air really, Putin telling Erdoğan about the coup against him improved relations.

[ursus arctos]

They do have an awful lot in common

So the match at the RZD Arena may be tasty after all

[ursus arctos]

Barn burner in Sevilla between Betis and Celtic

3-2 to the home side after 50 minutes.


I am virtually certain that Betis are wearing royal blue as a pisstake.

4-2 now

[ursus arctos]

Ends 4-3 to Betis

Galatasaray beat Lazio

[Satchmo Distel]

Spurs took Kane and Moura off after 54 mins at Rennes, with the score at 1-1. I'd have thought you'd use Kane as impact sub if he was only going to get half a game in the B-side.

[delicatemoth]

Perez put Leicester one up on Napoli. Good sizzling game so far, both sides look threatening going forward. Soumare and Daka making their first Leicester starts.

[ursus arctos]

PSV and Real Sociedad trade goals about half an hour in to an attractive match in Eindhoven (also proper lite for once)

OL go ahead at Ibrox with a lovely goal

[ursus arctos]

Isak catches the Dutch defence napping and converts a deflected cross to put La Real up 2-1

[Toby Gymshorts]

Insigne is such a good player to watch.

[delicatemoth]

He is as long as he keeps shooting like that. Leicester 1-0 up at the break having allowed Napoli a large number of chances, most of which were blazed high over the bar. Can't keep defending like that.

[delicatemoth]

Now 2-1 Leicester, a great goal from Barnes for the home side and a fantastic one by Osimhen for Napoli.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

When they talk about an unspoken plague of players struggling with sleeping pill addiction, are they talking about soyuncu? What has happened to him, he's a shambling mess and has been for the guts of six months

[delicatemoth]

You're not wrong, though his booking tonight was kind of Tielemans' fault for putting him in trouble. I suspect long COVID, think he caught it on international duty last season.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Tielemans' free kick was inexplicable, but soyuncu didn't have to do that!

Has he been replaced by lorenzo amoruso?

[ursus arctos]

Osimhen equalises for Napoli very late

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

By outjumping poor soyuncu as well

[delicatemoth]

Our defence has been shit all season. Fofana getting crocked really fucked us up, I hope Villareal get thumped in all their European games.

Napoli deserved the point, at least.