UEFA Europa League 2017-18 road to UEFA supercup at Tallinn

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Tbh its better to play stronger teams early. If we win we have a good chance to go all the way, and if we lose we can concentrate on league earlier....dont you think?
 

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Awesome, glamour tie :star:..and a potentially easy one :D
 

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Tbh its better to play stronger teams early. If we win we have a good chance to go all the way, and if we lose we can concentrate on league earlier....dont you think?

Yea agree with this. In Europa it’s either win the entire thing or get KOed early to. No real benefit to getting to semi final for eg and getting KOed there. In CL on the other hand each round is a good achievement and you get well compensated financially as well.
 

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4-0 at home and 3-0 away with Donna performing a miracle save to avoid extra time.
 

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i hate lazio

i hate atletico madrid

i hate dortmund

i hate milan's shit luck


roma lazio inter arsenal genoa arsenal

FFS!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Seriously though all these teams we had to avoid other than arsenAnal got ridiculously easy draws..
 

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Tbh its better to play stronger teams early. If we win we have a good chance to go all the way, and if we lose we can concentrate on league earlier....dont you think?

Absolutely. And higher profile teams mean less chance of any mental fuck-up by us. We'll be alert as much as possible for the fixtures.
 

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I'd be ok with it if we had an easy league fixture

but roma(A) inter(H) genoa(A)???? and lazio away in the cup? insanity

god speed milan
 

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i hate lazio

i hate atletico madrid

i hate dortmund

i hate milan's shit luck


roma lazio inter arsenal genoa arsenal

FFS!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely. And higher profile teams mean less chance of any mental fuck-up by us. We'll be alert as much as possible for the fixtures.


Two ways of looking at the draw.

Anyone want to guess which one is more productive?

Actually, this says quite a bit about who you are IRL

A positive approach to challenges makes a significant difference
 

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I'd be ok with it if we had an easy league fixture

but roma(A) inter(H) genoa(A)???? and lazio away in the cup? insanity

god speed milan

All tough matches incl. EL last 16 tie. This will be a true test of how well we've come so far and if Gattuso and team have a winning mentality or just collapse from the pressure.
 

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All tough matches incl. EL last 16 tie. This will be a true test of how well we've come so far and if Gattuso and team have a winning mentality or just collapse from the pressure.

I would not blame gattuso at all, milan has zero squad depth and no real goal scorer.
 

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Milan - Arsenal on March 8 will be played at 19:00

Arsenal - Milan on March 15 will be played at 21:05 (Italy time)
 

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I would not blame gattuso at all, milan has zero squad depth and no real goal scorer.

Yeah I agree. It's rough - if not impossible - to play our best squad for 6 games over 3 weeks. Kessie and some others can handle it but one injury or suspension affects the team a lot here.

Just have to believe the mentality is there and our physical form doesn't drop for these fixtures, nor does mentality. Still unbeaten in 2018 -- let's keep it up. :star:
 

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Since when are chokers Arsenal a tough tie? Both of us are nothing but names at the moment, and Wenger will most probably field a 2nd string team.

None of the other teams left care as little about the Europa as Arsenal do.
 

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Also they don’t have lacazette and aubameyang.. the best time to draw them is now
 

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arsenal care the most about the europa league, it's their most realistic path to a CL spot.

they have brighton and watford before they play milan, so he'll probably field a strong starting 11 against milan in both games.
 

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lacazzete is out for how long?

will he miss both games?
 

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Will miss 1st leg for sure..
 

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Two ways of looking at the draw.

Anyone want to guess which one is more productive?

Actually, this says quite a bit about who you are IRL

A positive approach to challenges makes a significant difference

Welcome back, oh you great personality advisor
 

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Pumped for it. Lets get it done guys. Yea i agree though. Roma inter arsenal ans rmthen genoa is tough.
If gattuso can win 2 out of those 4 games and a draw perhaps then he can stay as coach of milan next season
 

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this feels like a tb to when arsenal vs milan actually was a big game
 

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Dreaming of Gattuso outcoaching Wenger..PLEEEAAASE

Forza Milan
 

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