Quote from: mammusu on Today at 10:20:56 PM

Quote from: Webetcoins on Today at 08:33:23 PM

Now after announcement of matches which are going to play for the round of 16 things are having good change because mostly big teams are having easy opponents and hopefully these teams will win and go into next round without any problem where we will have more interesting matches for the last four round specially we have all teams in good shape and this could be entertaining Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool and AC Milan are the toughest teams which are having good chance but still we can expect any surprise because few teams like Roma, Atlanta and Benfica can make things tougher for the top ranks because these are also teams to watch for the big games because these are well experience and quality teams in this event.

Leverkusen and Liverpool really deserve to be called favorite teams, because of their consistent and balanced performance between the domestic league and the European League. In my opinion, AC Milan is still below these two teams, because they often experience surprising defeats. But AC Milan deserves to be considered as a third party that has the potential to stop Leverkusen or Liverpool, because the Serie A representatives have good depth to trouble their potential opponents.

Most of the other contestants deserve to be considered dark horses in the round of 16, who also have the opportunity and potential to make a surprise. Lens, Braga, Feyenoord, Young Boys and Shakhtar failed to get past the play off round even though they came from the Champions League, and it could be said that the Europa League brought more surprises than we previously thought.

Considering the performance of Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen since the start of the season both in the their respective leagues and in the UEFA Europa League competition, I don't think there are other clubs that deserves to be addressed as the favourites for the competition's trophy than the two clubs.

Bayer Leverkusen in their league is trying to end Bayern Munich's dominance for over the last one decade and that they've been doing in a clinical fashion as they're yet to lose a league game this season but that hasn't stopped them from delivering great football performances in the UEFA Europa League competition

Liverpool on the other side is also trying to stop Manchester City from winning the English Premier League title for the fourth consecutive time and their manager Jurgen Klopp will be leaving the club at the end of the current season so he's trying to make sure he wins as many trophies as possible to use them as his farewell gifts for the club that's become part of him for the past seven years