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If discussing the two strongest teams in the Europa League and the two most favorites for the Europa League, Liverpool and Leverkusen would come first. These two teams have been performing consistently since the beginning of the season and have maintained consistent performances till now. With these two teams qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Liverpool and Leverkusen will currently be far ahead of the other teams that have qualified in terms of strength and consistent performance. AC Milan is a good team in the Italian league but with the way they are performing it doesn't look like they can do well against Liverpool or Leverkusen in the Europa League. Liverpool were the favorites from the start of the season and they might end the season as favourites.
everything will be different when we enter the quarter finals and in that round we will have different favorites to the ones we are talking about now.
I mean, right now we are still talking about Liverpool and Leverkusen being the favorites in the European league but believe me when the quarter finals have passed and all the strong teams have qualified for the semi finals, definitely not only Leverkusen and Liverpool will be the favorites but also other teams like Milan or Roma, if these two teams qualify for the semi finals they will also become favorite teams.
I will not doubt any team from now on because starting in the quarter finals all the teams have high consistency but we have to remember that the European league is full of surprises and last season the favorite team did not get the European league title but instead the team that was not the favorite could win it European eague title.
I think you still remember how Sevilla was a surprising team that won the title last season and this could happen with Milan or Roma.