There will always be surprises in the Europa League and in fact this happens almost every season in the Europa League. Because the clubs that have a high percentage of becoming champions in fact they can't answer it very well, even Sevilla is the club that has won the title most often here, even though their performance in La Liga is not that good. It wasn't just Liverpool that surprised us last season, but Leverkusen also surprised us with their defeat in the Europa League final. because they were undefeated before meeting Atalanta in the final, and Atalanta became the club that managed to become the only club that could give them defeat last season. I also hope that this season there will be another big surprise.
This season is getting more complicated with our new system it will also be a little difficult to predict who will get the title in this competition and I support your opinion if there will definitely be another big surprise. Currently Man United is highly expected to get the title in the European league because of Ten Hag desire to give the best title to MU. But the problem is there are several other teams that can definitely be the strongest opponents for MU and on the one hand Ten Hag currently has a little problem in the defense line. This season I don't think it's too early to bet on who will get the title this season and at least it takes 3 matches for each team to see which team has a chance to stand in the final round.
Yes, we have to see how interesting the new format will be implemented this season. Another difference is that we will not have clubs from the Champions League, or those who cannot compete in the Champions League. Usually we will see a play-off round between the 2nd place in the Europa League group stage and the 3rd place in the Champions League group stage, this season we will no longer see something like that.
Actually, this was interesting in the previous season, because there were other big clubs joining the Europa League. I hope this does not have a significant impact on the competitive level in the Europa League. However, this also increases the opportunities for those who usually fail in the last 16.