Every team in the European League is almost equal, so competition is always high in the European League. Even if the big team can separate here, it cannot be said that the big team will win the title in the end. Liverpool were probably the biggest team in the Europa League last season and everyone was saying that Liverpool would win the Europa League title last season but Liverpool couldn't do it. Far from winning the title, they exited the tournament before qualifying for the semi-finals.
Like last season, Manchester United is considered as a worthy contender to win the title this season but Manchester United may not be able to win the Europa League title.
Maybe we'll see another team win the Europa League title.
A small number of people only see the results of the group stage but they forget that the most difficult competition is not in the group stage but when entering the round of 16, big teams can lose their performance when they get an equal opponent.
On the one hand, several popular teams in the group stage have their own strategies such as only competing with a performance that is not too strong to save the players' energy and when they have qualified for the round of 16, big teams will improve their performance to be stronger.
So in each round we will continue to see many changes and even teams that look weak at this time will experience a very high increase.
You may not forget that the group stage is also tough because if a team does not perform well in the group stage i.e. if they do not win the group stage matches then they may not reach the next round. So any round is important for every team. There are many coaches who give the most importance to the group stage matches because they feel that if they lose in these matches, their team will never reach the right place. The best teams in the group stage reach the second round, so the second round is more competitive than the group stage.