Quote from: Weawant on Today at 05:39:22 PM

Quote from: TelolettOm on February 21, 2025, 11:24:40 PM

Yes, they failed because in the first leg alone they were already 4-1 behind on aggregate, and one of the reasons might be because of Osimhen's absence in that match. Yes, Galatasaray's performance should not have been that weak. However, it is undeniable that Az Alkmaar's performance was also very good at that time.

Well, if you look at this chart, could the final be Lazio vs Bilbao? Or will there be another surprise? Like Fenerbache in the Final? This will be quite difficult to predict.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGVb-AaIir8/?img_index=2

Alkmaar has actually give an above average performance since the beginning of the europa and so they aren't even expected to do any less against a weak Galatasaray side they had no Osimhen on their team as at the time of play and then they didn't have a good defence to help them save the day. The other point I feel concerned about is the fixture about , the one between Manchester United and Real socidad, united has been in an inconsistent manner so I don't even trust them with this fixture and I'm actually struggling to stay optimistic about this.

We believe too much if Osimhen absence in the first leg was the cause of Galatasaray's defeat, even though if we look at the existing statistics, they actually showed extraordinary aggressiveness in attacking, but the defensive line built by Alkmaar at that time was indeed very solid and made it difficult for Galatasaray to score, in my opinion it was the defense owned by Galatasaray who was too weak and often made mistakes in the first leg so made them concede 4 goals, in the second leg when Osimhen played, he also did not show an extraordinary performance in my opinion, especially after Alkmaar was actually able to score the first goal in the second leg and made the aggregate goals even bigger, it has actually made the Galatasaray players lose motivation and enthusiasm including osimhen which starting to look very frustrated.