The teams that finish in the top eight of the League Phase standings are certainly more favored, but the Europa League is always full of surprises, where the more favored teams are sometimes eliminated earlier. AS Roma, although they had to struggle to reach the round of 16 and were not favored, they also deserve to be considered as trophy contenders. In addition, it is very natural that Lazio, Athletic Bilbao, Manchester United and Tottenham get more attention, because they have better consistency than the other contestants.
The intensity of the competition in the round of 16 will be much more competitive, the consistency of each team in domestic competitions must also be seen to predict their chances in the Europa League. Especially for Manchester United, their reputation as one of the elite Premier League clubs is not enough to place them as strong candidates for the trophy. Ruben Amorim must work harder than before, they must learn from Liverpool experience last season.
Yes, the UEFA Europa League always gives us interesting surprises every season, like in the previous season which we thought would be won by Leverkusen with its consistency in the two leagues ended in defeat by Atalanta which we did not predict would get a full victory, hahah a dark history for my bet.
Man United should have been better but indeed their situation is very unfavorable in the current situation, after all Ruben Amorin has fought hard but the results he got are only like now in the domestic league, he will focus on the UEFA Europa League, nothing is more likely than that, right?
Manchester United is inconsistent which are making things unpredictable in last 5 games just 2 wins and 2 loses mean no one can talk about their chances in Europa League while March is going to be interesting with Fulham at Old Trafford then Real Sociedad in Spain after this Arsenal and Real Sociedad at Old Trafford.
All tricky games which are they needed to be won if they want to have things on their side even few positive signs are coming but still it's not easy for them to have silverware in this season which could be worst end for them. They are undefeated in Europa League which is good advantage and give them good motivation for keeping things on track while now they are in safety zone which is also good with this improvement anything can happen in remaining season.