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Looking at their performance in the league I think Athletic Bilbao and Lazio have a great chance to win the UEL this season. However, there are many complex factors so we cannot refer to the performance of each team in each league. Manchester United and Tottenham are the teams with the worst ranking in the league among other teams. However, United have a very good performance in the UEL. Lyon will be the real challenge for them to show whether they deserve to be the favorites to win or not. But I personally favor Bilbao to win the UEL this season. The Spanish team has a very good record in the UEL with Sevilla being the most champions here. On the other hand, Bilbao is currently in fourth place in La Liga and they are only behind Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid who are contestants in the UCL.

What happens in the domestic league does not guarantee the same thing will happen in the Europa League competition for team performance, as happened to Leverkusen last season so what happened to Athletic Bilbao in La Liga does not guarantee anything for them to win the Europa League.
What must also be known is that the Europa League competition is very fierce because several teams have the same strength so that no team is too favored excessively and I think that also applies this season from all the teams in the quarter-finals now have the same hope of becoming champions so it is quite difficult to predict.

Atheltic Club is performing spectacular in la liga but and as we can see la liga teams has performed much better than other league teams in recent european championship as well this season. This makes Atheletic Club a favorite candidate for Europa champions. They also have got relatively easier opponent for the quaterfinals. Lazio, Lyon and whoever wins between Frankurt and Tottenham would also be a competitor to Atletico Bilbao in the semis.

Honestly, Athletic Bilbao are in great form, and that can never be denied. Looking at their performance compared to other teams in the competition, it is clear that Athletic Bilbao are the favorite team to win the ongoing Europa competition. However, the truth is that anything can happen; this means other teams can also pick up form.We saw what happened in the last round when Manchester United disqualified Real Sociedad. Based on their domestic performance, Real Sociedad were in better form than Manchester United. Sometimes, there are teams that may not perform well in their domestic league but excel in other competitions. It is even possible for an unexpected team to win the Europa competition at the end.