Although Athletic Bilbao is ranked 4th this season in their own domestic league, it does not mean that it will immediately be a guarantee for Athletic Bilbao to be able to win the Europa League. Because if you have followed this competition for a long time, of course you have seen how Sevilla got the Europa League trophy even though in their domestic league the team was not in a very good position in the standings. So this is not actually a guarantee that Athletic Bilbao will not lose in the remaining rounds of the Europa League this season because every team will definitely improve their performance during a break like now and when they are in a more crucial round.
Talking about Sevilla, I really miss this team to be able to return to the European league because they really have the nickname of the king of the European league trophy. Although unstable in the domestic league, they are always mighty in this European league, just like Real Madrid who has the nickname of the king of the champions league.
Yes. Actually, if we talk about European competition, it's not a matter of appearing impressively from the start, European competition is very difficult to predict because it's about mentality. Who has the mentality to win the European league, especially since this has entered the knockout phase, in other words, a life and death match. Sometimes even small teams can make big surprises in every match when they can play disciplined and not make the slightest mistake.
So I think all the remaining teams now have the same chance to win the trophy, although in terms of player quality, teams like Bilbao, Tottenham, Lazio, Man United are favored to win the trophy, but in football there are always surprises, especially in the European league competition.