UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[rjp]

We're flying Sarajevo to Frankfurt and Frankfurt to Manchester on the Saturday at roughly 10am. We get back about 2 in the afternoon.

Might be worth seeing if that flight runs on the Friday. Issue you night have is there are only 2 trains a day and one is 7am ish, so a taxi would be needed. This is with Lufthansa.

Bosnian woman I know has said bus is better from Sarajevo to Mostar. 2h30 and a dozen or so buses through the day. I have a printed timetable from her if you need more info.

Appreciated, but the train is a bit quicker and will get us up into Mostar nice and early- plus it seems to meander via rivers and mountains, so it should look pretty special in December.

A friend at the gym has just been there and she says it's an amazing place. Not sure about jumping off the bridge in December mind.

A friend of mine said it's supposed to be a stunning journey on the train.  Loads more info on the link below, The Man In Seat 61 is a brilliant resource for international train travel.

https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/sarajevo-to-mostar-by-train.htm

[dorsetvillian]

I'm flying from Bristol to Amsterdam early on Thursday morning and then back in the early evening on Friday. It's been a good few years since I've been to Amsterdam so looking forward to it. Hopefully, Villa play a strong team and we get a good performance and result.

[PeterWithesShin]

More teams, more games - and more flights. Next season will see men's European club football expand further, with an additional 177 fixtures across Uefa's three major tournaments - and with that comes an increasing impact on the planet.

BBC Sport research suggests the inflated fixture list could lead to teams and fans flying about two billion air miles across the 2024-25 campaign, up from 1.5 billion in 2022-23.

The projected figures for next season equate to more than 4,000 journeys to the Moon and back, and would result in the release of nearly half a million tonnes of greenhouse gases which cause global heating.

But how does that tally with Uefa's pledge to cut its climate impact? And what can be done?

Uefa's former head of social responsibility, Patrick Gasser, has suggested the governing body stops issuing tickets to away fans for Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League matches to help reduce its carbon footprint.

Full article https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67159156

[john e]

I'd love to hear some away days in Europe stories from those who went.
Any one have any to share?

Athletic Bilbao was the best ever

[olaftab]

Anyone using Easyjet from Luton tomorrow and return on Friday are welcome to a free lift in my vehicle. Leaving Brum about midday.

Careful where you park <winky thing>

Ha ha. Keeping away from Airport by parking at Lutom Parkway station.

[olaftab]

Anyone using Easyjet from Luton tomorrow and return on Friday are welcome to a free lift in my vehicle. Leaving Brum about midday.

Careful where you park <winky thing>

Don’t need a lift, but I’m on the 12.45 from Luton, might see you at the boarding desk

Probably not as my flight is at   16.40, so see you around Dam square. Wish you a safe journey.

[john e]

Anyone using Easyjet from Luton tomorrow and return on Friday are welcome to a free lift in my vehicle. Leaving Brum about midday.

Careful where you park <winky thing>

Don’t need a lift, but I’m on the 12.45 from Luton, might see you at the boarding desk

Probably not as my flight is at   16.40, so see you around Dam square. Wish you a safe journey.

Same to you

[Footy-Vill]

I've researched the respective line ups Emery uses in Europe and  have here for debate and discussion on the Europa squad.

Let's take a look at the starting line ups in the 2 Conference League games

Away
Martinez ,Chambers, Konsa, Lenglet, Digne. Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Zaniolo. Bailey, Duran.

Home
Martinez, Konsa, Carlos, Lenglet, Digne, Bailey, Dendoncker Tielemans, McGinn, Zaniolo, Duran.

Insights gleamed
Started both conference league matches
Martinez
Konsa
Lenglet
Digne
Tielemans
McGinn
Bailey
Zaniolo
Duran

Started one conference league
Chambers away
Kamara away
Dendoncker home

Not started any conference league
Olsen
Cash
Pau
Douglas
Diaby
Watkins

One can draw their own conclusions on how the squad has been used and the results so far indicate to me a need for some if the key players to come into Europa League starting

[Steve67]

What happens after the group finishes?  Do we get a load of clubs drop down from the Europa and make us part of another set of group games or do we go straight into a last 16 knock out stage, if we get through, of course! 

[dekko]

What happens after the group finishes?  Do we get a load of clubs drop down from the Europa and make us part of another set of group games or do we go straight into a last 16 knock out stage, if we get through, of course!

Finish second in the group and you have to play an extra round against the teams that come 3rd in the Europa League groups.

Win the group and we skip that round entirely.

[Brazilian Villain]

Yes, the 8 third place teams from the Europa League drop down and play the 8 second placed teams from the Conference League in a preliminary knockout round. Topping the group puts us straight into the last 16.

[darren woolley]

Yes, the 8 third place teams from the Europa League drop down and play the 8 second placed teams from the Conference League in a preliminary knockout round. Topping the group puts us straight into the last 16.

Thanks for clearing that up BV I didn't know about the 8 teams dropping down from the Europa League.

[Dave P]

Yes, the 8 third place teams from the Europa League drop down and play the 8 second placed teams from the Conference League in a preliminary knockout round. Topping the group puts us straight into the last 16.

Thanks for clearing that up BV I didn't know about the 8 teams dropping down from the Europa League.

Which, as it stands, are Olympiakos, Brighton, Rangers, Sturm Graz, Toulouse, Villareal, Servette and Molde but plenty of time for that to change.

[ADVILLAFAN]

For this reason, I've been cheering on Liverpool, Brighton and West Ham.

Just want them to progress, so we don't have to face them potentially.

[Brazilian Villain]

Yes, the 8 third place teams from the Europa League drop down and play the 8 second placed teams from the Conference League in a preliminary knockout round. Topping the group puts us straight into the last 16.

Thanks for clearing that up BV I didn't know about the 8 teams dropping down from the Europa League.

Which, as it stands, are Olympiakos, Brighton, Rangers, Sturm Graz, Toulouse, Villareal, Servette and Molde but plenty of time for that to change.

What could possibly go wrong?