Europa League 2025-26

[Somniloquism]

I know no-one was doing it really, the paper were just making up a story that their readers will swallow on why Israeli teams are still in the competition. As they were stating initially that the Qatari's had bought FIFA and using their influence there to pressure UEFA, I was wondering what bollocks they imagined the Americans were bringing to counter Qatari's money.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters, most of them PAOK fans, gather ahead of a Europa League soccer match between PAOK and Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.

[Somniloquism]

Seems Sky is the first other news source to cover it. Although most seems to be gathering thoughts from different people rather then anything concrete.

https://news.sky.com/story/high-level-talks-in-european-football-about-whether-to-ban-israel-from-international-competitions-13437606

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-administration-will-work-to-prevent-banning-israel-from-international-football-13437794

[Somniloquism]

After the first round of matches, England are fourth in the 5th place CL coefficient with our rivals main rivals between 0.5 and 1.0 below us. The three teams above us will soon drop down as they are smaller nations won't go far but have fluked a win.