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Destroying Arsenal, Chelsea won the convincing Europa League

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Chelsea won the convincing Europa League after a devastating 4-1 victory over Arsenal in the all-English final at Baku. Olivier Giroud, Pedro Rodriguez and Eden Hazard have taken turns to help the Blues avoid empty-handed this season.

This is the second time Chelsea have won the Europa League, after having done the same thing eight seasons ago. Arsenal, meanwhile, closed the season without any titles. At the same time, they also have no tickets to Champions League next season.

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Thus, in the 2019-20 season, English football will still only have 4 representatives to attend the most prestigious tournament in Europe. They are Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham.

Both Arsenal and Chelsea entered the scene quite cautiously and did not create too many dangerous situations in the first 45 minutes. The most noticeable shot of the Gunners is the shot from the edge of the crossbar of Xhaka.

While it was not until the end of the first half of Chelsea that goalkeeper Pert Cech showed talent after two finishes of Emerson and Giroud. However, into the second half, Chelsea played more jubilantly. And they have consecutive three goals from Olivier Giroud, Pedro Rodriguez and Eden Hazard.

In the 49th minute, Giroud flew a brave header from Emerson’s cross, scoring the opening goal 1-0 for The Blues. By the 60th minute, Hazard had a favorable pass for Pedro to come into the touch with a left foot to make goalkeeper Cech.

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Just exactly 5 minutes later, Giroud brought back a penalty for the Blues after a foul in the penalty area. On the 11m mark, Hazard was not too difficult to increase the score to 3-0.

Arsenal’s Emery coach decided to launch Iwobi on the pitch to replace Torreira. And just a few minutes after entering the field, the player scored a short score 1-3 with a beautiful volley.

Two All-Decade Teams add up to one great century (Part 2)

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The Shooters

When it comes to making shots from long range, the all-decade teams boast nine of the top 20 players all-time in three-point shots made. Appropriately for a player on both all-decade teams, Navarro is the runaway leader with 623. He and Diamantidis both rank in this category, while three more players on the list come from the first all-decade team and four from the second. One player from each team, Langdon from 2000-10 and Teodosic from 2010-20, rank in the top 20 in average three-pointers made in their careers. Meanwhile, Bodiroga and Parker ranked second and third in average two-pointers among players with more than 75 games played this century. As for total two-pointers made, Printezis and Hines rank among the top five ever, while Vujcic and Spanoulis also fit in the top 10. Interestingly, Navarro and De Colo rank 14th and 15th, respectively, proving that they were unstoppable both inside and outside.

The facilitators

Considering how much scoring they had to do, it is remarkable that nine of the 18 total all-decade players sit among the top 20 all-time assist-makers, as well. Spanoulis, Diamantidis, Teodosic, Llull and Papaloukas all rank in the first eight best passers ever, with Navarro, Jasikevicius, De Colo and Holden not far behind. Teodosic and Spanoulis boast the highest career averages of the eight, with 4.8 and 4.7 assists per game, respectively, and Diamantidis has 4.5. It should be noted that Vujcic, with 2.7 per game, was best passing center ever and his 524 career assists are exceeded by only one forward this century, as well.

The big men

They may be outnumbered by guards on both all-decade teams, but there’s no forgetting the work that the three big men among the 18 have done on the boards. Printezis and Hines rank fifth and sixth, respectively, in all-time rebounds, while Vujcic has a higher career average than either, 5.4 boards per game, and ranks 15th. Hines, meanwhile, ranks third all-time in blocked shots, making him the only top-20 all-decade player in that category, although Vujcic ranks 21st. Of special note is Diamantidis, who proved you don’t have to be big to play big. His lifetime 118 blocks, by far the most for any guard, rank him 24th overall.

Two All-Decade Teams and One great century (Part 1)

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Any comparison of sporting greats from different eras is destined to be inconclusive, and that is especially true of the two Turkish Airlines EuroLeague All-Decade Teams chosen so far this century. Differences in formats, numbers of games and average playing time do not allow for easy quantitative comparisons. The fun part, however, is comparing them qualitatively, because even though no one can be right when doing so, it brings up the non-stop great memories that all of them left on the court.

From the first decade this century, the 10 best players were Dejan Bodiroga, Dimitris Diamantidis, J. R. Holden, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Trajan Langdon, Juan Carlos Navarro, Theo Papaloukas, Anthony Parker, Ramunas Siskauskas and Nikola Vujcic.

From the second decade were Diamantidis and Navarro again, plus Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nando De Colo, Luka Doncic, Kyle Hines, Sergio Llull, Georgios Printezis, Vassilis Spanoulis and Milos Teodosic.

Much better than comparing them is to simply thank them for all they did to lift European basketball to new heights!

The Scorers

Only one player on either all-decade team has won the Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy for the highest average points in a season. Nonetheless, the greatest EuroLeague scorers ever fill both teams. The all-time top four in total points – Spanoulis, Navarro, Printezis and De Colo, in order – are among 11 all-decade honorees ranked in the top 20. The 2000-10 team has five such players and the 2010-20 team has eight, both counts including Navarro and Diamantidis. While the sole Ford Trophy winner was De Colo in 2015-16, the all-decade player with the highest single-season scoring average was Dejan Bodiroga, with 20.1 per game for Panathinaikos 2001-02. Anthony Parker (16.3 ppg.) Bodiroga (16.1) and De Colo (16.0) are ranked among the top 10 in scoring average all-time and second, third and fifth, respectively, for players with more than 75 games played this century.

Who will win the Europa League in 2019-20? (Part 2)

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As well as three victories under former Arsenal manager Unai Emery, the Liga side also claimed the trophy in consecutive seasons under Juande Ramos in 2006 and 2007.

They qualified from Group A after taking 15 points and face Roma in a blockbuster last-16 tie.

Bayer Leverkusen is Germany’s best chance at the Europa League glory at 8/1 over (9.0) after dropping down from the Champions League and comfortably beating Porto within the last 32.

The Bundesliga side will face Rangers within the last-16 as they appear to win this tournament for the second time in their history.

Who are the Europa League underdogs?

The capital club was previously defeated in the final in 1991 once they went down 2-1 to Serie A rivals Inter and struggled past Gent within the round of 32, meaning their tie against Sevilla is probably going to prove even tougher.

Getafe have emerged as surprising underdogs at 16/1 (17.0) following impressive campaigns in both La Liga and therefore the Europa League.

Jose Bordalas’ men are the third in the Spanish top-flight and were runners-up in their Europa League flight, with their odds shortening thanks an impressive win over last season’s Champions League semi-finalists Ajax.

Eintracht Frankfurt also punch in at 16/1 (17.0) to win their first Europa League and second major European trophy, having also won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1999.

Who are the Europa League outsiders?

Shakhtar Donetsk are available at 25/1 (26.0) with bet365 to win the tournament ahead of their last – 16 clash with Wolfsburg who are 33/1 (34.0).

Olympiacos are often backed at 40/1 (41.0) after stunning Arsenal within the last 32, whilst Rangers and Copenhagen are both out at 50/1 (51.0).

LASK Linz are valued at 66/1 (67.0) whilst Basel and Istanbul Basaksehir are both rank at 80/1 (81.0) outsiders.

Who will win the Europa League in 2019-20? (Part 1)

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Chelsea won the tournament last season and two more Premier League sides are among the favourites to claim European victory

The Europa League has been whittled down to 16 teams, with possible paths to the final at Stadion Energa Gdansk in Poland being mapped out.

Arsenal were a high-profile exit from the last 32 having been beaten in extra-time by Olympiacos, while reigning champions Chelsea are featuring in the Champions League rather than the second-tier competition.

Who are the favorite teams to win the Europa League?

Manchester United are 4/1 (5.0) favourites with bet365 to win the Europa League for the second time in three years.

The Red Devils previously won Europe’s second-tier cup competition in 2017 once they defeated Ajax 2-0. The foremost recent trophy awarded to England’s most famous clubs.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side eased out of Group L and were handed one of the draws perceived to be more comfortable in the last-16, with United facing Austrian side LASK Linz.

Inter are the next favorite to win the Europa League after finishing third in their Champions League group and dropping into the second-tier competition.

The Italian side placed behind Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund in Group F and face a tough last-16 tie against Getafe, who are chasing a top-four finish in La Liga.

Wolves also are 13/2 (7.50) to mark their return to European football in impressive style by lifting their first major trophy since 1980.

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The Premier League side were runners-up within the first-ever UEFA Cup – because it was known – in 1972, losing 3-2 to Tottenham on aggregate, and haven’t taken part in continental competition since 1981.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side came second in a tough group and eased past Espanyol in the last-32 before being drawn against Olympiacos – conquerors of Arsenal – in the next round.

Sevilla are 7/1 (8.0) to keep up their position because the most dominant club in Europa League history by winning it for a sixth time.