UEFA Europa League Playoffs: Are 35 Matches Enough For You?

There are only 35 matches today in Europa League. Sorry, you’ll just have to make do.

Depending on your level of soccer addiction, you see those two sentences as sarcastic (not addicted at all, I like soccer but don’t feel the need to watch every match) or mocking (I’ll remember Richard’s taunts when I’m drinking coffee and Red Bull at the end of my sleep-for-soccer swap). Regardless, it’s pretty insane that there are 35 matches today, and those aren’t even all the Europa League playoff pairings. Two were played Tuesday (Aris and Besiktas jumped ahead of Austria Wien and HJK Helsinki, respectively).