There are almost two months left to finish the season. After the national team break, both national and European competitions at club level will enter the final stage, the decisive one in the meaning of the titles at stake.
But at this point in the season one thing is clear: only two teams have a real chance of winning the treble if that means the League, Cup and Champions League or Europa League. And they certainly are Bayern Munich and Manchester City, which will meet in the quarterfinals of the highest continental competition.
A key tie
Both the hypothetical triplet for Bayern and City are very unlikely to become a reality. In addition to the difficulty involved in winning the Champions League, even if it overcomes the tie at the summit that will face them in the quarterfinals, both teams are not leading their leagues.
Even Bayern, who have won the last ten editions of the Bundesliga, have found it more difficult than usual to maintain the hegemony in German football to the point that on Sunday it surrendered the lead after losing to Bayer Leverkusen (2-1) and remain one point behind Borussia Dortmund there are nine days to play.
Bayern-Dortmund, April 4
After the national team break, Bayern will host Dortmund on April 1 in a major Der Klassiker for the meaning of the Bundesliga.
Bayern is definitely the last team to win the League, Cup and Champions League. He did it in 2020 in the middle of the Covid pandemic and in stadiums with no audience.
City are still struggling to clinch what would be a fifth Premier League in six years since, with a game in hand, they are second, eight points behind the leaders. Arsenal, with ten days left to play. in the FA Cup Pep Guardiola’s team are just two games away from lifting the trophy as they start clear favorites against second division Sheffield United at Wembley in the semi-finals on 22 April.
Real Madrid, at the expense of Barça
He real Madrid This is another one of the teams still chasing the triplet. In the Champions League, they face each other Chelsea, but it was to the detriment of Barça both in LaLiga and in the Cup, as the Catalans took 12 points from them after winning the Clásico on Sunday (2-1) and won the first leg of the semifinals of the KO tournament at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Inter and Juve, no choice in ‘scudetto’
He Inter will face Benfica in the quarterfinals and the Juventus in the semifinals of the Coppa but he has no choice to win the ‘scudetto’ because he is already 21 points behind a Napless which, for its part, will face Milan in the Champions League, but fell in the Coppa against Cremonese.
Feyenoord, possible treble in the Europa League
Finally, the feyenoord They also achieved a treble, in this case not the Champions League but the Europa League as their third title in addition to the domestic double.
The historic club from Rotterdam is the leader of the Eredivisie with a 6-point advantage over Ajax, after beating him exactly in Amsterdam on Sunday 2-3, eight days from the end.
A classic that will be repeated on April 5, this time in Rotterdam, in the semifinals of the Netherlands Cup. Later Feyenoord, led by Arne Slot, will face Roma in the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
Source: La Verdad
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