La Real wants to put an end to another extraordinary season that, whatever happens against Atlético de Madrid, will give them a passport prize to the Europa League group stage for the third consecutive year. however, Imanol He is unhappy and wants to go one step further, the final twist of which will mean an extra prize for the club of seven million, from 25 to 32: the fifth place Betis now has. To do this, the Betis team must beat tomorrow against Real Madrid and Real, beating an Atlético team playing for third place.
It’s Real Imanol It achieved that Europe had a txuri urdin color and Basque was spoken throughout the continent. And it is that the Gipuzkoan squad, with its third consecutive participation in the Europa League, has achieved as many tickets on the continental in three years as in the past 20.
10 years without scratching European balls
From earning a place for UEFA for third place in 1998 to occupying second place and a place for the Champions in 2003 five years passed, but it was from 2003 until the next occasion where more played the Real. Across the Pyrenees, a 10-year desert has to be traversed: until qualifying for the Champions League in 2013 with Montanier. From then until the current magical and beautiful triennium, a single European competition –the Europa League formed in 2016/17- in six seasons. The achievement of this contemporary Royal is highly commendable, unforgettable for the extraordinary and not only for the result, but for its development.
94% of days from 2nd to 7th
The data is amazing: Real have remained in positions in Europe for 94% of the days of the last three seasons, from 2019/20 to the present. 106 out of 113 weeks in the top seven, which will be 107 out of 114 on Sunday, the day on which Real will be proclaimed fifth or sixth in the League. In these three campaigns, Real have lived 36 days (32%) in the Champions positions, 57 (50%) between fifth and sixth, being from the Europa League, 13 (11%) in seventh place, of which this Conference course, and only 7 (6%) outside the continental positions.
In the current campaign, without further ado, he is no longer in the continental positions (18th place) just after the first game, which he lost to Barcelona (4-2). From there, he did not drop from seventh place. Between days 7 and 14 he was second or third and now he has accumulated 13 consecutive games where he sees the world from a quiet sixth place.
In the past two seasons, the Gipuzkoan squad has had to wait until the last day to prove their prize; but this time they sealed their continental passport on the penultimate day and on the penultimate, after beating Villarreal on their pitch, they earned their presence on the Europa League group stage.
Extraordinary bird in history
Imanol stressed to his players in the training talk yesterday that the season is not over yet, with matches at stake and more than that, the possibility of getting a spot in the standings and becoming fifth. It is common for Betis to beat tomorrow at the Bernabéu and the door to fifth place will remain open in case they win at Anoeta.
Well, the txuri urdin squad has only improved that classification in the League on 10 occasions and it is 113 years of club history and 75 participation in the highest category. He won the title twice, in 1981 and 1982, second three times, third twice, fourth three times and fifth four times. Therefore, very few years in which he rode the best. Carpe Diem. Enjoy the moment.
Source: La Verdad
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