Seven teams still have qualification options, including them Legsface the last day of European League with the passage to the next round between the eyebrows, next Thursday’s matches will still determine who will advance and gain direct access to the round of 16.
It is no small thing to finish first or second in each quartet. The group champions will go directly to the round of 16 and face the second leg at home. The seconds, however, will play another round, against teams from Champions League who finished in third place in each of their groups.
Only the Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta They are tied for first place and placed eighth. For them, the last day of the Europa League is a formality.
In addition, nine other clubs have confirmed their presence in the qualifying rounds, although it has not yet been decided whether in the first or second: West Ham, Freiburg, Marseille, Brighton, Sporting, Rennes, Villarreal, Slavia Prague and Roma.
Seven candidates are applying for four vacancies: Legshe Rangers and the Sparta Praguewho will play for two spots in Group C, the Toulouse and the Union St. Gilloiswho are playing for a place in Group E and the Qarabag and the mold competing for one in Group H.
He Legs They top Group C but have a one-point advantage over Rangers and two points ahead of Sparta Prague. The box of Manuel Pellegrini A draw is enough to qualify and may even be first. Sparta visits Aris who could be third.
From this quartet, two clubs will go to the playoffs. Another will be occupied by the E of Toulouse or the Union St. Gillois. Everything points to the French representative, for whom one point is enough. He is three points ahead of the Belgian, who needs to win and for the French club to lose. On Thursday, the St. Gilloise hosts Liverpool and Toulouse travel to Austria to play LASK.
He Qarabag can make history and became the first Azerbaijani club to succeed in a European group stage. Seeking pending vacancy in Group H. With the Bayer Leverkusen have qualified as the champion of the quartet, he was between the Azerbaijani representative and the Norwegian Molde. Both have seven points. On the last date, Molde visited Xabi Alonso and Qarabag host Swedish Hacken who have lost all their games.
Few direct conflicts will define the situation. For example, the one planned between West Ham and Freiburg. Both classified in Group A, equal on points, 12, they meet at the London Stadium. The winner will be first, the loser will be second.
A similar situation occurs in B, with Marseille as the leader with a point higher than Brighton. They were summoned to the English Falmer Stadium to determine the positions as Ajax, in all combinations, below, breathe for third place against AEK Athens to continue in Europe, in the Conference League.
In Group F, Villarreal must win at Stade Rennes to finish first and directly reach the round of 16. The French team leads the table with two points ahead of the yellow submarine. Both classified but nothing useful to the Spanish club except success.
He Sports The Portuguese is the only one who, whatever he does, with a guaranteed passage, will play in the second and play in the previous round against an opponent from the Champions League. They host Sturm Graz in a meaningless match but cannot catch Atalanta, champions of their quartet.
He Slavia Prague and Roma still have unfinished business in Group G. The Czech team, leader with two points, receives Swiss Servette while Jose Mourinho’s team, destined for second place, plays in Olympic against Sheriff.
Source: La Verdad
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