The Premier League has had serious problems trying to tie down one of the two options to have a fifth team next season in the Champions League. The eliminations of City of Manchester and Arsenalincluding the passage of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals, put the Bundesliga one step ahead of the English League.
The English happily promised them before the quarterfinals three competitions (Champions, Europa League and Conference League) by having five teams, compared to three for the Germans. The Italians, with four qualifiers and an advantage at the top of the UEFA coefficient, are almost done to win one of the two additional places that will give access to the Champions League next year, when the format expands.
The other place would be Germany or England and with the Premier League, superior in numbers, it seems like a piece of cake. It is worth remembering that there is no difference by competition, that is, the passage to the Champions League is the same as in the Conference.
With nothing happening this Thursday in the Europa League and the Conference, the Premier now needs a miracle. Arsenal and city They are favorites in their cross matches Bavaria and real Madridbut they took to the streets and left fifth place in the hands of West Ham United, Liverpool and Aston Villa.
Only those Unai Emery They start as favorites to enter the semifinals of the Conference, after winning 2-1 in the Lille He is on the way Liverpool will need one of the best comebacks in its history, having to overcome the 0-3 deficit in Bergamo, while the West Hamwith the David Moyes more outside than inside, they need to turn around the 2-0 they conceded in the first leg against a Bayer Leverkusen unbeaten this season and recent Bundesliga champions.
If all three fall, the fifth place, which can go to Tottenham Hotspur or to Aston Villawill come from Germany, which in addition to Bavaria and Dortmund can have in the semi-finals Leverkusen.
In the coefficient table, which counts the results of teams over the past five years, Italy comfortably leads, with 18,428 points, above Germany, with 17,642, and England, with 16,875. Far behind and now without options is Spain, which only has real Madridand France, with life Paris Saint-Germain, Lille and Olympique de Marseille.
The fall of the Premier is also reflected in the fact that this is the first time since the 2019-2020 season that there is no English semi-finalist in the Champions League. In that edition, where they were among the four best Olympique Lyonnais and RB Leipzig2021 followed, with a fully English finale in between Chelsea and City of Manchester; 2022, including Liverpool defeat against him real Madrid; and 2023, inclusive city won their first Champions League in Istanbul against Inter Milan.
Source: La Verdad
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