Italian football failed in the current edition of the Champions League, but managed to get one representative to the Europa League final (Atalanta) and the Conference final (Fiorentina). Results that confirm what Inter, Roma and Fiorentina themselves achieved last season. Italian football is alive and well.
Five spots for the Champions have been secured
Regardless of what happens in the Europa League finals (Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen) and the Conference finals (Olympiacos vs Fiorentina), Italian football has secured five spots for the next Champions League. The reason is that it is one of the leagues that received an additional place for the new 24-25 Champions League, in which more teams participated (36). It is the federation with the best UEFA ranking in this campaign.
How will it determine how many teams go? There are different possibilities
We must assume that now the classification in Serie A is as follows: Inter – 92 points (Champions), Milan – 74 points (Champions), Juventus – 67 points (Champions), Bologna – 67 points (Champions) , Atalanta – 63 points (Champions), one game less), Roma – 60 points (Europa League), Lazio – 59 points (Europa League), Naples – 51 points (Conference League) Fiorentina – 50 points (first without Europe, now, and with two games less), Torino – 50 points.
These are the possible scenarios
Both Atalanta and Fiorentina lost in the finals: 5 in the Champions League, 2 in the Europa League and 1 in the Conference League.
Atalanta won the Europa League and finished outside the TOP-4 of Serie A, Fiore lost in the Conference: 6 in the Champions League, 1 in the Europa League, 1 in the Conference League.
Atalanta lost the Europa League and Fiorentina won the Conference: 5 in the Champions League, 3 in the Europa League and 1 in the Conference League.
Atalanta won the Europa League and is not in the TOP-4Fiorentina wins in the Conference: 6 in the Champions League, 2 in the Europa League, 1 in the Conference League.
Why am I going to the sixth?
This year UEFA has offered two places for sports performance (one for Germany and one for Italy) and these places are for the first team that will not directly access the next Champions League . So if Atalanta is fifth as before and wins the Dublin final against Leverkusen, it will go to the Champions League as the winner of the competition, so the sixth place (now for Roma) will also have a ‘jackpot’ ‘ prize. In Germany the same thing could happen in Dortmund. If they manage to make a splash and beat Real Madrid, the sixth team will also qualify for the Champions League.
Source: La Verdad
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