Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City need to qualify for the Champions League

The future of City of Manchester In this edition of Champions League It’s in the air. The team led by Pep Guardiola He lost this Wednesday against PSG in The Princes Park (4-2) and will reach the final day of the league stage without guaranteeing its presence in the playoffs before the round of 16. At the moment he is not in the ‘Top24’ to compete, but in reality, even delicately, the situation is not as critical as it seems.

Although he is currently in 25th place and therefore outside the zone that grants access to the playoffs, the City of Manchester It is up to him to qualify. The main reason is that they face Bruges and by beating the Belgian team they will be ahead of them. At this moment the city has 8 points and a goal difference of +2 while the witches has 11 points and a goal difference of -2, so any victory of city will do those of Pep Guardiola they are above. Regardless of the outcome of the other matches, the City of Manchester He is, at least, in 24th place and therefore qualified for the playoffs.

Furthermore, won the City of Manchester can even climb to additional positions depending on the results of other parties such as Stuttgart-PSGhe Sporting Portugal-Bolognahe Juventus-Benfica and the PSV-Liverpool.

What happens if City don’t win their match against Bruges?

Having said all of the above, it is worth examining what will happen if the City of Manchester is unable to win at home against witches. In that case, if it’s a tie or a loss, the set of Pep Guardiola will be removed. Gaining 1 point is not worth it because, in 25th place, the teams closest to it are Stuttgarthe Sports of Portugalhe PSG and the Benficabut all of them, with 10, are 2 away.

In conclusion, the accounts of City of Manchester Looking forward to the last day of the Champions League stage, they are quite simple. If you win the witches He’ll make the playoffs, and if he doesn’t he’ll be fired. He doesn’t care what happens in the remaining games.