@PGen98, good news for merry ole' England.... 🏴
(*adds deadpan* Unfortunately, no Argentines were asked for an opinion....
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(The Guardian) Good news for Premier League clubs with European ambitions: it’s probably going to be even easier to qualify for continental competition next year. Indeed, it’s getting increasingly hard to avoid. Essentially, if Arsenal or West Ham win their quarter-finals, against German opposition, an extra Champions League spot should be a done deal. Paul MacInnes reports: English clubs are set to clinch a fifth Champions League spot next season, with Uefa analysis suggesting a 90% chance that the Premier League takes an extra place ahead of the Bundesliga.
An expanded Champions League format from 2024 means two places are to be given to sides from countries who have performed the best in Europe over the previous season. Uefa’s coefficient table has Italy top, with Germany narrowly ahead of England in second place. But West Ham’s emphatic victory over Freiburg may well prove decisive in tipping the scales in England’s favour.
Before the quarter-final stages of Uefa’s three club tournaments, England is the equivalent of a single draw behind Germany in the coefficient table, calculated according to points awarded for performance and divided by the number of sides who started the season in competition. England began with eight teams and Germany seven, but after West Ham’s passage at Freiburg’s expense, Germany have three teams in quarter-finals while England have five.
www.theguardian.com
(*adds deadpan* Unfortunately, no Argentines were asked for an opinion....
)(The Guardian) Good news for Premier League clubs with European ambitions: it’s probably going to be even easier to qualify for continental competition next year. Indeed, it’s getting increasingly hard to avoid. Essentially, if Arsenal or West Ham win their quarter-finals, against German opposition, an extra Champions League spot should be a done deal. Paul MacInnes reports: English clubs are set to clinch a fifth Champions League spot next season, with Uefa analysis suggesting a 90% chance that the Premier League takes an extra place ahead of the Bundesliga.
An expanded Champions League format from 2024 means two places are to be given to sides from countries who have performed the best in Europe over the previous season. Uefa’s coefficient table has Italy top, with Germany narrowly ahead of England in second place. But West Ham’s emphatic victory over Freiburg may well prove decisive in tipping the scales in England’s favour.
Before the quarter-final stages of Uefa’s three club tournaments, England is the equivalent of a single draw behind Germany in the coefficient table, calculated according to points awarded for performance and divided by the number of sides who started the season in competition. England began with eight teams and Germany seven, but after West Ham’s passage at Freiburg’s expense, Germany have three teams in quarter-finals while England have five.
English clubs closing in on fifth Champions League spot for next season
Five English clubs remain in Europe while only three from Germany remain and West Ham’s 5-0 defeat of Freiburg helped boost England’s coefficient score
www.theguardian.com
