Why is Rome's quota for the Champions League not yet decided?
Eviralnews, last night (Wednesday), the Atalanta football team managed to win a European title for the first time in its 116-year history by defeating Bayer Leverkusen in the final of the Europa League. The next season's Champions League competition will open for Rome, but on the condition that it finishes the current Italian Serie A season in the fifth place and not higher than that.
As Atalanta have already qualified for the Champions League through Serie A, their final games in Serie A will make no difference to their prospects for next season's Champions League competition. However, if certain conditions are met, they could allow Roma to enter Europe's top tier of club football. In order to achieve this, Atalanta must finish the Italian Serie A in fifth place (where they are currently) and no higher.
If the team under the leadership of John Piero Gasperini finishes the current Serie A season, which has only one week left, in the fourth place or even in the third place, the sixth place will not be open for Italian teams to qualify for the Champions League, and Rome will not be able to enter the Champions League. to be This is because when UEFA set the condition to open up an additional quota for the Europa League winners, Italy only had four automatic quotas for the Champions League and a fifth Champions League quota due to Italy's exceptional performance in the UEFA rankings. belonged to this country.
Atalanta are currently fifth in Serie A with 66 points, while Bologna and Juventus are third and fourth with 68 points respectively, but things could change completely as Atalanta host Fiorentina. In the final week of this competition (June 5), he has a delayed game from the 29th week against Fiorentina, which he must play on June 13.
That's why Roma with 63 points, which is currently in the sixth place in the Serie A standings and will be a guest of Empoli in the final week, has to wait until the final game of Atalanta to see what fate will do for him, participation in the Champions League. Europe or participation in the European League!
Before this, the teams of Inter, Milan, Bologna and Juventus confirmed their participation in the next season's European Champions League, and Atalanta joined these four teams by winning the European League.
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