Spain approaches the fifth Champions Plaza and having eight teams in Europe at 25-26

Spain approaches the objective of contributing five teams to the League of the Champions League after the victory of the Athletic Club in the round of 16 against AS Roma, a victory that allows LaLiga to be outstanding in more than 1,700 points to the series A and maintain four of seven Spanish teams alive in European competition for three of Italian football.

The comeback of Athletic Club in the round of 16 of the Europa League not only served those of Ernesto Valverde to sneak among the eight best teams in the competition, but also gave an almost definitive advantage to the LaLiga EA Sports with respect to Serie A in La Pugna for the fifth Plaza de Liga de Champions for the next season. Thus, the probabilities of the Spanish championship rise to 98 percent according to the predictions, while those of the A series fall to 2%.

And it is that the quarter -final round of the three European competitions, Spain has cast four (FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League, Athletic in the Europe It has one more than series A to continue scoring in the remainder of the season. In addition, the points added by the Spanish teams are divided by seven, while those of the Italian teams between eight.

A scoring system in which the victories total 2 units, draws 1 and overcome the round is 1.5 extra in Champions, 1 in Europa League and 0.5 in Conference League. Thus, the maximum number of points that the series could be achieved to be 24,812, so LaLiga would mathematically ensure the fifth Champions Plaza if among the four teams that continue in Liza, they add up to 22 points, although it is very unlikely that the three Italian teams win all the games that subtract them and raise the three continental titles.

An extra square for the Champions League that would also mean that Spain contributed eight teams instead of seven to European competitions. A cast that would be made as follows: the first five to the Champions League, sixth and seventh to Liga Europa and eighth to Conference League. Therefore, this news is welcome by many teams in the Spanish League, who see their options to play in Europe next season increases exponentially.