But if they beat Leipzig, then Bayer Leverkusen will take the spot, and Frankfurt will secure a Europa League berth. In Germany, however, while the Bundesliga is over, the outcome of the DFB-Pokal German Cup final will determine who represents Germany in the Conference League.Įintracht Frankfurt will face Champions League-bound RB Leipzig, and if they lose, they will secure a spot in the Conference League. In France, like Italy and Spain, Ligue 1 will conclude this weekend. If they fail to do so, then the winner of Osasuna vs Girona would take the spot. However, in their final La Liga game, they would have to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabéu to have any chance. So Villa will have nothing to fear there.įrom a Villa European history point of view, it would be interesting to see Athletic Bilbao advance. Other possible Italian options could be Roma or Atalanta.Ĭurrently, in terms of La Liga, all the Spanish teams that could possibly finish in the Conference League spot, currently held by Osasuna, have lost more games than they’ve won this season. That would probably be the toughest game Villa could face in the whole tournament, mainly because without the points deduction, Juventus would be in the Champions League. If Villa remains unseeded, they could potentially play against Juventus in their play-off match if Juventus ends up in 7th place in Serie A, thus securing the Conference League spot due to their 10-point deduction. Going through all the specific permutations now would essentially be a waste of everyone’s time, as it involves waiting for the outcomes of the Turkish Cup final, Romanian and Danish European play-offs, not to mention various European leagues coming to their conclusions this weekend.
Currently, Villa is at the top of the unseeded pool of teams, but this situation may change over the course of this week. The only thing that still needs to be decided is whether Villa will be seeded for the draw that takes place on August 7th. The play-off round is the final round before the ground stages and follows three rounds of qualifying matches, which Villa will skip. It was a bright spot on a rather difficult night at the Stadio Artemio Franchi for the fans and Mourinho.Aston Villa’s Europa Conference League SituationĪfter finishing 7th in the Premier League Aston Villa earned a play-off berth in the Europa Conference League.
The last two matches of the Serie A season are still crucial for the Giallorossi.ĪS Roma also saw the comeback of Leonardo Spinazzola who sat out for nearly the entire season due to an Achilles tendon injury suffered last summer in the UEFA Euro 2020 against Belgium. Mourinho's side definitely suffered from playing midweek last Thursday against Leicester in the Europa Conference League's semifinal and will now focus on the final against Feyenoord. It took only other five minutes to see Bonaventura get on the scoring sheet with the second and final goal of the night. The Argentinian winger for Viola scored the opening goal of the night after only five minutes with a penalty awarded after a VAR check. Fiorentina defeated Jose Mourinho's Roma at home, 2-0, thanks to the help of goals from Nico Gonzalez and Giacomo Bonaventura.įor Roma, they failed to really create any chances to change the destiny of this result. It's going to be another incredible end of the season to determine which team is going to qualify for the next season of Europa League football.
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