Betis, very attentive to Atlético

Who was going to tell Betis who would celebrate so effusively the goal of Dorgeles in the discount that gave victory to a Sporting Braga that had just eliminated them in the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Well now the Sevillians will have to be very attentive to what happens today in Londonbecause there is two scenarios in which, added to a puncture tomorrow for Bayerncould confirm the fifth place in the Champions League without having to wait until Thursday.

The two possible scenarios that would grant this place to Spain without needing the help of Rayo or Braga are:

• that he Atlético de Madrid beat Arsenal in Londonthus passing to the final in Budapest, and that the Bayern do not eliminate PSG tomorrow. He could even win the match, but not qualify. Should lose on penalties.
• that he Atlético de Madrid draw against Arsenal and win in the penalty shootoutthus qualifying for the final. Furthermore, the Bayern should draw or lose with PSG. Or what is the same, not qualify for the final.

All the hopes of LaLigaand especially those of the ‘verdiblanco’ team, to get the extra quota that gives access to the next Champions they happened because Atlético de Madrid and Rayo Vallecano improve the results of Bayern Munich and Freiburg in their respective first legs of European competitions.

The explanation is very simple: the points obtained by LaLiga are divided between eight, which are the teams that qualified for the current editions of Champions, Europa League or Conference. There the Bundesliga has an advantage, since it entered one less team in European competitions and, therefore, each victory/draw comes at a slightly higher average. Emphasize, however, that the points are worth the same in each of the three competitions.

Everything, however, went according to plan in this semi-final first leg. And it is that, while the Atlético de Madrid tied against Arsenal (1-1) and Rayo Vallecano was imposed by the minimum Strasbourg (1-0)he Bayern fell before him PSG (5-4) in it Princes Park in a memorable match and the Freiburg ended up biting the dust in Portugal against him Panty of Carlos Vicens after both Dorgeles in 92′. That is, neither of the two clubs in the Bundesliga He has scored points in this semi-final first leg.

So things are, LaLiga It has 21,781 and the Bundesliga 21,214. There are more than 500 points difference. Now, Bayern Munich and Freiburgwho play the second leg at home, are required to win to reach the final and their victories are worth 0.428 points… while those of Atlético de Madrid and Rayo Vallecano They do it for 0.375 points.

Furthermore, it should be emphasized that advancing to the final of the competition does not count the same. Champions (1.5), Europa League (1) and Conference (0.5). There, LaLiga also starts at a disadvantage, since the Freiburg is in Europa League and the Lightning in Conference. That is, there is still a lot of work to do in London and Strasbourg. But at least LaLiga has taken air. Something they celebrate in the Betiswhich runs fifth… but also a Celtic that, marching seventh, he would now have a European place.