L’Italy is preparing to fill up with teams in Europe. If the UEFA rankings has already rewarded the Belpaese which next season will qualify five teams in the new format XXL version of the Champions League, another good news comes from Italian Cup final which will be between Juventus and Atalanta. Thanks to the success of the Bianconeri and Nerazzurri against Lazio and Fiorentina, in fact, a further extra place has been unlocked for the continental competitions.
Italian Cup final Juve-Atalanta: how the fight for Europe changes
There team that wins the Italian Cupas per the rules, obtains rightfully a place in the Europa League. But what happens if both clubs that qualified in the last round of the national competition have already obtained the pass for a European competition via the championship? The answer is simple: an additional slot is freed up. So, The sixth and seventh-placed teams in Serie A will enter the Europa League, while the eighth-placed teams will enter the Conference. On the contrary, if a team from ninth place onwards wins the Cup, it would have a place in the Europa League, removing the Conference from the eighth place in the championship.
Serie A: the point on the standings and the situation of Atalanta
With 64 points and five days to go in the championship, the Juventus is now certain or almost certain of a return to the Champions League or in any case of a place in Europe. L’Atalantahowever, occupies sixth position at 54 but with the match to recover against Fiorentina, postponed due to the death of Joe Barone. Theoretically the Dea could still finish behind Lazio, Napoli and Fiorentina and, therefore, ninth, but it is really difficult to imagine a disastrous collapse of the unleashed eleven of Gasperini.
What happens if Atalanta wins the Europa League
There is still one scenario – complicated, but not yet impossible – to consider and analyze. And which would lead Italy to have even six places in the Champions League. In fact, if Atalanta triumphed in the Europa League without finishing among the top eight in Serie A and without winning the Italian Cup, then the teams qualified for the top continental club competition would be six, while seventh and eighth in the league would go to the Europa League and ninth in the Conference.
