Premier League, 6 teams in Champions League? The road is clear...

Rome, 2 April 2025 – It is now certain: in the next Champions League there will be at least five English teams: thanks to the UEFA Ranking, in fact, even the fifth placed team in Premier League will play the most important European competition. However, there could be further surprises. Even the Europa League guarantees a Champions League place for the winner of the tournament, and there are still two English teams in the running: Manchester United e Tottenham. In yesterday's semi-finals, the two English teams took a huge step towards the final, which could be an English derby. Spurs defeated 3-1 the Bod/Glimt thanks to the networks of Brennen Johnson, Maddison e Salt pans, which allow them to settle for a draw or even a one-goal defeat in the return match, which will be played next Thursday in Norway. Saltnes' goal leaves little hope for the yellow and blacks, but it will be very difficult to overturn the result of the first leg. Even worse for the Athletic Bilabo, who lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United yesterday. The Red Devils started strong with a goal from Casemiro at 30', and the red card for dani vivian in the 35th minute he paved the way for the final 3-0 for the men of Amorim, who will now simply have to manage a huge advantage at Old Trafford. Barring any sensational upsets, both teams will face each other in the final, so one of the two will certainly qualify for next season's Champions League. The Europa League is the last chance for both teams to secure a place in a European competition, given that in the league Manchester United and Tottenham are respectively in fourteenth and sixteenth place, a sidereal distance from fifth place, the last valid for securing the Champions League. The five teams that would qualify from the league, however, at this moment are Liverpool (who won the title), Arsenal, Newcastle, Manchester City e Chelsea. The Nottingham Forest, who has long been in third place, has fallen to sixth place, and in these last races he will try to snatch the pass for participation in the Big Ears Cup. Last season the Serie A was very close to bringing six teams in Champions, since Atalanta won the Europa League in the final against Bayer Leverkusen, but, since the Bergamo team finished in fourth place, they achieved qualification through the championship.