Without mercy and in the crudest way, the Portuguese coach of AS Roma, José Mourinho, spoke about the teams that will be eliminated from the Champions League and will reach the Europa League next year, this Thursday after the 1-1 draw between the Italian team and Real Betis, a result that leaves him alive in the tournament and allows him to depend on himself to advance to the round of 16.
True to his style, controversial, the coach assured that “We want to go through and finish second, but if we finish third, we will be candidates for the Conference League. They are opponents who shouldn’t come to the Europa League, it’s the reality.”he said according to the Spanish newspaper MARCA.
“The unsuccessful Champions…the unsuccessful sharks are going to arrive, they are going to arrive big. It’s going to be fun”added “Mou” ironically.
The teams that are eliminated from the Champions League during the group stage they will have to play a tie that classifies them to the round of 16 of the Europa Leagueto be held in February 2023. One of these clubs could be the FC Barcelonawhich is on the brink of being eliminated from Uefa’s top competition.
The “Barsa” must wait that Inter lose against modest Viktoria Plzen and he also needs to win his two pending matches, one against the leader of his group (C) the always intimidating, Bayern Munich (Spotify Camp Nou), and the other against Plzen in visitor status.
Mathematics yields not so encouraging results for those led by Xavi Hernandezso Barcelona could soon play its second consecutive Europa League.
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