Portuguese Teams in UEFA Competition Playoff: Potential Opponents Revealed

Portuguese teams will play in the playoff of the second UEFA competition

This is the first round of games in this last round of the Champions League, some groups have already been closed and Sporting already knows at least four of the six possible opponents in the playoff for access to the round of 16 of the Europa League. Conversely, Benfica and Sp. Braga, who fell from the Champions League to the second UEFA competition, still do not know any possible opponents.

But let’s go in parts. In the case of Sporting, having finished second in Group D of the Europa League, they know that they will face a third-placed team from the Champions League, with the exception of the two Portuguese clubs, as due to the rules of the draw, teams cannot face each other in this round. from the same country. Therefore, by excluding parties, there is already four possible opponents for Sporting.

Galatasaray (Group A)
Lens (Group B)
Feyenoord (Group E)
Young Boys (Grupo G)

Only the third-placed teams in groups F and H of the Champions League remain to be defined, both with two particularities: in F there are still three teams in the race (Paris SG, Newcastle and AC Milan); in H it could be the case that FC Porto ends up in third and, by dropping to the Europa League, they cannot face the lions either. In that case, the Europa League playoff would have four Portuguese teams (for a total of eight games in that round).

As for Benfica and Sp. Braga, at the moment they do not have any possible opponents closed, although there is at least one that is well on their way: Toulouse, who only need to draw to guarantee 2nd place in Group E. Everything else It is open and will only be closed on Thursday. By Record

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2023-12-12 23:41:00
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