Im_Spartacus wrote:In response to a question in another thread, if a club which wins the champions league also qualifies through being champions of their national league, then the place goes to the league winners in the 8th ranked country. As both Juventus and Barcelona have won their league, that now definitely moves Dynamo Kiev above us and into pot 1 (or PSV depending on who you believe)
if Napoli win tonight, I believe they will also move above us on coefficient points although I'm a little unclear whether their current standing on the uefa website includes last week's draw (unless I've done my sums wrong, they should be 2 points behind us and will get 2 points should they win tonight, and a point for reaching the next round). But if they win the Europa league, we will definitely be in pot 3 unless one of United, Valencia or Leverkusen fail to qualify.
The only other scenario is that if the strike in Spain stops the season from finishing, with no confirmed league positions no Spanish team would qualify (except Barcelona if they win the CL). Of course the chances of Real Madrid allowing that to happen are remote in the extreme.
Except for one thing. Barcelona have far from won the title. They have a very tough game this weekend at Athletico while Real go to Espanyol.
The final games see Barca at home to Deprtivo while Real entertain Getafe.
Because of the ridiculous goal difference, ( +88 to Madrids's +73)
Real probably need a big favour from their city rivals, beating Barcelona rather than just a draw.
It's stacked in Barca's favour but far from done.