After Manchester United failed to secure Cristiano Ronaldo’s spot in the first European Champions League, he will play in the European League this season for the first time in 20 years.
And if Ronaldo faced in the first United group in the group stage of the European League this season, modest and medium -level clubs, such as Sherv Terpol, Real Sociedad, and Omonic Nicosia, the “Don” may play against ancient clubs if his team qualifies to the next round.
Large teams like Barcelona, Milan, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, and Ajax are struggling in the Champions League this year, and if they finish third in their groups and don’t make it to the final, they will likely switch to the European League tournament.
Two matches remain in the Champions League group stage contests, and Barcelona is in third place in the third group with four points, trailing Bayern Munich (12 points) and Inter (7 points), while Victoria Plzen is ranked last in this group without a point balance.
Barcelona needs to reach the round of 16 to win against Bayern Munich and Victoria Plzen in the last two rounds of the group stage to raise its score to 10 points, provided that Inter stumbles with a loss or a tie in its last two matches against Victoria Plzen and Bayern Munich.
Barcelona must not earn more than two points in its final two games for Inter to qualify for the final phase, which is quite improbable.
In the fifth group, where it is two points behind the runner-up Salburg and four points behind leaders Chelsea, Milan is also struggling.
Juventus doesn’t seem to be in a better situation because it is now tied for third place with Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain in the eighth group with three points each.
In the first group, Ajax is in third place, six points behind Liverpool, and Atletico Madrid is in the same position with four points in the second group, two points behind Porto II.
All of the aforementioned clubs are still strong candidates to exit the Champions League early and move on to the second club competition in terms of significance on the old continent, where they may face off against the Ronaldo-led United outfit.
Since his beginnings as a young player in the ranks of Sporting Lisbon, it should be mentioned that Ronaldo, 37, has not competed in European League tournaments, particularly when the Portuguese team played the Serbian club Partizan Belgrade in the second leg of the competition on October 10, 2002.
Since that time, Ronaldo has consistently competed in the Champions League, whose all-time leading scorer has been 140 goals.
Author: RT.
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