The Netherlands will enter the European group stages with four participants. On Thursday evening, Ajax qualified for the Europa League, and Arizona qualified for the Conference League. FC Twente fell in the final qualifying round of the Conference League. There are plenty of opportunities for the Netherlands to have a successful season, but the same goes for main rival France.
The story is now known: The Netherlands currently ranks fifth in the list of virtual laboratories. The difference with France is approximately 2.8 points. The Netherlands must maintain this lead to maintain fifth place. This will allow the top three in the 2024/25 Eredivisie season to enter the Champions League and the number four could participate in the preliminary rounds of the billion-dollar ball.
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After Alkmaar qualified for the group stage of the Conference League on penalties, the attention of laboratory observers turned to Croatia. There, HNK Rijeka won 1-0 over Lille, which meant going to extra time. After all, Lille won 2-1 at home last week. In the 109th minute of the match, Jonathan David scored 1-1 in favor of Lille, and thus the French reached the main draw of the Conference League.
France is therefore represented in Europe by all six potential participants. This is an important advantage over the Netherlands, which lost a participant with FC Twente. French points are divided by six. The Dutch points by five points.
Not only is the Netherlands trying to keep France under control, they are also trying to keep Portugal under control. If Portugal does not beat the Netherlands, the two direct Champions League tickets (plus one ticket for the preliminary round) will be retained anyway. On behalf of Portugal, Braga reached the group stage of the Champions League this week; PSV Eindhoven did the same on behalf of the Netherlands. It earned four additional points for both countries. In Portugal they are divided by six and in the Netherlands by five.
Portugal has already lost two European participants in the preliminary rounds of the Conference League with Arauca and Vitoria SC. As a result, only four of the six teams can earn points for Portugal.
Default parameter classification:
5. Netherlands (55,100)
6. France (52,331)
7. Portugal (48,316)
Which seat is suitable for which tickets?
Place 1 to 4: 4 Champions League (Live), 2 Europa League (Live), 1 Conference League (Preliminary Round)
Place 5: 3 UEFA Champions League (Live), 1 UEFA Champions League (Preliminary Round), 2 UEFA Europa League (Live), 1 Conference League (Preliminary Round)
Place 6: 2 UEFA Champions League (Live), 1 UEFA Champions League (Preliminary Round), 1 UEFA Europa League (Live), 2 Conference League (Preliminary Round)
Place from 7 to 10: 1 UEFA Champions League (Live), 1 UEFA Champions League (Preliminary Round), 1 UEFA Europa League (Preliminary Round), 2 Conference League (Preliminary Round)
Venue from 11 to 15: 2 Champions League (Preliminary Round), 1 Europa League (Preliminary Round), 2 Conference League (Preliminary Round)
Position from 16 to 50: 1 Champions League (preliminary round), 0 Europa League, 3 Conference League (preliminary round)
Places 51 to 55: 1 Champions League (preliminary round), 0 Europa League, 2 Conference League (preliminary round)
