FC Twente will face Red Bull Salzburg at home next Tuesday. With a win, the Tuckers can qualify for the final qualifying round of the Champions League and the main tournament.
According to many football followers, it would probably be better for the Dutch if FC Twente played in the Europa League, but Peter Zwart of international football He denies this and believes that the Netherlands should hope that FC Twente will reach the group stage of the Champions League.
“It’s a recurring discussion among transactionalists,” Zwart writes. “Given the UEFA list, wouldn’t it be better for teams to play in the Europa League rather than the Champions League, where the competition is less impressive? That way you can still get a lot of points, perhaps more than in a higher division.”
“From this season onwards, this question must always be answered with a ‘no’,” he continued. “This has to do with the revised bonus structure, which means that performances in the Europa League and Conference League have less weight. Teams that qualify for the main stage of the Champions League receive at least six additional points. This is the result for which clubs that finish above 25th receive a higher bonus coefficient for their country.”
So, getting points in the Champions League has become much easier. “There are at least twelve points available for the winner of the first stage. After that, the reward for each position continues to decrease, but the minimum is a fairly generous six points, or exactly the result that the winner of the main European league gets. “A club that finishes in the middle of the Europa League gets between one and a half and three points, which is very small compared to the Champions League. Performance in the Champions League has become more beneficial.”
