Athletic wants to certify the pass to the round of 16 and the Real seeks to end in the top 16
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Athletic Club and Real Sociedad The matches corresponding to the 8th and last day of the League phase of the Europa League. All meetings will begin at 21:00 hours.
The Bilbao team wants to end among the top 8 of the classification for certify your direct pass to the round of 16. So far 7 days have been played and Athletic is 3rd, tied 16 points with the Eintracht Frankfurt which is 2nd. The rojiblancos They will face Viktoria Plzen in San Mamés.
In case of victory against the Czech team, Athletic would have the third place guaranteedthat Depending on what Frankfurt does, he could also reach second place. The tie would also guarantee the league phase among the top 8. Besides, In case of losing against Plzen, you have options to finish in the best 8; Of course, I should wait for other results. In the worst stage, Athletic would not finish the league phase below 9.
The Viktoria Plzen is the 11th of the classification, with 12 points. It has options to end among the top 8 classified; To do this, you need to get victory in San Mamés and wait for the results of the teams above.
For its part, Real Sociedad has no options to qualify directly to the round of 16. However, The target of the Txuri-Urdin is to end this phase among the top 16since this will play at home the second leg of the round of 16. If it ends among the 24 best in the classification, the real one has guaranteed the dispute of the sixteen Final. Anyway, The Donostiarra team also runs the risk of being eliminated of the competition, even very reduced; For that to happen, I would have to lose against the Paok and that the teams that have under their games win.
The Paok is the 17th of the classificationthis A position above the Royal Society. Both teams have 10 points each. The Greek team is in a situation similar to that of the Txuri-Urdin, so it will look for victory in the anoeta clash.
Source: Eitb
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