The Premier League suffered a heavy blow, the Champions League and Europa League were all wiped out, and only the only seedling Villa was left to play in the Europa League
After the quarter-finals of the three major European cups, the Premier League became the biggest loser and suffered a major blow, Manchester City and Arsenal were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Liverpool and West Ham United were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, plus Manchester United, which was eliminated before, Newcastle and Brighton, the eight sons of the Premier League in Europe this season, have already returned home from their European journeys, leaving only the seventh son (last season's seventh in the Premier League) Villa won a thrilling penalty shoot-out and advanced to the semi-finals of the Europa League, becoming the only Premier League team in Europe this season.
With its strong economic strength, the Premier League has attracted a large number of excellent managers and players to join in the past 20 years, and its strength has risen, and it has continued to achieve good results in European competitions, especially the Champions League, and has surpassed Serie A and La Liga to become the first league. In the last five seasons, the Champions League has been won by Premier League teams (Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City) three times, Manchester City defeated Inter Milan in the Champions League final last season to win the championship, and West Ham United defeated Fiorentina in the Europa League final to win the championship, which has made some fanatical Premier League fans shout that even if Inter Milan and Juventus are the top three in the north of Serie A, they can only be relegated in the Premier League.
A total of 8 teams in the Premier League participated in European competition this season, namely the top four teams in the Premier League Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle in the Champions League, Liverpool, Brighton and West Ham United in the Europa League, and Villa in the Europa League.
After the group stage, the Champions League semi-finals were mixed, with Manchester City and Arsenal both topping their groups and progressing to the last 16 of the Champions League, but Manchester United and Newcastle finished bottom of their respective groups, not only did they miss out on qualifying for the Europa League knockout play-offs. Europa League finalists Liverpool, Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United all qualified for the Europa League round of 16 as group winners, while Villa also topped their group and advanced to the Europa League round of 16. So far, Manchester United and Newcastle have been killed in the Premier League, but the remaining six teams have advanced to the next stage of the knockout stage as the group winners, and the overall performance is still good, and it continues to give Premier League fans a lot of confidence.
In the quarter-finals, Manchester City easily defeated Copenhagen 6:2 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, while Arsenal eliminated Porto through a penalty shootout to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and the top two Premier League teams passed the Champions League. In the Europa League, Liverpool defeated Sparta Prague with an aggregate score of 11:2 to advance, West Ham United defeated Freiburg in the Bundesliga with an aggregate score of 5:1 to advance, and only Brighton lost to Roma with an aggregate score of 1:4 and was eliminated. On the UEFA Europa League battlefield, the lone Aston Villa eliminated Ajax with a total score of 4:0 to advance. So far, the Premier League has gone to one more of the eight sons, but there are still five teams including Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, West Ham United and Aston Villa in the quarterfinals of the three major European cups, ranking first in the major leagues, surpassing Serie A (4 teams), Bundesliga (3 teams), La Liga (3 teams) and Ligue 1 (3 teams).
In the quarter-finals, the Premier League side suffered a miserable setback. Manchester City were unable to beat Real Madrid despite the dominance and were eliminated in a penalty shoot-out, and then Arsenal also lost away to Bayern Munich to miss out on the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in four seasons. In the Europa League, Liverpool lost 0:3 at home to Atalanta in the first leg, announcing the fate of elimination in advance, and the second leg could not be overturned on the road, and West Ham United lost to the new Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen with an aggregate score of 1:3 and was eliminated. For the first time in the last nine seasons since the 2014-2015 season, no team has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and Europa League. Only Aston Villa advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League through a hard-fought penalty shoot-out, becoming the only Premier League team in European competition this season.
At present, the Champions League semi-finals are Real Madrid, Bayern, Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain, the Europa League semi-finals are Roma, Atalanta, Bayer Leverkusen and Marseille, and the Europa League semi-finals are Aston Villa, Fiorentina, Club Brugge and Olympiacos, Serie A and Bundesliga teams each occupy 3 places, Ligue 1 also has 2 seats, and the Premier League, La Liga, Belgian League 1 and Greek Super League each have 1 team.
So far, the top 5 leagues in European points this season are as follows: Italy 19.428 points, Germany 17.928 points, England 17.375 points, France 16.083 points, and Spain 15.312 points. According to UEFA regulations, next season's Champions League expansion will be expanded from the current 32 teams to 36 teams, with two additional places given to the top two teams in European points this season.
According to the current points situation, even if all three Serie A teams lose in the next stage of European competition, they can at least lock up the second place, in other words, Serie A has already locked five Champions League places next season in advance. Germany also have a clear advantage in the competition with England, with the remaining three teams in the Bundesliga needing only two wins or one win and two draws in their upcoming matches to secure second place in the table. In order for England to overtake Germany, in addition to counting on Villa to win all the way to the UEFA Europa League, it seems like an impossible task to pray that Bayern, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen will only win one game in the next games.
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