The semi-finals of the three major club cups in Europe were all born, and the strength of the European competitions of the major leagues is gradually becoming clear. Following Manchester City and Arsenal's recent Champions League exits, Liverpool and West Ham United have followed in their Europa League with four teams out in two days, the first time since 2014/15 that no team has played in the last four of the Champions League and Europa League. With the Premier League declining, Serie A has become a big winner, and they even have a chance to have six teams play in club Europe next season!
Serie A is mediocre in this season's Champions League, with no team advancing to the last eight, but in the second-tier Europa League and UEFA Cup, Roma and Atalanta reached the last four of the Europa League, and Fiorentina reached the last four of the Europa League. According to the latest European coefficient rankings, Serie A, which has been leading the league, has locked up the top two points in advance this season and secured the "fifth place" in the Champions League next season (2024/25). Unexpectedly, the most involuted Premier League, with serious internal friction, has lost the most critical competition for the fifth place, and the remaining four seats will only make the infighting more and more serious. The Premier League, which is a layman in a foreign war and an insider, may have lost a watermelon to pick up sesame seeds!
There is also a situation that if Roma or Atalanta win the Europa League, and they do not finish in the top 5 of Serie A, they will play in the Champions League as the "Europa League champion" and become the sixth Serie A team to participate in the Champions League. The top 5 in Serie A are now Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Bologna and Roma, with Atalanta in 6th place.
