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After winning the European League title, Italian Atalanta does Barcelona a favor

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Italy’s Atalanta winning the European League title will affect Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen. On Barcelona’s ranking in the next edition of the Champions League.

Ademola Lookman’s hat-trick inflicted the first defeat on Xabi Alonso’s team in 51 matches and gave Atalanta its first continental title and the second in its history after winning the Italian Cup in 1963.

This historic coronation will give the Italians a ticket to participate in the Champions League next season, and will also modify Barcelona’s plans in a very positive way.

Bayer Leverkusen’s defeat in the European final affected Barcelona’s ranking in the next edition of the Champions League.

Spanish newspapers indicated that this loss deprived Bayer Leverkusen of its first place in the Champions League during the next season 2024-2025, and gave the seat to Barcelona.

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Despite being crowned champion of the German League, this will not guarantee a seat for Leverkusen in the Champions League, as was the case in recent years, after the European Football Association (UEFA) laid new foundations for the next edition.

The Champions League and European League champions, along with the champions of the top 6 leagues on the continent, were participating in the first classification of the tournament.

As for the next edition, those with the best participations in the last 5 editions will be the ones who will be in the first classification, which will include 9 complete teams.

Atalanta ranks fifth in the Italian League, and if it finishes the season in the same position, it will give Roma a place in the Champions League.

Atalanta has two matches remaining in the Italian League, and if it wins them, it will finish the season in fourth place, while Juventus will fall to fifth place, and therefore Roma will not participate in the Champions League, although it will occupy sixth place in that case, so Barcelona will be in the first pot of the next Champions League.

The first-class teams in the 2025 edition if Atalanta finishes fourth in the Italian League:

  • Manchester City and Liverpool (England).
  • Barcelona and Real Madrid (Spain).
  • Paris Saint-Germain (France).
  • Inter Milan (Italy).
  • Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig (Germany).

Second classification teams:

  • Arsenal (England).
  • Juventus, Atalanta and Milan (Italy).
  • Bayer Leverkusen (Germany).
  • Club Brugge: (Belgium).

Third classification teams:

  • Feyenoord Rotterdam and Eindhoven (Netherlands).
  • Sporting Lisbon (Portugal).
  • Dinamo Zagreb (Ukraine).
  • Lille (France).
  • Celtic (Scotland).
  • Galatasaray and Fenerbahce (Türkiye).
  • Bodo Glimt: (Norway).

Fourth classification teams:

  • Monaco and Stade Brestus (France).
  • AEK Athens (Greece).
  • Sturm Graz (Austria).
  • Aston Villa (England).

In addition to that, there will be Sparta Prague, the Czech Republic, Girona, Spain, Stuttgart, Germany, and Bologna, Italy.