Crucial Final Weekend for Top European Football Spots

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00:00So what is at stake going into the final weekend?

00:03Yeah, so we know the seven teams that are going to qualify for European competitions next season.

00:08We mentioned the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League.

00:11We just don't know which teams will qualify for which tournaments.

00:16And getting that Champions League place is a huge deal because, as we discussed earlier,

00:20the prize money falls off significantly to the Europa League and the Conference League.

00:25So getting one of those top five spots is going to be huge.

00:30Sixth place will get Europa League.

00:31Seventh place will get Conference League.

00:33Right now, you're looking at Nottingham Forest is in seventh.

00:37Aston Villa are in sixth, but it's incredibly tight.

00:41All those teams are within one or two points.

00:43So the big game here, the only game between two teams that are in that top seven

00:49is Chelsea and Nottingham Forest.

00:51Chelsea are in, I want to say, fourth or fifth.

00:54They're right on the cusp of the Champions League places.

00:56If they draw or lose this game, they could fall out of that Champions League place

01:01and end up in Europa League or Conference League.

01:03Nottingham Forest are in seventh.

01:04So right now, they're in the Conference League position.

01:06They need to win to move themselves up, and they need a little bit of help as well.

01:11So there's a lot on the line here in these final places, the final games.

01:14Only Liverpool and Arsenal are confirmed into the Champions League.

01:18The other five teams still have a lot of movement to go.

01:21So Manchester City beat Bournemouth yesterday, which put them in third in a pretty strong position.

01:26But they still have to take care of business on the final weekend.

01:29So we're looking at a lot of that to come here.

01:32Nottingham Forest have struggled over the last few weeks.

01:34I think Chelsea should be able to secure that Champions League spot.

01:38But there's a lot to watch and keep an eye on.

01:41A lot of moving parts.

01:42All right.

01:43Let's put a bow on the Italian League.

01:44I know that's wrapping up as well, Kyle.

01:46Friday, there's, I know, a couple of games, big game coming up too.

01:50What do you make of how this will come down to the wire?

01:53There's a really interesting possibility here in the Italian League.

01:56They just reintroduced a quirky rule about two or three years ago, and it may come into play here.

02:02Most leagues have a number of tiebreak scenarios, right?

02:05So you have goal differential, head-to-head record, whatever it may be.

02:09And it's different for each league.

02:11In the Italian League, it's head-to-head record.

02:12And then the next tiebreaker, only for the title, not for any other place in the table,

02:18is a one-game playoff.

02:20Well, you've got Napoli leading Inter Milan by one point here.

02:24If Napoli lose and Inter draw, they drew both their head-to-head games this season,

02:30which means if they finish level on points, they could have a one-game playoff for the Italian League title.

02:36That would be insane.

02:37However, I don't expect that to happen.

02:39And Napoli lead by a point, and they have the easier final game, Inter have to go to Como,

02:43who have been very good over the last few months.

02:45So I expect Napoli to win the title.

02:47But let's all keep our fingers crossed for chaos in the Italian League, shall we?

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