Article by Sergiu Alexandru, Cezar Titor – published on Friday, 09 May 2025, 07:10 / Updated on Friday, 09 May 2025 07:16
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FCSB is about to win a new champion title. Everything can be formalized on Sunday, in the match with U Cluj. Then the red-blue team will think of the UEFA Champions League preliminaries. The champion of Romania will enter, as last year, from round 1. But he could have started from the second round. The condition was for Bodo/Glimt to win the Europa League.
FCSB was not helped by the result of Bodo/Glimt – Tottehham
Bodo/Glimt is the champion of Norway and had the place insured in the champion league play-off. However, if he had triumphed in the Europa League he would have reached the unique UCL group. But He didn't have the strength to pass through Tottenham. After 3-1 in the tour, the English won and away, 2-0. Thus, Bodo/Glimt does not go directly into the UCL group, but will play in the preliminaries. And FCSB will start the campaign in round 1.
Why would FCSB benefited if Bodo/Glimt wins him?
In this context, The place in the UCL play-off reserved for the Norwegians would have been occupied by the best champion team that evolves in the preliminary round 2. According to current rankings, Belgrade Red Star would be direct access to the Champions League play-off. And FCSB and Ludogorets would have jumped a preliminary tourevolving directly from the second sequence of qualifications for the Champions League.
Normally, FCSB, which will be a series head, will not have a difficult mission in the 1st of UCL, but if the competition had started later, it would have had several days off.
Tour 1 is played on July 8-9, respectively July 15-16, while the second round is played July 22-23, respectively July 29-30. It would have been two weeks won by FCSB and a minus travel.
