Why Feyenoord should hope that Manchester City will win the Champions League | Dutch football

The champion of the Netherlands is in principle in pot 3 in the draw of the Champions League, but a place in pot 1 is also possible. It includes the champions of the countries from the top six of the coefficient ranking for this season, the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League. Manchester City are currently at the top of the Premier League and still have a chance of winning the CL.

If Manchester City wins the Premier League and Champions League, that will be good for Feyenoord. Then a ticket for pot 1 goes to the number seven of the coefficient ranking. That is the Netherlands (from next season, the Netherlands will be number six). There seems to be no more misunderstanding in the Premier League. Manchester City is four points ahead of Arsenal with one game less.

Winning the Champions League is now also very close for Pep Guardiola’s team, who settled with Real Madrid in the semi-finals. On June 10, Internazionale, which was too strong for AC Milan in the semi-finals, is the opponent.

Feyenoord must hope that Manchester City wins the final. A place in pot 1 would mean that the team from Rotterdam would avoid Manchester City, the winner of the Europa League and clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli. A very tough group is then still possible: in pot 2 there are probably teams such as Real Madrid – provided they do not win the Champions League. A difficult opponent can also come from pot 3 and pot 4.

Feyenoord last played in the Champions League in the 2017/18 season. At the time, the team led by coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst was ingloriously eliminated in a group with Manchester City, Napoli and Shakhtar Donetsk.