How Rangers Could Bypass Qualifiers And Reach Champions League

Since 2024, European governing assemblage Uefa has fixed nine coefficients complete nan latest five-year play an important domiciled via thing called "title-holder rebalancing".

Therefore, should nan Champions League winners person besides qualified for nan convention shape via their home convention position, "the nine pinch nan champion individual coefficient of each nan home champions progressive successful qualifying will participate nan convention shape straight alternatively of nan original information they had qualified for".

Ironically, past season's beneficiaries were Olympiakos, pinch European champions Paris St-Germain having already qualified arsenic French title winners.

The Piraeus broadside had vanished 7 points down Athens neighbours AEK successful nan Greek Super League but this play nan positions look apt to beryllium reversed.

A 1-0 conclusion astatine location to an AEK broadside for whom erstwhile Hearts left-back James Penrice was backmost successful nan starting line-up aft a two-game absence leaves Olympiakos 5 points adrift of nan leaders.

Indeed, Jose Luis Mendilibar's broadside person slipped to 3rd down PAOK Salonica, who drew 0-0 astatine location to Panathinaikos pinch erstwhile Celtic left-back Greg Taylor an unused substitute connected nan bench.

There are 5 games near of nan title play-offs, during which nan apical 4 play 1 different doubly and statisticians propose Olympiakos only person a 16% chance of securing a 49th home title.

Olympiakos are again nan nine pinch nan astir co-efficient points from countries extracurricular nan apical six successful Europe but, if they neglect to clasp that title, Rangers are adjacent successful statement for that spot consecutive into nan Champions League's convention phase.

There will beryllium much than a fewer Rangers supporters monitoring nan results erstwhile AEK entertain PAOK while Panathinaikos big Olympiakos adjacent connected Sunday, 19 April.