"While the phrase 'top four' has become embedded in terms of Champions League qualification, the new system makes it open to change. With the expansion of the Champions League came extra slots to be filled, and so the idea of fifth-placed qualification came about. To simplify, you can finish fifth in your league and get in, provided the league is one of the two best-performing European leagues of the current season."
"The bad news is that Serie A currently finds itself in fifth place in the ranking, despite victories for Juventus in the Champions League and Roma in the Europa League. Hopes fading In the Champions League things didn't go well for Italian sides on the coefficient front. Juventus got a 2-0 victory over Jose Mourinho's Benfica, but Napoli were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Copenhagen, Inter were beaten 3-1 by Arsenal, and Atalanta lost 3-2 at home to Athletic Club."
"England sit at the top of the standings with a points tally of 14.152, which feels difficult to overcome. Rather remarkably, it is Poland's Ekstraklasa that sits in second with 13.625 points. The German Bundesliga is third on 12.428, Spain's LaLiga is fourth with 12,187 and Serie A is fifth with 12.035."
Champions League expansion created additional qualification slots and introduced a mechanism allowing a fifth-placed domestic finisher to qualify if that league ranks among the two best-performing European leagues that season. Serie A currently sits fifth in the UEFA coefficient standings despite Champions League and Europa League victories by Juventus and Roma. Italian clubs produced mixed results in recent European matches, with Juventus beating Benfica but Napoli drawing, Inter losing, and Atalanta defeated. England leads the coefficients on 14.152 points, Poland's Ekstraklasa is second on 13.625, followed by Bundesliga, LaLiga and Serie A, making an extra spot for Italy uncertain.
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