It is obviously not a fake news: UEFA could vote next week the suspension of Israel and its clubs due to the war won by the Hebrew State in the Gaza Strip for two years. As the British media ensures it The Timesthe executive committee and most federations would be favorable to exclusion. This first concerns the national team engaged in qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup (in the group of Norway and Italy).
The Maccabi Tel Aviv, the only Israeli club engaged in the European Cup this season, in this case in the Europa League, would also be excluded. However, this is the OL opponent on November 27, during a match relocated to Serbia. The eight opponents of the Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be credited with a victory on the green carpet, at the score of 3-0, in the event of a banishment. It's more complicated than that.
The Gones, like the other opponents of Maccabi Tel Aviv (Aston Villa, Stuttgart, Friborg or Dinamo Zagreb), will not have the opportunity to take three points in the event of Israeli exclusion. On the contrary! UEFA regulations for its three competitions are quite clear.
OL possibly disadvantaged
In the event of an exclusion from a team, all of his opponents will inherit the average points obtained between the teams of the two hats concerned and according to the order of the match. The calculation is therefore done at the end of the first phase.
OL, which was hat 2 during the draw, is supposed to move to the Maccabi Tel Aviv, which also appeared in Pot 2.. The formation of Paulo Fonseca will thus add the average of points won by the teams of hat 2 on the ground of another formation of the hat 2.. This could for example be 1.7 points, far from the three points that the Lyonnais could claim against the Israeli representative. A bad operation in the top 8 race directly qualifying for the knockout stages of the Europa League.
