When he competes with a European Cup, a club does not only play for itself. He must also defend his country, his championship, and this goes through these famous UEFA points allocated after each meeting. They are very important, because the classification determines the number of qualified by country for each competition, the Champions League, the Europa League and the League Conference.
In recent years, France, an eternal weak link in the European “top 5”, was rather used to looking behind it. Ligue 1 clubs were responsible for shining in front of their direct competitors, Portugal clubs and the Netherlands most often.
This season is the opposite. France has a little chance of exceeding Germany, which is ahead of around six points. It is a fairly important gap, but the mission is not impossible.
France-Germany, let's go!
According to OPTA calculations, Ligue 1 has about 15% chance of exceeding the Bundesliga. On the other hand, no threat is to be feared for a descent in 6th place, in any case not for this year.
Fourth place in the UEFA ranking would change the situation for French clubs. The fourth in Ligue 1 would be directly qualified for the group stage of the Champions League, instead of going through this 3rd preliminary round which was fatal to the OGC Nice this season.
France must therefore count on PSG, but not only. Last season, despite the victory of the Parisians in C1, the Bundesliga clubs have collected more points than their Ligue 1 counterparts.
