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Ahead of the Champions League away game against defending champion Bayern Munich on Wednesday (9pm), serial champion Red Bull Salzburg must at least wait for the chance to run out of internationals in the spring, almost unknown after three seasons with great successes. Participation in the Premier League is not making it easier, the quest for UEFA five-year ranking points is also becoming more difficult and Salzburg’s participation is shrinking.
Heavy opponents, like those in the CL group stage almost automatically, reduce the chances of something countable or progress. That can be seen with a look at the past seasons. While the “cops” scored 21 points in 2017/18 when they advanced to the Europa League semi-finals and recorded 16 points in 2018/19 (EL knockout), it was the first time CL participated in the season. 2019/20. only “of those ten – although as third they managed to switch to EL and were eliminated from the top 32.
In view of the much higher bonuses and the greater prestige in the Champions League, that may not be a big problem for the Salzburg team, but the relevant inventory also says little about the quality of the team. In the five-year ranking, LASK, a club that did not exist internationally until the 2018/19 season, began to score points continuously. With 24 points (including the current season), Linz is the second strongest national club in a three-year comparison behind Salzburg (36), ahead of Rapid (13) and WAC (7).
Therefore, the still large proportion of the Salzburg population in the total red-white-red yield has decreased somewhat. In the five-year period between 2013/14 and 2017/18, Salzburg scored 49 percent of the points, between 2016/17 and the current season 47.6. If you just look at the two Salzburg CL seasons, it’s only 33.7 percent. During this time, LASK has grown to become the top point provider by 41.6 percent and could well remain so until the end of the international season.
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