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Portugal fled Russia again and strengthened the sixth place in the UEFA rankings, after adding a victory and two draws in the fourth day of the group stage of European competitions.
After FC Porto’s 2-0 in Marseille on Wednesday for the Champions League, Benfica (2-2 at Rangers) and SC Braga (3-3 at Leicester’s reception) added two Europa League fairs on Thursday.
In total, the Portuguese teams have seven wins, three draws and two losses in the group stage, a far higher record than that of the Russians, who, after four rounds, have yet to achieve a miserable victory: eight losses and eight draws.
Not to change, the fourth day was negative for the Russians, with Lokomotiv Moscow (0-0 in the stronghold of Atlético de Madrid) adding the only point in the Champions League, such as Krasnodar (1-2 against Sevilla) and Zenit (1-3 at Lazio) lost.
This Thursday, in game 16 of the group stage, CSKA Moscow played almost the entire second half in numerical superiority, but did not achieve anything better than a null in the reception to Feyenoord.
With two rounds left to play in the group stage, FC Porto is one point behind the “eighth” of the Champions League and Benfica and SC Braga are triumphing in the round of 32 of the Europa League, losing even all the matches. go ahead.
The scenario for the Russians is quite different, with Krasnodar and Zenit already out of the “eighth” and Lokomotiv almost following the same path, with everyone still in the running for relegation to the Europa League, proof that CSKA should be eliminated.
In practical terms, Portugal added an additional 0.8 points in round 4, from 43,549 to 44,349, while the Russians only added 0.333, for a total of 37,882, beginning to occupy the seventh place in risk, as the Netherlands adds 35,800. .
The points added by the Portuguese teams (two for a win and one for a draw) are divided by five (0.4 for a win and 0.2 for a draw), while the Russians have to divide theirs by six (0.333 for a win and 0.166) for equality).
In 2021/22, Portugal already knows that it will have two direct registrations in the ‘Champions’, one more in the third qualifying round, one in the Europa League and two in the qualifying rounds of the new competition, the Europa Conference League.
The champion and runner-up of the 2020/21 League goes to the Champions group stage and the third to the third qualifying round, the winner of the Portuguese Cup goes to the Europa League and the fourth and fifth go to the new competition, entering the third and second qualifying rounds, respectively.
By maintaining sixth place at the end of this season, Portugal guarantees that this scenario will be repeated in 2022/23.
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