Last week, after the withdrawal of Turin's "Juventus", "Roma", and Rome's "Lazio" clubs from international competitions, it became clear that England will once again have the right to delegate four teams to the UEFA Champions League next season. The Premier League could have lost the opportunity to send the team in fourth place to the tournament qualifiers, as Serie A lagged behind by only three points, but was saved by "Manchester City" and "Liverpool". The "Cityzens" crossed the barrier of Kiev's "Dynamo" in the Champions League quarter-finals and advanced to the next stage, while Merseyside's eleven reached the Europa League quarter-finals after a victory over "Manchester United". At the moment, England has 12,750 points, compared to Italy's 11,500 points. Meanwhile, Russia's hopes of moving up to the sixth place by surpassing Portugal or France also collapsed. This position would allow two clubs from the country to play in the Champions League without qualifiers, but St. Petersburg's "Zenit" dropped out of the strongest tournament in the Old Continent already after the quarter-finals.
