Italy in the European League and Conference widens its advantage as leader of the UEFA ranking. Indeed, after Thursday's football with the successes of Roma, Milan and Fiorentina, Italy, which still has six teams out of seven in the running, only Lazio is excluded from the Champions League, is at the top of the special ranking with 16,571, followed by Germany with 15,500 and England with 14,625. Fourth place for France (14,416), followed by Spain (13,437), the Republic Czech Republic (13,000), Belgium (12,400), Turkey (11,500), Portugal (10,166) and the Netherlands (10,000).
The first two federations in the ranking will be able to field a fifth team during the next edition of the Champions League. Indeed, from 2024, we will go from 32 to 36 teams, which will compete in a sort of single large group in which each club will play at least eight matches against always different opponents identified by draw. Once this phase is completed, which will take place from September 2024 to January 2025, the first eight in the ranking will directly advance to the round of 16, while the teams from ninth to twenty-fourth position will be involved in the round of 16. .
