Winning the AEK Cup on Wednesday night in an empty Panthessalico, in addition to the brace marked by the Union, cleared things up for all five European tickets this year, as did Europa League remains in 3rd place in the Olympiacos standings as PAOK were defeated in the final. Also, potential opponents of our teams in the European Cup qualifiers are beginning to appear on the horizon, as well as the championships, from which they will come out, are coming to an end.

AEK

Champion AEK will start its journey from the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League. The draw is scheduled for 24 July and the games for 8 or 9 August and 15 August. This is with the fact that even the Union will experience consecutive eliminations from the 3rd round of the top competitions, and the European playoffs will participate in the groups of the Conference League, which means that its European participation is guaranteed.

At the moment, AEK are expected to be outsiders of the 3rd round, but if they get a ticket to the playoffs, they will most likely fall into a strong group, which will depend on their draw. In addition, UEFA still saves time when drawing pairs of draws, and each team knows its potential opponent in advance, right up to the playoffs. As you can see from what happens in the European Championships, teams like Ferencváros, Qarabag, Galatasaray or Fenerbahce, Copenhagen, if they get to the 2nd qualifying round and draw with AEK, they will probably offer them a coefficient that will send them to the playoff locomotives.

Panathinaikos

The green trip to Europe will start with the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League with the draw on 21 June and games on 25 or 26 July and 1 or 2 August. Like AEK, the clover also has a “cushion”, as in case of elimination, it is “transferred” to the next round of “minor” competitions, which means that it needs to qualify from 2nd to 3rd place in the qualifying tournament . Champions League to secure a place in the Conference League groups. Panathinaikos, who will enter the group of outsiders, now knows that his potential rivals will be from Belgium or Ukraine. In Belgium, with two matches left, Antwerp and Union have each scored 45 points and will face each other next Sunday in a match that, if there is a winner, will likely decide the champion. Genk are three points behind and waiting for a draw to stay in the title race. In fact, the Sunday derby will decide everything, since if there is a loser, then he will fight Genk for 2nd place, which will lead to the same draw as Panathinaikos.

In Ukraine, a similar picture. Three teams are fighting for the title, there are three matches left, but Shakhtar with 69 points and Dnipro with 64 have an increased chance compared to Zorya with 61. A fight with Zorya for 2nd place is expected.

Olympiacos

With AEK’s Cup victory, the 3rd-place Red-Whites have kept a good ticket to the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League, with two scenarios that could send them straight to the play-offs. an event where even if they are relegated, they will also be placed in the Conference League groups. The draw is scheduled for 24/7, and the matches are scheduled for 10 and 17 August.

However, Olympiacos is very likely to “win” the round and go straight to the playoffs, where a gap is expected on two occasions. Firstly, Inter must win the Champions League and at the same time in the Italian league take a position that will lead to the next Europe. If this happens, the Nerazzurri will qualify for the top competition groups, the Dutch Cup winner in the European groups and Olympiacos in the playoffs. The second case is Roma to conquer Europe and at the same time take a position in the championship, which is also in the lead in Europe. Thus, Mourinho’s team will go directly to the Champions League of the new season, creating a similar domino in favor of Olympiacos.

PAOK and Aris

Two Thessaloniki teams will start from the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League. Draws will be held on June 21, July 27 and August 3. PAOK with a coefficient of 25,000 will be among the strong, and on the other hand, Aris cannot yet know whether they will be among the strong or weak. For now, the odds are in his favor, but for that to be confirmed, they will need to find the holder of more tickets through the national leagues, and they will be given to teams with lower odds than the 7,000 yellow points. .