Maybe the name, but more places leading to European competitions have been clarified in Premier League, however, the issue of “cooling off” will be decided at the last whistle of the season.

Sunday (May 28) draws to a close yet another competitive year in the world’s top leagues as three of the country’s most historic teams battle to stay in the top flight, but one of them will come out on top. Everton, Leicester And Leeds they will play with… a noose around their neck and two of them will follow the already doomed Southampton in the Championship.

Of these teams, Everton is the only one that holds its own destiny in its own hands. The Candies are one place above the relegation zone and welcome the caring Bournemouth to Goodison Park. If they win they will stay in the division no matter what happens in the other two matches between Leicester and Leeds. In fact, given that Everton have two points more than the other two (33 to 31), he can be saved even if Leicester lose and not win at home against West Ham and Leeds who also play at home against Tottenham.

But unlike Bournemouth, both the Hammers and the Roosters are not indifferent, as they are chasing the 7th place, which gives a ticket to the Conference League qualifiers, otherwise they will fly out of Europe.

Near, A draw is not enough for Everton if Leicester and Leeds win.as Leicester have better goal difference, the Foxes are saved in a three-way tie and Everton and Leeds are relegated.

In the other two matches, Leicester will stay if they beat West Ham and Everton fail to win their match, while the worst-case scenario is Leeds, who will have to beat Tottenham to save themselves, and ” Leicester won’t take the treble with West Ham and Everton. lost to Bournemouth.

Also, another unpaid “bill”, as we mentioned above, is 7th place, which is claimed by three teams. Aston Villa lead with 58 points, followed by Tottenham Hotspur with 57 and Brentford with 56 points.

Recall that the title was won by Manchester City, and in the new Champions League he will play with Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle. Finally, Liverpool and Brighton will take part in the Europa League.

Going back in time…

Of course, this is not the first and certainly not the last time in the Premier League that the efforts of an entire season are decided in a few minutes, when the victory or defeat of one team positively or negatively affects others who are in the same bad fate. Going back in time, we can find similar seasons in which the outcome was determined by game delays, and finally indifferent teams shaping and deciding the future of others.

2010-11: Thriller before delays

With the title already in the hands of Manchester United and the Champions League spots in place, all eyes were on the battle for the bottom of the table.

One point separated 19th-placed Wigan from 15th-placed Blackburn, meaning five teams, including Blackpool, Birmingham and Wolves, were in danger of relegation together with last-placed West Ham, who had already missed the train. Every minute that passed during the matches, the order of points in them changed.

Wigan and Blackpool were in the relegation zone, but the former finally managed to escape at the last minute thanks to a 1-0 win over Stoke. In contrast, Birmingham, despite a 1-1 stoppage-time draw with Tottenham, Pavlyuchenko’s goal gave the Roosters a 2-1 victory and sent them to the Championship by default.

Blackpool, while touching the dream at one point, ended up losing 4-2 to Manchester United and were relegated.

2006-07: Tevez… savior

We also had a dramatic finale in 2006-07 when West Ham, Sheffield United and Wigan went into battle to avoid relegation on the last match day, with the latter two playing each other at Bramall Lane.”

In the big derby, everything was decided in the first half, as Wigan, thanks to a 45′ + 6′ penalty, managed to make a great 2-1 double and stay in the division, sending their opponent to the Championship. while the Hammers beat champions Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford thanks to a Tevez goal.

After this relegation, it took Sheffield United 12 years to return to the Premier League, six of which were spent in League One.

1999-2000: Saved… Cinderella

Newcomers to the division, Bradford and Wimbledon, were the two teams entering the last matchday of the season with 33 points each and they wanted to avoid winning after Sheffield Wednesday and Watford in a immediately smaller division.

Bradford hosted Liverpool, who were also hungry for victory, aiming for a Champions League title while Wimbledon were away at Southampton. It was the defender who gave Bradford a 1-0 header with a header that stayed in the division and robbed the Reds of top competition.

On the other hand, Wimbledon lost 2-0 and were relegated after 14 years.

1995-96: City relegated by mistake

Misinformation was the reason City were kicked out of the top flight in 1995-96. In particular, the “citizens” reached the last level of the match with “Southampton” and “Coventry”, all teams have 37 points. City played Liverpool at Anfield, while the other two hosted Wimbledon and Leeds respectively.

It was 2-2 at Liverpool and City manager Alan Ball had the wrong information that Coventry were losing to Leeds and so he instructed his players to play in stoppage time. The Irishman Niall Quinn, who was substituted, told his teammates about what actually happened in the other match, but it was too late for his team.

City were left 2-2, as were Southampton-Wimbledon and Coventry-Leeds, which ended in draws and tied 0-0, leaving the Citizens to say goodbye to the division in the top three. tie.

1993-94: Everton survival

Since there are 22 teams in the Premier League, the Candies were in 20th place at the start of the last day, one point away from being saved. With Swindon already relegated, Everton pursued one of Ipswich, Sheffield United and Southampton, who were just above them.

Her opponent at Goodison Par was 6th-placed Wimbledon, who even 20 minutes into the match were leading 2–0, further complicating the home side’s task. Everton’s hopes were revived when Graham Steward made it 2-1 in the 24th minute and Barry Horn made it 2-2 halfway through the second half. In the 81st minute, the Stewards made the score 3:2 in favor of Everton, but even the victory was not enough for them, as they had to wait for the results in other matches.

In the end, Everton were lucky, because although Southampton and Ipswich also survived thanks to draws, Sheffield United “paid the price” by defeating Chelsea 3-2 in London, and Stein scored the fatal goal during stoppage.

2004-05: Miracle West Bromwich Albion

Since the beginning of the season, West Bromwich Albion have been the big favorites to leave the division. At Christmas they were eight points below the relegation zone, but were still at the bottom of the table with 31 points when the last matchday began. Above Southampton and Christian Palace with 32 points and Norwich with 33 points.

As a result, West Bromwich Albion managed to beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home, but they were also lucky as an ally, since none of the higher teams in the standings managed to win. Norwich and Southampton were defeated, and Crystal Palace drew, and all together said goodbye to the division.

For the first time in history, the team that was bottom of the table at Christmas remained in the Premier League.

1992-93: Saved in… a week

With a week left in the season, Oldham, back in the division in 1991, looked doomed. The week before the final they were six points below the belt and needed to win all three matches in seven days to save the division.

And yet, what seemed impossible became possible. 05/02/93 Oldham went through Villa Park winning 1-0 against Aston Villa who claimed the title from Manchester United, three days later they won against Liverpool 3-2, and on the last match day May 8 welcomes Southampton, reducing the distance from salvation to three points, with 46 to 49, which were at Crystal Palace. He prevails 4-3 while Palace knew of Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat and thus Oldham – thanks to a better goal difference (from -11 to -13) – managed save a year that seemed completely lost a few days ago.