How Chelsea And Juventus Nearly Missed UCL Slot
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Football fans would have missed their favorite English giant, Chelsea FC and the Old Ladies of Italian football, Juventus in the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions league season but match day 38 changed everything.
While Chelsea secured the fourth position with 67 points and Juventus also garnered 78 points to also secure the fourth position, both teams trailed the 5th positions by 1 point. Results of EPL match day 38 is below;
Arsenal 2 – 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Aston Villa 2 – 1 Chelsea
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Fulham 0 – 2 Newcastle United
Leeds United 3 – 1 West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City 2 – 4 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 2 – 0 Crystal Palace
Manchester City 5 – 0 Everton
Sheffield United 1 – 0 Burnley
West Ham United 3 – 0 Southampton
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 2 Manchester United
The results of match day 38 of the Italian Serie A is as shown;
Inter 5 – 1 Udinese
Atalanta 0 – 2 AC Milan
Bologna 1 – 4 Juventus
Napoli 1 – 1 Verona
Sassuolo 2 – 0 Lazio
Spezia 2 – 2 Roma
Torino 1 – 1 Benevento
While Leicester city needed a win to secure a fourth position, their loss to Tottenham Hotspurs made them drop and gave Chelsea an opportunity in the Champions league.
In Italian Seria A, Napoli also needed a win to secure the fourth position but their draw with Verona gave juventus a place in the Champions league.
Chelsea has won the UCL once in 2011/2012 season while Juventus also won the 1984/85 season and the 1994/95 season.
By: Nana Gyasi | Radio 1 | Ghana