Europa League: promoted, failed and “put off.” All verdicts

Europa League: promoted, failed and "postponed". All verdicts
The league phase of the 2024/2025 Europa League è reached its epilogue after the eighth and final day. Lazio, despite losing to Braga away, finished in first place with 19 points, finishing ahead of Athletic Bilbao, which finished with the same score but a lower goal difference.
The top eight also included two Englishmen, Manchester United (2-0 to Steaua Bucharest) and Tottenham (3-0 to Elfsborg), one German side, Eintracht Frankfurt, France's Lyon, the Greeks of Olympiakos and Scotland's Rangers. Roma finished in 15th place and in the playoff zone after their win against Eintracht Frankfurt, and will play the preliminary round (against Ferencvaros or Porto) to get into the round of 16 (where from the scoreboard they are likely to meet Lazio or Athletic). Mourinho’s Fenerbahce manages to snatch passage to the playoffs thanks to goal difference. The draws will take place Friday.
Promoted to the round of 16: 1. Lazio – 19 (+12), 2. Atletic. Bilbao – 19 (+8), 3. Manchester Utd – 18 (+7), 4. Tottenham – 17 (+8), 5. Frankfurt – 16 (+4), 6. Lyon – 15 (+8), 7. Olympiakos – 15 (+6), 8. Rangers – 14 (+6).
Qualified for the playoffs: 9. Bodø/Glimt – 14 (+3), 10. Anderlecht – 14 (+2), 11. FCSB – 14 (+1), 12. Ajax – 13 (+8), 13. Real Sociedad – 13 (+4), 14. Galatasaray – 13 (+3), 15. Roma – 12 (+4), 16. Plzen – 12 (+1), 17. Ferencvaros – 12 (+0), 18. FC Porto – 11 (+2), 19. Alkmaar – 11 (0), 20. Midtjylland – 11 (0), 21. Royale Union SG – 11 (0), 22. PAOK – 10 (+2), 23. Twente – 10 (-1), 24. Fenerbahce – 10 (-2)
Eliminated: 25. braga – 10 (-3), 26. Elfsborg – 10 (-5), 27. Hoffenheim – 9 (-3), 28. Besiktas – 9 (-5), 29. M. Tel Aviv – 6 (-9), 30. Slavia Prague – 5 (-4), 31. Malmo FF – 5 (-7), 32. RFS – 5 (-7), 33. Ludogorets – 4 (-7), 34. Dyn. Kyiv – 4 (-13), 35. Nice – 3 (-9), 36. Qarabag – 3 (-14)