England’s fifth-place Champions League hopes take a hitpublished at 07:42
Borussia Dortmund 4-2 Atletico Madrid (5-4 agg)
Simon Stone
BBC Sport
Borussia Dortmund’s magnificent victory against Atletico Madrid was great news for on-loan Manchester United star Jadon Sancho and Marcel Sabitzer, who left Old Trafford after spending the second half of last season on loan with Erik ten Hag’s side.
However, it was bad news for England’s chances of a fifth Champions League place next term.
Borussia Dortmund gained points for their match victory and a bonus for reaching the semi-final.
Those three co-efficient points are then divided by seven – the number of German teams who played in Europe this season – and added to their total.
It takes Germany onto 17.214, still trailing Italy, who have 18.428, but crucially, clear of England, who have 16.750.
The battle is not over yet but England could really do with Arsenal knocking out Bayern Munich tonight or, less likely admittedly, West Ham reaching the Europa League semi-finals at the expense of Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday.
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