AS explains why Barcelona, Atletico and Sevilla want Real Madrid to beat Liverpool in UCL final

Although due to the historical rivalry there is a large majority of fans who feel some hostility towards Real Madrid, especially between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, the truth is that from a purely practical point of view, Barcelona, ​​Atlético and Sevilla would all be interested if the white team won a league title Fourteenth European Champions on Saturday in Paris.

And in the same competition the reason for this strange comfort was found. If Liverpool win this Champions League, they will enter Pot 1 in the group stage draw for the next edition, 2022-23, and thus become another elite team with whom the Spanish teams in Pot 2 will want to avoid falling into the same group.

Except for Real Madrid. The white team is the champions of the league and no matter what happens today, they are already guaranteeing a place in the first pot. Since it is a La Liga team, it cannot coincide with Barcelona, ​​Atletico or Sevilla during the group stage.

If Real Madrid wins the final, Liverpool will go to Pot 2 and will walk away from those three teams as well. If the Reds fall in this final, that place in Pot 1 will be occupied by the Dutch champions, Ajax Amsterdam. A competitor, a priori, much less fierce than the team led by German Jürgen Klopp.

This first hype will also remain much less serious for the second, third and fourth place holders. With Real Madrid left out and apart from Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, the other seeders are Porto, AC Milan and Eintracht Frankfurt, the last Europa League champions Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan are definitely less powerful teams than Liverpool.

Source: AS