The best possible scenario has been confirmed for Olympiacos! Shakhtar Donetsk's defeat in the first leg of the Conference League semi-finals against Crystal Palace brought smiles to the port, as now, if they win the Stoiximan Super League, the Reds will directly qualify for the Champions League League Phase next season.
After all, the Ukrainians were the only ones who could have accumulated a higher coefficient than Olympiacos by the end of the season, but the defeat to Crystal Palace ended their hopes.
Even if they win the Conference League, the points will not be enough to surpass the Piraeus team.
The above is also confirmed by UEFA's media requests consultant, Andreas Dimatos, with a relevant post on his Facebook page, stating: "Olympiacos now knows that if they manage to win the Greek championship, they will certainly be directly in the Champions League League Phase, just like last year.
Shakhtar, even if they overturn their 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace and win the Conference League in the Leipzig final, can no longer surpass them in coefficient!
On the other hand, all 4 teams competing for this year's Champions League are unlikely not to have a ticket for the next competition from their country's championship!"
Now the ball is in Olympiacos's court, who, if they win the Greek championship, will record back-to-back appearances in the final phase of the Champions League.