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Harry Kane’s goal could get Germany an extra Champions League place
La Liga (21.781) sits in second going into the second legs of the Europa League and Conference League semi-finals on Thursday.
The Bundesliga (21.357) is just 0.424 points behind. In real terms, that is a win and a draw.
Going into Thursday’s games, each league has one team left – Freiburg for Germany and Rayo Vallecano for Spain.
Freiburg must overcome a 2-1 deficit at home to Braga, while Rayo Vallecano take a 1-0 lead to Strasbourg.
This is how Kane’s goal could help to decide it.
If Freiburg beat Braga and go through to the final, they will add 0.428 to Germany’s score.
And if Rayo Vallecano lose in France, La Liga score nothing and it would be unable to finish above the Bundesliga.
In this scenario, Germany would confirm second place by just 0.00446 of a coefficient point.
Without Kane’s goal, Germany would be 0.13889 behind Spain.
There are a few other scenarios for the EPS on Thursday.
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If Rayo Vallecano win, Spain are assured of the extra place regardless of Freiburg’s result
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If both teams go out, Spain get the additional place
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If both go through with Rayo Vallecano drawing, it goes down to the finals
In Germany, there is a three-team battle for fourth place between Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart and Hoffenheim. All three are on 58 points with two games to go. Without the EPS, only one will get into the Champions League.
La Liga has a clearer picture, with Real Betis on their own in fifth, six points clear of Celta Vigo with four games to play.
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Lewis was part of the Wales squad at the 2022 union World Cup and was set to play in the inaugural WXV tournament a year later.
But she suffered a serious knee injury as Wales beat Italy in the 2023 Six Nations.
Since her recovery Lewis has played for Brython Thunder in the Celtic Challenge but, with no WRU contract, felt she had unfinished business and “didn’t want any regrets”.
“I could have easily just walked away from rugby at that point. I could have just been like ‘I’m done’,” said Lewis.
“But internally, I knew I wasn’t, and I put so much time and effort into coming back and getting back fit, and I was only 28, and I was like, ‘I’ve still got so much time left’, and I just felt individually I didn’t deserve my time to be done based on someone else’s decision.
“So I took some time, and then I just set a goal to myself. If I got the opportunity to play rugby league, great.
“If I had the opportunity to play union, I wouldn’t say no. But this opportunity came up, and I just grabbed it with two hands, and hopefully now it’s paid off.”
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