QThere is still a day to play to close the 21-22 season and there are still several teams that will risk their future in those last 90 minutes. Specifically, there are three teams that will play the only relegation that remains to be decided. Cádiz, Mallorca and Granada have a game of maximum tension ahead. In addition, Villarreal and Athletic will compete for the place that gives access to the Conference League.
The accounts for matchday 38 of LaLiga Santander are as follows:
One relegation, three teams involved
The penultimate day turned the classification upside down and Mallorca managed to get out of the hole to the detriment of Cádiz. Those of Aguirre will depend on themselves, like Granada, the other involved who could not seal his permanence.
Those of Karanka are saved if they win on the last day in Los Cármenes against Espanyol. In case of losing against the ‘parrots’ they need one of these two things: that Mallorca draw or lose or that Cádiz lose. If Granada tied, it would be enough for one of the other two involved not to win their match.
Those of Aguirre have earned the privilege of depending on themselves to achieve salvation. Or what is the same, winning in El Sadar they will continue in the First Division. In fact, the vermilion don’t care what happens in Granada and they will only be waiting for the Cádiz match in Vitoria.
Those of Sergio have made their permanence in the First Division very complicated. All his options are to win his match against Alavés and that Mallorca or Granada do not win their matches. Any other combination sends him to Second.
The fight for the Conference League
The defeat of Villarreal at home and the victory of Athletic in San Mamés has opened up a possibility that seemed closed for the last day of the league. Those of Marcelino will fight with the yellow team for the seventh place that allows them to play the Conference League.
Villarreal is served by signing the same result achieved by Athletic on the last day or simply by winning at the Camp Nou.
Athletic needs to win their match at the Sánchez Pizjuán and Villarreal does not do so at the Camp Nou. It would also be worth a draw in Seville and Villarreal losing. In that case there would be a tie on points and Marcelino’s team has won the particular goal average.
