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Quote from: wmaurik on Today at 02:49:52 PM

Even though Bilbao has the possibility of winning today's match, getting into the top four this season will definitely not be easy for Bilbao even though they still have a chance to try with the target of winning in the remaining matches this season. Even if Bilbao can win today, their points are still lacking when compared to Atletico Madrid so their position will still remain the same and there will be no immediate changes.

Bilbao has currently got an automatic ticket to the European league after they won the Copa Del Rey title, so Bilbao will of course target the Champions League position as their target at the end of the season, currently Bilbao has a difference of 5 points so it is still possible for Bilbao to catch up Atletico Madrid is in 4th place, soon Bilbao will face Villareal and of course it will not be an easy match for Bilbao, so far Villareal's performance is actually quite good and even in the previous match Atletico Madrid had quite difficulty against Villareal and even in this match Atletico Madrid was just lucky to score the winning goal in the 87th minute, in my opinion today Bilbao must find a way to dismantle the Villareal defense which is quite strong.

The match against Villareal is of course an opportunity for Bilbao to shorten the distance from Atletico Madrid, so that today winning is an absolute requirement for Bilbao so that they can continue to compete for tickets to the Champions League zone next season, head to head, in my opinion the two teams are quite evenly matched, this makes it seem difficult for us to predict the final result of the match later.

If winning the Copa del Rey title Bilbao automatically gets a ticket to the Europa League, then I think it is not needed at all at this moment. Because anyway, at this moment if for example Bilbao fails to finish in the top four positions, in fact Bilbao can be sure to finish in fifth position, and with that position also Bilbao has the right to get a Europa League ticket next season. But yes, at this moment Bilbao is still very much trying to be able to finish in the top four because even though there is still a wide enough points gap. But still, basically Bilbao still has a chance to be able to finish in the top four.

But unfortunately, it seems that Bilbao's performance at this moment or lately also does not look promising to be able to enter the top four, because even though Bilbao played at home against Villarreal, the fact is that Bilbao is still difficult to make goals. But in the 46th minute Villarreal only played with 10 player because of the red card obtained by Santi Comesana. With factors like this, Bilbao should be able to maximize it to be able to score goals and win at home this time.