He Ray Vallecano You already know its way to the league phase of the Conference League. The franjirrojo team returns to continental competition 25 years after its first and only presence and will do so in the tie playoff. In it, the winner of the tie of the third previous round will be measured that will face the Class of the Faroe Islands and the Seek Belarusian. The Madrid will play home, on August 21, while the return will play it a week later, on the 28th there is still to know if UEFA will approve that meeting at the home at the Vallecas stadium.
The Vallecanos achieved on the last day of the last league their classification for the Conference League At the end in eighth position. A draw at home against Mallorca sealed the ray ticket for Europe. It was the first time that they were classified for continental competition thanks to their performance on the grass, since on the only occasion they had done, in 2000, they were invited for their clean play.
In this way, their classification for the third European competition, a Conference for which it is necessary to play a playoff before entering the league phase. The classified teams of the five major leagues reach this last round, without the need to overcome the other three previous phases. And, in it, they receive the winner of one of the Third Round Qualifiers of the Route of No League Champions.
This will lead them to measure themselves to Class of the Faroe Islands or al Seek of Biolorruse, runners -up of his league in the last campaign. The two have been paired in the third round of classification of the competition and the winner of that tie will be the rival of the Vallecanos in the playoff. In the event that the team that is classified is the Belarusian, the first leg would be played in Szeged (Hungary), since for supporting Russia in the Ukraine War, Belarus is sanctioned by UEFA and its clubs cannot play in their territory.
Rayo will play the 'playoff' of the Conference
It remains to be seen if the Stadium of Vallecas It will be ready for the match of August 28, where the lightning will be local. The enclosure is under works after the Community of Madrid, owner of the stadium, has allocated two million euros for the reform of the facilities. In a first phase, which is expected to end before the course begins, their walls and cracks will be repaired.
Once they finish, it will be the UEFA Who must approve the infrastructure presented by the Vallecano Club for its participation in this conference and, although the objective of the entity is to be able to dispute this competition in its fief – for which it pays an annual fee -, it is not at all insured that it can do it. In the event that the reform has not finished on time, the club will have to look for an alternative to play this tie, having the Coliseum The Getafe, Butarque, Metropolitan Or even the Santiago Bernabéu, as the closest options.
