Portimonense and ABC will begin their battle this Saturday in Portimao for the last place at the top level of Portuguese football for the 2024/25 season, in the first match of the playoffs that will determine the 18th team among the “elite”.
The Algarve side are aiming to ensure they remain in League One by finishing 16th and third from bottom, safe from outright relegation but with an obligation to negotiate a “vacancy” with the third-placed team in the league. Second League.
Such is the case with AVS, which in its debut season in professional competition was able to rise to the top level after a season in which it finished with the same points as Maritimo, fourth, but with an advantage in direct confrontation.
While for Portimonense the goal is to continue to compete in League One for a seventh season in a row since last promoted in 2016/17, for ABC the goal is a debut.
The first leg of the playoffs will take place this Saturday at the Municipal Stadium of Portimão at 19:45, under the refereeing of Luis Godinho, and the return leg will take place on Sunday, June 2, in Vila das Aves. , at the same hour.
At the end of the professional championship, Santa Clara and Nacional were relegated to Liga I, finishing first and second in the second division, while Vizela (17th place) and Desportivo de Chavez (18th place) went in the opposite direction. -th place). down. .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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