FC Barcelona Atletic are on the verge of making their way to the Segunda Division after a year of some thorough hardships within the Primera Federacion. They next face Real Madrid Castilla in a game that could well see their dream of promotion come true.
Among the final 8 set to compete in the Primera Federacion play-offs, the 4th placed Catalan side from Group B has been pitted against the 3rd placed side Real Madrid Castilla from Group A. The winner of this game will then go on to play against the winner of Group B’s 2nd-placed side Eldense’s clash against Group A’s 5th-placed Celta Vigo B.
However, as reported by SPORT, herein lies a twist that could see FC Barcelona Atletic qualify for promotion regardless of the next game if only they can manage to win against Real Madrid Castilla. This situation could occur if FC Barcelona’s first team manages to overcome Celta Vigo’s A team in the final Matchday 38 of La Liga Santander.
However, the following opportunity that the subsidiary side would end up receiving will only end up being possible if Celta Vigo B emerge victorious in their own Play-off semi-final against Eldense, as accordingly only then would the promotion of Celta Vigo B be considered null and void when looking at the result of the respective first teams.
Should the FC Barcelona team led by Xavi Hernandez wins, it would potentially result in Celta Vigo being relegated to the Segunda Division, and as per regulations, two sides from the same club cannot be in the same division at the same time.
So consequently if Celta Vigo A were to get demoted, Celta B would automatically become ineligible to be promoted. Hence, FC Barcelona Atletic would only need to overcome Real Madrid’s subsidiary-based side to achieve promotion, and the same incentive would be present for the opposing side from Madrid.
Yet it may just be very important to realize that FC Barcelona would not necessarily be playing with any particular intensity against Celta Vigo A given that they’ve already clinched the La Liga title and may even rest key players to avoid occurrences such as the one that unfortunately happened with Alejandro Balde.
Celta Vigo, on the other hand, will be hellbent on getting the victory in front of their home fans to avoid the prospect of relegation.
