At a time when the calculations of competition in local and international championships are intertwined, clubs face a major challenge, which is to strike a balance between what is important locally and what is more important abroad. From this perspective, the recently completed round of major local leagues was different from previous rounds, especially for clubs that stumbled in the Champions League, who faced a difficult challenge of achieving a positive result to contribute to their recovery process. The same was true for clubs that excelled in the Champions League, who were tasked with continuing to excel and perform well domestically. Perhaps the most prominent example was the top of the Premier League.
