Madrid, May 8 -- Rayo Vallecano produced the best result in the club's history on Thursday night with a 1-0 win away to Strasbourg, sealing a 2-0 aggregate victory in its Conference League semifinal and sending the south Madrid club into its first-ever European final.
Rayo will now play Crystal Palace in Leipzig on May 27, but before that game takes place, the team coached by Inigo Perez has made itself popular with several other La Liga clubs because Thursday's win means Spain is guaranteed to finish second in the UEFA coefficient rankings this season.
Spain has 22.093 points in the UEFA coefficient rankings, while Germany has 21.785. Bayern Munich's defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semifinal on Wednesday means that ...