Winners and Losers: De Zerbi saves Tottenham as Torreense produce fairy tale in Portugal

[p]For the final time of the campaign, here are [i][b]Flashscore[/b][/i]'s Winners and Losers.[/p][p][a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TLrUJ8RRMpxC9yzJEwbO1?si=aDCzlmvGRNuwDL3U-YOzuw" target="_blank"][b]Listen to the audio version of this article on Spotify[/b][/a][/p][h2]Winners: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull City[/a][/h2][p]The Tigers' promotion to the Premier League is nothing short of incredible: having narrowly avoided relegation last year and coming off a two-window transfer ban, they pulled off the feat of reaching the top flight after knocking out Millwall and then delivering a clinical 1-0 win over Middlesbrough in the playoff final at Wembley, thanks to a late strike from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcburnie-oliver/rNFSg6i4/"]Oli McBurnie[/a] in stoppage time.[/p][embed guid="682b546a-4bc9-4097-b880-e7a37204da19" url="https://x.com/xGPhilosophy/status/2058225530407723469?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Winner: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-zerbi-roberto/pYizckpN/"]Roberto De Zerbi[/a][/h2][p]Staying in England, the Italian coach managed to avoid a shocking relegation to the Championship by steering [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a] to safety on the final day of the season, after a 1-0 win over Everton.[/p][image alt="The final standings for Tottenham in the Premier League" id="61f81c97-936a-43fb-a550-2a708fd84ee7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="55e3357f-4891-4a53-b202-1afca3ed09a4" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Spurs managed to prevail over their city rivals West Ham, who were relegated despite a convincing win over Leeds, which wasn't enough to close the two-point gap to their direct competitors.[/p][p]For Tottenham, it would have been an epic failure, but the former Marseille manager handled the immense pressure of having to avoid disaster at all costs.[/p][h2]Winners: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dep-la-coruna/Q51ZzMS6/"]Deportivo La Coruna[/a][/h2][p]Thanks to a 2-0 win away at Valladolid, the Galician side finished the regular season in second place with a round to spare and will play in LaLiga next year, alongside another fallen giant, Racing Santander.[/p][p]Depor had been relegated in 2018 and even found themselves in the third tier before finding a way back to top-level football.[/p][embed guid="8151f1d2-8b44-45ce-9ab9-513db0b25347" url="https://x.com/RCDeportivo/status/2058616126569906398?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The historic Spanish club, which won the LaLiga title in 2000 and famously beat Milan 4-0 in the 2004 Champions League, and have now returned to the big time.[/p][h2]Winners: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/getafe/dboeiWOt/"]Getafe[/a][/h2][p]Among the drama of the final LaLiga round is Getafe's qualification for the Conference League: it's not the first time the Azulones have gone to Europe, but this time the achievement is truly remarkable.[/p][p]Bordalas' team finished the season with just 32 goals scored in 38 matches and the lowest possession rate (40.1%).[/p][p]Of course, mathematically clinching seventh place (and to think the club could have even finished sixth) could only come with a 1-0 win this time, over Osasuna.[/p][h2]Winners: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/torreense/8jQErKhN/"]Torreense[/a][/h2][p]This week's fairytale belongs to the small Portuguese club, who managed to win the Taca de Portugal in extra time against the illustrious Sporting.[/p][p]The team from Torres Vedras thus becomes the first second-division side to win the Portuguese Cup. And thanks to this stunning success, they'll have the chance to play in Europe.[/p][embed guid="8bb8f755-5b27-48df-887d-21e991f113c5" url="https://x.com/sporttvportugal/status/2058624539421004094?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Losers: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dukla-prague/tKH71vSe/"]Dukla Prague[/a][/h2][p]Something almost unimaginable happened in the Czech league: Dukla Prague lost the head-to-head, all-or-nothing clash with Banik Ostrava and were relegated to the second division.[/p][p]And it happened in a truly unique way: the home side lost 3-0, with all three goals being own goals, sealing their relegation.[/p][embed guid="75277fd3-5227-44f5-ae82-12b53e215203" url="https://x.com/OptaJakub/status/2058188712597471429?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Losers: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-milan/8Sa8HInO/"]AC Milan[/a][/h2][p]If Juventus' failure had already been digested by everyone the previous matchday, the 38th round confirmed Milan's exclusion from next season's Champions League.[/p][p]Allegri's team, which for months even dreamed of the Scudetto and managed to beat Inter twice, collapsed at the final hurdle.[/p][image alt="Luka Modric" id="7dfa3f06-9ea4-470c-826f-13fade652bec" credit-line="REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo" guid="fa3dd03d-5710-4735-ba38-574295268f28" original-width="1396" original-height="970" /][p]After home defeats to Sassuolo and Atalanta, the Rossoneri also lost their last match at San Siro against Cagliari, even though the Sardinians had nothing left to play for.[/p][h2]Losers: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lechia-gdansk/GGLmkiK8/"]Lechia  Gdansk[/a][/h2][p]The Polish side bids farewell to the Ekstraklasa in third-to-last place with a curious record: the best attack in the league, tied with leaders Lech.[/p][p]The Gdansk team lost their last five matches of the season, conceding 13 goals: Lechia's biggest flaw turned out to be their defence, the worst in the league along with Termalica B-B, with 65 goals conceded.[/p][image alt="Lechia Gdansk's poor form to finish the season" id="22ea6ada-1a0c-4faf-a10c-ff547ef8d675" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="6f9dced9-1c0d-4b7e-a309-439996c2dbcf" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][h2]Losers: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bari/xIkUr2vO/"]Bari[/a][/h2][p]On Friday night, Bari was relegated to Serie C for the first time since 1983: the Apulian side lost the Serie B playout against Sudtirol, after two 0-0 draws.[/p][p]The Galletti endured a very disappointing season, always hovering near the bottom of the table, so the outcome was hardly a surprise.[/p][p]For the club owned by the De Laurentiis family, the same as Napoli, a season in the third tier now awaits, where they'll face new derbies against Monopoli, Barletta, and Altamura.[/p][h2]Losers: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/girona/nNNpcUSL/"]Girona[/a][/h2][p]The City Football Group team, which just two seasons ago finished third in LaLiga before playing in the Champions League, was relegated on the final day.[/p][p]The Catalan side couldn't turn around their poor run in recent months, and in their last match of the season, they only managed a 1-1 home draw with Elche, a direct rival in the relegation battle.[/p][embed guid="091ffc8c-6e75-41af-8151-96c4ad7ecfce" url="https://x.com/sport/status/2058296031222075868?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Girona's squad features several iconic players such as Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Axel Witsel, Donny van de Beek, Cristhian Stuani, Daley Blind, Claudio Echeverri, Azzedine Ounahi, and Bryan Gil. [/p][h2]Special mentions[/h2][p]In such an eventful weekend, let's not forget the achievements of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a], who qualified for the next Europa League as a newly promoted side, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a], who overtook Milan at the very last moment to secure a Champions League spot.[/p][embed guid="af68de5f-acb0-4adb-985f-caa29ad9a48d" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2058240855895421187?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Nor the victory of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] in the French Cup, the relegation of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tsc-backa-topola/CtblNHpa/"]Backa Topola[/a] in Serbia, and the thrilling finish in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fc-volendam-6VbkuOqa/willem-ii-6u3qag0G/?mid=QTu8I0fU"]Volendam vs Willem II[/a] in the Netherlands, where the visitors managed to stay up in the playoff, thanks to a penalty scored by goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/didillon-thomas/SSCtyyke/"]Thomas Didillon Hodl[/a].[/p][embed guid="70566012-8dde-49c0-b773-063f4319f2ed" url="https://x.com/Sottoporta_ICI/status/2058307853685756354?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]In Saudi Arabia, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-diriyah/URqHJiim/"]Al Diriyah[/a] were promoted to the Saudi Pro League at the expense of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-ula/OC8T8zk3/"]Al-Ula[/a], also thanks to this bizarre goal, impossible to repeat even if you tried a thousand more times.[/p]