maintain a challenge

[KLPNO]

Hello everyone,

I'd like to ask what "maintain a challenge" means.

Here is an example of usage:

Police investigate 'allegation of assault' against Tottenham's Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Telegraph

Harry Redknapp's men were jeered off after the defeat to Wolves that dented their hopes of maintaining a challenge for the Champions League this season.

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

...maintaining a challenge for the Champions League this season

means keeping up their efforts to finish in fifth place in the Premier League.

Rover

 

[KLPNO]

means keeping up their efforts to finish in fifth place in the Premier League.

Rover

Thank you, Rover.

 

[Rover_KE]

Correction.

The top four teams in the English Premier League get Champions' League places the following season.

Rover

 

[KLPNO]

Correction.

The top four teams in the English Premier League get Champions' League places the following season.

Rover

Thank you again, Rover.