After the battles for the ticket to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the Europa League is also back in action.
The “16” phase of the competition includes dangerous encounters for the favorites of the event, since they will have to be very careful, in order to ensure the qualification to the “8”.
After the seven goals and the humiliating defeat against Liverpool, the Manchester United confronts her Bettis, with Erik Ten Hag’s men desperate for victory to erase, to some extent, the memories of Sunday’s derby. However, such a thing will not be easy, since the “verdiblancos” have an excellent team and a few days ago they cut off Real Madrid’s path to… the title, drawing (0-0).
The pioneer of the English league, Arsenal, hosted in Lisbon by Sporting. Mikel Arteta’s armada want to… keep two watermelons in the same armpit, but to do that, they will first have to overcome the obstacle of the “dragons”, who, especially at home, can easily do the damage .
As for the Italian clubs, their matches are equally difficult and by no means passable. THE Juventus, which wants to conquer the Europa League at all costs, since this is the only way to ensure qualification to the Champions League groups, after -15 in the league, welcomes the tough Freiburg. On the other hand, Rome hosts the Society in the “Olimpico”, with the Basques going to Rome with… wild moods, since they really want to win a title, having a very good team.
Finally, the multi-winner of the event, Seville, hosts the Fenerbahce, with the Andalusians having, of course, as their goal, again the… cup, which will give them the qualification to the next Champions League, since in the championship they have done… shit.
Despite their poor form this season, Jorge Sampaoli’s side have shown that they have the means to lift the trophy and no one can doubt it.
The Europa League round of 16 schedule:
Bayer Leverkusen-Ferencvaros (19:45)
Union Berlin-Union St. Gilois
Roma-Sociedad
Sporting-Arsenal
Juventus-Freiburg (22:00)
Manchester United-Betis
Shakhtar-Feyenoord
Sevilla-Fenerbahce
Source: Sport Fm
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