This Friday, Uefa defined the confrontations of the round of 16 of the Europa League, which will take place between March 9 and 16. Among the main matches, Arsenal, current leader of the Premier League, will face Sporting, from Portugal. Another highlight is Manchester United, who will play against Real Betis.
🏴 Manchester United vs Betis 🇪🇸#UELdraw || #UEL pic.twitter.com/EFvlEljxK6
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) February 24, 2023
Pot 1 featured the teams that came first in the group stage of the competition: Arsenal, Betis, Fenerbahçe, Ferencváros, Feyenoord, Freiburg, Real Sociedad and Union Saint-Gilloise.
Pot 2 was composed of clubs that were in the Round of 16 stage, that were third in the Champions League group stage or second in the Europa League: Juventus, Leverkusen, Manchester United, Roma, Sevilla, Shakhtar, Sporting and Union Berlin.
It is worth remembering that the only block in the draw was between teams from the same country, which will only be able to face each other from the next phase of the competition. The duels of the quarterfinals will be defined on March 17th.
See all the matches (teams on the left play the first leg at home):
Union Berlim x Union Saint-Gilloise
Sevilha x Fenerbahce
Juventus x Freiburg
Bayer Leverkusen x Ferencváros
Sporting x Arsenal
Manchester United x Real Betis
Rome x Royal Society
Shakhtar Donetsk x Feyenoord
Round of 16 🤩
Most exciting tie?#UELdraw pic.twitter.com/YJLGm1er6J
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) February 24, 2023
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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