The Champions League is the cherry on prime of European football but the Europa League is just as entertaining.
Pleasure has only developed for Europe’s next-greatest club competitiveness just after an awesome competitive team stage and the 1st leg off the perform-offs getting performed before this month.
The second legs of the Europa League play-off’s games have been performed on Thursday, that means Liverpool, Brighton and West Ham followers have a improved strategy of who their group could confront in the previous-16 of the level of competition.
The a few English clubs as nicely as Rangers all secured their spot in the round of 16 soon after finishing top rated of their respective teams.
Liverpool have their eyes set on European glory as they seem to give manager Jurgen Klopp a legendary mail-off
Brighton will search to make further club historical past by building it to the quarter-closing phase of a European levels of competition for the incredibly 1st time
West Ham will be hoping they can construct on the European glory they professional previous yr profitable the Meeting League
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When is the Europa League spherical of 16 draw?
The spherical of 16 attract will take put on Friday, February 23 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
What time is the Europa League draw?
The attract will start out at 11am (GMT), 6am (ET), 10pm (ACT).
Exactly where can I observe the attract?
The UEFA Europa League draw will be accessible to enjoy free on UEFA’s formal web-site.
The stream will begin at 11am (GMT) and you can look at it here.
How does the attract operate, who can Liverpool and Co engage in?
The draw is as follows…
There are 8 seeded teams and 8 unseeded teams. The eight seeded groups will be place into one particular bowl for the attract, whilst there will be a next bowl consisting of the eight unseeded teams (the winners from each individual participate in-off round activity).
The enjoy-off groups consist of the runners-up of this year’s Europa League and the teams that placed their in their group in this year’s Champions League.
No seeded crew will be drawn towards every other (i.e. Liverpool cannot perform Brighton), just like no play-off profitable team will be (i.e. Milan won’t be able to engage in Sporting)
Every single spherical of 16 tie will consist of 1 of this season’s Europa League group winners and a person of the enjoy-off winners.
The draw for Liverpool, Brighton and West Ham is primarily broad open.
The one particular rule which could of been a issue is now irrelevant to the English golf equipment as they are all in the seeded category and won’t enjoy each and every other.
Draw rules
One particular of the main rules for the attract relates to where by the staff is from. No team from the same state is permitted to enjoy just about every other.
For illustration Milan, who held off Rennes to progress cannot be drawn against Atalanta because they are both of those Italian golf equipment.
Thanks to Europa League guidelines AC Milan and Atalanta can not be drawn in opposition to each and every other in the spherical of 16 attract for the reason that they both equally participate in in Italy
Groups Liverpool can play
SC Freiburg (GER) AC Milan (ITA) Qarabag (AZE) Sparta Praha (CZE) Sporting CP (POR)Marseille (FRA) Roma (ITA) Benfica (POR)
Groups West Ham can play
AC Milan (ITA) Qarabag (AZE)Sparta Praha (CZE) Sporting CP (POR) Marseille (FRA) Roma (ITA) Benfica (POR)
Groups Brighton can play
SC Freiburg AC Milan (ITA) Qarabag (AZE) Sparta Praha (CZE)Sporting CP (POR)Roma (ITA)Benfica (POR)