MANCHESTER UNITED will play Real Betis in the last-16 of the Europa League.
Arsenal, on the other hand, will take on Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon.
United beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate on Thursday night to secure their spot in the last-16, while the Gunners topped their group.
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Europa Conference League draw
Here is the Europa Conference League draw in full:
AEK Larnaca vs WEST HAM
Fiorentina vs Sivasspor
Lazio vs AZ Alkmaar
Lech Poznan vs Djurgardens
Basel vs Slovan Bratislava
Sheriff Tiraspol vs Nice
Anderlecht vs Villarreal
Gent vs Istanbul Basaksehir
AEK Larnaca vs WEST HAM
WEST HAM have been handed a beauty of a round of 16 clash.
With the Hammers struggling in the Premier League, they’ll face Cypriot side AEK Larnaca.
Europa Conference League draw
The last 16 draw of the Europa Conference League is underway.
West Ham are representing England.
Bellerin reunion
Arsenal will reunite with Hector Bellerin when they play Sporting Lisbon.
Bellerin spent a decade in North London before leaving for free to join Barcelona in 2022, after a successful loan spell at boyhood club Real Betis.
However, his return to Barca, where he spent time in the academy from 2003-2011, didn’t go to plan.
Bellerin joined Sporting in January this year.
When will the round of 16 games take place?
First leg: March 9
Second leg: March 16
Draw recap
Here’s how the round of 16 looks:
- Union Berlin vs Union Saint-Gilloise
- Sevilla vs Fenerbahce
- Juventus vs Freiburg
- Bayer Leverkusen vs Ferencvaros
- Sporting Lisbon vs ARSENAL
- MANCHESTER UNITED vs Real Betis
- AS Roma vs Real Sociedad
- Shakhtar Donetsk vs Feyenoord
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Feyenoord
Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk will take on Dutch team Feyenoord.
AS Roma vs Real Sociedad
The Uefa Europa Conference League holders, AS Roma, will play Real Sociedad.
MANCHESTER UNITED vs Real Betis
MANCHESTER UNITED will play Spanish team Real Betis!
Sporting Lisbon vs ARSENAL
2005 finalists Sporting Lisbon will play ARSENAL!
Bayer Leverkusen vs Ferencvaros
German side Bayer Leverkusen will take on Ferencvaros.
The final is being held in Ferencvaros’ city, Budapest.
Juventus vs Freiburg
Here we go… Italian giant Juventus will play Freiburg, who are flying high in the Bundesliga.
Sevilla vs Fenerbahce
Six-time record winners of the Europa League, Sevilla, will play Fenerbahce.
Union Berlin vs Union Saint-Gilloise
Union Berlin will play Belgian team Union Saint-Gilloise.
Who’s still in the Europa League
Here’s a reminder of the final 16 teams left in the competition.
Seeded teams
- Arsenal
- Real Betis
- Real Sociedad
- Freiburg
- Fenerbahce
- Union Saint-Gilloise
- Feyenoord
- Ferencvaros
Unseeded teams
- Manchester United
- Sporting Lisbon
- Union Berlin
- Sevilla
- Juventus
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Roma
Here we go…
The coverage for the Europa League draw has started.
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Barc-ing mad
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TOP SCORER
Man Utd’s Marcus Rashford is joint top scorer in the competition.
Hour warning
Just under an hour to go until the Europa League draw gets underway.
With Barca out, the English teams will fancy their chances this year.
There is still, however, Juve in the mix.
Europa League final venue
This year’s Europa League final will be held in Hungary.
The Puskas Arena will play host on May 31.
Ten Hag reveals dressing room talk
Erik ten Hag has revealed the five tactical changes he made that helped Man United beat Barcelona.
The Red Devils dumped the LaLiga giants out of the Europa League with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford last night.
He said: “I emphasised the belief. It was too flat first half.
“We had our spare man, Casemiro we didn’t use enough.
“Aaron Wan-Bissaka had a lot of space on the right side, we didn’t use enough.
“I think in the pressing we could be more brave. So that is what we emphasised.
“The second was to make the sub with Antony, who brought more speed in the play and who brings belief on the pitch.”
Fighting on four fronts
Manchester United are still left in all four competitions.
The Red Devils are third in the Premier League, will contest the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, play West Ham in the FA Cup and are into the round of 16 in the Europa League.
Unseeded teams
- Manchester United
- Sporting Lisbon
- Union Berlin
- Sevilla
- Juventus
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Roma
Seeded teams
- Arsenal
- Real Betis
- Real Sociedad
- Freiburg
- Fenerbahce
- Union Saint-Gilloise
- Feyenoord
- Ferencvaros
Gunners want Shakhtar
Arsenal fans want to face unseeded team Shakhtar Donetsk in the round of 16.
The Gunners were chasing Mykhailo Mudryk in January but wouldn’t match the Ukrainian club’s asking price.
Mudryk himself looked incredibly keen to join the North London club.
That was until rivals Chelsea hijacked the deal.
The Blues signed the 22-year-old for a fee north of £80million.
An Arsenal fan said: “Shakhtar please – so we can punish them for Mudryk.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk