The group stage of the Europa League is over and the names of the 32 teams are already known (24 classified as first and second and the eight third who come down from the Champions League) who will play the round of 32. Among them, luckily, the three Spaniards: Granada, Villarreal and Real Sociedad.
This raffle, which will take place next Monday at 1:00 p.m. After that of the Champions League, it divides the aforementioned 32 classified into two pots. The first, with the 12 leaders of each group and the 4 best third of the Champions League (Manchester United, Bruges, Shakhtar and Ajax). The second, with the 12 seconds of each group and the 4 worst third parties in the Champions League (Krasnodar, RB Salzburg, Dinamo Kiev and Olympiacos).
As usual in UEFA competitions, the draw is conditional on the fact that teams from the same federation or from countries that are politically facing each other cannot be paired. The dates are already official and these sixteenths will be played between February 18 (first leg) and February 25 (return).
This is how the drums are:
DRUM 1:
- Rome Italy)
- Arsenal (England)
- Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
- Rangers (Scotland)
- PSV (Netherlands)
- Naples (Italy)
- Leicester (England)
- Milano, Italy)
- Villarreal (Spain)
- Tottenham (England)
- Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
- Hoffenheim (Germany)
- Manchester United (England)
- Bruges (Belgium)
- Shakhtar (Ukraine)
- Ajax (Netherlands)
DRUM 2:
- Young Boys (Switzerland)
- Molde (Norway)
- Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
- Benfica (Portugal)
- Granada (Spain)
- Real Sociedad (Spain)
- Sporting Braga (Portugal)
- Lille (France)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Royal Antwerp (Belgium)
- Wolfsberger (Austria)
- Red Star (Serbia
- Krasnodar (Russia)
- RB Salzburg (Austria)
- Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
- Olympiacos (Greece)