La Real is playing a very important game tomorrow against Eibar in Anoeta (2:00 pm) and they focus their five senses on that, but logically everyone is also aware of what may happen in the draw for the round of 32 on Monday (13 hours) in the Swiss town of Nyon. It is a hype with a lot of morbid because the txuri urdin are going to have an enemy, on the one hand, appetizing and on the other, powerful. There are 14 possible rivals, but it points to a high-voltage duel, the kind that remain in history. The tie is played on February 18 and 25, 2021 and the Guipuzcoans, as they are not seeded, must celebrate the first leg in their fiefdom of Anoeta, perhaps with a certain influx of public allowed in the stands.
Realistic players don't get too wet when it comes to preferences. Nobody is aware that for the most novice footballers, some of whom were in Second B only a few months ago, it would represent an almost unthinkable and wonderful experience to be able to play in great venues such as Old Trafford, the Emirates Stadium, the Johan Cruyff Arena , the Olympic of Rome or the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, all of between 55,000 and 80,000 spectators. However, there are enemies that are more convenient to meet in more advanced playoffs.
The most feared is Tottenham from Mourinho. He is the leader of the Premier, has planetary stars such as Kane, Bale or Give
There and aim very high this season. The other soccer orcs are United, Arsenal, Milan, Bayer Leverkusen and perhaps to a lesser extent Ajax, Leicester or Hoffenheim.
However, considering the one coming with Naples, Real is in a position to compete against any enemy and may be superior to many of those mentioned. Among the most accessible are Glasgow Rangers and Dynamo Zagreb.
The possible rivals of the Real
-Milan (ITA):
UEFA ranking: 54
1st of Group H
Last season: did not participate
Best Europa League result: semi-finals (1972, 2002)
Field: San Siro (80,018)
One of the great 'coconuts' for his great season. Leader of the Italian Serie A with five points of advantage, Stefano Pioli's team achieved four victories in the group stage. Young team, although with Zlatan.
-Ajax (HOL):
UEFA ranking: 19
From the UEFA Champions League
Last season: 1/16 (lost against Getafe)
Best Europa League result: champion (1992)
Field: Johan Cruyff Arena (55,500 spectators)
He fell from a poisoned group of Champions with Liverpool, Atalanta and Midtjylland. It's not the 2019 Ajax of By Ligt, Of
Jong and Ziyech, but it is very powerful.
-Arsenal (ING):
UEFA ranking: 11
Group B winners
Last season: 1/16 final (lost to Olympiacos)
Best Europa League result: runner-up (2000, 2019)
Pitch: Emirates Stadium (60,432 spectators)
The one of Arteta it is the only team of the 48 in the Europa League to win all six games in the league and is the second highest scorer with 20 goals. In the Premier, it is worse, the 15th
-Witches (BEL):
UEFA ranking: 43
From the UEFA Champions League
Last season: 1/16 (lost to Manchester United)
Best Europa League result: finalist (1976)
Field: Jan Breydel 29,042 spectators
He was not far from snatching a place from Dortmund and Lazio in the Champions League, in which he was second in the group. Second in the Belgian league, his main ‘killer’ is the Dutch Tissoudali.
-Dynamo of Zagreb (CRO):
UEFA ranking: 38
First of Group K
Last season: UEFA Champions League group stage
Best result in Europa League: Round of 16 (1998, 2019)
Pitch: Maksimir (35,123 spectators)
Europa League sensation, team less thrashed with a single goal, go undefeated to 1/16 of the final in the group with Wolfsburg, Feyenoord and CSKA Moscow. She is not that ‘sweet tooth’.
-Hoffenheim (ALE):
UEFA ranking: 64
Group L winners
Last season: UEFA Champions League group stage
Best result in Europa League: 1/16 final (2021)
Venue: Rhein-Neckar-Arena (30,150 spectators)
An offensive gale for Sebastian Hoeness' team, 10th in the Bundesliga. They have won five games, scored 17 goals and are the team that has shot the most on goal (114 shots).
-Leicester City (ING):
UEFA ranking: 48
Group G winners
Last season: did not participate
Best Europa League result: 1/16 final (2021)
Field: King Power Stadium (32,312 spectators)
First in the group after a tough fight with Braga. It has top-level players like Vardy, Maddison or Tielemans. He is fourth in the Premier after Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea.
-Leverkusen (ALE):
UEFA ranking: 23
Group C winners
Last season: quarter-finals (lost to Inter)
Best result in Europa League: champion (1988)
Field: Bay Arena (30,000 spectators)
Champion in 1988, it is the team that has scored the most goals (21). His top scorer in Europe is Leon Bailey (5 goals). He is second in the Bundesliga, one point behind Bayern.
-Manchester United (ING):
UEFA ranking: 8
From the UEFA Champions League
Last season: semifinals (lost against Sevilla)
Best result in Europa League: champion (2017)
Field: Old Trafford (76,000 spectators)
PSG and Leipzig dropped the team from the Champions Soljskaer, sixth of the Premier. Pogba, Rashford, Bruno
Fernandes, Cavani, Go
of
Beek, Martial… It is a plethora of stars.
-PSV Eindhoven (HOL):
UEFA ranking: 57
Group E winners
Last season: group stage
Best result in Europa League: champion (1978)
Venue: Philips Stadion (35,000 spectators)
Another UEFA champion, snatched first place in the group from Granada in the last game. Third in the Eredivisie. Have to Götze, but his scorer is Donyell Malen, with five goals.
-Rangers (ESC):
UEFA ranking: 59
First of Group D
Last season: round of 16 (lost to Leverkusen)
Best result in Europa League: runner-up (2008)
Field: Ibrox Stadium (50,817 spectators)
They beat Benfica, Standard Liege and Poznan, Rangers, runners-up in 2008, is the Scottish Premiership leader over their eternal rival, Celtic. Very powerful at home.
-Rome (ITA):
UEFA ranking: 18
First of Group A
Last season: round of 16 (lost against Sevilla)
Best result in Europa League: runner-up (1991)
Field: Olímpico de Roma (72,698 spectators)
Sixth in Serie A, first of a simple group like A. They have points like Dzeko, Peter or Foreman, with Zeniolo behind. Your coach is Paul
Fonseca. It is not the scariest.
-Shakhtar Donetsk (UCR):
UEFA ranking: 17
From the UEFA Champions League
Last season: semi-finals (lost against Inter)
Best result in Europa League: champion (2009)
Field: Kiev Olympic (70,050 spectators)
Another champion, in this case in 2009. Nightmare for Real in the Champions League in 2013. He won both games against Madrid in this European Cup (2-3 and 2-0). A danger his Brazilian legion. Play away from Donetsk when the zone is at war.
-Tottenham (ENG):
UEFA ranking: 12
First of Group J
Last season: Champions League round of 16 (lost to Leipzig)
Best result in Europa League: champion (1972, 1984)
Pitch: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62,062 spectators)
Perhaps the hardest bone. Leader of the Premier team Mourinho, he classified without problems in his group. Harry
Kane, Are, Bale, Give
There… There are top players from Europe.