Europa League semi-finals: qualified teams, dates, when they are and who is local first

The Europa League is approaching its final stage and it is less to go until we know which two teams will play the final of this 2021/22 edition at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium of Sevilla. In addition to opting for the title, the champion of this tournament will also secure a place in the Champions League group stage as top seed.

After a long road, the table continues to clear and there will only be two games left to reach that decisive match in Seville. The final will take place on Wednesday, May 18, but before that we will have some exciting semifinals of this Europa League. It will be without Spanish teams. La Real fell in the sixteenth. Betis and Sevilla could not in the round of 16. Barcelona has fallen in the quarterfinals, in a debacle against Eintracht despite the final arreón. It will be two Germans and an Englishman who will fight for the title, together with Rangers, Scottish and the most modest of the survivors.

Teams qualified for the Europa League semi-finals

This is how the qualifiers have been:

Atalanta 1 – 3 RB LEIPZIG (1-1 in Germany and 0-2 in Italy)

Lyon 1 – 4 WEST HAM (1-1 in England and 0-3 in France)

Barcelona 3 – 4 EINTRACHT (1-1 in Germany and 2-3 in Spain)

RANGERS 3 – 2 Braga (1-0 in Portugal and 3-1 in Scotland)

Matches and who will meet in the semifinals

The chart looked like this:

West Ham, who beat Lyon, faces Eintracht, the Blaugrana executioner. While Leipzig, who have defeated Atalantafaces the Rangersvictorious against Braga.

The second leg of the first semi-final will be played at Eintracht’s stadium, the Deutsche Bank Park. While, in the second semi-final, the second leg will be at Rangers’ field, the Ibrox Stadium. That is to say, in the house of those who occupy the lower part of the painting.

Date: when are the semifinals played?

Both first legs of the semi-finals are scheduled for the Thursday, April 28 at 9:00 p.m.. On the other hand, the second leg will be played only a week later, the Thursday, May 5 also at 9:00 p.m.. In principle, there will already be a unified schedule and no match will be played at 6:45 p.m. In the quarterfinals, Atalanta-Leipzig, for television reasons, did separate from the rest of the qualifiers.