This Monday (1pm / Movistar Champions League) the draw for the 1/16 final of the Europe
League with the three Spanish clubs in contention although only the Villarreal will be seeded to be first of group unlike Real
Society and Granada. The ‘yellow submarine’, with the three-time champion Unai
Emery (2014, 2015 and 2016 with Sevilla), will have Lille and Benfica as second most difficult group together with the four worst third parties in the Champions League: Dinamo Kiev, Salzburg, Krasnodar and Olympiacos.
For Real
Society and Granada, there are more mines: Manchester United, Ajax, Shakhtar and Club Brugge of the Champions League plus Tottenham, Arsenal, Leicester, Milan, Naples, Rome and Bayer Leverkusen, among others.
Sleeves, inocent hand
Portuguese Sleeves, champion of the Champions League in 2004 and of the Europa League in 2003 with Porto, will be in charge of deciding the pairings.
BASS DRUM 1
Group champions and 4 best third of the Champpions
Rome (Ita / Gr. A)
Arsenal (Ing/Gr. B)
B. Leverkusen (Ale / Gr. C)
Rangers (Esc/Gr. D)
PSV Eindhoven (Hol / Gr. E)
Naples (Ita / Gr. F)
Leicester (Ing/Gr. G)
Milan (Ita/Gr. H)
Tottenham (Ing/Gr. J)
VILLARREAL (ESP/Gr. I)
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro / Gr. K)
Hoffenheim (Ale / size L)
Ajax (Hol)
Club Bruges (Bel)
Manchester United (Ing)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ucr)
BASS DRUM 2
Second in group and 4 worst third of the Champpions
Young Boys (Sui/Gr. A)
Molde (Nor / Gr. B)
Slavia Prague (Che / Gr. C)
Benfica (By / Gr. D)
GRANADA (ESP / Gr. E)
REAL SOCIEDAD (ESP / Gr. F)
Panties (Por / Gr. G)
Small (From / Gr. H)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr/Gr. I)
Antwerp (Bel / Gr. J)
Wolfsberger (Aut / Gr. K)
Red star (Ser / Gr. L)
Dynamo Kyiv (Ucr)
Krasnodar (Rus)
Olympiacos (Gre)
Salzburg (Aut)
* Clubs from the same country (not Russian and Ukrainian), nor those that have coincided in the group cannot face each other
THE DATES OF 1/16 FINAL
Outbound: February 18 / Return: February 25
THE OTHER ELIMINATORIES
Round of 16: March 11 and 18 (draw February 26)
Quarters: April 8 and 15 (draw March 19)
Semifinals: April 29 and May 6 (draw March 19)
End: May 26 (Gdansk)
THE OTHER DRAWS
Round of 16: February 26
Quarters and semifinals: March 19
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