The draw for the final price of the European League competition, “Europa League”, which was drawn today in the Swiss city of Nyon, resulted in acceptable challenges for the major clubs, after Arsenal, the leaders of the English Premier League, avoided facing teams such as Juventus, Italy, or Seville, the Spanish record holder with the number of titles. The draw was directed in terms of avoiding two teams from the same country meeting, with the qualified teams from the play-off that concluded yesterday placing them in front of the teams that qualified directly for the final price after their groups finished in the lead.
Arsenal was among the teams that qualified as champions of its groups, and therefore had the possibility of a difficult test against Juventus, Seville, or even Italian Roma, but it came against Portuguese Sporting, who, after contenting with a 1-1 home draw, benefited Thursday from the numerical shortage in the ranks of its Danish host, Midtjylland. To come out victorious by four clean.
As for the other representative of England, Manchester United, who regained some of the luster of the past, led by its new coach, Dutchman Eric Ten Hag, by surpassing Barcelona, Spain, 2-1, Thursday, in the second leg of the play-off, after a 2-2 first-leg tie at the “Camp Nou”, and signed on to Real Betis, Spain. After a difficult start with Ten Hag, life returned to United, who is fighting on four fronts, as it ranks third in the domestic league, 5 points behind Arsenal, and plays Sunday in the League Cup final against Newcastle, in addition to reaching the fifth round of the cup competition, where it meets West Ham in the first of next month.
The last title for United in all competitions dates back to 2017 when it was crowned champion of the European League in particular, and it will be motivated to add another title, but it will have to deal with each match separately, the first of which is Betis, who reached the quarter-finals for the first time.
Juventus’ ambition to win the title, which has likely become its only way to participate in the Champions League next season, after deducting 15 points from its balance in the league for accusing it of financial manipulation, passes with German Freiburg, who is in the final price for the first time, unlike its Italian competitor, who won the continental competition title three times under its old name. UEFA Cup.
Juventus qualified for the final price after its sweeping victory, Thursday, against its French host, Nantes, by 3-0, scored by Argentine Angel Di Maria.
As for the competition specialist, Seville, who won its title six times in a record achievement, collides with Turkish Fenerbahçe, whose best result remains reaching the semi-finals in the 2012-2013 season, while Roma plays with Real Sociedad in a very difficult test for the men of Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho against the third ranking. La Liga.”
And the date is renewed between the surprise of the German League this season, Union Berlin and Union Saint-Gilloise, after they also faced each other in the group stage, where each of them won at home 1-0, but the lead in the end was for the Belgian team, by a point.
Pumpkin:
Union Berlin – Union Saint-Gilloise
Italian Juventus – German Freiburg
Sporting Portugal – Arsenal
German Bayer Leverkusen – Hungarian Ferencváros
Spanish Seville – Turkish Fenerbahçe
Manchester United – Real Betis, Spain
Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk – Dutch Feyenoord
Italian Roma – Spanish Real Sociedad
* The first-leg matches will be held on March 9 and the second leg on March 16, provided that the return matches are hosted by the teams that topped their groups and qualified directly for this round.
