Man Utd, Tottenham and Chelsea learn who they could face as Europa League and Conference League last-16s are confirmed

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MANCHESTER UNITED, Tottenham and Chelsea are each person to knowing who they volition look successful the adjacent circular of their respective European competitions.

The Premier League trio each booked their spots successful the past 16 of either the Europa League oregon the Conference League acknowledgment to their efforts successful the caller fangled league phase.

Manchester United players celebrating a extremity   astatine  Old Trafford.AFP
Manchester United cognize who they could look successful the past 16 of the Europa League[/caption]
James Maddison celebrates a extremity   with Tottenham Hotspur teammates.Alamy
Tottenham person besides learned their destiny successful the competition[/caption]
Chelsea players celebrating a goal.Getty
Chelsea present cognize the 2 sides that could instrumentality connected successful the Conference League past 16[/caption]

Man Utd and Spurs some finished successful the apical 8 of the Europa League league signifier and, arsenic a result, bypassed the request to enactment successful a play-off circular to scope the past 16 proper.

Instead they person been awaiting their opponents successful the adjacent round, with 1 of the winners from the play-offs acceptable to look disconnected against each side.

Thanks to United and Spurs finishing alongside each different – 3rd and 4th respectively – they volition beryllium seeded connected other sides of Friday’s draw.

That means they person known for immoderate clip present that they would each instrumentality connected 1 of Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, AZ Alkmaar oregon Midtjylland.

And pursuing the decision the play-off round, those 4 imaginable opponents person been narrowed down to conscionable 2 – AZ Alkmaar and Real Sociedad.

Dutch broadside AZ Alkmaar thrashed Galatasaray 6-3 connected aggregate to publication their spot successful the past 16, portion Real Sociedad were pushed hard implicit 2 legs against Midtjyland but yet ran distant with it 7-3.

That means that Spurs and United volition each beryllium drawn against 1 of Sociedad and Alkmaar.

For example, if Spurs gully Sociedad past United volition instrumentality connected AZ Alkmaar. The Prem rivals CANNOT play each other.

AZ Alkmaar players celebrating a goal.Getty
AZ Alkmaar dominated Galatasaray implicit 2 legs[/caption]
Real Sociedad players celebrating a goal.Getty
Real Sociedad celebrates got the amended of FC Midtjylland too[/caption]

Europa League ties

A look astatine the imaginable Europa League ties up of the draw...

  • AZ Alkmaar vs Man Utd/Tottenham
  • Real Socieded vs Man Utd/Tottenham
  • Viktoria Plzen vs Lazio/Athletic Bilbao
  • AS Roma vs Lazio/Athletic Bilbao
  • Bodo Glimt vs Olympiacos/Rangers
  • Fenerbahce vs Olympiacos/Rangers
  • Ajax vs Eintracht Frankfurt/Lyon
  • FCSB vs Eintracht Frankfurt/Lyon

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And arsenic a effect of finishing 3rd and fourth, Man Utd and Spurs volition not conscionable successful this year’s contention unless some teams scope the final.

Tottenham person already gotten the amended of AZ Alkmaar erstwhile this season, beating them 1-0 during the league signifier of the competition.

A 2nd fractional punishment from Richarlison proved to beryllium the quality betwixt the 2 sides backmost successful October arsenic Alkmaar had a antheral sent disconnected successful the precocious stages.

Rangers, meanwhile, volition look either Bodo/Glimt oregon Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce.

Whichever squad is not drawn against Rangers volition instrumentality connected Olympiacos.

The gully to find retired who faces who volition instrumentality spot successful Switzerland connected Friday.

That’s wherever Chelsea volition besides larn their destiny too, arsenic they await their past 16 opponents aft topping the Conference League array with a flawless league signifier campaign.

FC Copenhagen’s 4-3 aggregate triumph implicit Heidenheim and Real Betis‘ two-legged triumph implicit Gent, means it’ll beryllium 1 of Betis oregon Copenhagen who look the pugnacious task of taking connected the Londoners successful the adjacent round.

Whoever isn’t drawn to look Chelsea volition instrumentality connected Portuguese broadside Vitoria de Guimaraes.

A necktie with Betis would mean Chelsea would person to woody with in-form Antony, who sealed a indebtedness to the La Liga nine successful January and has been scoring for amusive since.

As the seeded teams, Chelsea, Man Utd and Spurs volition contention the distant limb of their circular of 16 necktie connected March 6, with the reverse fixtures successful England scheduled for March 13.

Conference League ties

A look astatine the imaginable Conference League ties up of the draw...

  • Real Betis vs Chelsea/Victoria S.C
  • FC Copenhagen vs
  • Jagiellonia Bialystok vs Leiga/Cercle Brugge
  • Molde vs Leiga/Cercle Brugge
  • Celje vs Djurgarden/Lugano
  • Pafos vs Djurgarden/Lugano
  • Panathinaikos vs Fiorentina/Rapid Wien
  • Borac Banja Luka vs Fiorentina/Rapid Wien
Antony of Real Betis during a shot    match.Getty
Chelsea could look Antony’s Real Betis[/caption]
F.C. Copenhagen shot    players celebrating a goal.Getty
Danish broadside FC. Copenhagen are their different imaginable opponents[/caption]
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