Europa League draw LIVE: Rangers, Barcelona and Dortmund among teams in playoffs
Follow all the latest updates from the Europa League draw featuring Barcelona, Napoli, Dortmund, and Sevilla
Barcelona against Napoli is the stand out tie in the Europa League play-offs, with Rangers taking on Borussia Dortmund.
Barcelona find themselves trying to keep alive their hopes of European football after finishing third in their Champions League group behind Bayern Munich and Benfica. It is the first time since 2003-04, when Barcelona were in the UEFA Cup, that the Catalan club will not be in the knockout stages of the Champions League, a competition they have won five times. Napoli, winners of the competition in 1989, progressed from a Europa League group which included Leicester, who they beat 3-2 in the final group game in Naples.
Sevilla, who have won the competition a record six times, will have added incentive to add to that tally with this season’s final taking place at their Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. Real Betis also see the final hosted in their home city and will play 2008 winners Zenit St Petersburg. The competition’s most successful club Sevilla were paired with Dinamo Zagreb.
Follow all the latest from the Europa League draw below.
Champions League draw
You can imagine the one team all the group winners will want to avoid is the star-studded Paris Saint-Germain.
The Ligue 1 leaders finished behind Manchester City in their Champions League group and will now face a tough test in the second round.
They could face Liverpool, Ajax, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United or Juventus.
Champions League draw
Just 30 minutes to go. Who do you want to see your team face?
Champions League draw
So Chelsea fans, are you praying for a tie against Lille in the last 16? It certainly appears the easier of the four options.
Obviously they are the Ligue 1 champions and no pushover, but the 2020 winners Bayern, 13-time champions Real Madrid and ever-resurgent Ajax would be an almighty task in the second round.
Champions League draw
So who could the English teams face? Here are the permutations for each of Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea.
Liverpool could face: PSG, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, Inter Milan, Villarreal, RB Salzburg.
Manchester City could face: Atletico Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, Inter Milan, Villarreal, RB Salzburg.
Manchester United could face: PSG, Atletico Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, Inter Milan, RB Salzburg.
Chelsea could face: Ajax, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Lille.
Champions League draw
An Arsenal *legend shall be conducting the draw today. Andrey Arshavin is set to pull out the 16 balls to decide who faces who for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League
*Is he a legend?
Champions League draw
A reminder that the Champions League draw is set for 11am GMT and will then be followed shortly after by the Europa League draw.
Champions League draw
So Liverpool won their group with six wins from six and will be confident whoever they are drawn against in the last 16.
Manchester United overcame a couple of wobbles to also finish top of their group, although you imagine Ralf Rangnick will want a kind draw as he continues to bed his players in to a new regime.
Manchester City finished above PSG in a tough group as they proved their Champions League credentials once more.
But Chelsea came up short following their draw to Zenit in the final game, a result which saw them drop to second behind Juventus.
Champions League draw
Who do we want to see face one another in the last 16 of the Champions League? There promises to be some outstanding ties drawn in around one hour’s time.
Champions League draw
Follow live updates from the Champions League draw as the four English teams discover their fates.
The 2019 champions Liverpool are among the top seeds after winning their group with a perfect six-from-six record and are joined by fellow group winners and three-time European champions Manchester United, and the reigning Premier League champions Manchester City. Chelsea finished second in their group, however, and that means Thomas Tuchel’s reigning European champions will face one of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Ajax or Lille in the last 16.
The draw will now be made to determine first knockout round ties, scheduled to take place in February and March next year, which will see the remaining teams split into seeded and non-seeded sides ahead of the two-legged fixtures. No team can face a side from their own country or from their group.
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