Man United draw Real Betis in Europa League, Arsenal face Sporting
United beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate in a thrilling play-off thanks to a 2-1 win at Old Trafford in Thursday’s second leg and remain in the hunt for four trophies this season as they continue to progress under manager Erik ten Hag improve.
Manchester United’s reward for defeating LaLiga leaders Barcelona in the Europa League play-offs is a round of 16 clash with another Spanish club, Real Betis, while Premier League leaders Arsenal meet Portuguese club Sporting.
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United beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate in a thrilling play-off thanks to a 2-1 win at Old Trafford in Thursday’s second leg and remain in the hunt for four trophies this season as they continue to progress under manager Erik ten Hag improve.
England are aiming to secure their first trophy since their 2017 Europa League triumph under Jose Mourinho, while current Portuguese side AS Roma take on Real Socieded in the round of 16 this season.
Arsenal stormed through the Europa League group stage, winning five of their six group games and next meet Sporting, who beat Denmark’s FC Midtjylland in the play-offs.
Serie A giants Juventus advanced through the play-offs thanks to a hat-trick by Argentinian striker Angel Di Maria in the second leg in France at the expense of Nantes and are next up against Germany’s Freiburg.
Six-time record winners Sevilla are back and will have to work their way past Turkish club Fenerbahce to finish in the last eight of this year’s competition.
The following is the draw for the Europa League Round of 16, which took place in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday:
Union Berlin versus Union Saint-Gilloise
Seville vs Fenerbahce
Juventus vs Fribourg
Bayer Leverkusen versus Ferencvaros
Sporting vs Arsenal
Manchester United vs Real Betis
AS Roma vs Real Sociedad
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Feyenoord
The first leg of the round of 16 will be played on March 9th and the second leg on March 16th.
*The first named team hosts the first leg