The round of 32 of the Europa League came to an end this evening (Thursday) and the picture of the round of 16, ahead of the draw that will take place tomorrow, has already been closed. 16 teams made their way to the next stage, after an exciting, dramatic and emotional evening. We are here to sort out the data for you and understand who won and how the lottery will work.
Well, the round of 16 includes 16 teams, half of them finished first in the group stage of the tournament, half of them advanced from the round of 32. The teams that advanced directly from the group stage are: Arsenal, Real Betis, Fenerbahçe, Franzvarous, Feyenoord, Freiburg, Real Sociedad, Saint Gilois.
Tonight, these eight teams were joined by another eight teams: Juventus (who beat Nantes), Leverkusen (who beat Monaco), Sevilla (who beat PSV), Sporting Lisbon (who beat Mittel), Union Berlin (who beat Ajax) , Manchester United (who knocked out Barcelona), Roma (who knocked out Salzburg) and Shakhtar Donetsk (who knocked out Rennes).
the lottery
In the draw that will take place tomorrow, the 8 teams that finished first in the group stage will be drawn as ranked teams and the 8 teams that qualified tonight will be drawn as unranked. That is, among the intriguing matches we may have in the round of 16 of the Europa League are Juventus-Arsenal, Manchester United-Betis and Roma Feyenoord. The games will be played on March 9 and 16, with the draw for the quarter-finals and a half being held the next day.