The draw is over and the English sides will be confident of progressing. Manchester United have Saint Etienne, who have a certain Florentin Pogba on their books. He’s someone’s brother. The French side are eighth in Ligue 1, while Tottenham face Gent, who are fifth in the Belgian league. The ties will be played on 16 and 23 Feburary. That’s all from me today. Thanks for reading. Bye!
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PAOK v Schalke
Hapoel Beer Sheva v Besiktas
AZ Alkmaar v Lyon
Borussia Monchengladbach v Fiorentina
Krasnodar v Fenerbahce
FC Rostov v Sparta Prague
Gent v Tottenham
Olympiakos v Osmanlispor
Celta Vigo v Shakhtar Donetsk
Ludogorets v FC Copenhagen
Villarreal v Roma
Manchester United v St Etienne
Astra Giurgiu v Genk
Anderlecht v Zenit St Petersburg
Legia Warsaw v Ajax
Athletic Bilbao v Apoel FC
The draw is about to begin...
Former Sweden defender Patrik Andersson will be helping out with the draw. He was in Uefa’s team of the year in 2001, when he won the Champions League with Bayern Munich.
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The Europa League sometimes gets a bad rep, but it’s an important competition for Tottenham and Manchester United. Neither of them look like winning the league at the moment and they’re not in the top four either, so this could be their best chance of qualifying for the Champions League. Mauricio Pochettino has played weakened sides in the Europa League in the past two seasons and Tottenham have had their backsides handed to them by Borussia Dortmund and Fiorentina. He needs to be more ambitious this time, whoever Tottenham get.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the draw for the Europa League round of 32. There are two English teams in the draw: Manchester United and Tottenham. But you continental types will be wanting a full list of teams, won’t you.
SEEDED CLUBS
Ajax, APOEL, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Fiorentina, Genk, FC Copenhagen, Lyon, Osmanlıspor, Roma, Schalke, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sparta Praha, St-Étienne, Tottenham Hotspur, Zenit.
UNSEEDED CLUBS
Anderlecht, Astra Giurgiu , Athletic Bilbao, AZ Alkmaar, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Celta Vigo, Gent, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Krasnodar, Legia Warszawa, Ludogorets Razgrad Man United, Olympiacos, PAOK, Rostov, Villarreal .
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