Barcelona’s assembly with Napoli within the Maradona derby is writ massive, however there’s a lot to get your enamel into moreover.
Enterprise Lease-A-Automobile presents UEFA.com’s information to the stand-out tales.
Thursday 17 February
18:45 CET
Barcelona (ESP) vs Napoli (ITA)
Zenit (RUS) vs Actual Betis (ESP)
Dortmund (GER) vs Rangers (SCO)
Sheriff (MDA) vs Braga (POR)
21:00 CET
Sevilla (ESP) vs Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Atalanta (ITA) vs Olympiacos (GRE)
Leipzig (GER) vs Actual Sociedad (ESP)
Porto (POR) vs Lazio (ITA)
The second legs happen per week later, on 24 February.
Barcelona in search of a lacking piece
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Barcelona’s presence has raised the profile of the UEFA Europa League knockout spherical play-offs significantly. Xavi Hernández’s facet are in unfamiliar circumstances as they tackle Napoli and, as such, could make a bit little bit of historical past; the five-time European champions received the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4 instances and the UEFA Tremendous Cup thrice, however the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League trophy has up to now eluded them. They did, nevertheless, win its non-UEFA predecessor competitors the Inter-Cities’ Gala’s Cup thrice.
Xavi’s prices facet usually are not the one European royalty on this spherical. Of the 16 sides concerned, solely eight haven’t received a significant continental membership trophy: Atalanta, Braga, Dinamo Zagreb, Leipzig, Olympiacos, Actual Betis, Actual Sociedad and Sheriff. The opposite eight groups have eight European Cups, ten UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa Leagues, seven Cup Winners’ Cups and 9 UEFA Tremendous Cups between them.
Supporting forged have to step up for Dortmund
Dortmund won’t have been thrilled at lacking out on a spot within the UEFA Champions League spherical of 16, and their hopes of creating amends by scooping some silverware on this competitors have suffered a blow with the information that talisman Erling Haaland is prone to miss their play-off first leg.
Rangers would absolutely have been conscious that Haaland has already scored in opposition to Scottish opponents on this competitors: twice in the middle of a 3-0 combination win for Molde in opposition to Edinburgh facet Hibernian within the third qualifying spherical in August 2018. The likes of Marco Reus and Julian Brandt have been common scorers within the Bundesliga so shall be anticipated to chip in whereas Donyell Malen has the prospect to stake his declare in Haaland’s absense.
Sheriff reaching for extra stars
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Moldovan title holders Sheriff have already left their mark on European soccer this season, kicking off their maiden UEFA Champions League marketing campaign with a 2-0 win in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk and an much more sensational 2-1 success at Actual Madrid.
The Tiraspol facet did not make it to the following section of that competitors, however have had the large comfort prize of creating it to the spring section of a European competiton for the primary time, with 2010/11 runners-up Braga their visitors. “There’s a need to maneuver on,” stated Sheriff’s Ukrainian coach Yuriy Vernydub. “We’ll put together critically and wish to method the matches in the very best form.”
Who awaits within the final 16?
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Leverkusen (GER)
Lyon (FRA)
Monaco (FRA)
Spartak Moskva (RUS)
West Ham (ENG)