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Arsenal play PSV Eindhoven in last 16, before potentially facing winner of mouthwatering Madrid derby in quarters
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Keep your Champions League takes coming in, we’ll return to them later.
For now though, it’s time for the Europa League draw.
Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers all went straight into the last 16.
United and Spurs can face either Real Sociedad or AZ Alkmaar. Rangers will play either Bodo/Glimt or Fenerbahce.
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Liverpool will potentially have to play Real Madrid 3x just to get to the final.
Anon
Arsenal
Arsenal fan Harry Symeou speaking to BBC Sport on Champions League ambitions: “I think if you compete right at the top of the Premier League, which Arsenal have done for the last three seasons now, I think you have to believe that you can win the Champions League. Now, it’s not that straightforward, it’s a competition where experience comes into play.
“You also have teams like Real Madrid who have been there and done that, and a manager who has been there and done it as well. But what’s the point of turning up if you don’t believe you can win although there is a part of me that thinks, oh god, we might face Real Madrid if we get the job done against PSV, there is also a part of me that is buzzing because that’s exactly what the Champions League is about.”
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Arsenal fans do realise that PSV have scored 71 goals in the Eredivisie after only 23 games…not to be under estimated.
Dave Uxbridge
Liverpool
Liverpool have not won any of their last five away games against French clubs. The last time they did pick up an away win in the Champions League against French opposition was in 2008 when they beat Marseille 2-1.
While that stat goes against Liverpool, there is a more pleasing one for fans relating to their manager Arne Slot.
Slot is unbeaten against French opposition in European competition.
Liverpool
Liverpool and PSG are facing one another in the knockout stages of a European competition for the first time since they played one another in the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup in 1996-97.
PSG won on that occasion with an aggregate score of 3-2.
The match will also be just the third time they have played on another in the Champions League. The 2018-19 group stage saw both teams pick up a win against each other.
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The fact no one is talking about Bayern vs Leverkusen… Kanes first trophy against Alonso’s invincibles
Anon
Given how PSV and Club Brugge are playing, I’d say all the English clubs got tricky draws. But this is the Champions League and you have to beat the best to be the best. Think Liverpool will be pleased to have a big opponent, always brings out the best of them in the Champions League
Tom
Arsenal
Arsenal fan Harry Symeou speaking to BBC Sport on injuries and how it will impact the tie: “I think Arsenal fans are well aware of the fact that we have plenty of problems in our attacking department and we look at PSV as a side that we probably could get through even with our issues and I don’t mean that disrespectfully to them.
“They are a side who we met in the Champions League last season in the group stage, and we topped the group beating them comfortably 4-0 at the Emirates. We did draw 1-1 at the Phillips stadium but that was a game where Mikel Arteta made wholesale changes. So there will be a confidence that Arsenal will squeeze through and it’s the same in the league, where Arsenal just need to keep picking up the points and the results.”
Good question, James. Nothing changes until after the games are played, of course, but here’s how the coefficient table looks right now.
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What does that do for the chance of the Premier League getting an extra CL spot?
James, Australia
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If Real Madrid are to win the champions league this year, they’ll need to have beaten Man City, Atletico Madrid, probably Arsenal, Liverpool / PSG then Barca / Bayern in a row. And yet knowing them…
Anon
Arsenal
Arsenal will face PSV Eindhoven in the last 16 of the Champions League.
The Gunners gained automatic qualification to the round of 16 after finishing within the top eight of the league phase.
They have beaten PSV four times, drawn four and lost twice in 10 games. Their last meeting was the group stage game six in 2023, which ended 1-1.
Aston Villa lost 1-0 away to Club Brugge in the League Phase. That was the Tyrone Mings handball match.
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Anyone who thinks Villa has got an easy tie hasn’t watched Club Brugge play this year.
Anon
Aston Villa fan who is happy with the draw but seeing everyone thinking it’s an easy win is crazy considering Brugge beating Atalanta and us while we couldn’t beat 10 man Ipswich at home
Anon
Stephen Warnock
Former Liverpool and Aston Villa defender on Football News Show
Unai Emery has been here before in this European competition.
Usually, he has success a lot more in the Europa League, but in the Champions League he had that magnificent run with Villarreal [2021-22 season].
So, we know he’s capable of balancing it.
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Liverpool in the quarters will be tricky, Madrid in the semi will run them close, but Villa should have too much physicality for Barcelona in the final.
Turk, Banbury
Garry Thompson
Ex-Aston Villa forward on the Football News Show
I am very pleased [with the draw].
Aston Villa will be delighted. Obviously, if we get through it does get difficult, it’s a great opportunity.
We have brought in players to help the squad and it’s looking very good, potentially.
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Real Madrid / Barcelona final then?
Neil, Hull
There’s a decent chance of an El Clasico final. That’d be great for the neutral.
Mike, Crawley
Inter Milan in the Final
Anon
Great chance for Harry Kane to win a major trophy
Anon
Stephen Warnock
Former Liverpool and Aston Villa defender on Football News Show
You just look at Liverpool at the moment and where they are. There is just a feeling that they are not controlling games the way they were in the first half of the season, this feels slmost like Liverpool’s blip that most teams get throughout the season.
But let’s not forget they have lost one game in the Premier League, they have had a couple of losses in the Champions League but they were already through. You just get that feeling now that these two powerhouses [Liverpool and PSG] will go toe-to-toe and what will it come down to? Will it come down to individual moment of brilliance? Will it come down to an organisation of tactics? And who will come out between Luis Enrique and Arne Slot in that respect?
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People have been saying for ages they want a less seeded, more random draw for the Champions League to make it more exciting. Now that’s what they’ve got apparently it’s unfair because Liverpool didn’t get an easy draw!
Gary
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Champions League draw: Liverpool vs PSG; Real Madrid vs Atlético
Liverpool have been drawn against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16, while holders Real Madrid face local rivals Atlético Madrid.
Elsewhere in Friday’s draw, there will be an all-German tie as Bayern Munich meet Bayer Leverkusen, while Arsenal will take on PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona will play Benfica.
Aston Villa drew Club Brugge, Borussia Dortmund will play Lille and Feyenoord will go up against Inter Milan.
The ties will be played over two legs. The first leg matches are scheduled for March 4-5, with the return legs taking place on March 11-12.
Liverpool may leave the draw feeling hard done by: Arne Slot’s side won seven out of eight games to progress to this stage as the No.1 seed, bypassing the playoff round along with the other top eight teams, but still drew an in-form PSG side.
PSG finished 15th in the league phase of the competition, reaching the round of 16 with a resounding 10-0 aggregate win over fellow French side Brest in the playoff round.
The tie pits the league leaders in England and France against each other, while both teams possess two of the continent’s most effective forwards this season in Mohamed Salah and Ousmane Dembélé.
The winners are due to face either Villa or Brugge in the quarterfinal.
Meanwhile, Madrid and Atlético will meet in a mouthwatering derby, with the first leg to be played at the Bernabéu and the return game at the Metropolitano.
Madrid, who are 15-time champions, reached this stage by knocking out Manchester City 6-3 on aggregate this week, with Kylian Mbappé scoring a hat trick in the second leg.
It sets up a hugely difficult month for Atlético, who also face Barcelona three times in the coming weeks: twice in the a two-legged Copa del Rey semifinal and again in LaLiga.
The winners will meet either Arsenal or PSV in the last eight, with a potential semifinal against either Liverpool or PSG.
On the other side of the draw, Bundesliga top two Bayern and Leverkusen will meet for the chance to take on either Feyenoord or Inter in the quarterfinal. The two sides drew 0-0 when they met in the league last weekend.
A semifinal would then come against either Barça, Benfica, Dortmund or Lille.
Barça beat Benfica 5-4 in the league phase in January and the two teams will meet again over two legs in the last 16, with Hansi Flick’s LaLiga leaders afforded the second leg at home after progressing as the second seed.
A potential quarterfinal would then be against either Dortmund or Lille.
Club Brugge vs. Aston Villa
Borussia Dortmund vs. Lille
Real Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid
Bayern Munich vs. Bayer Leverkusen
PSV Eindhoven vs. Arsenal
Feyenoord vs. Inter Milan
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Liverpool
Benfica vs. Barcelona
Two leagues will be rewarded with an extra place in next season’s UEFA Champions League (UCL) based on performance in Europe this season.
Last season, Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga and Bologna from Italian Serie A were the lucky recipients, with clubs in Germany and Italy outperforming those from England, France and Spain.
Now we’ve moving into the knockout rounds of the UCL, UEFA Europa League (UEL) and UEFA Conference League (UCoL) we’re starting to get a clearer picture of the race this year.
The English Premier League is in a very dominant position, and it’s looking excellent for the Spanish LaLiga too.
Here’s how it works, and where all the leagues stand.
It’s about the collective performance of all teams from each country taking part in Europe this season. The two leagues with the best average coefficient scores get an extra place.
Regardless of competition, each win is worth two coefficient points, a draw gets you one point, and you get nothing for a defeat.
If a match goes to extra time, the score after 120 minutes is used. So, penalties are not taken into account if the game is drawn, as they are used to determine the tie rather than the individual match.
The points gained by all clubs are added together, and that total score is divided by the number of clubs a country has in Europe in the season. That gives the coefficient average. For example, if a country has 60 coefficient points and seven teams in Europe, its score is 8.571 for the table (60 / 7).
The additional place goes to the first team in the league table outside the UCL places. So, in the Premier League it would go to fifth. It’s a place on top of the regular allocation, so if a league usually has seven places in Europe, it will have eight next season.
No, the coefficient system is essentially designed to assess the overall strength of leagues. Wins are the same in all competitions. Otherwise, it would be impossible for those leagues with few or no teams in the UCL group stage to move up the coefficient rankings.
However, clubs in the UCoL do play two fewer games in the league phase.
That said, a revamped bonus points system does give more weight to the UCL clubs. More on this further down the page.
If we look back at the previous six seasons, England and Spain take seven of the 12 slots, with Italy and Germany two each. Only in 2021-22 did one of the countries with fewer than four teams in the Champions League (the Netherlands) finish in the top two of average coefficient.
History already told us that it’s highly likely two of the top leagues will have five places in the Champions League. Now that’s been strengthened by the extra bonus points in the UCL.
2023-24: Italy and Germany
2022-23: England and Italy
2021-22: England and the Netherlands
2020-21: England and Spain
2019-20: Spain and Germany
2018-19: England and Spain
This is the top 10 as of Feb. 20.
1. England, 20.892 – (6/7)
2. Spain, 19.035 – (6/7)
3. Italy, 18.187 – (4/8)
4. Portugal, 16.050 – (2/5)
5. Germany, 16.046 – (4/8)
6. Belgium, 15.250 – (3/5)
7. France, 14.857 – (3/7)
8. Netherlands, 14.750 – (4/6)
9. Greece, 11.687 – (2/4)
10. Czechia, 10.350 – (1/5)
The brackets indicate how many of a league’s original allocation are still active. For instance, 6/7 indicates one of a league’s seven teams has been knocked out.
England and Spain are out in front and both still have six clubs remaining heading into the round of 16.
England in particular has a great buffer to third-placed Italy, which has only four teams remaining.
Germany and Netherlands probably have the best chance of mounting a late charge, but it’s hard to see past the Premier League and LaLiga.
ENGLAND
Still active:
Arsenal (UCL)
Aston Villa (UCL)
Liverpool (UCL)
Manchester United (UEL)
Tottenham Hotspur (UEL)
Chelsea (UCoL)
The Premier League is in a place of incredible strength. Manchester City might have been knocked out by Real Madrid in the UCL playoffs, but all six other clubs went straight through to the round of 16.
The three remaining teams in the UCL are all in the same half of the bracket, while Aston Villa and Liverpool would meet in a potential quarterfinal — which does limit the points available.
Added to that, Man United and Tottenham are paired in the Europa League, which means they cannot face each other until the final — thus no prospect of knocking each other out.
It would take an even worse collapse than last season to miss out on one of the extra places.
SPAIN
Still active:
Atlético Madrid (UCL)
Barcelona (UCL)
Real Madrid (UCL)
Athletic Club (UEL)
Real Sociedad (UEL)
Real Betis (UCoL)
Spain lost Girona in the UCL league phase, but it still has three teams active in the competition after Real Madrid made it through the playoffs.
That said, there is a Madrid derby in the round of 16, so Spain is sure to lose a team next month. Barcelona are in the opposite half of the UCL bracket.
Real Sociedad (UEL) and Real Betis (UCoL) got through their knockout matches.
Advantage Spain.
ITALY
Still active:
Internazionale (UCL)
Lazio (UEL)
Fiorentina (UEL)
AS Roma (UCoL)
It’s been a terrible February for Italy, very similar to one round for England last season which cost the league an extra place.
After losing Bologna in the UCL league phase, AC Milan, Atalanta and Juventus went out in the knockout playoffs. Only Inter now remain in the UCL, where they take on Feyenoord.
AS Roma got past FC Porto to stay alive in the UEL.
It’s starting to look like Italy won’t hold onto a fifth place in the UCL.
PORTUGAL
Still active:
Benfica (UCL)
Guimaraes (UCoL)
Portugal has only two of its five teams remaining, with two lost in the knockout playoffs.
Benfica must face Barcelona in the UCL.
We can forget Portugal from here.
GERMANY
Still active:
Bayer Leverkusen (UCL)
Bayern Munich (UCL)
Borussia Dortmund (UCL)
Eintracht Frankfurt (UEL)
It’s been a poor campaign from the Bundesliga clubs, with four teams out already. But the knockout playoffs given them a glimmer of hope.
Unfortunately, Bayern and Leverkusen will meet in the UCL round of 16, so Germany will lose another team. Dortmund have a more favourable tie against Lille.
However, Heidenheim went out of the UCoL with a home defeat to FC Copenhagen.
Pulling it off from here would still be a miracle.
BELGIUM
Still active:
Club Brugge (UCL)
Cercle Brugge (UCoL)
The knockout playoffs did not go well.
Club Brugge claimed a superb win at Atalanta to go through in the UCL playoffs, and they now play Villa.
But in the UEL, Union St.-Gilloise and Anderlecht were eliminated and Gent lost in the UCoL.
It’s over for Belgium with only the two Brugge clubs left.
FRANCE
Still active:
Lille (UCL)
Paris Saint-Germain (UCL)
Lyon (UEL)
France has just three of its seven teams remaining after Monaco lost to Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain eliminated fellow Ligue 1 side Brest in the UCL knockout playoffs.
PSG have a tough round-of-16 date against Liverpool, and would then play Atlético Madrid or Real Madrid. Lille take on Dortmund.
France’s other two teams (Lyon and Lille) are through to the round of 16, but it was made much harder after the damage caused by Lens failing to make the league phase of the UCoL.
We can count them out.
Netherlands
Still active:
PSV Eindhoven (UCL)
Feyenoord Rotterdam (UCL)
Ajax Amsterdam (UEL)
AZ Alkmaar (UEL)
It might end up being a question of might have been for the Netherlands this season, as Go Ahead Eagles’ failure to reach the league phase of the UCoL could be yet the difference between a top-two finish.
The Dutch still have four teams active — and all were in the knockout playoffs which brings added points for results.
Feyenoord now face Inter, and PSV meet Arsenal, and they are in opposite halves of the bracket.
Ajax and AZ managed to get through in the UEL, but FC Twente went out to Bodo/Glimt.
Could the Eredivisie come on the blind side and challenge for second place? One problem … Ajax and AZ would play each other in a potential UEL quarterfinal and one has to be eliminated at that stage.
This is where things changed, and performance in the UCL became much more valuable than the UEL, and likewise the UCoL.
Under the old system, the maximum bonus points for a club in the UCL was 12, and now it’s 18 (+6). In the UEL it’s up from eight to 10 (+2). In the UCoL, it has risen from four to six (+2).
Every club that participates in the UCL gets a minimum of six bonus points just for taking part (+4) in the league phase. In the UEL, you have to finish first to get six bonus points. In the UCoL, first place only gets you four points. There are no bonus in the UEL or UCoL if you finish outside the top 24, but there are in the UCL.
There are then bonus points for reaching each of the knockout rounds, again weighted by competition.
As well as those high bonus points in the UCL for position, the teams who finish in the top eight are guaranteed another 1.500 for reaching the round of 16.
There were no bonus points for participating in the knockout playoffs in February in any of the competitions, but you did get points for the result of each leg — something which isn’t available to the top eight. Results in the knockout playoffs counted to the league’s overall coefficient, but not the individual club’s.
Looking at the league phase, by winning the UCL league phase Liverpool earned 13.500 bonus points — 12.000 for first place, and another 1.500 for getting to the round of 16. Arsenal added 13.000 bonus points for finishing third. Aston Villa, in eighth, added 11.750 while Man City, who were 22nd, could only supply 6.750 bonus points.
But the totals were much lower in the other two European competitions.
Manchester United (6.500) and Tottenham Hotspur (6.250) picked up much fewer bonus points in the UEL league phase than Man City in the UCL even though they finished third and fourth.
By comparison, Chelsea got only 4.500 bonus points even though they finished first in the UCoL league phase.
Yes, and no.
While Serie A and the Bundesliga have five teams in the Champions League, they also have eight teams in Europe.
Every win and bonus point is, when averaged, worth less than it is for the other leagues. And if a few teams struggle, there’s no chance of challenging for the top two.
Italian clubs had been holding up well until that horrendous knockout playoff round, and German teams have unperformed greatly even though they have three teams still in the top competition.
In many seasons it can be obvious in March, once we know which leagues have multiple teams through to the quarterfinals of the three European competitions.
Last season, Serie A clinched an extra berth on April 18, with the Bundesliga following on May 1. It looked like it was going to be closer, but terrible results for English clubs in the quarterfinals, losing four of its five remaining teams, effectively handed second place to Germany.
The way the Premier League is going, it might be earlier this time.
However, the 2019-20 season shows that it can go right down to the wire. Germany didn’t overtake the Premier League for second place until Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the final of the Champions League. If that’s repeated this season, we wouldn’t know which league gets the second additional spot until the UCL final on May 31.
It would leave two clubs in the domestic leagues praying for the right result in the final. In 2019-20, Bayer Leverkusen and Leicester City finished fifth in Germany and England respectively. Leverkusen would have needed Bayern to win the UCL final to get the place, while Leicester required Bayern to lose the match.
Under the old system, a maximum of five clubs from one association could play in the Champions League. The cap has been removed and it will be possible for seven teams to get a place in the UCL: The top four, fifth through league performance in Europe, and the winners of the UCL and the UEL (if they do not finish in the top four).
It would also technically be possible, though highly unlikely, to have 11 teams in Europe: The usual allocation of seven, plus the extra Champions League place and the titleholders of all three European competitions.
If we assume the extra spots will go to one of the top leagues, it means fifth place will enter the Champions League and it will have eight (rather than seven) places in Europe. Other European berths drop down a place.
Any season the Premier League gets it, the access will be:
Champions League: 1-5
Europa League: 6, FA Cup winners
Conference League: Carabao Cup winners
If LaLiga, the Bundesliga or Serie A get it, the access will be:
Champions League: 1-5
Europa League: 6, Cup winners
Conference League: 7
In all cases if a team win the domestic cup and finish in a European place in the league, the spots drop down one more place.
If a team win the UEL or UCL but don’t qualify for the UCL domestically, that league would have six places in the UCL — the five places to the leagues plus the UEL or UCL titleholders as an additional. The league would forfeit the domestic place earned by the titleholders.
Last season, if Borussia Dortmund had won the Champions League, Germany would have had six teams (the top six) in the UCL but only one in the UEL — losing the spot earned by Dortmund.
If a country gets the performance spot, and one of its teams finishes eighth and wins a European trophy, ninth can get a place in the UCoL.
This is how it works if England does get one of the extra UCL spots.
If Liverpool win the Carabao Cup, the place will transfer to the league.
The same applies if Newcastle lift the trophy and finish in the top six.
Champions League: 1-5
Europa League: 6, FA Cup winners
Conference League: 7
If Newcastle win the Carabao Cup and finish outside the top six, this is how it looks:
Champions League: 1-5
Europa League: 6, FA Cup winners
Conference League: Newcastle United
The Carabao Cup final takes place on March 16.
Similarly, if the FA Cup winners finish in the top six, that UEL place transfers to the seventh in the league and places drop down one. We’re some way from find out about that, however, with the final in May.
Right now, AFC Bournemouth are fifth in the Premier League, with Lazio holding that spot in Serie A.
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| Position | UCL | UEL | UCoL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12.000 | 6.000 | 4.000 |
| 2 | 11.750 | 5.750 | 3.750 |
| 3 | 11.500 | 5.500 | 3.500 |
| 4 | 11.250 | 5.250 | 3.250 |
| 5 | 11.000 | 5.000 | 3.000 |
| 6 | 10.750 | 4.750 | 2.750 |
| 7 | 10.500 | 4.500 | 2.500 |
| 8 | 10.250 | 4.250 | 2.250 |
| 9 | 10.000 | 4.000 | 2.000 |
| 10 | 9.750 | 3.750 | 1.875 |
| 11 | 9.500 | 3.500 | 1.750 |
| 12 | 9.250 | 3.250 | 1.625 |
| 13 | 9.000 | 3.000 | 1.500 |
| 14 | 8.750 | 2.750 | 1.375 |
| 15 | 8.500 | 2.500 | 1.250 |
| 16 | 8.250 | 2.250 | 1.125 |
| 17 | 8.000 | 2.000 | 1.000 |
| 18 | 7.750 | 1.750 | 0.875 |
| 19 | 7.500 | 1.500 | 0.750 |
| 20 | 7.250 | 1.250 | 0.625 |
| 21 | 7.000 | 1.000 | 0.500 |
| 22 | 6.750 | 0.750 | 0.375 |
| 23 | 6.500 | 0.500 | 0.250 |
| 24 | 6.250 | 0.250 | 0.125 |
| 25 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 26 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 27 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 28 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 29 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 30 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 31 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 32 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 33 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 34 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 35 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 36 | 6.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Position | Per round | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| UCL | 1.500 | 6.000 |
| UEL | 1.000 | 4.000 |
| UCoL | 0.500 | 2.000 |
| League | Teams | Points per win |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 0.250 |
| Italy | 8 | 0.250 |
| England | 7 | 0.285 |
| Spain | 7 | 0.285 |
| France | 7 | 0.285 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0.333 |
| Portugal | 5 | 0.400 |
| Belgium | 5 | 0.400 |
Europa League draw LIVE: Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers learn last-16 opponents
The three British sides will learn their last-16 opponents, as well as who they may face in the quarter-finals and semi-finals
The Europa League knockout stage draw takes place this morning with Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers waiting to learn their last-16 opponents.
Thursday night saw the conclusion of the competition’s eight play-off fixtures, with Roma defeating Porto in the pick of the ties. Elsewhere, 10-man Ajax squeezed past Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise, with Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce advancing against Anderlecht but Turkish rivals Galatasaray losing to AZ Alkmaar.
And the eight play-off winners now join the eight automatic qualifiers in the draw, with Lazio, Athletic Club, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lyon and Olympiacos having secured their places alongside the British sides.
It will be followed by the Europa Conference League draw, which includes Chelsea.
Follow all the latest updates from Nyon below:
So those eight ties will leave a quarter final line-up that looks like this (second leg host listed second):
Bodo Glimt/Olympiacos vs Viktoria Plzen/Lazio
AZ Alkmaar/Tottenham vs Ajax/Eintracht Frankfurt
Fenerbahce/Rangers vs Roma/Athletic Bilbao
FCSB/Lyon vs Real Sociedad/Manchester United
Roma vs Athletic Bilbao
Viktoria Plzen vs Lazio
Real Sociedad vs Manchester United
AZ vs Tottenham
FCSB vs Lyon
Ajax vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Fenerbahce vs Rangers
Bodo/Glimt vs Olympiacos
Doing the drawing today will be Basque legend Aritz Aduriz, the former Athletic Bilabo marksmen an appropriate choice with the final to be held in the city later this year. It’ll be Lazio or Viktoria Plzen for his old club today.
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