European League draw: Barcelona will share it with Lobotek’s Naples! – Športky.sk

NYON – FC Barcelona footballers will meet SSC Napoli, in which the Slovak midfielder Stanislav Lobotka, works in the playoffs for the eighth finals of the European League 2021/2022. This was decided by Monday’s draw at the headquarters of the European Football Union (UEFA) in Nyon, Switzerland. The record six-time winner of the FC Sevilla competition will start at home with Dinam Zagreb.

Pa pleasant surprise of the Champions League Sheriff Tiraspol from Moldova fights for participation in the elite sixteen with Sporting Braga, Dortmund got Glasgow Rangers. The other pairs are Atalanta Bergamo – Olympiakos Piraeus, RB Leipzig – Real Sociedad San Sebastian, Zenit St. Petersburg – Betis Sevilla and FC Porto – Lazio Rome.

The draw connected the second teams of the basic EL groups with the teams from the third places of the groups of the Champions League, who were not deployed to it. Clubs from one country could not meet. The opening sessions of the round of the eight finals will take place on February 17, revenge a week later. The winners will advance to the elite sixteen, in which they will play with the eight winners of the basic groups, they will be defeated in the European club competitions.

The final is scheduled for May 18 next year in Seville. Since this season, the rule of favorable goals from opponents’ fields has been abandoned in the elimination round. After 180 minutes, in the case of even results, an extension of 2×15 minutes will be played, if he does not decide in it, a shot from 11 m will follow.

Draw of the eighth finals of the EL 2021/2022 round:
FC Sevilla – Dinamo Zagreb
Atalanta Bergamo – Olympiakos Piraeus
RB Leipzig – Real Sociedad San Sebastian
FC Barcelona SSC Napoli
Zenit St. Petersburg – Betis Sevilla
Borussia Dortmund Glasgow Rangers
Sheriff Tiraspol – Sporting Braga
FC Porto – Lazio Rome

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