Monaco is doing well, OL a little less — Foot11.com
This Friday, February 25, the draw for the round of 16 took place, with two French clubs concerned. AS Monaco will face SC Braga, while Olympique Lyonnais will have to get rid of FC Porto. More
Clement draw for Monaco
AS Monaco and Olympique Lyonnais, first in their group in the Europa League during the first part of the season, were able to calmly watch the C3 play-offs, which ended last night. And this Friday, February 25 took place the draw for the round of 16with big fish possible for the two French clubs.
And one team was more varnished than the other. Indeed, AS Monaco will face SC Braga. The Portuguese qualified at the end of the night by eliminating the Moldovans of Sheriff Tiraspol on penalties. Fourth in the Portuguese championship, Carlos Carvalhal’s men had to be within reach of the Monegasques. The first leg will be played in Braga on March 10, while the return match will be played in Ludwig II on March 17.
OL will have to whip
For Olympique Lyonnais, the task looks much more difficult. Peter Bosz’s men will face another Portuguese club, but he is used to the Champions League. This is FC Porto. Sergio Conceição’s team was in the group of death in C1 with Liverpool, Atlético de Madrid and AC Milan. In a good position to reach the round of 16, the Portuguese were finally transferred to the Europa League. In the play-offs, they eliminated Lazio Rome after a draw two everywhere at the Olympic stadium in Rome (4-3 on aggregate). The first leg will take place in Porto on Wednesday March 9 at 6:45 p.m. The return match will be played at Groupama on Thursday March 17 at 9 p.m. Les Gones will have to raise their level on this double confrontation, if they want to have a chance of seeing the quarter-finals.
Barça will face Galatasaray
In the other posters of these knockout stages of the Europa League, we find FC Barcelona, who will oppose Galatasaray. The Catalans eliminated Napoli by beating Diego Armando Maradona (4-2). They are among the big favorites for the final victory. The first leg will be played at Camp Nou on March 10. The return will be played at the Nef Stadyumu on March 17.
The Europa League specialist, Sevilla FC, will face the West Ham of Declan Rice and Kurt Zouma. Atalanta will face Bayer Leverkusen, Glasgow Rangers against Red Star Belgrade. Finally, Leipzig will face Spartak Moscu, while Betis Sevilla will face Eintracht Frankfurt.