Fenerbahçe’s justly-deserved reward for clinching the Group B summit within the UEFA Europa League group phases is a mouth-watering last-16 tie with Spanish giants Sevilla, whereas fellow Süper Lig groups Sivasspor and Istanbul Başakşehir will face off towards Serie A’s Fiorentina and Belgian Gent respectively.
Fenerbahçe’s rivals Sevilla, have firmly cemented themselves as probably the most profitable crew within the Europa League with an astounding 6 trophies, a formidable file.
In the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League Round of 16, the Yellow Canaries outshone their La Liga counterparts, in the end progressing via to the quarterfinals with aplomb.
Oozing with confidence, Fenerbahçe accomplished the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 as Group B leaders of its group to earn computerized qualification, whereas Sevilla eradicated Dutch crew PSV within the final 16 play-off spherical.
As the Yellow Canaries soar to new heights of their pursuit of their first Süper Lig title in a decade, their upcoming rivals are faring much less favorably in La Liga – languishing in twelfth place with 25 factors from 6 wins, 7 attracts, and 9 losses after 22 video games.
Despite their poor run in La Liga this season, Sevilla can’t be underestimated within the European campaigns as they’re able to producing main upsets.
Undoubtedly, Sevilla have been a pressure to be reckoned with inside the world of Spanish soccer, having gained the La Liga championship within the 1945-1946 season and claiming the UEFA Europa League an astonishing six instances.
Sevilla made a reputation for themselves by taking dwelling the UEFA Europa League Cup through the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 consecutively and managed to dominate once more 3 seasons in row years in 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016.
Finally, the Spanish consultant, Sevilla, accomplished the UEFA Europa League champion in 2019-2020, taking this coveted trophy to their museum for the sixth time.
In addition, they managed to take dwelling the UEFA Super Cup as soon as in 2006-2007, solidifying their place amongst the European elite.
It can also be noteworthy that Sevilla’s complete squad worth is 240 million euros, based on Transfermarkt information.
As probably the most helpful participant of the Spanish crew, Lucas Ocampos attracts consideration with 18 million euros.
In addition to the Argentine soccer participant, Moroccan goalkeeper Bono is the second Most worthy participant in Sevilla with 15 million Euros.
Sevilla’s squad additionally consists of 3 acquainted faces who’ve handed via Türkiye earlier than – Marcao, Fernando and Alex Telles, who beforehand performed for Galatasaray.
The upcoming ties would be the third and fourth as Fenerbahçe have confronted Sevilla in 2 official matches earlier than.
The two groups beforehand competed within the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 within the 2007-2008 season. While the Yellow Canaries gained 3-2 within the match performed in Istanbul, they misplaced 3-2 away from Spain resulting in Fenerbahçe’s win in penalties.
United’s reward
After overcoming La Liga giants Barcelona within the Europa League playoffs, Manchester United will face one other tough Spanish aspect in Real Betis, whereas Premier League powerhouses Arsenal will face Sporting Lisbon of Portugal.
United edged an exhilarating playoff with Barcelona 4-3 on mixture due to a 2-1 win at Old Trafford in Thursday’s second leg and stay within the hunt for 4 trophies this season as they proceed to enhance underneath coach Erik ten Hag.
The English aspect want to safe their first trophy since their 2017 Europa League triumph underneath Jose Mourinho, with the Portuguese’s present aspect AS Roma pitted towards Real Sociedad on this season’s final 16.
Arsenal sailed via the Europa League group phases, successful 5 of their six group matches and tackle Sporting subsequent, who overcame Denmark’s FC Midtjylland of their playoff.
Serie A giants Juventus progressed via the playoffs at Nantes’ expense due to a hat-trick from Argentine ahead Angel Di Maria within the second leg in France, and can face Germany’s Freiburg subsequent.
Record six-time winners Sevilla are once more within the combine and should negotiate a well past Turkish aspect Fenerbahce to succeed in the final eight of this yr’s competitors.
The following is the draw for the Europa League last-16 which was held in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday:
Union Berlin v Union Saint-Gilloise
Sevilla vs. Fenerbahce
Juventus vs. Freiburg
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Ferencvaros
Sporting vs. Arsenal
Manchester United vs. Real Betis
AS Roma vs. Real Sociedad
Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Feyenoord
Conference League
AEK Larnaca vs. West Ham
Fiorentina vs. Sivasspor
Lazio vs. AZ Alkmaar
Lech Poznan vs. Djurgarden
Basel vs. Slovan Bratislava
Sheriff vs. Nice
Anderlecht vs. Villarreal
Gent vs. Istanbul Basaksehir
The first legs of the last-16 ties will likely be performed on March 9 and the second legs on March 16.
The crew talked about first will host the primary leg.
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