The results are catastrophic for the three French clubs which were involved in the competition. FC Nantes, AS Monaco and Stade Rennais were all eliminated in the Europa League play-offs. The Canaries were logically outclassed by Juventus. After the good draw in the first leg (1-1), Antoine Kombouaré’s men exploded at La Beaujoire (0-3).
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For their part, the Monegasques and the Bretons were greatly disappointed by failing on penalties against Bayer Leverkusen and Shakhtar Donetsk. Winners 3-2 in the first leg, the men of the Rock lost at home, while the SRFC thought to hold their qualification before an own goal from young Belocian sent the two teams to the fatal session of the shots to goal. But the competition continues and this afternoon UEFA organized the draw for the round of 16.
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As a reminder, there were two pots: the eight seeds and the eight other teams. And the least we can say is that the seeds could fear the worst since in the second hat were formations such as Manchester United, Juventus, Sevilla, AS Roma or Sporting Portugal . Heavyweight in the first hat, Arsenal therefore risked pulling heavy in the next round.
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In the end, the Gunners are doing pretty well. They will face Sporting Portugal, who had crossed paths with Olympique de Marseille in the Champions League. Ditto for Juventus who inherited Fribourg. Specialists in the competition, Sevilla will challenge the Turks of Fenerbahçe, while Nabil Fekir and Betis will face Manchester United. The round of 16 will be played on March 9 and 16.
The round of 16:
- Union Berlin-Union Saint-Gilloise
- Sevilla FC-Fenerbahce
- Juventus-Freiburg
- Bayer Leverkusen-Ferencvaros
- Sporting Portugal-Arsenal
- Manchester United v Betis
- AS Roma-Real Sociedad
- Shakhtar Donetsk-Feyenoord
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