Europa League Draw - Knockout Stages.

Bilya7 · December 13, 2009

Is this forthcoming Friday by the way.

It's been confirmed we could face any of those:

Third-placed Champions League sides: Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseille and Unirea Urcizeni.

Europa League group winners: Sporting Lisbon, SV Red Bull Salzburg, Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Shakhtar Donetsk and PSV Eindhoven.

Possible Europa League group winners: Ajax or Anderlecht; Valencia or Lille or Genoa; Hamburg or Hapoel Tel Aviv; Roma or Basle; Werder Bremen or Athletic Bilbao.

Legs will be on Feb 18th and Feb 25th but it's unlikely that UEFA will want Liverpool and Everton to play at home (if this happens) on the same date so games may be switched.

GrandOldTeam · December 13, 2009

Anyone other than Shakhtar.

chicoazul · December 13, 2009

We're going out in the next round so just hope it's a good away day.

i.e; nowhere east of Berlin.

Bilya7 · December 13, 2009

Salzburg seem a good team, they beat Villereal in the groups.

I'd hate Turkey and Juventus too.

I'm going to go anywhere so i really hope it's somewhere where i have a chance of being able to live.

parkendmaster · December 13, 2009

Salzburg have won all their group games so far.

There are no teams left that strike me as being easy ties.

Goat · December 13, 2009

Some horrible teams in that draw. We would get spanked by most, unless my Mikel is back.

Dutch Toffee · December 13, 2009

Ajax, as long as we'll tear them a new arsehole. Would definately enjoy that.

MaccaBill · December 13, 2009

Us and the RS conflict

It would greatly assist if UEFA would announce now what they intend to do about the conflict with the RS fixture:

1) Play in the correct week but stagger the days (against the competition rules apparently?)
2) Stagger the weeks so that one of us or them play at home in the correct week followed by the other team playing at home the following week, and then waht withthe away legs? Repeat the stagger so that there's a fortnight between each tie, or play both aways on the correct day?
3) One team gets its 'legs' reversed - Hmm, wonder who'd get preferential treatment so that they can play the home leg second?

Just tell me will ya! So that I know on the day of the draw whether to book flights.

Bilya7 · December 13, 2009

Dutch Toffee said:
Ajax, as long as we'll tear them a new arsehole. Would definately enjoy that.

Aren't they pretty dire these days?

Dutch Toffee · December 13, 2009

Bilya7 said:
Aren't they pretty dire these days?

Yeah, and I like that. Don't like those arrogant bastards one bit. Think it would be a kind draw for Everton, if we got them in the next round.

chicoazul · December 13, 2009

Dutch Toffee said:
Yeah, and I like that. Don't like those arrogant bastards one bit. Think it would be a kind draw for Everton, if we got them in the next round.

Sotnas wanted Benfica and we seen what happened there.

Lets just hope for someone truly tosh. Like Rapid Vienna in 85.

Seamus Colemole · December 13, 2009

MaccaBill said:
It would greatly assist if UEFA would announce now what they intend to do about the conflict with the RS fixture:

1) Play in the correct week but stagger the days (against the competition rules apparently?)
2) Stagger the weeks so that one of us or them play at home in the correct week followed by the other team playing at home the following week, and then waht withthe away legs? Repeat the stagger so that there's a fortnight between each tie, or play both aways on the correct day?
3) One team gets its 'legs' reversed - Hmm, wonder who'd get preferential treatment so that they can play the home leg second?

Just tell me will ya! So that I know on the day of the draw whether to book flights.

I'd of thought swapping nights would of been the best option, them on Wed and us on Thurs.

Must of come up when Certain European teams in the same city have been scheduled to play the same night, what did they do then?