Manchester United and other clubs that finished second in the European League will have to play a team that is leaving the Champions League in the round of 16 qualifying match.
Manchester United earned 15 points in six games to finish second in Group 5 of the European League, trailing Real Sociedad (15 points), who earned a direct bye to the round of 16. the third group for the Champions League.
Next Monday at the Swiss Neon, the draw for the European League’s round of 16 will take place, and Manchester United will learn who its competition is.
Two teams from the same nation may not meet each other in the Champions League clubs’ second-leg home matchup, per lottery regulations.
As a result, Manchester United may run into Barcelona or Juventus in the supplemental attaché after they called the Champions League early.
The likelihood of Manchester United playing six other teams—Shakhalr Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Ajax Amsterdam, Sporting Lisbon, Portuguese, Seville, Spain, and Austrian Salzburg—remains lower than the difficulty of facing Barcelona or Juventus.
Knowing that these matchups will be held in February and March of the following year, the 16th round of the European League is being played under the home and away matches system.
Author: RT.
Manchester United will face an intense confrontation in the European League.
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