These are the Europa League teams qualified for the Round of 16

The Europa League round of 16 ties have been decided. UEFA held its draw at 12:00 on Friday when the teams in the second continental competition can start to prepare themselves by thinking in particular about the potential weaknesses of their opponents in the first step after the play-offs.

In the section that includes the Champions League losers and the second-placed teams from each group in its sister competition, Roma eliminated Feyenoord, Sporting CP knocked out Young Boys, Sparta Prague knocked out Galatasaray, Olympique Marseille sent Shakhtar Donetsk home, Milan dumped out Rennes, Freiburg beat Lens, Benfica defeated Toulouse, Milan saw off Rennes, Freiburg defeated Lens and Benfica beat Toulouse and surprise package Qarabag overcame Sporting Braga.

However, the fixtures that have been drawn are as follows: Sparta Prague-Liverpool, Olympique Marseille-Villarreal, Roma-Brighton, Benfica-Rangers, Freiburg-West Ham, Sporting CP-Atalanta, Milan-Slavia Prague and Qarabag-Bayer Leverkusen. Marcelino Garcia Toral, therefore, will return to the Velodrome to face the club he left amid complaints of threats from its most radical ultras.

Liverpool are the clear favourites to win the Europa League. They finished last season in 5th place in the Premier League with Jurgen Klopp, who has already announced that he will leave his post at Anfield at the end of the season. Because of the difference in level between his squad, worthy of the Champions League, and the rest and because of the motivational component of seeing him off with several titles, the 'Reds' will be the rival to beat.

Villarreal coach Marcelino will face Olympique Marseille in the last 16. This is his former club, which he left abruptly after complaining that the