UEFA Europa League Round of 16 draw: Liverpool land Sparta Prague, Brighton head to Roma and West Ham get Freiburg
A fantastic Play-Off round saw a number of European heavyweights qualify for the UEFA Europa League Round of 16.
Roma were taken all the way to penalties by Feyenoord before triumphing 4-2 in the shoot-out, and though AC Milan lost 3-2 on the night to Rennes, a first-leg victory saw them edge out the French side 5-3 on aggregate.
Marseille also went into the hat thanks to the same aggregate score against Shakhtar Donetsk, a 3-1 second-leg play-off win sealing their spot.
Benfica’s 0-0 draw was enough to see them progress at the expense of Toulouse (2-1 on agg), whilst Freiburg came back from two goals down against Lens to win 3-2, Michael Gregoritsch’s 99th-minute winner the difference.
Sporting, Sparta Prague, and Qarabag were the other three teams to win their play-off games, and their reward were ties against Atalanta, Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen respectively.
FULL UEFA Europa League Round of 16 Draw – Ties to be played on March 7 and 14 (date subject to change)
Sparta Prague vs Liverpool
Marseille vs Villarreal
Roma vs Brighton and Hove Albion
Benfica vs Rangers
Freiburg vs West Ham United
Sporting vs Atalanta
AC Milan vs Slavia Prague
Qarabag vs Bayer Leverkusen
Read on caughtoffside.com
