On December 13, Beijing time, the Europa League knockout play-off draw ended, Barca's luck was too bad, after leaving the Champions League, Barca met the Europa League to win the favorite Napoli.
According to the rules, the first of the 8 groups of the Europa League this season directly advanced to the round of 16, the second of the 8 groups entered the knockout play-offs, against the third of the 8 groups that fell from the Champions League group stage, the teams from the Champions League were listed as non-seeded teams, the second in the Europa League group was the seeded team, the two-legged play-off knockout, the seeded team came first and then the host, slightly occupying the advantage of the schedule.
The 8 third teams in the group from the Champions League: Red Bull Leipzig, Porto, Borussia Dortmund, Sharif, Barca, Atalanta, Sevilla, Zenit.
Among them, Barca is the Champions League 5 champions, Sevilla is the Europa League 6 champions, in addition, Dortmund, Leipzig Red Bull, Atalanta are also very strong.
8 Europa League group 2nd: Glasgow Rangers, Real Sociedad, Napoli, Olympiacos, Lazio, Braga, Betis, Dinamo Zagreb. Among them, Napoli is one of the favorites to win the championship.
After the draw, the Europa League knockout 8 group play-off match was completed (seeded team is behind, first away and then home)
Seville - Dinamo Zagreb
Atlanta - Olympiacos
RED Bull Leipzig - Real Sociedad
Barça Napoli
Zenit-Betis
Dortmund - Wanderer
Sharif Braga
Porto Lazio