In the early morning of February 25, Beijing time, a Premier League play-off, the Europa League and the second leg of the Europa League play-offs started at the same time, Arsenal's 2-1 whistle-blow kill made Manchester United suffer a heavy blow, Barca and Leicester City easily passed, Sevilla lost but still advanced, Dort and Celtic two former Champions League champions out.
Premier League play-offs: Arsenal 2-1 Wolves
In the 20th round of the Premier League, Huang Xican scored a goal to save the savior, Pepe equalized, Lacazette made a kill in the 95th minute, and Arsenal defeated Wolves 2-1 at home. Arsenal have scored all nine points in the last three league rounds and are now rising to 5th in the Premier League, just one point behind Manchester United with two fewer games. As long as Arsenal win 1 of the remaining 2 winless games, United's 4th place in the Premier League will not be preserved.
Europa League: Barca 4-2 Napoli
In the second leg of the Europa League knockout play-off, Barca beat Napoli 4-2 away to advance to the round of 16 with an aggregate score of 5-3. Barca played in the Europa League for the first time after the restructuring and reached the round of 16.
As champions of the Champions League, Barca are the biggest favourites to win the Europa League this season. Barca have been out of the Western Super Cup and the Copa del Rey successively, and have basically withdrawn from the title race after falling behind Real Madrid by 15 points in La Liga, so the Europa League is now likely to be Xavi's first championship trophy in charge of Barca.
Europa League: Sevilla 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb
After winning 3-1 at home in the first leg and losing 1-0 in the second leg, Sevilla still advanced to the round of 16 by an aggregate score of 3-2. Sevilla have won a total of 6 Europa League titles in their history, making them the most winning teams in Europa League history. After this relegation from the Champions League to the Europa League, Sevilla became the second-biggest europa league favourite after Barca.
UEFA: Leicester City 3-1 Landers
In the second leg of the UEFA Knockout Play-off, Leicester City beat Danish side Landers 3-1 away to advance 7-2 on aggregate. Of the seven European teams in the Premier League this season, only Tottenham Hotspur have been out of the UEFA League, with all four Champions League teams advancing to the round of 16, while West Ham and Leicester City have also advanced to the Europa League and UEFA Round of 16 respectively. In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, the Premier League team 4 has an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 1 draw, and the 4 teams are expected to reach the top 8 at the same time.
Dort and Celtics are out of the big 2
Dort and Celtic are both former Champions League champions, but they are out of the way this time in both the Europa League and europa League knockout play-offs. Bundesliga no. 2 Dort was eliminated by The Rangers, no. 2 in the Soviet Super League, 6-4 on aggregate, missing the Round of 16 in the Europa League, while the No. 1 Celtic in the Bundesliga was eliminated by Bodo Grint, who was no. 3 in the Super League, 5-1 on aggregate.