At 19:00 Beijing time on February 25, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 Europa League was held at the headquarters of UEFA in Nyon, Switzerland. Barca will face Galatasaray and Sevilla will face West Ham.
According to the rules, the Europa League quarter-final is a two-legged system, with 8 seeded teams coming first and then home, and no away scoring rules. At the same time, the principle of avoidance of teams from the same country is used in the quarter-final draw, and teams from the same football association will not play against each other in this round.
Eight teams that finished first in the Europa League group stage became seeded teams, including Red Star Belgrade, Frankfurt, Galatasaray, Bayer Leverkusen, Lyon, Monaco, Sparta Moscow and West Ham United.
The eight teams that advanced through the Europa League knockout play-offs are unseeded, including Atalanta, Barcelona, Real Betis, Braga, Leipzig, Porto, Rangers and Sevilla.
The first leg of the quarter-finals will take place on March 11, and the second leg will take place on March 18. The match between Porto and Betis will be advanced to March 10 (3:45) to avoid a clash with braga and Sevilla match times.
Former Sevilla goalkeeper Palop was the draw guest, with Marchetti drawing first out the Rangers and Palop then drawing the Red Star belgrade. Subsequently, Porto and Lyon, as well as Atlanta and Bayer Leverkusen, will be drawn together, which will be two strong dialogues.
After Marchetti pulled out Sevilla, Palop pulled out West Ham. Barca will play Against Galatasaray, Leipzig against Sparta Moscow and Betis against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Europa League Quarter-Finals:
Wanderer - Red Star Belgrade
Braga-Monaco
Porto-Lyon
Atlanta-Leverkusen
Sevilla-West Ham United
Barcelona - Galatasaray
Leipzig-Sparta Moscow
Betis -Frankfurt