Europa League draw – YB meets Sporting Lisbon – Sport


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The Bernese Young Boys will face an attractive opponent in the round of 16 of the Europa League.

Legend:

Another trip to Europe is coming up

The YB fans can be happy.

Keystone/Laurent Gillieron

The first leg against the 19-time Portuguese champions will take place on February 15th in Bern. The second leg will take place on February 22nd at the Estadio José Alvalade. Sporting Lisbon is currently in second place in the domestic league and has 2 points less than leader Benfica. However, the Green-Whites played one less game.

Sporting confidently qualified for the knockout rounds behind Atalanta Bergamo. The club is coached by 38-year-old Ruben Amorim, who led Sporting to their last championship title to date in 2021. The best goalscorer is the Swede Viktor Gyökeres, the Uruguayan captain Sebastian Coates. YB has never played against Sporting in its European Cup history.

The pairings at a glance:

  • YB – Sporting Lisbon
  • Feyenoord Rotterdam – AS Roma
  • Milan – Rennes
  • Lens – Freiburg
  • Shakhtar Donetsk – Marseille
  • Benfica Lisbon – Toulouse
  • Galatasaray Istanbul – Sparta Prague
  • Sporting Braga – Qarabag Agdam

Already in the round of 16: Atalanta, Brighton, Leverkusen, Liverpool, Glasgow Rangers, Slavia Prague, Villarreal, West Ham.

Servette competes with Ludogorets

Servette will face Ludogorets Rasgrad in the round of 16 in the Conference League. The Geneva team will first play at home against the Bulgarian champions on February 15th, with the second leg taking place away a week later.

The pairings at a glance:

Already in the round of 16: Lille, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Viktoria Pilsen, FC Brugge, Aston Villa, Fiorentina, PAOK Saloniki, Fenerbahce

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