Barcelona were paired with Napoli within the first Europa League knockout round following their elimination from the Champions League institution stage.
This is the first time that Barcelona were in UEFA's secondary club opposition considering the fact that they were knocked out of the 2003/04 UEFA Cup by using Celtic at the fourth spherical degree.
Napoli was arguably the toughest opponent available to the Catalans.
Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers and Porto vs Lazio are two of the alternative standout ties.
The preliminary knockout spherical of 16 clubs has replaced the ultimate 32 of the opposition following UEFA’s format reshuffle, with the 8 Europa League organization runners-up each drawn with one of the eight golf equipment that finished 0.33 in a Champions League organization.
Sevilla vs Dinamo Zagreb Atalanta vs Olympiacos RB Leipzig vs Real Sociedad Barcelona vs Napoli Zenit St Petersburg vs Real Betis Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers Sheriff vs Braga Porto vs Lazio
The eight winners from this spherical will progress to the remaining sixteen, at which level the eight Europa League organization winners can even enter the knockout rounds.
Heading into 2022, knockout round first leg ties can be played on Thursday 17 February, with the go back legs to comply with a week afterward Thursday 24 February. The seeded clubs, discovered second in the draw system, will play the second one leg of the tie at home.
This is the primary season wherein the away dreams rule has been scrapped, so greater-time is assured if the mixture rating is degree on the stop of the second one leg.
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