Three teams at once – Italian Atalanta, German Bayer and English Liverpool secured the first places in their groups and, bypassing the play-off stage, directly reached the 1/8 finals of the tournament.
Brighton & Hove Albion, West Ham United (both in England), Friborg (Germany), Marseille, Rennes (both in France), Roma (Italy), Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) and Villarreal (Spain) will certainly be among the two. best teams in their quartet and will also participate in the playoffs.
Sporting Lisbon will definitively take 2nd place in its group and will participate in the 1/16 finals (play-offs). Also participating in the Europa League qualifiers will be Feyenoord (Netherlands) and Young Boys (Switzerland), who will definitely occupy third place in their Champions League group.
The draw for the 1/8 finals of the Europa League will take place on February 23 in Nyon (Switzerland). 16 clubs will participate in the draw: eight teams who won first place in the group stage and eight play-off winners.
Source: Sport
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