British teams appear on the Spanish horizon for the Champions and Europa League draws

Manchester City and Celtic de Glasgow, possible rivals of Real Madrid in the ‘playoff’ of the highest European competition

In the Europa League, the Real Sociedad will play those sixteen before the AZ or the Midtjylland, looking sideways at Manchester United and Tottenham

MADRID, 30 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Real Madrid will face Manchester City or Celtic FC in the ‘playoff’ access to the round of 16 at the Champions League, having already finished the qualifying league after its eighth and last day, while the Royal Society will also play in the Europa League those sixteen -final ones against Az Alkmaar or Midtjylland, looking sideways at Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

In the highest European competition, the Madrid team complied against Brest, but his 0-3 victory was not enough to get into the top eight. He ended eleventh, so this Friday he will know in the UEFA draw if he touches the Pep Guardiola team, providing a high voltage duel and that would be repeated for the fourth season in a row, or if he touches the Glasgow set, much more affordable, and in both cases with the return at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

If Celtic were the rival for the meringues, then there would be another cross between favorites when the City was measured with Bayern Munich, in some sixteen that are scheduled for the week of February 12/12 with the first leg and the week of 18/19 February with the return.

The current champion also knows that, if he exceeds his play, he would touch him in the round of 16 against Atlético de Madrid, which ended in a brilliant fifth position after beating (1-4) to RB Salzburg, or against the Bayer Leverkusen, trained by former Madrid player Xabi Alonso and who ended in the sixth place of the table.

On the other hand, FC Barcelona ended in the second position after drawing (2-2) its last game of this phase against the Atalanta. His next rival will now be the Paris Saint-Germain, led by Luis Enrique Martínez and his executioner last year, or one of these three teams with which the culé team has already been measured in the league: the monaco, the only one capable of winning him ; Benfica, to which he won (4-5) recently epic; and the Brest, which he defeated 3-0.

The rest of possible pairing in these ‘playoffs’ of the Champions will be the ones that face the sporting of Lisbon or the witches with the Atalanta or the Borussia Dortmund, and between the Feyenoord and the Juventus of Turin against Milan or the PSV Eindhoven. From 12.00, luck will be distributed in the European football house, in Nyon (Switzerland).

The AZ or the Midtjylland, options ‘txuri-urdines’

Meanwhile, in the Europa League, the Royal Society ballot will appear in a raffle planned from 1:00 p.m. and on the same Nyon scenario. Although the picture ‘Txuri-Urdin’ won this Thursday 2-0 to the PAOK of Salares, was thirteenth in the league and must go through the toll of sixteenisavos.

Thus, Imanol Sheriff’s pupils will play in front of AZ (19th) or Midtjylland (20th). And if the Real progresses from Ronda, its next crossing would be against Manchester United or against Tottenham, so British clubs appear in one way or another on the horizon of Spanish survivors in these tournaments.

For its part, Athletic culminated an outstanding league and occupied second place, with the same 19 points as a Lazio that tied the lead due to its best general goals difference. Despite this, the Bilbao entity avoids the sixteenth-final sixteen and will resume its activity in the eighth directly, whose adversary will be either Rome, or the Viktoria Plzen-once-, or the Ferencváros or the Porto.

The first leg in these ‘playoffs’ of the Europa League will be on February 13 and the return meetings will be played on February 20. The subsequent UEFA raffle will take place on February 21 and the eighth crossings are scheduled for March 6 and 13.