
Spanish and English giants, Barcelona and Manchester United have been drawn against each other in the Europa League Knockout round playoff after draws in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday.
Barcelona dropped to the Europa League knockout round playoff after finishing 3rd in their Champions League Group, while Manchester United finished 2nd in their Europa League Group.
According to the new rules, teams that finish third in UEFA Champions League will no longer walk straight into the round of 32 of the Europa League.
But will play against the teams that finished 2nd in the Europa League in a knockout round, hence, clubs like:
Barcelona, Salzburg, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, Ajax, Shakhtar, and Sevilla who finished third in their Champions League groups were drawn against clubs like:
Nantes, Manchester United, Monaco, Union Berlin, Roma, Rennes, PSV, and Nantes who finished 2nd in their Europa League Groups.
Third in Champions League Group
Barcelona
Salzburg
Juventus
Bayer Leverkusen
Ajax
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sevilla
Second in Europa League Group
Nantes
Manchester United
Monaco
Union Berlin
Roma
Rennes
PSV
Nantes
The Playoff Draw
๐ฎ๐น Juventus vs Nantes ๐ซ๐ท
๐ช๐ธ Barcelona vs Manchester United ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
๐ฉ๐ช Leverkusen vs Monaco ๐ซ๐ท
๐ณ๐ฑ Ajax vs Union Berlin ๐ฉ๐ช
๐บ๐ฆ Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes ๐ซ๐ท
๐ช๐ธ Sevilla vs PSV ๐ณ๐ฑ
๐ฉ๐ช Leverkusen vs Monaco ๐ซ๐ท
๐ฆ๐น Salzburg vs Roma ๐ฎ๐น