We tell you everything you need to know about the encounter with Verdiblancos in the round of 16 of the Europa League
Real Betis wants to make history in the UEFA Europa League. Playing in the round of 16 of the continental tournament for the second consecutive season, Manuel Pellegrini’s team are looking to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in its history and to achieve this they must overcome Manchester United who they have been with. matched in the draw for this February 24.
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Betis vs. Manchester United, 2022-2023 Europa League Round of 16: date, day, time, when and where is the return journey
The Verdiblancos automatically reached this round after becoming champions of their group in the UEFA Europa League is ahead of Roma, Ludogorets and Helsinki.
Now the winners of the playoff round of the round of 32 between the runners-up in the Europa League and the third in the Champions League and that ensured that they entered this draw as seeded.
They couldn’t face Sevilla because they were Spanish or Roma because they measured themselves in the groups and their possible rivals were Union Berlin, Manchester United, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, Shakhtar and Sporting from Portugal and finally the Red Devils are measured.
The round of 16 will be a two leg tie. The first leg will be played at home at Old Trafford on March 9, 2023 and the first leg will be decided a week later at Benito Villamarín.
Manchester United have already faced two Spanish teams in the Europa League this season, such as Real Sociedad, with whom they lost at home and won at Anoeta, and Barcelona, whom they eliminated in the round of 32, drew twice at the Camp Nou and won 2-1 at Old Trafford.
The duel will be the first official game between both teams, although curiously they were measured last December in a friendly match in Villamarín during the World Cup break in which they imposed the 1-0 on Betis with a goal from Fekir.
For its part, the Betic precedents against English teams are not positive either, as they have accumulated 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats in 6 matches against Chelsea and Liverpool. They beat the blues at home in the 2005 Champions League but lost in the same group stage that also measured Liverpool (1-2 and 0-0). Chelsea were also rivals in the quarter-finals of the 1998 Cup Winners’ Cup, being knocked out after losing in both games.
Source: Goal