Friday, December 16, 2011

Europa League Knockout-Stage Draw: Ajax Vs. Red Devils; Citizens vs. Dragons; Potters Get Crack At Valencia

At Nyon, Switzerland:

The draw for the first two knockout rounds of this season's Europa League took place on Friday.

Here are the match-ups for the Round of 32 with the opening games to take place on February 16 and the return contests on February 23.

The home clubs for the respective opening matches are listed first.

FC Porto vs. Manchester City

Ajax Amsterdam vs. Manchester United

Lokomotiv Moscow vs. Athletic Bilbao

FC Red Bull Salzburg vs. FC Metalist Kharkiv

Stoke City vs. Valencia

FC Rubin Kazan vs. Olympiacos

AZ Alkmaar vs. RSC Anderlecht

Lazio vs. Atletico Madrid

Steaua Bucharest vs. FC Twente

FC Viktoria Plzen vs. FC Schalke 04

Wisla Krakow vs. Standard Liege

Sporting Braga vs. Besiktas

Udinese vs. PAOK FC

Trabzonspor vs. PSV Eindhoven

Hannover 96 vs. Club Brugge

Legia Warsaw vs. Sporting CP

For the Round of 16, the opening games in the respective two-match series will take place on March 8 with the return contests to take place on March 15.

The opening-match hosts are listed first:

Red Bull Salzburg-Metalist Kharkiv winner vs. Rubin Kazan-Olympiacos winner

Legia Warsaw-Sporting CP winner vs. Porto-Manchester City winner

Steaua Bucharest-FC Twente winner vs. Viktoria Plzen-Schalke winner

Stoke City-Valencia winner vs. Tabzonspor-PSV winner

AZ-Anderlecht winner vs. Udinese-PAOK winner

Lazio-Atletico Madrid winner vs. Braga-Besiktas

Ajax-Mancester United winner vs. Lokomotiv Moscow-Athletic Bilbao

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