Paris (AFP)
Manchester United?
Tottenham?
Naples?
Lille, the only French representative in the Europa League, runs the risk of falling from the round of 16 on a heavyweight at the end of the draw on Monday (1:00 p.m.).
At the UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland), the Mastiffs will not be able to shoot AC Milan, first in their group, the regulations prohibiting two teams from the same pool to meet in the 16th.
With their weak UEFA index, the Mastiffs would have needed this first place, but a defeat (3-2) against Celtic Glasgow on the last day prevented them from doing so.
Result: they can fall on Manchester United, spectacularly eliminated from its Champions League group by Paris SG and Leipzig and who will have to be satisfied with the C3.
And with Tottenham, at the forefront of the Premier League, but also Arsenal and Leicester, the chances of seeing a good Franco-English poster on February 18 and 25, 2021 are not negligible.
Other possibilities for Losc, a boss of the Italian Serie A, like Naples or AS Roma, a strong German, like Leverkusen or Hoffenheim, or a Belgian or Dutch club, like Bruges, Ajax Amsterdam or PSV Eindhoven.
Another advantage that Lille will not be able to take advantage of, the seed clubs will play their return match at home.
Hat 1:
AC Milan (ITA), Ajax (NED), Arsenal (ENG), Club Bruges (BEL), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Hoffenheim (GER), Leicester City (ENG), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Manchester United (ENG) , Naples (ITA), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Glasgow Rangers (SCO), AS Rome (ITA), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Tottenham (ENG), Villarreal (ESP)
Hat 2:
Antwerp (BEL), Benfica (POR), Braga (POR), Red Star (SRB), Dynamo Kiev (UKR), Granada (ESP), Krasnodar (RUS), Lille (FRA), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), Molde (NOR), Olympiakos (GRE), Real Sociedad (ESP), Salzburg (AUT), Slavia Prague (CZE), Wolfsberg (AUT), Young Boys Berne (SUI)
Editor's note: two teams from the same championship cannot compete in the round of 16, nor two teams from the same group.
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