Europe and Conference League, the groups drawn

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27 August 2021 While Roma can look forward to the new Conference conceived by UEFA, Napoli and Lazio cannot smile in the Europa League. It has all the characteristics of an iron group that came out of the continental urn for the blues of Luciano Spalletti, who in group C caught the Leicester of coach Brendan Rodgers, or the strongest team present in the second pot. Spartak Moscow came from the third bracket, while Legia Warsaw was drawn from the fourth. Not even the Biancocelesti of Maurizio Sarri can rejoice, who in group E will have to deal with the fearsome Turks of Galatasaray, Lokomotiv Moscow and Marseille. Mourinho's Giallorossi went much better, who received a more than affordable group from the Uefa draw.In Group C Pellegrini and teammates will play with the Ukrainians of Zorya Luhansk, the Bulgarians of CSKA-Sofia and the Norwegians of Bodo Glimt. A tough group that of the Neapolitans, but that does not scare Spalletti: "I had no preferences, because in all the matches it says Naples, but I am sure there will be six wonderful challenges". Sarri also talks about the European competition: "For the Europa League we will see, it starts in twenty days. Clearly - explains the Tuscan coach - the intention is to work hard, then with the introduction of the Conference it seems to me that the difficulty increases. of the tournament. It will certainly not be easy, already from the group stage it will be difficult ".but that does not scare Spalletti: "I had no preferences, because in all the matches it says Napoli, but I'm sure there will be six wonderful matches". Sarri also talks about the European competition: "For the Europa League we will see, it starts in twenty days. Clearly - explains the Tuscan coach - the intention is to work hard, then with the introduction of the Conference it seems to me that the difficulty increases. of the tournament. It will certainly not be easy, already from the group stage it will be difficult ".but that does not scare Spalletti: "I had no preferences, because in all the matches it says Napoli, but I'm sure there will be six wonderful matches". Sarri also talks about the European competition: "For the Europa League we will see, it starts in twenty days. Clearly - explains the Tuscan coach - the intention is to work hard, then with the introduction of the Conference it seems to me that the difficulty increases. of the tournament. It will certainly not be easy, already from the group stage it will be difficult ".the intention is to work hard, then with the introduction of the Conference it seems to me that the difficulty of the tournament increases. It will certainly not be easy, it will be difficult right from the group stage. "the intention is to work hard, then with the introduction of the Conference it seems to me that the difficulty of the tournament increases. It will certainly not be easy, it will be difficult right from the group stage. "

The one that will start next September 16 will be a Europa League partially modified by the birth of the new Conference: the first classified of the groups will go to the round of 16, while the second classified will go to the single elimination play-offs, where they will face the third classified of the groups. of the Champions League with the qualification to the second round at stake. The third-place finishers of the groups will go to the Conference League single-elimination play-offs. The Europa League final will be played in Spain on May 18 at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan in Seville, while the Conference final will be played in Albania on May 25 at the National Arena in Tirana.

Group A: Lyon, Glasgow Rangers, Sparta Prague, Brondby

Group B: Monaco, PSV Eindhoven, Real Sociedad, Sturm Graz

Group C:

, Leicester, Spartak Moscow, Legia Warsaw

Group D: Olympiacos, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce, Antwerp

Group E:

, Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Galatasaray

Group F: Braga, Stella Rossa, Ludogorets, Midtjylland

Group G: Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic, Betis Sevilla, Ferencvaros

Group H: Dinamo Zagreb, Genk, West Ham, Rapid Vienna

The rounds of the Conference League, the debut continental competition, were drawn today in Istanbul. Roma, in the first pot, were included in group C together with Zorya Luhansk (Ukraine), CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) and Bodo / Glimt (Norway). The Giallorossi led by Mourinho had qualified by beating Trabzonspor in the preliminaries: yesterday 3-0 at the Olimpico, after the 2-1 first leg.

Group A: Lask, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Alaksert, HJK Helsinki

Group B: Gent, Partizan, Flora Tallin, Anorthosis

Group C:

, Zorja, CSKA Sofia, Bodo / Glimt

Group D: AZ Alkmaar, Cluj , Jablonec, Randers

Group E: Slavia Prague, Feyenoord, Union Berlin, Maccabi Haifa

Group F: Copenhagen, Paok, Slovan Bratislava, Lincoln Red Imps

Group G: Tottenham, Rennes, Vitesse, NS Mura

Group H: Basel, Qarabag, Qayrat, Omonia. 

The teams in each group face each other with home and away games. The same teams will face each other on the first and fifth day or on the second and sixth or on the third and fourth. The top two in each group will continue their European adventure in the knockout stage. The group winners will qualify for the round of 16. The runners-up will go to the single-elimination play-offs, where they will face the third of the UEFA Europa League groups. First day on September 16th, last shift on December 9th.