Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the AC Milan jersey, February 21, 2021. -

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A poster that smacks of the great European Cup: Zlatan Ibrahimovic's AC Milan will challenge the former Swedish striker's club, Manchester United, in the round of 16 of the Europa League, according to the draw made on Friday by the 'UEFA in Nyon.

The two teams will face off on March 11-18.

Ibra, 39, is having a great season with Milan, for whom he has already scored 14 goals in just 13 Serie A games. It will be a reunion for the Swedish striker, who passed through Manchester between 2016 and 2018, for two seasons marked by a serious injury to a knee but also a title in the Europa League 2017.

Arsenal in Greece, Tottenham in Croatia

Also to be followed, his reunion with Edinson Cavani, his accomplice in the PSG attack before his departure from the capital in 2016. The Uruguayan and the Swede are still the two top scorers in the history of PSG, with 200 and 156 goals respectively.

Arsenal, qualified in extremis against Benfica thanks to a late goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (3-2) on Thursday, will challenge the Greeks of Olympiakos.

AS Roma, another big name aligned in this C3, will face the winner of the 2009 edition, the Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, while Tottenham will play against Dinamo Zagreb.

Ajax from Amsterdam, who beat Losc, will face Young Boys from Bern, while the surprise guest of the 8th, Granada, benefited from a lenient draw against the Norwegians from Molde.

The posters

Ajax Amsterdam - Young Boys from Bern

Dynamo Kiev - Villarreal

AS Rome - Shakhtar Donetsk

Olympiacos - Arsenal

Dinamo Zagreb - Tottenham

Manchester United - AC Milan

Slavia Prague - Rangers

Granada - Molde

Note that the order of Arsenal and Tottenham matches could be reversed, because the two London clubs cannot receive the same day.

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