The remaining Europa League participants also know where they stand. Frenkie de Jong, Memphis Depay and Luuk de Jong meet Eintracht Frankfurt. Rangers, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst at the Roer, will face SC Braga, while Peter Bosz will have to deal with West Ham United with Olympique Lyon. The first matches in the quarterfinals will be played on April 7; the returns take place exactly one week later.
Barcelona managed to eliminate Galatasaray on Thursday with pain and effort, winning 1-2 in Istanbul after a 0-0 draw in Spain. Now a diptych with Eintracht Frankfurt awaits. The Rangers of trainer Van Bronckhorst eliminated Red Star Belgrade over two games and can prepare for a diptych with SC Braga. With this, Van Bronckhorst can do Dutch football a good service in the battle for coefficients. Bosz did the same by knocking FC Porto out of the tournament; now West Ham is the opponent.
The trio Marten de Roon, Teun Koopmeiners and Hans Hateboer dealt with Atalanta in ‘the most Dutch poster’ with Bayer Leverkusen, where Jeremie Frimpong, Mitchel Bakker, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Daley Sinkgraven are active. Atalanta will face RB Leipzig in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, the winner of RB Leipzig – Atalanta will face Rangers or SC Braga. The victorious clubs of Eintracht Frankfurt – Barcelona and Olympique Lyon – West Ham United complete the match schedule. The semifinals are scheduled for Thursday 28 April and Thursday 5 May; the final battle will be played on Wednesday 18 May in the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Piszuán in Seville.
The full draw:
Quarter-finals
Match 1: RB Leipzig – Atalanta
Match 2: Eintracht Frankfurt – Barcelona
Match 3: Olympique Lyon – West Ham United
Match 4: Rangers – SC Braga
Semi-finals
Match 1 winner – match 4 winner
Match 2 winner – match 3 winner
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