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After the end of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw on Thursday, the draw for the second most prestigious European international club tournament took place. 32 teams in the UEFA Europa League have been divided into 16 pairs.
Last year's UEFA Champions League winners, London's "Chelsea," will face Prague's "Sparta," while last season's Europa League and European Super Cup winners will battle Kazan's "Rubin," whose goal is guarded by Lithuanian Giedrius Arlauskis.
Another interesting match will take place between Russian champions St. Petersburg's "Zenit" and "Liverpool," as well as Germany's Bundesliga successful team this year "Bayer Leverkusen" and Lisbon's "Benfica" club.
Marius Stankevicius' Rome's "Lazio" club will compete with Monchengladbach's "Borussia" team.
The first legs of the round of 16 will take place on February 14th next year, with the return legs happening on February 21st.
Barysaw's BATE (Belarus) - Istanbul's "Fenerbahce" (Turkey) Milan's "Inter" (Italy) - Cluj's CFR (Romania) Valencia's "Levante" (Spain) - Piraeus's "Olympiacos" (Greece) St. Petersburg's "Zenit" (Russia) - "Liverpool" (England) Kyiv's "Dynamo" (Ukraine) - "Bordeaux" (France) Leverkusen's "Bayer" (Germany) - Lisbon's "Benfica" (Portugal) "Newcastle United" (England) - Kharkiv's "Metalist" (Ukraine) "VfB Stuttgart" (Germany) - "KRC Genk" (Belgium) Madrid's "Atletico" (Spain) - Kazan's "Rubin" (Russia) Amsterdam's "Ajax" (Netherlands) - Bucharest's "Steaua" (Romania) "Basel" (Switzerland) - Dnipropetrovsk's "Dnipro" (Ukraine) Makhachkala's "Anzhi" (Russia) - "Hannover 96" (Germany) Prague's "Sparta" (Czech Republic) - London's "Chelsea" (England) Monchengladbach's "Borussia" (Germany) - Rome's "Lazio" (Italy) London's "Tottenham Hotspur" (England) - Lyon's "Olympique" (France) "Napoli" (Italy) - Pilsen's "Viktoria" (Czech Republic)
