Europa League

Bayer Leverkusen, fresh off its thrilling knockout playoff success over AS Monaco, faces Hungarian champions Ferencváros. For the second successive season in ...

Now, the 2001/02 UEFA Cup winners aim for a first quarterfinal showing in this competition since their title-winning campaign. Shakhtar won both meetings between the two sides back in the Champions League in 2018/19. The Ukrainians will surely be up for it, as they certainly have the capability to go through. The last time they reached a quarterfinal in Europe was in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup. In some respects, Shakhtar Donetsk and Feyenoord could be considered the tie of the round. United needs a response after the hiding they took on the weekend, while Betis is still chasing a top four spot in Spain. Los Verdiblancos are looking for their third European quarterfinal showing, the previous two coming in their sole UEFA Cup Winners Cup appearances. Conceding 12 in their last four games, there is not much hope for Sevilla here, despite loving to play in the Europa League. [last November in the Champions League](https://playingfor90.com/2022/10/31/champions-league-four-spots-grabs/). Coming from behind to top RB Salzburg in the knockout round playoffs, José Mourinho’s Roma has won three of four since losing the first leg to the Austrians. This time, it comes in the form of With the final in Hungary, Ferencváros will hope to be playing in the showpiece.