Italian giants look to stake their claims

The Europa League is again! Following the end result of the group levels in each the Europa and Champions League, we see the remaining sides compete to earn their spots within the final 16 of the Europa League.

Those that positioned third within the group levels within the Champions League will now face the 2nd positioned groups from the Europa League group levels to make it to the final 16.

We preview two of the video games under.

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Feyenoord v Roma – Thursday 14th February 17:45

Feyenoord and Roma are two groups which can be accustomed to each other in terms of competing on the European stage, having confronted each other in three consecutive knockout ties within the Europa League. Most notable was Roma’s win in opposition to them within the Convention League ultimate again in 2022 in Tirana, Albania, however the Italian facet additionally knocked their opponents out of the Europa League on the quarterfinal stage final season.

The hosts are EVS to win the primary leg, with Roma slight outsiders buying and selling at 12/5. There is no such thing as a doubt that Feyenoord shall be in search of redemption following their 4-1 loss to Roma within the competitors final 12 months and frontman Santiago Giménez is the market chief to hit the again of the online at 11/8, narrowly in entrance of Japanese striker Ayase Ueda at 7/4.

For Roma, it’s the looming presence of veteran Romelu Lukaku who has his eyes on netting in opposition to Feyenoord at 2/1. He has an immaculate file within the Europa League, failing to attain in simply one among his final 17 appearances within the competitors, and is the 4th prime scorer within the historical past of the Europa League. Paulo Dybala (14/5) and Italian Lorenzo Pelligrini (7/2) are additionally in line to attain however are but to play a European fixture underneath their new supervisor and former participant Daniele De Rossi since Mourinho’s sacking.

It’s all to play for as each groups vie for development within the Europa League to the spherical of 16, however Feyenoord might have a good likelihood as Roma not too long ago suffered a 4-2 defeat to league rivals Inter Milan, and their confidence could possibly be dented because of this. Nevertheless, underneath De Rossi, issues appear to be going properly at Roma (erasing the final recreation from the file) so there’s little question they are going to come out punching to additional their domination of the Dutch on this competitors.

AC Milan v Rennes – Thursday 14th February 20:00

Different Serie A giants AC Milan will host Rennes on the San Siro for the primary time of their historical past regardless of it being Rennes’s fifth recreation in opposition to an Italian opponent within the Europa League. Milan presently sit third within the Serie A, with their league marketing campaign lots stronger than their European one, scoring simply 5 targets within the Champions League group stage, and solely scraping qualification into the Europa League to maintain their hopes of silverware alive.

Rennes alternatively have been in tremendous type of late within the Europa League and may they win in opposition to Milan within the first leg (19/5), it’ll be their third consecutive away recreation win in a serious competitors, for the primary time ever. Ought to they get some targets, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Martin Terrier are the highest bets, at 17/5 and 15/4 respectively.

For the Rossoneri, who’re at 8/13 to win the match, it’s the 37-year-old Olivier Giroud who leads the market at 11/8 to web in opposition to Rennes, which might make him the fourth oldest participant to attain within the historical past of the Europa League knockout stage. Ought to Giroud depart his capturing boots at residence, it’s Luka Jovic (15/8) and Rafael Leao (2/1) who might make the distinction.

Given the actual fact the 2 groups haven’t performed in opposition to one another earlier than, it seems to be a troublesome recreation to name, however on type AC Milan are definitely the group to beat on this conflict, having gone unbeaten of their final 5 video games. Having stated this, Rennes have the most well liked type in Ligue One because it stands, with 5 wins from their final 5 within the league, which might give them the increase in confidence to tackle the Italian outfit.

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