Obmiang, Adama and Mingsa in the Barcelona squad against Napoli

After the humiliating relegation from the champions, the Catalans host the strong Napoli in the Europa League with a new attacking trio (19:45, Sport4).

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Borussia Dortmund will host Rangers (Sport 2)

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17/02/2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

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Summary: Athletic Bilbao - Barcelona 2: 3 (at the end of extra time) (Sport 1)

After the Champions League in which the winter is lagging behind, the Europa League is also back tonight (Thursday) with eight games in the first meeting of the playoffs (last 32 stage).

The focus is on the intriguing encounter between Barcelona and Napoli, but there are other attractive encounters such as Dortmund vs. Rangers, Porto vs. Lazio and R.B.

Leipzig against Real Sociedad.

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For the first time in 11.

Obmiang (Photo: GettyImages, Eric Alonso)

Barcelona - Napoli (19:45, Sport 4)

After the humiliating relegation in the home leg, the Catalans arrive at a factory they have not participated in since the 2003/4 season, when the name of the tournament was still the UEFA Cup. This week with a dramatic 2: 2 against Espanyol, which it achieved thanks to an equalizer by Luc de Jong deep in extra time. In place of Danny Alves who did not sign for Europe, with Serginio Dest again on the bench.The Italians, who are in the midst of a Serie A championship battle, came up with a strong squad with Osiman in the lead alongside Lorenzo Insigne.

Will continue in great shape against the Scots?

Royce (Photo: GettyImages, Boris Streubel)

Dortmund - Rangers (19:45, Sport 2)

After reaching 150 goals in the last league round in the Schwarzgelben uniform, Marco Royce will hope to continue in great shape against the Scottish champions, but he will have to do so without Arling Holland, who continues to be out due to injury.

The Germans, who were relegated from the Champions League after losses to Ajax and Sporting Lisbon, are returning to the factory after four seasons and will hope to improve on that achievement from that season - relegation in the quarter-finals against Red Bull Salzburg.

For the Scots, who have recently lost the top spot to Celtic in the domestic league, this is their second consecutive visit in a knockout of the factory, after last year they were eliminated in the quarter-finals against Slavia Prague.

Will Betis be arrested?

Zenith players (Photo: Reuters)

Zenith - Betis (19:45)

On the one hand - a team that has scored four quartets in its last six games, and on the other hand - a team that has not played an official game for more than two months in light of the winter break in Russia.

Despite the big differences in game fitness, it seems that the encounter between Zenit and Betis is one of the most considered and open of the stage.

The Russians lost last January to Iranian striker Sardar Azmon who was sold to Leverkusen, and coach Sergei Smak will hope that Artium Dziuba fills the void.

Manuel Pellegrini has problems of his own on offense, with Nabil Fakir scoring a double in the last league round absent due to dismissal, while Sergio Canales recovering from Corona is in doubt.

Will the Moldavians surprise in the Europa League too?

Wire (Photo: GettyImages, Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno)

Sheriff - Braga (19:45)

The Moldovan champions, who have become one of the surprises of the season in the Champions League with victories over Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid have finally been relegated to the Europa League, and now they are meeting one of the regulars in the Europa League in the last decade.

Braga is ranked fourth in Portugal in the best tradition, and she hopes to take advantage of the fact that Sheriff did not play in an official frame in 2022 to achieve a good result ahead of the rematch at her home.

The January purchase wants to leave a mark.

Boga (Photo: GettyImages, Emilio Andreoli)

Atlanta - Olympiacos (22:00)

The Narazzi missed a great opportunity to move up to fourth place in Italy leading to the Champions League after Danilo from Juventus scored in extra time and set up a 1-1 draw, and now the Italians will try to get the ticket to the Champions League through Europe.

After two seasons in which they won the home stage of the Champions League, the team of Jan Piero Gasparini surrendered to Villarreal and Manchester United and returned to the Europa League.

Duban Spata may be out for a long time with the host, so whoever might get a chance at 11 is the acquisition that came from Sassuolo in January, Jeremy Boga.

On the other hand, the Greeks who come to the meeting as an underdog will hope for an impressive display of goalkeepers by Tomasz Wachlik, who won the title with Sevilla in 2020.

Hard game against the leader from Portugal.

Immobilia (Photo: GettyImages, Paolo Bruno)

Porto - Lazio (22:00, Sport1)

Another fascinating and considered battle in the playoffs will bring together Sergio Consasso and Maurizio Sari.

The Portuguese come after a stormy 2: 2 against Sporting Lisbon in the game of the season, and apart from the dismissed Wendell and Augustine Marchesin, their squad is expected to be full.

However, it will be intriguing to see them in their first European appearance without Luis Diaz, who was sold last month to Liverpool.

Unlike the leader in Portugal, Lazio are four points away from the place leading to the Champions League through the league, so they have an additional interest in fighting for a ticket to the quarter-finals.

Sari is expected to place a strong squad that will include Sergei Milinkovic Savic and Chiro Immobilia.

Sociedad needs goals.

Airball (Photo: GettyImages, Juan Manuel Serrano Arce)

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Leipzig - Real Sociedad (22:00, Sport 2)

The two teams come to the meeting with a completely different momentum.

The Germans started the season with a limp, but in the six games in all competitions they have won five times, with the only stumble being against Bayern Munich.

Thanks to a return to the familiar ability from previous years, the Bulls are already in fourth place in the league.

On the other hand, the Basques started the season in the Spanish league with a storm and were even at the top, but last weekend they finished a three-game streak without a goal with 0: 2 over Granada from the bottom and they are ranked sixth in the league.

Sociedad is the team that has scored the fewest goals out of the top 14 in the Spanish league, and if it wants to come back with a good result, it will have to dare more offensively, probably in light of the fact that the Germans have not dropped two goals in their last six games.

He is at least qualified.

Rakitić (Photo: Reuters)

Sevilla - Dynamo Zagreb (22:00)

In the midst of a chase for Real Madrid in the Spanish Championship battle, the Andalusians return to the factory where they have won no less than six times.

Coach Jolan Luftaghi has a big headache when it comes to wingers, with his list of missing players including his horse, Eric Lamella and Gonzalo Montail, while Lucas Occampus, Jose Navas and Jose Corona are in doubt.

In light of the apparent absences, striker Yusuf Ann Nasiri may start on the right wing, while the intriguing acquisition Anthony Martial on the left.

Last year the Croats stunned Europe when they ousted Jose Mourinho's Tottenham on their way to the factory quarter-finals, will this time they manage to issue another splash?

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