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Europa League Round of 32 draw set

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Jozy Altidore and Villarreal will face Napoli while Sacha Kljestan and Anderlecht will take on Ajax in Europa League Round of 32 action.

The Round of 32 draw took place on Friday and American players drew some tough opponents. Midfielder Maurice Edu and Rangers will meet Portuguese power Sporting FC. Altidore and fellow New Jersey-born striker Giuseppe Rossi will take part in arguably the best match-up of the round, with Villarreal facing a strong Napoli side.

English clubs scored some interesting match-ups, with Liverpool taking on Sparta Prague and Manchester City facing Aris FC.

Here is the full Round of 32 Europa League Draw:

EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND OF 32

(Fixture pairings are Round of 16 Match-ups)


Napoli vs. Villarreal

Metalist Kharkiv vs. Bayer Leverkusen

Sparta Prague vs. Liverpool

Lech Poznan vs. Braga

Anderlecht vs. Ajax

Basel vs. Spartak Moscow

Rangers vs. Sporting 

Lille vs. PSV Eindhoven

PAOK Salonika vs. CSKA Moscow

Sevilla vs. Porto

Rubin Kazan vs. FC Twente

Young Boys vs. Zenit St. Petersburg

Besiktas vs. Dynamo Kiev

Aris Thessaloniki vs. Manchester City

Benfica vs. Stuttgart

BATE Borisov vs. Paris St. Germain

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What do you think of the draw? Excited to see Altidore, Kljestan and Edu take part in some tough match-ups? What other match-ups are you looking forward to?

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  1. Sacha is playing well for Anderlecht in the Europa League. I wish Jozy would see more time. It’s hard for a striker to come on for 10 minutes and make an impact. These games will be huge tests for them if they can get on the field.

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