Barcelona’s next possible opponents in the Europa League

After thrashing Napoli 2-4 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, and 3-5 on aggregate, Barcelona move on to the Europa League Round of 16. They have eight opponents to choose from, all of whom are table-toppers from their respective Europa League groups:

Olympique Lyonnais, AS Monaco, Spartak Moscow, Eintracht Frankfurt, Galatasaray, Crvena zvezda, Bayer Leverkusen, and West Ham.

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Lyon won five and drew one game in group A, qualifying to the next stage as leaders. In group B, the situation was a bit different as Monaco won three and drew three, gaining 12 points from a possible 18.

Spartak had the edge over Napoli in group C on head-to-head record, winning both games against them. Eintracht Frankfurt won and drew three each, comfortably topping group D. The same went for Galatasary in group E, who sailed through scoring just seven goals.

Red Star Belgrade had intense competition from Sporting Braga, but eventually held them to a 1-1 draw in the last game and qualified with an extra point.

Down in group G, Leverkusen’s 4-0 hammering of Real Betis was enough to crown them as leaders. Finally, West Ham did not falter too much in group H, winning four and losing one.