2021 UEFA Europa league Quarter-finals & Semi-finals draw revealed on Friday, March 19th. Quarter finals fixtures will be played over April 8th & 15th, while the semi-final ties are scheduled for 29 April and 6 May.
Arsenal will face a Slavia Praha team that have already seen off Leicester and Rangers, while Manchester United travel to Spain to take on Granada.
Dutch side Ajax will host Italian side AS Roma, while Spanish team Villarreal travel to Croatia to play against Dinamo Zagreb.
Europa League quarter-final draw
- Granada (ESP) vs Manchester United (ENG)
- Arsenal (ENG) vs Slavia Praha (CZE)
- Ajax (NED) vs Roma (ITA)
- Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs Villarreal (ESP)
In the semi-finals, winners of Granada vs Manchester United will play against winners of Ajax vs Roma in the first semi-finals, while winners of Dinamo vs Villarreal will face winners of Arsenal vs Slavia Praha in the second finals.
The winner of semi-final 2 will be considered the home team for this season’s final, which is being staged at the Gdańsk Arena, Poland, on Wednesday 26 May.
Europa League semi-final draw
- Granada (ESP) / Manchester United (ENG) vs Ajax (NED) / Roma (ITA)
- Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) / Villarreal (ESP) vs Arsenal (ENG) / Slavia Praha (CZE)
If ties are level after 180 minutes they are decided on away goals, first and foremost. If teams still can’t be separated, it goes to extra time. If both teams score the same number of goals during the 30 additional minutes, away goals count double. If there are no further goals in extra time, the tie goes to a penalty shoot-out (alternate takers).
Similar to 2020 season, English side Manchester United labeled as favorites to win it all after the Quarter-finals draw. But former Man. United defender, Denis Irwin, belives United as a tough task in the form of Granada in the quarter-finals, he said:
“[Granada are] new to Europe. It’s their first year in. They’ve had some really good results, so it’ll be a tough test for us and we’re looking forward to it. We’ll obviously go into it as strong favourites. I thought we’ve had two tough ties in getting past [Real] Sociedad and Milan last night, where we’ve had to go away and win the game.”
“There’s no easy teams left in the quarter-final draw. They’re a La Liga team so they’ll be very, very strong, technically very good, tactically very, very good. We’ve come up against [Real] Sociedad in the tournament already where we played very, very well. So, it’ll be a tough task, but one we’re looking forward to because we’re in good form.”
