In the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw of the first round of the playoffs the European cup. In the 1/8 finals of the Europa League Moscow “Dynamo” will meet with the champion of Belgium “Anderlecht”, while the “Zenith” fell runner-Dutch PSV, ironically twice defeated Dinamo in the final minutes (0: 1, 0: 1 ) in the group stage. Junior “Zenith”, the first time in history reached the playoffs Youth League UEFA fight for the right to reach the quarter-finals with their peers from “Chelsea».
Champions League. 1/8
17 February and 11 March
«Paris Saint-Germain” (France) – “Chelsea” (England)
«Shakhtar» ( Ukraine) – “Bavaria” (Germany)
18 February and 10 March
«Schalke” (Germany) – “Real” (Spain)
«Basel “(Switzerland) -” Porto “(Portugal)
24 February and 18 March
« Manchester City “-” Barcelona »
« Juventus “-” Borussia »
25 February and 17 March
« Bayer “-” Atletico »
« Arsenal “-” Monaco »
1/4 finals: 14/15 and 21/22 April
1/2 finals: 5/6 and 12/13 May
Final: June 6 (“Olympiastadion”, Berlin). 22.45.
Europa League. 1/16
PSV (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – “Zenit” (St., St. Petersburg, Russia)
«Anderlecht” (Brussels, Belgium) – “Dynamo” (Moscow, Russian)
«Young Boys” (Switzerland) – “Everton” (England)
«Dnepr” (Ukraine) – “Olympiakos” (Greece)
“Torino” (Italy) – “Athletic” (Spain)
«Sevilla” (Spain) – “Borussia” (Moenchengladbach, Germany)
«Wolfsburg” (Germany) – ” Sporting “(Portugal)
« Ajax “(Netherlands) -” Lehi “(Poland)
« Aalborg “(Denmark) -” Bruges “(Belgium)
«Trabzonspor” (TURKEY) – “Napoli” (Italy)
«Guingamp” (France) – “Dynamo” (Kiev, Ukraine)
«Villarreal” (Spain) – “Salzburg” (Austria)
«Roma” (Italy) – “Feyenoord” (Holland)
«Liverpool” (England) – “Besiktas” (Turkey)
«Tottenham” (England) – “Fiorentina” (Italy)
«Celtic” (Scotland) – “Inter” (Italy)
match will be held on 19 and 26 February
1/8 finals: 12 and 19 March
1/4 finals: 16 and 23 April
1/2 finals: 7 and 14 May
Final: May 27 (“National”, Warsaw). 22.45.
UEFA Youth League. 1/8
8. “Chelsea” (England) – “Zenit” (Russia)
1. “Benfica” (Portugal) – “Liverpool” (England)
2. “Ajax” (Netherlands) – “Roma” (Italy)
3. “Atletico” (Spain) – “Arsenal” (England)
4. “Real” (Spain) – “Porto” (Portugal)
5. “Shakhtar” (Ukraine) – “Olympiakos” (Greece)
6. “Anderlecht” (Belgium) – “Barcelona” (Spain)
7. “Manchester City” (England) – “Schalke” (Germany)
Matches will be held in February 17/18/24/25. Dates will be confirmed later
1/4 finals: 1. The winner of the match 2 – Winner of match 7; 2. The winner of the match 8 – Winner of Match 3; 3. The winner of the match 1 – Winner of Match 5; 4. The winner of the match 6 – Winner of Match 4
Matches will be held March 10/11/17/18. In the event that the next round of “Zenith” th play the winner of “Atletico” (Spain) – “Arsenal” (England)
Final Tournament (“Colovray” Nyon)
Semi-finals (April 10): 1. CHF1 Winner – Winner CHF2; 2. Winner CHF4 – Winner CHF3
Final. 13 April
| Opinions
André Villas-Boas, the head coach of “Zenith»:
– We got a rival with a long tradition in the Dutch and European football, really strong team. But the “Zenith” is also a tradition in the Europa League and the goal toward which we should be approached with the right attitude. In January, after the holidays, we are going to pre-season training, and since the game against PSV Eindhoven will be the first official match in 2015, only the excellent work will demonstrate the power that we have already demonstrated during the season. In the near future we will focus on training and study opponent will closely monitor how events will unfold.
Evgeniy Levchenko, former player of the Dutch club:
– The main feature of PSV in the that many young football team in the last year have come a long way of development. Phillip Cocu, who is the head coach, has created a good, close-knit team. If you look past the game, PSV looks good, for example, won the next round of the Dutch Championship “Twente” (2: 0). Quite a good team, a young and promising, who likes to play attacking football. It’s definitely not a gift for the “Zenith”, the Russians will be difficult. I think PSV pat nerves Petersburg team. In their structure there are such players as Memphis Depot, Jürgen Locadia, Luciano Narsing. Team cheerful, playful, sometimes plays without thinking about the result. In the past, they had strong differences, there is now relatively stable. On defense, there are some problems. They play such players as Karim Rekik. Though he is called to the national team, but not a stronghold of the team. They recently bought Andres Guardado. It have hig h expectations, he rallied the team. It seems to me that the PSV at the moment though is in better shape than last year, but this is not a team that can oppose something “Zenith”. The Russian team more eminent and experienced players, they have to win the opponent.
Dmitry Bulykin, a former striker, “Ajax»:
– PSV – a good team, but not the level of “Zenith”. It can and should beat that showed Moscow “Dynamo” in the group stage. “Zenith” has a good chance to pass on. The Dutch rely on offensive action, quickly flee the attack, in the first team go mostly young players. Since the format includes two games, the “Zenith” need to be taken seriously in the Eindhoven. I note that PSV is strong in his field. In this command, there is a strong individual players. But I think the blue-white-blue seriously study the opponent will make the necessary conclusions and will continue.
Alexander Tochilin, Coach Academy “Dynamo” (Moscow):
– Team Phillip Cocu shows nice football. Purely Dutch attacker. But it’s still not a rival, which is to stumble “Zenith”. Pressure stands in Eindhoven? “Zenith” faced with him in the Champions League, so that this factor can not serve as an excuse for failure. On the contrary, the fans opponent should further spur Petersburg players. If we talk about the “Dinamo”, his class was also higher than that of PSV. The first game in Moscow ended in victory 1: 0. Opponent showed nice football, but “Dynamo” won at the expense of the class, scoring at the end of the match. We can say that our team has put as much effort to be enough to win over PSV. Both at home and away. “Zenith” also go to Holland to play to win. If you expect to draw, then this can be burned. In general, the “Zenith” and “Dynamo” has everything to reach the decisive match of the Europa League: football, infrastructure, the coaches do not work past specialists. I certainly would not be surprised to Russian finale. It will only be a pleasure.
Selenkov Alexander, head coach of “Zenith” th:
– pleased with the results of the draw 1/8 Youth League UEFA. We will play with “Chelsea” – a good opponent on the qualitative field. Have not seen how to play youth team “Chelsea”, but I am sure that our analytics team would get the necessary materials. At these stages are no weak opponents. Youth team “Zenith” will leave from January 12.
Maximilian Pronichev striker “Zenith” th:
– «Chelsea” – a very good team. I was convinced when England U17 became the champion of Europe, there were guys from “Chelsea”. They have been very confident group tournament (with 15 points ranked first, with goal difference “21″. – “Sports Day by Day”). Some players were even for the first team “aristocrats”, so I repeat: a very strong contender. But we need not fear anyone, we passed the group stage. There is always a chance to win.
– In the event of the quarter-finals of blue-white-blue meet the winner of “Atletico” – “Arsenal”. Looking ahead, one of the contestants is preferable?
– These commands I do not know, did not play against them, although personally acquainted with one of the players of “Arsenal”. Now the main thing – to win the “Chelsea»!
Fact
PSV – the only club who took part in all six draws Europa League!
Prepared by Dmitry Zimin, Alexander Kavokin Yuri Sentsov, based on the official site «Zenit».
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