Draw results of 1/16 Europa League: MU met Real Sociedad, Arsenal faced Benfica

MU met Real Sociedad, Arsenal faced Benfica, and the other candidates for the 2020/21 Europa League championship such as Tottenham, AC Milan, or Leicester only had to meet pleasant opponents in round 1/16.

MU vs Sociedad

With being in the seed group and having many easy opponents, but the visit from the former Maniche player brought a great challenge for MU in the journey of conquering the Europa League championship 2020/21 when facing the opponents.

Compared to Man United, which has been unstable since the 2020/21 season started and has to go down to play in the Europa League from the Champions League group stage, Sociedad is playing very well in La Liga and the Europa League. They are now leading on the La Liga 2020/21 rankings and are present in the round of 16 as second in Group F.

In the past, these two clubs met in the group stage of the 2013/14 Champions League, when MU under the guidance of coach David Moyes had good results against Sociedad with 1 win and 1 draw.

In the upcoming match, MU will have to be a guest in Spain before kicking the return match at home. Thus, the Red Devils will have to have good results in the first leg to avoid having trouble in the rematch.

Arsenal are as difficult as MU

It seems that MU is the most “unlucky” British club in the round of 1/16, Arsenal also falls into the same situation. Coach Mikel Arteta’s army will face Benfica. However, Arsenal still has full confidence when meeting opponents from Portugal.

The reason comes from the fact that Arsenal can do badly in the Premier League, but they play extremely well in the Europa League (18 points full after 6 matches). Benfica is the club to be worried about when facing Arsenal.