UEFA Europa League Draw: Barcelona vs Galatasaray and Sevilla vs West Ham Headline Last 16 Round

• The UEFA Europa League is approaching its peak as the final, set to be hosted in Seville, draws nearer
• Barcelona was drawn against Galatasaray, while Sevilla, seeking to make the home city final, will collide with West Ham
• The final will be hosted in Seville's Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Wednesday, 18 May, with Sevilla looking to play in front of a home crowd

Sports Brief was on hand to report on the UEFA Europa League Last 16 draw taking place in Nyon, Switzerland.

With the Round of 32 concluded last night, 16 teams got to learn their fate as the race for two spots in the final set for the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium in Seville.

The eye-catching tie of the round will see Spanish giants Barcelona take on Turkish heavyweights Galatasaray. Los Blaugranas last won the tournament in its Cup Winners Cup format back in 1997, while Galatasaray did so in the year 2000.

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Chasing a spot to play in a home final, Sevilla was drawn against West Ham in the other potentially tasty tie. Sevilla is Europa League royalty, having won it a record six times, the last time in 2020.

Scotland's Rangers FC will clash with Serbia's Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) in a potentially volatile draw. Red Star was crowned European champions back in 1991, with the Scots winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1972.

Portugal's Braga will come up against Monaco in another tie. Neither team has won a European title in any format, but the Monegasque made the UEFA Champions League final in 2004.

Another Portuguese team in FC Porto was drawn against French opponents Olympique Lyonnais. Porto are storied winners of the Europa League and Champions League, while Lyon's only success was in the Intertoto Cup back in 1997, which is now the UEFA Conference League.

Spanish side Real Betis will gave to negotiate past Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt. Betis has never won a European title, but the Germans can boast the Cup Winners Cup (1980) and the Intertoto Cup (1967).

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Free-scoring Italian team Atalanta will look to pile on even more against German side Bayer Leverkusen.

Rounding off this stage of the competition will be RB Leipzig vs Spartak Moscow. Winning the tournament will see either team claim an inaugural European title.

UEFA Conference League: Olympique De Marseille and FC Basel is tie of the round as Last 16 round is conducted

The draw for the last 16 round of the inaugural UEFA Conference League was also done at the football governing body's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

As reported on Sports Brief, the tournament is the modern version of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, a third-tier European competition that last took place in the 2007/08 football season.

Olympique Marseille, champions of 1993, were drawn to take on Switzerland's FC Basel in the prestigious tie of the round.