Europa League Draw: Robert Lewandowski vs Cristiano Ronaldo As Barcelona Draw Manchester United

• The football world will be treated to a Europa League special when Manchester United face Barcelona in the knockout rounds
• Barcelona failed to make it past the Champions League group stages for the second year running and now contend with a place in Europe's second-fiddle competition
• Juventus will face French opposition Nantes while record winners Sevilla will play PSV Eindhoven

Barcelona and Manchester United are set to renew their European rivalry, after drawing each other in the knockout round of the Europa League.

It will be a meeting between the game's finest footballers in Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski.

This is the preliminary round between the teams that finished third in the Champions League and the runners-up in the Europa League groups, with the winners proceeding to the next round where they will face the group winners.

The final will be held at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary. The knockout draw was conducted by Zoltan Gera, this year's ambassador.

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Jose Mourinho, a proven specialist in knockout games, will lead his AS Roma side against Austrian giants RB Salzburg.

Fans are already anticipating a hotly-contested contest.

The full Europa League draw

Barcelona vs Manchester United

Juventus vs Nantes

Sporting Lisbon vs FC Midtjylland

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes

Ajax vs Union Berlin

Bayer Leverkusen vs Monaco

Sevilla vs PSV Eindhoven

Salzburg vs AS Roma

UCL round of 16 fixtures

Sports Brief has also reported that the fixtures of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 are out. Real Madrid will face Liverpool in what will be a repeat of last season's final.

Paris Saint-Germain will play Bayern Munich in a very stern test of their aspirations of winning their first title. The draw was conducted on Monday, November 7, by former Real Madrid player Hamit Altintop in Nyon.

All of Manchester United's possible opponents after failing to win their Europa League group

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Bayern Munich are still freely scoring goals despite the exit of talisman Robert Lewandowski.

PSG were pipped to the top spot on the final day by Benfica, and will need their three superstars to lead them past the team that beat them in 2020 final.