Brighton land Roma as Liverpool get Sparta Prague


A screen at Uefa headquarters shows the draw from the Europa League last 16.Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Liverpool will face Sparta Prague in the last 16 of the Europa League, while Brighton face another glamour tie against Roma.

Liverpool travel to the Czech capital for a first leg on 7 March, before a return at Anfield a week later in a competition Liverpool have won three times.

Brighton’s maiden European campaign takes them to the Italian capital after they topped Group B containing Marseille, Ajax and AEK Athens.

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West Ham, the Europa Conference League holders, face the German team Freiburg, whom they beat twice in this season’s group stage, while Rangers are up against the two-time European champions Benfica from Portugal.

Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen have been drawn against the Azerbaijani club Qarabag and in the other ties Marseille play Villarreal, Milan face Slavia Prague and Sporting go up against Atalanta. The Europa League final will take place in Dublin on 22 May.

In the Europa Conference League, Aston Villa will take on Ajax in the last 16.



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