Europa Conference League draw LIVE: Aston Villa will play Ajax in huge tie

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First out of the hat… it’s Sparta Prague

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Liverpool draw Sparta. Tough draw for the Czech side.

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Marseille out next.

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Marseille will be facing Villarreal.

Some European heritage in both clubs, there.

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Next out – it’s Daniele De Rossi’s Roma. 

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Roma are going to play Brighton & Hove Albion.

Tricky tie for the Seagulls, as Roberto De Zerbi returns to Italy.

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Benfica out next.

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Benfica play Rangers.

Tough draw for the Gers.

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Freiburg up next.

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Freiburg will face off against West Ham United. 

Again. After facing them in the group stage. 

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Sporting, now.

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Sporting vs Atalanta.

Another same-group match-up.

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Milan, out next. 

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AC Milan will be playing Slavia Prague, avoiding Bayer Leverkusen.

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John O’Shea confirms Qarabag will play Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen 

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That lineup in full:

Sparta Prague vs Liverpool

Marseille vs Villarreal

Roma vs Brighton

Benfica vs Rangers

Freiburg vs West Ham

Sporting vs Atalanta

Milan vs Slavia Prague

Qarabag vs Bayer Leverkusen

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Some huge ties for the next round – and from a neutral perspective, perhaps the most exciting is Brighton facing off against Roma.

Jose Mourinho isn’t there anymore but the Seagulls will be playing against Daniele De Rossi for a place in the quarter-finals. This is after having to play European royalty in the form of Marseille and Ajax in the groups.

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It’s Celtic who are more commonly associated with Lisbon – but now Rangers are heading there.

Benfica will face Philippe Clement’s side in the next round, in what should be a difficult test for the Glaswegians. The Eagles were Champions League quarter-finalists last season. 

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With the Conference League places secured last night, check out this Legia Warsaw banner from the play-off round…

(Image credit: Getty Images)

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On the subject of the Europa Conference League, Chelsea could qualify for it this weekend… and turn down the place

(Image credit: Getty Images)It’s all explained here by Joe Mewis.

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Five minutes until the Conference League draw.

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The seeded teams:

Lille

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Viktoria Plzen

Fiorentina

PAOK

Fenerbahce

Club Brugge

and… Aston Villa

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The unseeded teams:

Sturm Graz

Maccabi Haifa

Dinamo Zagreb

Ajax

Molde

Olympiacos

Union Saint-Gilloise

Servette

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Kostas Katsouranis is here to present the draw. When asked by Pedro Pinto what he’s been impressed with thus far, he simply replies that he hopes a Greek team makes the final. Fair enough. 

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Servette are out first from the hat (well, the bowl).

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Servette plays Viktoria Plzen, the only team to have won all six group stage games. A dark horse, there?

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Now for Ajax.

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Ajax will play Aston Villa.

Oh, boy. What a tie.

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Molde out now.

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Club Brugge drawn against Molde. 

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Union Saint-Gilloise, out next. 

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Union SG play Fenerbahce. 

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Dinamo Zagreb, next. 

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Dinamo Zagreb plays against PAOK of Greece. 

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Sturm Graz, now. Five teams left in the draw.

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Sturm Graz plays Lille.

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Maccabi Haifa is out next – but because Maccabi Tel Aviv are in the draw, they’ll play Fiorentina.

That means Olympiacos will play Maccabi Tel Aviv. 

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The draw in full:

Servette vs Viktoria Plzen

Ajax vs Aston Vill

Molde vs Club Brugge

Union Saint-Gilloise vs Fenerbahce

Dinamo Zagreb vs PAOK

Sturm Graz vs Lille

Maccabi Haifa vs Fiorentina

Olympiacos vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv

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