Real’s possible rivals and how the Europa League draw works

Real Sociedad returned to the Europa League today after a competitive Erasmus season for the Champions League. He returned to a tournament where he left on March 16, 2023 against Roma with Le Normand, Merino, Silva and Sorlothamong others, and returning without them, with another group to write a “new book,” in the words of Afternoon. He has yet to play but will meet his eight European rivals this season in the renewed Europa League format with a new and unique draw. The txuri urdin club will be from pot 2 and will face two rivals from each pot, one at home and one away. They will not be able to face Athletic or play against more than two teams from the same country. It should be noted that the new format proposes a single league of 36 teams where you compete against everyone to achieve the best possible classification position, despite directly facing eight teams.

The gala event will take place at 1:00 pm The draw will work exactly like yesterday’s Champions League draw. Innocent hands will first draw physical ballots from pot 1. After each ballot, the computer, taking into account the conditions, will digitally draw eight matches and decide who will play home and away to someone outside.

The txuri urdin fans were left yesterday, due to the result of the last 12 qualifiers, with no good trips to Ireland (Shamrock Rovers), Norway (Molde), Scotland (Hearts), Austria (LASK or Rapid Vienna) or Switzerland (Lugano) but The options of a duel against the Greek PAOK of Jonathan Gomez or against Olympiacos Mendilibar. There may also be opportunities to travel to major capitals such as London, Rome, Glasgow, Prague, Istanbul or Brussels.

Three coconuts to avoid

There are three obvious boogeymen to avoid both by name and level of this course. Two are regular and old rivals. Manchester United and Roma lead the pot 1 score in terms of coefficient. On the other hand is Tottenham, very well reinforced this season and showing a good level at the start of the league. Also from pot 1 so the three are not direct rivals of Real. Other opponents to avoid are those that involve a complicated or very long trip on a schedule that is so tight that players are not allowed to rest. In this section, Latvian RFS will enter, although it is one of the weakest teams, Norwegian Bodo Glimt or especially Azerbaijani Qarabag.

The most affordable rivals in each pot could be Slavia Prague and Rangers at 1, Maccabi Tel Aviv and PAOK at 2, Malmo and Ludogorets at 3 and the Latvian RFS, Swedish Elfsborg (the one with the lowest coefficient, debutant) and the Romanian FCSB at 4. The last club to qualify, close to midnight, was Hungarian Ferencvaros, who won on penalties against weak and mediocre Bosnian Borac.

Xabi Prieto, spokesperson in Monaco

Real Sociedad, in the midst of depression due to the defeat against Alavés and the complicated situation in the market, will face a new draw in the Europa League. It’s in Monaco at 1:00 pm and the Txuri Urdin club will have a truly luxurious representative. Xabi Prieto, true legend, eternal captain and current representative of the institution will be the spokesperson of the club there and he will speak to the media. The club confirmed this to this newspaper. The expedition of txuri urdin also included the vice president Ángel Oyarzun and other employees who manage the logistics of the organization between the clubs. The big absences, therefore, are Roberto Olabe and Jokin Aperribay. The first does not usually attend these events but the second does. His non-presence speaks to how busy the last few hours of the transfer market have been at Real.

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The order of matches and exact dates will be known on Saturday

The renewed competition and draw format also has something new that you don’t have to wait just one day to find out the times of each match. Also the order and dates of the confrontations, which will not be known until Saturday. This time, the victim is the fan, as always. You will have one less day to plan the trips you want to take from then, despite knowing the four destinations of Real in the same phase of this league.
This will affect, above all, the first trip if Real are lucky, or unlucky, to play away from home on the first day of the Europa League. Almost no time left and every day is golden to plan the trip. That first day will take place on September 25 or 26, in less than a month.