Europa Conference League draw LIVE: Aston Villa will play Ajax in huge tie
It's the Europa Conference League draw live, with Aston Villa aiming for another European trophy
First out of the hat… it's Sparta Prague
Liverpool draw Sparta. Tough draw for the Czech side.
Marseille out next.
Marseille will be facing Villarreal.
Next out – it's Daniele De Rossi's Roma.
Roma are going to play Brighton & Hove Albion.
Benfica out next.
Benfica play Rangers.
Freiburg up next.
Freiburg will face off against West Ham United.
Sporting, now.
Sporting vs Atalanta.
Milan, out next.
AC Milan will be playing Slavia Prague, avoiding Bayer Leverkusen.
John O'Shea confirms Qarabag will play Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen
That lineup in full:
Some huge ties for the next round – and from a neutral perspective, perhaps the most exciting is Brighton facing off against Roma.
It's Celtic who are more commonly associated with Lisbon – but now Rangers are heading there.
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Five minutes until the Conference League draw.
The seeded teams:
The unseeded teams:
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.
Servette are out first from the hat (well, the bowl).
Servette plays Viktoria Plzen, the only team to have won all six group stage games. A dark horse, there?
Now for Ajax.
Ajax will play Aston Villa.
Molde out now.
Club Brugge drawn against Molde.
Union Saint-Gilloise, out next.
Union SG play Fenerbahce.
Dinamo Zagreb, next.
Dinamo Zagreb plays against PAOK of Greece.
Sturm Graz, now. Five teams left in the draw.
Sturm Graz plays Lille.
Maccabi Haifa is out next – but because Maccabi Tel Aviv are in the draw, they'll play Fiorentina.
The draw in full:
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