EUROPA LEAGUE BLOCKBUSTER! Manchester United will play Barcelona for a place in the last 16

For anyone who says that Europa League doesn't matter, just take a look at this matchup! Barcelona and Manchester United go head to head. The draw has pitted United and Barca against each other in the knockout play-off. The two big clubs will battle it out for a place in the round of 16 over two legs.

The Catalans and the Red Devils met 10 times in competitive matches with Barca winning half of those - including Champions League finals of 2009 and 2011. United have only beaten Barca once - in the 2007/08 UCL semi-final.

United reached their third Champions League final by overcoming Barca 1-0 at Old Trafford in 2008 through Paul Scholes's strike but, under the guidance of Pep Guardiola, Barca outclassed United in the 2009 and 2011 finals.

Most recently, United were dismissively defeated 4-0 on aggregate by Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2019.

The draw included second-placed teams from the group stage and the teams that finished third in their Champions League group.

Even though this competition is seen as the second-rate European club competition, the teams that entered the draw promised some high-profile matchups that wouldn't even look out of place in the Champions League.

Here are all the ties:

- Barcelona v Manchester United

- Juventus v Nantes

- Sporting CP v Midtjylland

- Shakhtar Donetsk v Rennes

- Ajax v Union Berlin

- Bayer Leverkusen v Monaco

- Sevilla v PSV

- Salzburg v Roma

Winners of these ties will be joined by the teams that finished top of their respective UEL groups: Arsenal, Fenerbahce, Real Betis, Union Saint-Gilloise, Real Sociedad, Feyenoord, Freiburg and Ferencvaros.