Just like in the Champions League, the Premier League has two representatives in the Europa League quarter-finals this season, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.
The penalty shootout victory against Midtjylland helped Forest rewrite history with a ticket to the Europa League/UEFA Cup quarter-finals after exactly 3 decades of waiting. The opponent of the City Ground home team will be Porto - the team that just defeated Stuttgart with a score of 4-1 in the round of 16.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa also easily overcame Lille with a total score of 3-0 after two legs, thereby for the first time winning a ticket to the quarter-finals of the second most prestigious cup tournament in Europe since 1998.
The next challenge for the Villa Park team will be Bologna, a club that has just experienced 120 minutes of tension to defeat AS Roma with a score of 4-3 at the Olimpico.
Because they are in the same bracket, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest can completely face each other in the semi-finals.
Similar to the Premier League, La Liga also contributes two representatives to the Europa League quarter-finals this season. Real Betis and Celta Vigo will face Braga and Freiburg respectively. Fans are expecting the possibility of semi-final pairings all England or all Spain.
The first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals will take place on April 10, while the second legs will be held a week later.
