Manchester United will be extremely happy with their draw in the Europa League last 16 after drawing with Austrian side LASK Linz.
The Red Devils made it past Club Brugge in the last 32 on Thursday night and would have been hoping to avoid the likes of Inter, Sevilla and even fellow Premier League side Wolves.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side were drawn against Arsenal's victors Olympiakos whilst Rangers, who made it through after beating Braga in Portugal on Wednesday, were paired with Bayer Leverkusen.
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Istanbul Basaksehir vs FC Copenhagen
Olympiakos vs Wolves
Rangers vs Bayer Leverkusen
Wolfsburg vs Shakhtar
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Inter vs Getafe
Sevilla vs Roma
Frankfurt/Salzburg vs Basel
LASK Linz vs Manchester United
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side went into the second leg on Thursday after drawing the first game 1-1 in Belgium but were soon on top against their visitors.
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Daniel James shot was saved brilliantly by Simon Deli, unfortunately for Brugge he's a centre back and was shown his marching orders and United awarded a penalty.
The increasingly impressive Bruno Fernandes stepped up to make it 1-0, after just 27 minutes, and put the Red Devils well on their way to the last 16.
Odion Ighalo scored his first goal since joining the club on loan in January on 34 minutes before Scott McTominay, making his first start since last year, made it 3-0 before half time.
United were able to take their foot off the gas a little but Fred put the cherry on the top of their win with two goals in the final 10 minutes to make it the perfect night.
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Wolves join United, and fellow Brits Rangers, in the next round of the competition despite losing 3-2 in Spain to Espanyol.
Espirito Santo's side got their work done in the first leg, winning 4-0 at home, and completely ended the tie in the 22nd minute when Adama Traore's goal made it 1-1 on the night and left the home side needing another five goals.
Jonathan Calleri bagged a hat-trick for the home side, including a 91st minute winner, after Matt Doherty had made it 2-2, but the Premier League side won 6-3 on aggregate.
There were some high profile casualties in UEFA's second tier European competition on Thursday night. Arsenal and Celtic both crashed out in dramatic fashion.
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The Scottish side looked to be heading for extra time when Odsonne Edouard scored in the 83rd minute but visiting Copenhagen scored in the 85th and 88th minute to secure their place in the draw.
Benfica, Sporting, Porto and Ajax were the other high profile sides knocked out, with Benfica and Ajax joining Brugge as sides who have gone from being in the Champions League groups to not being in European competition.
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