• Europa League

United & City miss out on semi-final showdown

ESPNsoccernet staff
March 16, 2012
Athletic Bilbao beat Manchester United twice © PA Photos
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Athletic Bilbao, conquerors of Manchester United, will face German side Schalke in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Sporting Lisbon, who held off Manchester City to clinch their place in the last eight, will play Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv.

Athletic and Sporting could face each other in the semi-finals - their quarter-finals have been paired together.

Two other Spanish sides are also still in the Europa League - Atletico Madrid play Bundesliga side Hannover in one quarter-final with the winners facing the victors of the other between Dutch side AZ Alkmaar and Valencia.

The matchdays are:
Quarter-finals: March 29 and April 5
Semi-finals: April 19 and April 26
Final (Bucharest): May 9

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