Europa League Rule Changes That Will Affect Manchester United, Draw Details

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UEFA have confirmed that the draws for the Europa quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will take place at their headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday 10 July.

The governing body last month announced that the 2019/20 Europa League will be conducted in Germany in August.

The quarter- and semi-finals will be reduced to one leg from the standard two-leg format, with the games commencing on August 5 and the final taking place on August 21.

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There will be three draws made on Friday. One will be for the quarter-finals, another for the semi-finals, and then a third to determine the ‘home’ side in the final for administrative reasons.

It is also worth noting that there are no seedings and no country protection, so teams can face opposition from the same national association.

 

And similar to the Premier League, teams will be able to make five substitutions a game but will only be allowed to make these changes at three points in the game.

 

These three occasions do not include changes at half-time, between the end of normal playing time and extra-time, and at half-time during extra time. One additional substitution may also be allowed during extra-time.

A total of 23 players will be allowed on a team’s teamsheet for games instead of 18, something usually only permitted for the final.

Manchester United took control of their Europa League last-16 tie with a resounding first-leg win at LASK back in March.

Odion Ighalo, Daniel James, Juan Mata, Mason Greenwood and Andreas Pereira handed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side a 5-0 win in Austria.

 

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