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    Destination Seville

    Sep 03, 2021 4 minutes

    It’s the Europa League, but not quite as we know it. UEFA’s secondary competition is now much more streamlined, with fewer sides taking part in qualifying and a group stage reduced from 48 teams to 32.

    There will also be a brand-new preliminary knockout round featuring the runners-up from each group and the third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

    Once those Champions League teams drop in, the dynamics of the Europa League can change, but for the past three years it has been won by a side who’ve participated in this tournament’s group stage.

    No recent winners are present as this season’s edition kicks off, but defending champions Villarreal are one of the past winners who could feasibly drop from the

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