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Despite their domestic struggles Arsenal have found the going a lot easier in Europe and will now face a trip to Olympiacos in the first knockout round. Manchester United also secured top spot after an up and down campaign with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side now facing off against Club Brugge. Wolves were also in the hat, as one of the unseeded teams, and now take on Espanyol of La Liga.
Scotland were also well represented with Celtic meeting Copenhagen and Rangers facing Braga. We'll have all the latest reaction for you right here:
Wolves vs Espanyol
Sporting vs Istanbul Basaksehir
Getafe vs Ajax
Bayer Leverkusen vs Porto
FC Copenhagen vs Celtic
APOEL vs Basel
CFR Cluj vs Sevilla
Olympiacos vs Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar vs LASK
Club Brugge vs Man United
Ludogorets vs Inter Milan
Frankfurt vs Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Benfica
Wolfsburg vs Malmo
Roma vs Gent
Rangers vs Braga
A reminder that the Europa League draw will follow the Champions League draw, which kicks off in half an hour. Arsenal, Manchester United and Wolves all find themselves in the mix of 32 teams, but it also features some dangerous opponents like Inter Milan and Ajax. There is bound to be a couple of belting ties in there, you would think.
Here's Jose Mourinho on the Champions League draw. He tends to be at his best when his side is an underdog, and Tottenham are certainly that right now.
Here's Liverpool following that extraordinary win over Barcelona back in April. Still not entirely sure why this lot are not favourites. The one place you would not want to go in this round-of-16 draw is surely Anfield.
A reminder of the seeded clubs in this draw:
- Barcelona (ESP: Group F)
- Bayern München (GER: Group B)
- Juventus (ITA: Group D)
- Leipzig (GER: Group G)
- Liverpool (ENG, holders: Group E)
- Manchester City (ENG: Group C)
- Paris Saint-Germain (FRA: Group A)
- Valencia (ESP: Group H)
And the unseeded sides:
- Atalanta (ITA: Group C)
- Atlético (ESP: Group D)
- Chelsea (ENG: Group H)
- Dortmund (GER: Group F)
- Lyon (FRA: Group G)
- Napoli (ITA: Group E)
- Real Madrid (ESP: Group A)
- Tottenham Hotspur (ENG: Group B)
Who would you like to see paired together? Atalanta vs Leizpig would be fun, two ambitious teams who play good football. Seeing Jadon Sancho in England would be fun, perhaps against Liverpool?
So here comes the draw, very shortly. A reminder that you cannot be drawn against a club from your own nation, so there will be no Liverpool vs Chelsea throwbacks in this round, and likewise you cannot face the other club who qualified from your group.
Here we go... I'm fairly excited. Let's not go overboard.
Kelly Smith, of England fame, is in the building to assist the usual Uefa suits with the draw.
Hamit Altıntop is the special guest, a Turkey legend who is talking up the 'road to Istanbul 2020'. I can report he still has luscious hair and cheekbones to grate cheese with.
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