Berlin – Chelsea go to Sweden's Malmo and London rivals Arsenal
head to Belarus' BATE Borisov in the Europa League last 32 drawn on
Monday.
Record five-time winners Sevilla have a tasty tie against Italy's
Lazio, crosstown rivals Real Betis play French side Rennes and Carlo
Ancelotti's Napoli were drawn to face Zurich at the UEFA headquarters
in Lyon, Switzerland.
Arsenal recorded their biggest-ever win in Europe's second tier event
last year against BATE, thrashing them 6-0 at home and 4-2 away in
the group stage.
They won the event in 1970 before it was officially recognized by
UEFA and now hope to go all the way with coach Unai Emery, who led
Sevilla to three straight titles 2014-2016.
Chelsea and Malmo have never met before but the Blues have fond
memories of Sweden, winning the 1998 Cup Winners' Cup final against
German side VfB Stuttgart in Stockholm.
The other ties are Viktoria Plzen v Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge v last
season's semi-finalists Salzburg, Rapid Vienna v Inter Milan, Slavia
Prague v Genk, Krasnodar v Bayer Leverkusen, a duel of former winners
Shakhtar Donetsk v Eintracht Frankfurt, Celtic v Valencia, Olympiacos
v Dynamo Kiev, Fenerbahce v Zenit St Petersburg, Sporting Lisbon v
Villarreal and Galatasaray v Benfica.
Matches are played February 12/14 and February 20/21. The final is
May 29 in Baku.