Gunners draw Udinese
Arsenal were today handed a Champions League play-off draw against Italian side Udinese.
Arsene Wenger’s men collapsed at the end of the last Barclays Premier League season to finish fourth and so face a qualifying tie to secure safe passage to the lucrative group stages for a 14th season.
The Gunners were seeded for today’s draw in Nyon, and will face a two-legged fixture over August 16/17 and 23/24, which is sandwiched between some tough Barclays Premier League games against Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester United.
Wisla Krakow v APOEL
Maccabi Haifa v Genk
Dinamo Zagreb v Malmo
FC Copenhagen v Plzen
BATE Borisov v Sturm Graz
Odense BK v Villarreal
FC Twente v Benfica
Arsenal v Udinese
Bayern Munich v Zurich
Lyon v Rubin Kazan
First legs to be played on August 16/17 with the return fixtures scheduled for August 23/24.
