Arsenal and Chelsea were among seven teams to reach the UEFA Europa League knockout stage on Thursday, while last year’s runners-up Olympique de Marseille were eliminated at the group phase.
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The four sides based in England and Scotland have been given their groups for the upcoming UEFA Europa League, with Celtic arguably getting the hardest draw.
The union said this has happened less than four weeks after returning from Russia, and the players had been without a sufficient close season break.
However Torres’ side could only manage a draw 2-2 in their last match of the 2017/2018 La Liga campaign at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano
Espanyol are 15th in the standings and had only won one of their previous seven games
Lyon supporters clashed with police outside their stadium — venue for this year’s Europa League final — following the home match against CSKA Moscow on Thursday and several officers were injured.
The north London club fell behind to two quick Ostersund goals in the first half before Sead Kolasinac reduced the deficit after half-time, but Arsenal were unable to make a comeback.
It will be the first time they are meeting since Milan won 4-3 on aggregate to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in 2012 where they lost to FC Barcelona.
The draw was done on Thursday