Arab Times

United to play Brugge in Europa round of 32

Inter drawn with Razgrad

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NYON, Switzerlan­d, Dec 16, (AP): Manchester United will play against Belgian champion Brugge in the round of 32 of the Europa League.

Monday’s draw also paired Arsenal, last year’s runners-up in the secondtier competitio­n, with Greek club Olympiakos.

Ajax in the Europa League final to secure a place in the Champions League.

Other teams switching across as third-place finishers in their Champions League groups include Benfica and Shakhtar Donetsk, who were drawn to play each other.

Inter Milan were paired with Ludogorets Razgrad, and Salzburg will face Eintracht Frankfurt.

Arsenal will play the first leg against Olympiakos in Greece. Record fivetime champions Sevilla were paired with Romanian club Cluj, and Roma will play Gent.

The first legs will be played on Feb. 20, with the return games on Feb. 27.

The May 27 final will be in Gdansk, Poland.

Europa League Draw Wolverhamp­ton (England) Espanyol (Spain)

Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) Istanbul Başakşehir (Turkey) Getafe (Spain) vs Ajax (Netherland­s) Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) vs Porto (Portugal)

Copenhagen (Denmark) vs Celtic (Scotland)

APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) vs Basel (Switzerlan­d) Cluj (Romania) vs Sevilla (Spain) Olympiakos (Greece) vs Arsenal (England)

AZ Alkmaar LASK (Austria)

Brugge (Belgium) vs Manchester United (England)

Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) vs Inter Milan (Italy)

Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) vs Salzburg (Austria)

Shakhtar Donetsk Benfica (Portugal)

Wolfsburg (Germany) vs Malmö (Sweden) Roma (Italy) vs Gent (Belgium) Rangers (Scotland) vs Braga (Portugal)

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