Friday, March 29, 2024

Europa League quarter-final draw: who can Arsenal get?

The draw for the quarter-finals of the Europa League takes place at noon today* and Arsenal will have be hoping for favourable balls as we look to make progress.

These are the teams we can draw and our record against them in European competition.

Atletico Madrid

Never played

Marseille

2013-14 – Champions League

Arsenal 2-0 Marseille
Marseille 1-2 Arsenal

2011-12 – Champions League

Arsenal 0-0 Marseille
Marseille 0-1 Arsenal

Lazio

1970-71 – Fairs Cup

Arsenal 2-0 Lazio
Lazio 2-2 Arsenal

2000-01 – Champions League

Lazio 1-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 2-0 Lazio

Sporting Lisbon

1969-70 – Fairs Cup

Arsenal 3-0 Sporting
Sporting 0-0 Arsenal

RB Leipzig

Never played

Red Bull Salzburg

Never played

CSKA Moscow

2006-07 – Champions League

Arsenal 0-0 CSKA
CSKA 1-0 Arsenal

Arsene Wenger spoke after last night’s win about our potential opponents, saying, “Maybe the team who is the biggest favourite is Atletico Madrid, but anyway, what I like doesn’t matter too much because I have no influence on it.

“We have to wait for tomorrow and see who we get. If we get Atletico Madrid, we get Atletico Madrid. We have now some time to recover and prepare for it.”

For more on last night’s game and the media reaction to it, check out today’s Arseblog.

* after all the tedious crap that comes before it

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hahahaha

Hopefully Atleti. Better take them on now than later. Would help the atmosphere around the stadium for the remainder of games if we managed to knock them out now.

Petits Handbag

Can’t agree with that. Feel like we have a better chance in a one off game then over two legs.

TommyGun

I am not sure if that is necessarily true. I think that we have the ability to beat them and that may be more likely over two legs, I think I would just rather play them in the semis as we seem to be gathering a bit of momentum at the moment and will have more players back by then.

ramgooner

Let’s hope Atleti draw CSKA and we draw Marseille. Lazio draw Leipzig and Lisbon draw Salzburg.

Slasher

Marseille played well against Bilbao with Payet on form. His dribbling can cause Arsenal defence problems.

I wouldn’t mind Leipzig or Lisbon

Too Drunk To Be Offside

I agree. Sure a lot of fans would want Salzburg or someone, but Europa League won’t be judged on how deep Arsenal go into the tournament. Even a runners up is not good enough.

So its best to face Atleti and get rid of them for its clear at some point Arsenal will have to defeat them in the tournament.

Mootilated

Unless they get knocked out by one of the easier teams in the next round by sheer luck….

AmericanGooner

Ala Borussia Dortmund

Vaibhav

Lets play some one new, would be refreshing to see us competing against the likes of Leipzig, Salzburg or Atleti

Evang. Simon

Just give us someone we can beat comfortably

NaijaGunnerz

I prefer we play Atleti now than Final

henry

We are going to Moscow.

henry

There. I had said it.

Christopher Wreh

I feel we can beat anyone in a one off game I really do – so if we can avoid Madrid ’til the final (if we get there) that would be ideal. Would be nice if Madrid and one of the other decent sides drew each other to be fair.

Do not fancy Moscow one bit either. Fuck that

Out of all of them I’d be happiest with Lisbon

Ronron

It’s gonna be Bayern

Killjoy

I wonder if all the other teams are thinking “not arsenal, not arsenal!”

gooner1981

After Ostersund, no. After Milan most of them, barring maybe Atleti

Killjoy

True. Lacazette will be back in time for the next match.
That raises our level of talent considerably. The idea of a European cup run is getting me excited about arsenal again after so long!

Vienna Gooner

As an Austrian I would love to play Salzburg! I would only have a three hour ride by car to the away match.

Thierry Bergkamp

So, none of those teams have ever beaten Arsenal. May it continue for this season, at least.

Vehcede

Cska

Thierry Bergkamp

Right you are sir

jon

All are worthy opponents. I would avoid CSKA and Leipzig, two very good teams which our players would be prone (more or less consciously) to underestimate.

Putney

Anything but CSKA please.

ramgooner

True.

LEFT08

Not another final against Spanish opposition please.

Jean Ralphio

We’re going to have to defend better than we did yesterday if we’re going to win this. Give Diego Costa or Werner the chances Milan has yesterday and they’d probably score. We looked more solid with Chambers at RB.

daniel

definetely hope atletico get cska, 2 teams to avoid , I remember that marseille game so clearly, 90 minutes of just nothing at all happening, and that ramsey goal right at the end

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