Fortunately today’s Europa League draw has spared us from two months of Young Boys in Man City jokes – the English favourites (yes, I went there) drew Greek side Aris and Young Boys are going to Russia to play former and controversial winners Zenit St. Petersburg. Also of interest may be Atiba Hutchinson’s PSV draw against Lille and Liverpool’s match-up with Sparta Prague.
The full draw and round of 16 brackets below the jump:
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Benfica - Stuttgart
Vs.
BATE - Paris Saint-Germain
Beşiktaş - Dynamo Kyiv
Vs.
Aris - Manchester City
Rubin Kazan – Twente
Vs.
Young Boys - Zenit St. Petersburg
PAOK - CSKA Moscow
Vs.
Sevilla - Porto
Lille - PSV Eindhoven
Vs.
Rangers - Sporting CP
Metalist Kharkiv - Bayer Leverkusen
Vs.
Napoli - Villarreal
Anderlecht – Ajax
Vs.
Basel - Spartak Moscow
Sparta Prague – Liverpool
Vs.
Lech Poznań - Braga
Round of 32 games go February 17 and 24, with the round of 16 being played March 10 and 17.