Europa League: Arsenal draw AC Milan in last 16 as race for Champions...

Arsenal has been drawn against former Italian giants AC Milan for the round of 16 in Europa League. The Gunners qualified for that stage despite losing 2-1 to Swedish minnows Ostersunds FK on Thursday but won the first away leg 3-0 making it 4-2 on aggregate.

The English side were the last team to be drawn from the pot on Friday afternoon, which means they will be the visitors in the first leg of their tie and will now travel to San Siro in Italy for the first leg on March 8, while Milan will travel to London for the return match just a week later on March 15.

Arsenal team against Ostersunds on Thursday night [www.AmenRadio.net] — **Arsenal team against Ostersunds on Thursday night**

AC Milan, who are currently sitting seventh in Serie A table, beat Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad 4-0 on aggregate without conceding a goal in the previous round (3-0 in the first leg and 1-0 in the second leg) to reach the last 16

Wenger said his team “had no ideas with the ball” after they lost 2-1 at home to a side that were founded in 1996 and have risen from Sweden’s fourth tier in seven years under English manager Graham Potter.

Arsenal’s most recent European meeting with AC Milan saw them exit the competition with a 4-3 loss on aggregate in the 2011-2012 edition of the Champions League after a 4-0 win by AC Milan in the first leg and The Gunners later winning 3-0 in the Second leg in London to crash out of the tournament.

Arsenal’s best hope of qualifying for the Champion’s League next season will be to win the Europa League this season as they currently occupy sixth position on Premier League table and a gap of 6 points between them and Chelsea who sits fourth on the table

The Europa League round 16 draw for 2018 in full [www.AmenRadio.net] — **The Europa League round 16 draw for 2018 in full**

Meanwhile, in other draws, Atletico Madrid were handed a seemingly more straightforward draw against Lokomotiv Moscow which seems quite easy for the La Liga dreamers, while German vice giants Dortmund will take on Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg which also might look an easy to handle kind of draw for the team that has a Mitchy Batsuayi in the best form of his life so far.

Elsewhere, another German side but this time quite an adolescent in the race for the title, RB Leipzig who knocked out the current Serie A leaders Napoli, will face the Russian side Zenit St Petersburg who ended the spell of the Scottish Celtic in this years Europa League. The first leg to be played in Germany.

Lazio were drawn against Dynamo Kiev, with French side Olympic Marseille to take on Athletic Bilbao, and Sporting CP facing Viktoria Plzen while another French side Olympic Lyon will have to gather everything they’ve got in order to get past CSKA Moscow if they are to reach the final at their home stadium in May which might be a plus for them if they eventually get to the final.