FCZ President Ancillo Canepa had wished for a opponent from England, because never in his term of office were taken by the Zurich-based on a heavy weight from the Premier League. The desire of the President has not been met, the Zurich got in the draw in Nyon not Arsenal or Chelsea as an opponent, however, the FCZ also received an attractive Los.
Napoli, in the last few years, regularly the number 2 in Italy behind series champion Juventus of Turin, has for the Champions League already a sufficient level of play. The Carlo Ancelotti coached southern Italians failed in the Premier class just to Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool, and were referenced in the Europa League. The first leg takes place on 14. February in Zurich’s Letzigrund instead, the return match a week later at the San Paolo in Naples.
A Swiss duel
a Swiss duel in the match between Galatasaray Istanbul with Eren Derdiyok and Benfica Lissabon, with Haris Seferovic. Arsenal, with Granit Xhaka and Stephan Lichtsteiner have to travel to Belarus and meets BATE Borisov. The Adi Hütter has coached Eintracht Frankfurt, with Gelson Fernandes, the group phase, survived without any point loss, received with Shakhtar Donetsk is a difficult task. Viktoria Plzen is playing against Dinamo Zagreb with Mario Gavranovic, Michael Frey meets with Fenerbahçe Istanbul to Zenit St. Petersburg.
Europe League. Draw. Sixteenth finals: FC Zürich – Naples, Viktoria Plzen, Dinamo Zagreb, club Brugge – Salzburg, Rapid Wien – Inter Milan, Slavia Prague – Genk, FK Krasnodar – Bayer Leverkusen, Malmo – Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk – Eintracht Frankfurt, Celtic Glasgow – Valencia, Rennes – Betis Sevilla, Olympiakos Piraeus, Dynamo Kiev, Lazio Rom – FC Sevilla, Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Zenit St. Petersburg, Sporting Lisbon, Villarreal, BATE Borisov, Arsenal, Galatasaray Istanbul – Benfica Lisbon.
The first legs will find on 14. February, the return games on February 21. February. – The FC Zurich first occurs at home. (sda)
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