[dropcap]A[/dropcap]rsenal will face Ostersund and their English manager Graham Potter in the last 32 of the Europa League. Monday’s draw paired Arsène Wenger’s men with the Swedish side, who the former Southampton and York defender Potter has taken from the fourth division to the top-ranked Allsvenskan in six years.
The 42-year-old has earned comparisons with Roy Hodgson – who himself managed in Scandinavia in his formative years – and this will be his first clash against English opposition. The draw also saw Brendan Rodgers’s Celtic come out against Russian outfit Zenit St Petersburg.
Nice v Lokomotov Moscow
Copenhagen v Atlético Madrid
Spartak Moscow vAthleticBilbao
AEK Athens v Dynamo Kyiv
Celtic v Zenit St Petersburg
Napoli v RB Leipzig
Red Star Belgrade v CSKA Moscow
Lyon v Villarreal
Real Sociedad v Salzburg
Partizan Belgrade v ViktoriaPlzen
Steaua Bucharest v Lazio
Ludogorets v Milan
Astana v Sporting
Ostersunds v Arsenal
Marseille v Braga
-theguardian.com