Uefa Cup draw: Spurs Man City and Aston Villa learn their fate

19 December 2008 11:07
Last 32 draw:[LNB]First section: Paris St Germain v Wolfsburg FC Copenhagen v Manchester City NEC Nijmegen v Hamburg Sampdoria v Metalist Kharkiv Braga v Standard LiegeAston Villa v CSKA Moscow Lech Poznan v Udinese Olympiakos v St Etienne [LNB]Second section: Fiorentina v Ajax Aalborg v Deportivo La Coruna Werder Bremen v AC Milan Bordeaux v FC Galatasaray Dynamo Kiev v Valencia Zenit St Petersburg v VfB Stuttgart Marseille v FC Twente Shakhtar Donetsk v Tottenham Hotspur[LNB]The last 32 ties will be played on Feb 18 and 19 with the return legs on Feb 26. [LNB]Last 16 draw:[LNB]Werder Bremen or AC Milan v Olympiakos or St EtienneAston Villa or CSKA Moscow v Shakhtar Donetsk or Tottenham Lech Poznan or Udinese v Zenit St Petersburg or VfB Stuttgart Paris St Germain or Wolfsburg v Braga or Standard Liege Dynamo Kiev or Valencia v Sampdoria or Metalist Kharkiv FC Copenhagen or Manchester City v Aalborg or Deportivo La Coruna Marseille or FC Twente v Fiorentina or Ajax NEC Nijmegen or Hamburg v Bordeaux or FC Galatasaray [LNB]The Premier League rivals would set up an all-English encounter for a place in the quarter-finals if both clubs see off eastern European opposition in the last 32. [LNB]Martin O'Neill's Villa side must overcome CSKA Moscow over two legs to progress to the latter stages of the competition. [LNB]Harry Redknapp's Tottenham side face equally stern opposition in Shakhtar Donetsk who were eliminated from this season's Champions League. [LNB]Spurs were runners-up in their Uefa Cup group after salvaging a 2-2 draw against Spartak Moscow last night. [LNB]Manchester City, meanwhile, who topped their group will have home advantage for the second leg of their last 32 tie against FC Copenhagen. [LNB]Should Mark Hughes' men win their tie, a tough test awaits them in the last 16 with a clash against either another Danish side in Aalborg or Spain's Deportivo La Coruna. [LNB]In one of the ties of the rounds, seven-time European champions AC Milan will play Werder Bremen with the winners advancing to meet Olympiakos or St. Etienne. [LNB]Holders Zenit St Petersburg were drawn against Stuttgart after the Russian team finished third in their Champions League group. [LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB]

Source: Telegraph