Four in Europa League draw

Thursday January 30 2014

Serie A will be represented by Fiorentina, Napoli, Juventus and Lazio in today’s Europa League last 32 draw.

The Viola and the capital outfit progressed to this stage of the competition via the groups, while Napoli and Juventus were demoted from the Champions League.

Fiorentina and Napoli are in one pot, while Juventus and Lazio are in the other. There can be no all-Italian affair, while Fiorentina and Lazio can’t play a side they faced in the earlier groups.

The last 32 ties will be staged on 20 and 27 February. The draw for the last 16, ties to be played March 13 and 20, will also be made today.

The Final will be staged at the Juventus Stadium on Wednesday 14 May.

Top seeds: Fiorentina, Napoli, Valencia, Ludogorets, Salzburg, Rubin Kazan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Genk, Sevilla, Lyon, Trabzonspor, Tottenham, AZ Alkmaar, Benfica, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk

Second seeds: Juventus, Lazio, Ajax, Porto, Viktoria Plzen, Swansea, Chornomorets, Esbjerg, Maribor, Dnipro, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Dinamo Kiev, Slovan Liberec, Betis, Anzhi, PAOK.

Source: Football-Italia

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