Milan handed comfortable UEFA Cup draw

Seven-times European champions AC Milan were handed a comfortable UEFA Cup assignment on Tuesday after being drawn with Heerenveen, Braga, Portsmouth and Wolfsburg in the competition's group stage.

English Premier League strugglers Tottenham Hotspur will take on Spartak Moscow, Serie A joint leaders Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb and Dutch side Nijmegen.

In a tough Group C, 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup winners Sevilla were drawn against German side Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrade and Belgian champions Standard Liege.

THE DRAW

GROUP A
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Paris St Germain (France)
Manchester City (England)
Racing Santander (Spain)
Twente Enschede (Netherlands)

GROUP B
Benfica (Portugal)
Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
Hertha Berlin (Germany)
Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)

GROUP C
Sevilla (Spain)
VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Sampdoria (Italy)
Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
Standard Liege (Belgium)

GROUP D
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)
Udinese (Italy)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
NEC Nijmegen (Netherlands)

GROUP E
AC Milan (Italy)
Heerenveen (Netherlands)
Braga (Portugal)
Portsmouth (England)
VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)

GROUP F
Hamburg SV (Germany)
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Aston Villa (England)
Zilina (Slovakia)

GROUP G
Valencia (Spain)
Club Bruges (Belgium)
Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway)
FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
St Etienne (France)

GROUP H
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Deportivo Coruna (Spain)
Feyenoord (Netherlands)
AS Nancy (France)
Lech Poznan (Poland)

Comments

edmond camilleri (on 8/10/08)

All groups seem to be evenly matched and one can expect some surprises as usually happens during this stage of the competition, with regards to Milan, on current form, they themselves as other 'so called favourites' may fall victims also.

steve pace (on 7/10/08)

There is no such thing as an easy draw at this level and Italian teams are not what they used to be expect Pompey and Wolfsburg to be very worthy opponents.