Europa League draw in full: Arsenal and Chelsea learn quarter-final and semi-final fixtures confirmed

The quarter-final draw was concluded in Nyon

Unai Emery 'excited' by Arsenal's chances of winning the Europa League

Arsenal will play Napoli in the Europa League quarter-finals, bringing coach Carlo Ancelotti back to London where he won a Premier League title with Chelsea.

The Blues will meet Slavia Prague, who shocked five-time winners Sevilla with a comeback late in extra time in the round of 16 on Thursday.

An all-Spanish pairing sees Villarreal play Valencia, and three-time runners-up Benfica will face Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Key Points

• The 2019 Europa League draw took place on Friday
• Arsenal will face Napoli in a tricky-looking quarter-final
• Chelsea take on Slavia Prague in what looks an easier tie
• Four Premier League sides in Champions League draw which also took place on Friday

[15 March 2019 10:50 · Kishan Vaghela]

Before the draw, make sure you check out this excellent piece from Miguel Delaney on the old and the new in the Champions League this season.

If we believe the post below, looks like the teams changing the European landscape could be pitted against each other.

[15 March 2019 10:51 · Kishan Vaghela]

How will these facial expressions change come 12:30pm today?

[15 March 2019 10:57 · Kishan Vaghela]

About to begin in Nyon.

I hear you ask, can this season's Champions League get any better after the topsy-turvy nature of the previous round.

Well, every team has overcome some sort of difficulty and therefore have more than merited their place in the last eight as well as potential semi-final places.

Let's see what it brings.

[15 March 2019 11:01 · Kishan Vaghela]

And here we are as Pedro Pinto walks on to the stage to open proceedings, with the coveted trophy behind him.

[15 March 2019 11:05 · Kishan Vaghela]

And now the highlights reel of all the last-16 ties plays as we wait for Giorgio Marchetti who has been warming up backstage for a while now.

[15 March 2019 11:05 · Kishan Vaghela]

And speaking of Marchetti, here he is!

[15 March 2019 11:08 · Kishan Vaghela]

Marchetti is just leading the parties present through the procedures of the draw and all the possible conundrums that could be thrown up by it.

Everyone nervously waits as our first guest is introduced through another UEFA montage klaxon, this time for former Inter Milan golakeeper Julio Cesar. 

[15 March 2019 11:10 · Kishan Vaghela]

"It was incredible to win this trophy" says former QPR keeper Cesar.

Guess we can tell that by this expression back in 2010.

[15 March 2019 11:12 · Kishan Vaghela]

HERE WE GO!

[15 March 2019 11:12 · Kishan Vaghela]

THE FIRST NAME OUT IS - Ajax