Denis Doyle
Liverpool draw Zenit St. Petersburg, Tottenham get Lyon, Chelsea face Sparta Prague and Borussia Monchengladbach get Lazio in the first knockout round.
The Europa League draw for the first round is done, and it's thrown up some interesting ties. Zenit St Petersburg vs. Liverpool is probably the most alluring, but Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Lazio and Tottenham vs. Lyon should also be enticing contests.
BATE Borisov v Fenerbahce
Inter Milan v CFR Cluj
Levante v Olympiakos
Zenit St Petersburg v Liverpool
Dynamo Kiev v Bordeaux
Bayer Leverkusen v Benfica
Newcastle v Metalist Kharkiv
Stuttgart v Genk
Atletico Madrid v Rubin Kazan
Ajax v Steaua Bucharest
Basel v Dnipro
Anzhi Makhachkala v Hannover
Sparta Prague v Chelsea
Borussia Monchengladbach v Lazio
Tottenham v Lyon
Napoli v Viktoria Plzen
Overall, a few interesting ties, but mostly we'll be waiting to the next round before we really get into it. And speaking of which, that draw is coming up now. We'll post the results of that as well as previews of the highlights of the first round of Europa League fixtures here, so stay tuned.
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