Friday, August 5, 2011

Arsenal Face Udinese in Champions League Play-off and Arsenal Manager Wenger Guided Arsenal To The 2006 Champions League Final

Arsenal will have to see off Serie A outfit Udinese if they are to reach the group phase of the UEFA Champions League and the Gunners were paired against the Italians in Friday's play-off draw and the arsene Wenger's men are regulars in the Europe's premier club competition are paying in the price for a fourth-place finish in a Premier League last season.

Gunners will be at home for the first leg of a tie against italians on Tuesday 16 August, with the return leg seven days later and bayern Munich face FC Zurich, Dutch side FC Twente take on Benfica and Lyon take on Russia's Rubin Kazan and the Gunners are bidding to join Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City in a group stage.

Arsenal face the qualifying tie to reach the group stage of a Champions League for a 14th consecutive season and they finished 4th in last season's Premier League and arsenals CL record Finalists - 2006, Semi-finalists - 2009 and the Quarter finalists 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010.

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