{"id":686,"date":"2018-02-23T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=686"},"modified":"2018-02-25T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T14:30:21","slug":"arsenal-get-ac-milan-in-last-16-of-europa-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Get AC Milan in Last 16 of Europa League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GN36270-Artboard_1-934x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"702\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GN36270-Artboard_1-934x1024.png 934w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GN36270-Artboard_1-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GN36270-Artboard_1-768x842.png 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GN36270-Artboard_1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Arsenal have been drawn to face Italian side AC Milan in the Europa League last 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners suffered the embarrassment of losing 2-1 at home to Swedish side Ostersund in the second leg of their first knockout round match on Thursday night, but progressed 4-2 on aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>They will now take on Milan, a team with great continental pedigree. The Rossoneri have won the European Cup and Champions League seven times but have struggled in recent years, and are currently seventh in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>Zenit, who beat Celtic in the previous round, have been drawn against RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-686\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=686&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-686\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=686&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-686\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=686&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=686\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have been drawn to face Italian side AC Milan in the Europa League last 16. 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