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As I mentioned last week, we're going to take a look at the UEFA Cup, this companion competition to
the Champions League. The UEFA Cup evolved from the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was founded
in 1955, two weeks after the founding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.
The original tournament lasted three years, with matches timed to coincide with trade fairs and
involved teams from Barcelona, Basle, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Lausanne, Leipzig, London,
Milan and Zagreb.
The summer transfer window ended with the surprise last-minute signing of Lassana Diarra from
Chelsea. Apparently the excitement of this move was not enough to quell rumors linking Arsenal with
other players for the January transfer window. Talking Soccer today linked Arsenal with three
youngsters who are in the vein of players that Arsene Wenger would sign.
Well, we managed to qualify for the group stages for the 10th year running after beating Slavia
Prague 5-0 on aggregate, so we get the excitement of getting to see our team play in the Champions
League once again. I discussed the possibilities of who we could face in an article before, but now
that the draw has been settled we know who our opponents are.
Sevilla today beat AEK Athens 4-1 in Athens to win the tie 6-1 on aggregate. This means that
Arsenal's Champions League group will consist of Sevilla, Slavia Prague, and Steaua Bucharest. It
also makes the group a lot more challenging - and top heavy- than if AEK had won. It now seems as
though the fight for the first place spot in Group H will be between Arsenal and Sevilla, while
Slavia and
