In the draw for the Champions League first phase, Arsenal have been grouped with:

• Lazio (Italy)
• Sparta Prague (Czech Rep)
• Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Arsenal's first game will be on the Tuesday night, with ManU and Leeds both playing on the Wednesday. That's reasonably good news in terms of likely TV coverage, as it means we won't clash with either United throughout the first phase - and ITV/Carlton will almost certainly have to show us three weeks out of six! (Unless they opt for a Rangers game...)

But it's bad news for Dennis Bergkamp, who certainly won't be going to Donetsk (or is it Shakhtar??), probably won't go to Prague - and would have a heck of a drive to get to Rome.

The draw in full:

Real Madrid			Juventus
Spartak Moscow                  Deportivo La Coruna 
Bayer Leverkusen                Hamburg
Sporting Lisbon                 Panathinaikos
		
Lazio                           Bayern Munich
Arsenal                         Paris SG 
Sparta Prague                   Rosenborg
Shakhtar Donetsk                Helsingborgs
		
Valencia                        Manchester Utd
Lyon                            PSV Eindhoven 
Heerenveen                      Dynamo Kiev
Olympiakos                      Anderlecht 
		
Monaco                          Barcelona
Galatasaray                     AC Milan
Rangers                         Leeds United
Sturm Graz                      Besiktas