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Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has revealed the only team he wants to avoid in the Europa League draw on Friday.
Chelsea beat Dynamo Kiev 5-0 in Ukraine in the return leg, and now has to wait until Friday to find out who they will face in the quarterfinals.
Arsenal, Benfica, Napoli and Valencia are among the last eight clubs in the Europa League, while Eintracht Frankfurt have eliminated Inter Milan and Villarreal and Slavia Prague have completed the list.
And it is the former club of Sarri, Napoli, that the manager of Chelsea desperately needs to avoid – according to him, the high-flying players of Serie A would be his final opponent of dream, according to Metro.
Sarri was sacked by Napoli last summer before joining Chelsea. After his team's 8-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev, Stamford Bridge's boss wants to take revenge on the second Seria A team in the final in Baku in May.
"I prefer to find them in the final," said Sarri. "It means we are in the final, that would make me happy and Napoli in the final and that would make me happy."
Sarri added, "It would be difficult to play with my story with the club."
The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Europa League will take place on Friday from 13h. There will be no national protection, which means that Chelsea could face Arsenal, its Premier League rival. Chelsea won the tournament in 2013 and is a favorite to raise the trophy this season.
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