Chelsea were relieved to avoid Dynamo Kiev in yesterday's draw for the Champions League.

Gianluca Vialli's men will play Romanian champions Rapid Bucharest or Skonto Riga.

Champions League

Chelsea (Eng) v Rapid Bucharest (Rom) or Skonto Riga (Lat) Rapid Vienna (Aut) or Valletta (Mlt) v Galatasaray (Tur) Fiorentina (Ita) v Liteks Lovetch (Bul) or Widzew Lodz (Pol) Aalborg (Den) v Dynamo Kiev (Ukr) or Zalgiris (Lit) CSKA Moscow (Rus) or Molde (Nor) v Real Mallorca (Spa) Lyon (Fra) v Maribor (Slo) or Genk (Bel) Croatia Zagreb (Cro) v Vestmannyjaer (Icl) or NTK Budapest (Hun) FC Haka (Fin) or Rangers (Sco) v Parma (Ita) FC Sloga Jugomagnat (Mkd) or Brondby (Den) v Boavista (Por) AEK Athens (Gre) v FC Dnepr Transmash Mogilev (Ukr) or AIK Solna (Swe Besiktas (Tur) or Hapoel Haifa (Isr) v Valencia (Spa) Hertha Berlin (Ger) v Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyp) or Slovan Bratsilava (Svk) Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo) or Zimbru (Mol) v PSV Eindhoven (Ned) Spartak Moscow (Rus) v Partizan Belgrade (Yug) or NK Rijeka (Yug) Sturm Graz (Aut) v Servette (Swi) FK Teplice (Cze) v Borussia Dortmund (Ger) First leg ties to be played on August 10 or 11. Second leg ties to be played on August 24 or 25.