I'll just confirm Arsenal's previous 5 year European group opposition

2006 Porto, CSKA Moskva, Hamburger
2005 Ajax, Sparta Praha, Thun
2004 PSV, Panathinaikos, Rosenborg
2003 (ii) Valencia, AS Roma, Ajax
2003 (i) Internazionale, Dynamo Kyiv, Lokomotiv Moscow
2002 Dortmund, PSV, Auxerre

Only one Italian in the last five years (first round), no Spaniards

And what do you expect? When you reach the latter stages of the Champions League Real or Juve are bound to be around the corner, and don't forget we were miles better than Chelsea back in 03/04