Liverpool-Real Madrid and PSG-Bayern feature in the Champions League quarter-finals

The Real Madrid and the Liverpool will meet in the second round of the Champions League, in the repeat of the last final won by the white giant (1-0), as determined by the draw held this Monday in Nyon (Switzerland), while PSG y Bayern They will collide in another stellar duel.

The Reds, absent from the seeding pot after finishing second in the group stage, will host Real Madrid on February 14-15 or 21-22, before visiting the Santiago Bernabéu on February 7-8 or 14-15. March.

“It’s going to be an electric tie, fascinating for the fans,” Real Madrid’s Director of Institutional Relations, Emilio Butragueño, told the Movistar+ platform on Monday after the draw.

overtaken by him Naples in Group A, Liverpool will probably regret letting the top spot slip away from the key on goal difference in particular.

Real Madrid, which finished at the head of Group F, faces the confrontation with the English team with “excitement”, although it warns of the difficulty.

“Champion team”

Liverpool “is a champion team. It has a stadium that pushes a lot, it will be a very difficult rival, but we are Real Madrid, everyone knows what this competition means to us,” said Butragueño.

The other star duel of the round of 16 will be played by PSG, second in the group stage, and Bayern Munich.

The French and Germans face each other again after the final won by Bayern 1-0 in 2020 in the “Final 8” in Lisbon, in the midst of a pandemic, and the quarterfinals of the following edition, which recorded the victory of PSG (3 -2 in Munich, 0-1 in Paris).

It is a great opportunity to continue with the beautiful season that we are having. Playing against a big club is very motivating,” PSG football adviser Luis Campos told Bein Sport.

Still in search of their first “Orejona”, PSG are still without much luck after crossing last year in the round of 16 with Real Madrid.

The team of Lionel Messi, Neymar y Kylian Mbappe was overtaken at the head of the group at the last minute by the Benficawho will face in the round of 16 witches Belgian.

Bayern, however, are not very happy with their rival either.

“Complicated Rival”

“We had a difficult opponent. We already had some fearsome opponents in the group stage, we were first, but we were not rewarded for our perfect group stage,” Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said after hearing the result of the match. lottery.

On the way to the final, on June 10 in Istanbul, the other round of 16 matches offer crosses between former winners of the Champions League: the Borussia Dortmund (1997) will be measured Chelsea (2012, 2021) and the Inter de Milan (1964, 1965, 2010) will face the Port (1987, 2004).

The Manchester Citywhich continues to hunt for its first Champions League, will face RB Leipzig, while the AC Milan will receive the Tottenham before traveling to England.

Finally, Napoli, impressive in the group stage, will seek to overcome eintracht frankfurt to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in its history, after falling in the second round in 1991, 2012, 2017 and 2020.

Eintracht reached the final in 1960, where they fell to Real Madrid 7-3.