The hit of the eight-finals of the Champions League football league will be the duel of Paris Saint-Germain with Liverpool. Feyenoord Rotterdam with Slovak representative David Hanck will meet Inter Milan. This was decided by Friday’s draw in Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of the European Football Union (UEFA). The first matches are on the program 4th and 5th March, retaliation a week later.
The new Champions League format brought several surprising participants in the playoffs by the eight-final after the basic phase. Among the big clubs was also PSG, which advanced in the French derby through Brest. Liverpool was the best team of the league phase. He has a balance of two losses and two victories with the Parisians – for the first time he met them in April 1997, when he lost with a later finalist 0: 2 in the semifinals of the Cup Winners Cup. The last match took place in November 2018 in the basic group of the Champions League and also ended in favor of the French club (2: 1).
Feyenoord also played in San Sire in the previous phase of the millionaire competition when he eliminated AC Milan. From the Dutch representatives, in addition to this team, he also advanced PSV Eindhoven and the country thus has a double representation in the LM knockout for the first time in 19 years.
In the new LM format valid from the ongoing year, they can be a pair of clubs from the same country and those who played against each other in the league phase. In the eight -finals, the Madrid derby program between Real and Athletic is also on the program between Bayern Munich and the reigning champion Bayer Leverkusen. Bruges and Aston Villa will repeat the duel from the league phase – the Belgian representative won 1: 0 in the fall.
The teams that were placed in the league phase at 1 to 8. Deployed will play the opening duel outside, in retaliation they will have the advantage of the home playground. The draw in Nyon, Switzerland, was traditionally taken up „eared trophies“ From the 2000/01 season with Bayern Munich.
