The draw for the Quarter Finals of the Champions League took place today. In the draw, Manchester United was drawn against Porto (of Portugal). The last time these two met, a Jose Murinho led the Porto team to victory over Manchester United and eventually won the European Cup. Manchester United fans would take comfort in knowing that Manchester United beat Inter Milan in the last round and who else would it be at the helm of the Italian team if it wasn't Jose Murinho? The first leg will be played at Old Trafford.
The other quarterfinals would pit Liverpool against Chelsea for the fifth year running, Arsenal against Villareal and Bayern Munich against Barcelona. The most-watering game would be the Bayern Munich-Barcelona match.
The semi-final draw was also made. The winner of Manchester United-Porto game will meet the winner of Arsenal-Villareal game, and the winner of Liverpool-Chelsea game will meet the winner of the Bayern Munich-Barcelona game.
The quarter-final games will take place on 7/8 April (first leg) and 14/15 April (second leg); the semi-finals games will be played on 28/29 April (first leg) and 5/6 May (second leg). The final will take place at the Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy on 27 May 2009.
And oh, Manchester United will play Fulham this evening in the Barclays Premier League. Let see how they respond to that embarrassing loss last week....
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