Draw of the UEFA Champions League Final Round

Real Madrid have been the worst team stopped the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League 2008/2009. The whites must face the Liverpool of Rafael Benitez, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres.

Real Madrid - Liverpool. That is the game to be played Feb. 24 at the Santiago Bernabeu. Around two weeks later, on 11 March in the city of the Beatles. Real Madrid and Liverpool have met only once in this tournament, almost thirty years ago, when they met in the final of the European Cup 1980-1981.

Liverpool won 1-0. Real Madrid has been four years without passing the second round, "will end the losing streak or Benitez and his boys again to send them home?

Regarding the rest of Spanish, have been luckier. The FC Barcelona, which went into the hype of the first group (Spanish only), will face Olympique Lyon, while Villarreal will have to go to hell Greek Panathinaikos. FC Barcelona will play back home, while Villarreal will have to gamble in Greece.

The Atletico Madrid will play against Porto, champion in 2003-2004. The other pairings are as follows:

Chelsea - Juventus
Sporting Portugal - Bayern Munich
Arsenal - Roma
Inter Milan - Manchester United