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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Champions League Quarter-finals: United To Face Bayern Munich

United will face Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, away on Tuesday 30 March and at home on Wednesday 7 April.

Should the Reds beat the Germans, then Sir Alex Ferguson's men are guaranteed to meet a French side in the semi-finals - the winners of the Lyon vs Bordeaux quarter-final. United would be at home in the first leg of the semi on Wednesday 21 April, away in the second on Tuesday 27 April.

United and Bayern have previously clashed seven times in the competition including, of course, the 1999 final at the Nou Camp in Barcelona - arguably the greatest night in the Reds' history as injury-time goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer secured the historic Treble.

The last Champions League meeting between the sides was in March 2002, when Bayern held United to a goalless draw at Old Trafford in what was then a second group phase.

The final score was also 0-0 when the clubs played a pre-season game in Germany last summer - Bayern won the Audi Cup final on penalties with Edwin van der Sar sustaining an injury that kept him out until October.

The full quarter-final draw, made at UEFA HQ in Nyon, Switzerland, was as follows:
Lyon v Bordeaux
Bayern Munich v United
Arsenal v Barcelona
Internazionale v CSKA Moscow.

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