Three Anglo-German duels in the Champions League knockout stage

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Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern and FC Schalke 04 will get there in the first knockout round of the Champions League with Top clubs in the Premier League to do. For two clubs, there is a reunion with Ex-League coaches.

The three German eighth-finalists in the Champions League ahead of tricky tasks against clubs from England. Record Champions FC Bayern Munich plays against Liverpool with team Manager Jürgen Klopp. “This is the team of the hour, League leaders in England, they play really good football, very physical, really step on the Gas,” said Bayern sporting Director Hasan Salihamidzic after the draw at the headquarters of the European football Union (UEFA) in Nyon, Switzerland. “Because you have to have two good days. This is a team that is really top. A chunk, but you will be happy as a player.” Also the rivalry with Ex-BVB-Coach Klopp was attractive, so Salihamidzic: “Klopp is a’s top-class coach, one who also plays well with the media. A German duel at this level, this is very good”.

Watzke: “Fifty-Fifty Game”

FC Schalke 04 must make the all-star ensemble cast of Manchester City, coached by Ex-Bayern Coach Pep Guardiola. Bundesliga League leaders Borussia has it, at least on paper easier and calls for Tottenham Hotspur. “It’s a Fifty-Fifty game, but we have the aspiration to get ahead. Of course not,” said BVB managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke.

The group winners Dortmund and Munich play away: BVB on 13. February, at Tottenham, Bayern on may 19. February in Liverpool. The return game in Dortmund was for the 5. March is recognized, the Munich-for the 13. March. Schalke is the second of the group opponents Manchester city on 20. February in Gelsenkirchen and occurs on 12. March in Manchester.

Here are the other eighth-finals:

Manchester United – Paris St. Germain (with German coach Thomas Tuchel)
AS Rom – FC Porto
Ajax Amsterdam – Real Madrid
Olympique Lyon – FC Barcelona
Atletico Madrid – Juventus Turin

Frankfurt against Donetsk, Leverkusen against Krasnodar

Also in the Europa League, two Bundesliga clubs, which are still in the race, challenging tasks for the first K. o round. Eintracht Frankfurt gets in the round of the best 32 teams in the Champions League-Relegated to Shakhtar Donetsk from the Ukraine to do. “It’s not an easy go, but we don’t have to hide and are athletic in the next round,” said Eintracht coach Adi Hütter: “I think our chances are 50:50.”

Bayer 04 Leverkusen encounters the Russian representatives of FK Krasnodar. “You are in the group stage equal on points with Sevilla FC of the Second, which says a lot,” said Rudi Völler, the Sport Director of the club at the factory. “But the goal is clear the next round.” The two Bundesliga clubs joined to the first legs on 14. February first, away, the return games a week later in front of their home crowd.

sn/asz (sid, dpa, Sky sports News)