NYON, Switzerland—Real Madrid will play Liverpool, again. Bayern Munich will play Paris Saint-Germain, again.
Two rematches of recent Champions League finals were set up Monday by the draw for the round of 16 as some of Europe’s top heavyweights were paired together.
Madrid beat Liverpool in the 2018 and 2022 finals, to extend its competition record to 14 titles, and Bayern beat PSG in 2020 to become European champion for the sixth time.
The trend even continued one hour later at UEFA headquarters with the first pairing made in the Europa League draw.
Barcelona will face Manchester United, the team it beat in the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals, in the knockout playoffs of the second-tier competition in February….