Ronaldo and Messi will face off in the Champions League’s pre-quarterfinals

KATHMANDU: DEC. 13 – In European Champions League football, English club Manchester United and French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will play in the pre-quarterfinals of the Champions League. This means that arch-rivals Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are competing against each other for the first time from different clubs.

Manchester United, the winners of Group F, will face PSG, the runners-up in Group A, according to a draw made public on Tuesday in Neon, Switzerland.

Real Madrid, the 13-time champions of the Champions League, will face Portuguese club Benfica while defending champions Chelsea will play French club Lille.

English club Liverpool will play against Austrian club Salzburg and English giant Manchester City will play against Spanish club Villarreal. German club Bayern Munich will face Spanish club Atletico Madrid, Italian club Juventus will play against Portuguese club Sporting CP and Italian club Inter Milan will play against Dutch club Ajax.