Arsenal will seek to avenge its 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona when the teams meet again in the quarterfinals of the competition. The north London team was drawn to face the heavily favored defending champion from Spain Friday, with the winner potentially facing Inter Milan. The draw also set up a quarterfinal between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, which is a repeat of the 1999 final that United won with two late goals. The other quarterfinal features an all-French matchup between Lyon and Bordeaux. UEFA also made the semifinal draw, with the winner of Arsenal-Barcelona to face either Inter Milan or CSKA Moscow. The quarterfinal games will be played March 30-31, with the return legs on April 6-7. The semifinals are April 20-21 and 27-28. Barcelona beat Stuttgart 4-0 Wednesday helped by two goals by the brilliant Lionel Messi. Arsenal, which has never won European club football's most prestigious competition, outplayed FC Porto 5-0 last week. Barcelona beat Arsenal 2-1 in the 2006 final at the Stade de France. Thierry Henry played for the Gunners in that game, but is now with Barcelona. The quarterfinal matchup will feature the Frenchman's return to the north London club where he spent eight seasons, scoring a club-record 174 league goals. Inter beat Chelsea home and away and looked impressive under coach Jose Mourinho, who won the title with FC Porto in 2004. Retired former Inter player Luis Figo described CSKA Moscow as a “typical Russian team” that features “good quality, international players.” “They have quality and they showed it this year in the Champions League.” Figo said Inter was hoping to avoid Manchester United or Barcelona. On drawing CSKA, he said: “I'm not happy, I'm not sad.” Winner of 17 Italian league titles, Inter has won the European title twice but not since 1965. Its last appearance in the final was in 1972. The May 22 final in Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium could also be a repeat of last season's in Rome when Barcelona beat Man United 2-0. United, which won the title in 2008 for its third triumph in the competition, beat seven-time champion AC Milan home and away in the last 16 round with striker Wayne Rooney scoring twice in each game. Europa League draw Three-time winner Liverpool faces a tricky Europa League quarterfinal against Benfica after the draw made here Friday. Rafa Benitez's team, who last won the UEFA Cup in 2001 after two previous successes in 1973 and 1976, will start as favorite in its bid to claim some silverware after missing out on the FA Cup, Champions League and almsot certainly the English Premiership title this season. Fulham, stunning victor over Juventus in the last 16 phase, faces German club Wolfsburg, while Hamburg plays Belgian outfit Standard Liege. The fourth quarterfinal pitches Valencia against fellow La Liga club Atletico Madrid, with the winner playing either Benfica or Liverpool in the semifinal. The other semifinal will see the winner of the Hamburg vs. Standard Liege tie playing either Fulham or Wolfsburg. The inaugural Europa League final takes place in Hamburg on May 12.
