Although Bayern Munich are desperate to avoid Barcelona in Friday's Champions League quarterfinal draw, the last team the Bavarians want to meet in the last eight are German rivals Borussia Dortmund. Watch the draw via live streaming and leave your comment for our live blog via #SSFootball.
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"Anyone who wants Barcelona next is a masochist!" quipped Germany star Thomas Mueller after Bayern squeezed past Arsenal on away goals after drawing 3-3 on aggregate by losing the return leg 2-0 in Munich on Wednesday.
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Mueller's misgivings are obvious. Barcelona produced the stand out performance of the last 16 ties when they bounced back from a 2-0 defeat at AC Milan to floor the Italians 4-0 in the return leg in Spain on Tuesday night.
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Munich join Dortmund, Galatasaray, Malaga, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris St Germain and Juventus for Friday's draw in Nyon, Switzerland (1200 local time).
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With no restrictions on the draw, an all-German quarterfinal is possible, but neither of the Bundesliga rivals want to meet just yet.
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"You always want to meet the German teams as late as possible. I think it's what the whole of Germany wants," said Bayern captain Philipp Lahm, while Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp said: "We're hoping it's not Germany-Germany".
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Bayern are 20 points clear of Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga and knocked out German Cup holders Borussia in last month's quarterfinal with a 1-0 win in Munich. The teams are due to meet again in the league in May.
I personally think it would be a boring last eight. The teams are not strong enough except for a few of them