Champions League 2006 -2007: Man United get Roma

Liverpool drawn against PSV, Chelsea paired with Valencia, Man United get Roma The prospect of an all-English Champions League final remains a vibrant possibility after Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United avoided each other in today's quarter-final draw in Athens. Liverpool were handed what looks the easiest passage of the English teams, against Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, who they beat and drew with during the group stages. But things don't look so easy for Chelsea and Manchester United, who face Valencia and Roma respectively. The final quarter-final, meanwhile, sees a meeting of two of the grand old men of European football, Milan and Bayern Munich. Certainly Liverpool secretary, Byrce Morrison, was ebullient after his club was paired with PSV. "It's one of the better draws for us and we've looking forward to playing them" he said. "We're beginning to get the feeling this is Liverpool's year. Let's hope we can win it again." Providing they overcome the Dutch champions, Liverpool will face the winners of Chelsea v Valencia in the semi-finals, with United or Roma taking on the winners of Bayern v Milan. On paper, Chelsea's tie with Valencia - twice nearly men in the Champions League during the past decade and victors over Internazionale in the last 16 - looks mightily tricky, but the club's chief executive, Peter Kenyon is confident of coming through: "It gives us a good chance," he said. "We'd rather be at home for the second leg, but overall we're happy with the draw. We've never got to the final, but we stand a good chance." But United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was more cautious about facing Roma, second in Serie A and conquerors of Lyon in the last 16. "We respect their last result," he said. "They have some great players like (Daniele) De Rossi and Mancini. Obviously we do not look beyond this game. We must concentrate on this game and we are looking forward to it." Quarter-finals: Milan v Bayern Munich PSV Eindhoven v Liverpool Roma v Manchester United Chelsea v Valencia (Ties to be played on April 3/4 and April 10/11.) Semi-finals: Winners of Chelsea or Valencia v winners of PSV Eindhoven or Liverpool Winners of Roma or Manchester United v winners of Milan or Bayern Munich (Semi-final ties to be played on April 24/25 and May 1/2.) The final of the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League will be played in Olympic Stadium Athens on 23 May 2007. Come on Man United, we could be there. References: football.guardian, uefa.com