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Bayern drawn against UEFA Cup debutants Getafe

Fri 14 Mar, 05:31 PM


LONDON (Reuters) - Favourites Bayern Munich will face Spanish debutants Getafe in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup next month.

Friday's draw pitched the Bundesliga leaders, four-times European champions and 1996 UEFA Cup winners against a club enjoying their first taste of European competition.

The outstanding tie of the round is PSV Eindhoven against Fiorentina. Germany's other representatives Bayer Leverkusen, the 1988 UEFA Cup winners, meet Zenit St Petersburg while Rangers, the sole British survivors, face Sporting Lisbon.

The first legs will be played on April 3 and the second legs a week later.

"We have been drawn against one of the strongest teams," Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld told the club's Web site (www.fcbayern.de).

Germany striker Miroslav Klose said: "I said before the draw hopefully not Getafe or St Petersburg. Now it's Getafe. That's no easy hurdle but certainly one we can overcome."

PENALTY SHOOTOUTS

PSV and Fiorentina won penalty shootouts against English clubs on Wednesday.

Dutch side PSV beat Tottenham Hotspur 6-5 in a shootout after losing 1-0 at home for a 1-1 aggregate draw.

Fiorentina went down 2-0 at Everton to draw their tie 2-2 on aggregate before winning the shootout 4-2.

Both clubs have tasted European glory in the past, the Italians winning the first Cup Winners' Cup in 1961 and PSV lifting the 1978 UEFA Cup and 1988 European Cup.

Rangers and Sporting are previous winners of the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup. The Portuguese side also lost the 2005 UEFA Cup final to CSKA Moscow.

Should the two German clubs win they will meet in the semi-finals.

The final is at the City of Manchester Stadium on May 14.

(Editing by Tony Jimenez)