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11th Dec 2017

Two of the biggest Champions League games just had to be on Valentine’s Day

Matthew Gault

Potentially awkward.

Fans of Liverpool, plan Valentine’s Day with your better half accordingly because the Reds are in Champions League action that night.

The draw for the last-16 was made on Monday, with Liverpool drawing Portuguese side Porto. The first-leg of the clash will be away at the Estadio do Dragao on February 14th. It’s a potentially huge tie in the context of the Reds’ season.

But that’s not the only mouthwatering Champions League that’s on that evening as Real Madrid host Paris Saint-Germain in the round’s headline fixture.

It’s that classic old dilemma. If your partner doesn’t like football, you may be in for either an awkward conversation or an evening retiring to the restroom more regularly than usual to keep updated with all the latest happenings.

Let’s be honest here, everyone wants to see former Barcelona favourite Neymar turn out for PSG against Madrid. Zinedine Zidane’s Real have won the competition in each of the last two seasons, but the French side have been tipped to end the Spanish giants’ dominance in Europe.

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