Barca and Real lie in wait for Chelsea

THE 50th season of European club competition reaches a defining moment tomorrow when the draw for the first knockout stage of the Champions League takes place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Whether the old trophy, which has been won nine times by Real Madrid and six times by AC Milan, will be heading back to old haunts or new, will not be known for another five months.

However, tomorrow’s pairings will give an indication of where it might be heading after the final in Istanbul on May 25 with punters all over Europe increasingly placing their bets on Chelsea or Barcelona.