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Arsenal will seek to avenge its 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona when the teams meet again in the quarterfinals of the competition. NYON, Switzerland — Arsenal will seek to avenge its 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona when the teams meet again in the quarterfinals of the competition. The north London team was drawn to face the heavily favored defending champions from Spain on Friday, with the winner potentially facing Inter Milan. The draw also set up a quarterfinal between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, which is a repeat of the 1999 final that United won with two late goals.

The other quarterfinal features an all-French matchup between Lyon and Bordeaux. UEFA also made the semifinal draw, with the winner of Arsenal-Barcelona to face either Inter Milan or CSKA Moscow. The quarterfinal games will be played March 30-31, with the return legs on April 6-7. The semifinals are April 20-21 and 27-28.

Barcelona beat Stuttgart 4-0 on Wednesday helped by two goals by the brilliant Lionel Messi. Arsenal, which has never won European club football's most prestigious competition, outplayed FC Porto 5-0 last week.

Barcelona beat Arsenal 2-1 in the 2006 final at the Stade de France. Thierry Henry played for the Gunners in that game, but is now with Barcelona. The quarterfinal matchup will feature the Frenchman's return to the north London club where he spent eight seasons, scoring a club-record 174 league goals.

Inter beat Chelsea home and away and looked impressive under coach Jose Mourinho, who won the title with FC Porto in 2004. Retired former Inter player Luis Figo described CSKA Moscow as a "typical Russian team" that features "good quality, international players." "They have quality and they showed it this year in the Champions League."

Figo said Inter was hoping to avoid Manchester United or Barcelona. On drawing CSKA, he said: "I'm not happy, I'm not sad."

Winner of 17 Italian league titles, Inter has won the European title twice but not since 1965. Its last appearance in the final was in 1972. The May 22 final in Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium could also be a repeat of last season's in Rome when Barcelona beat Man United 2-0.

United, which won the title in 2008 for its third triumph in the competition, beat seven-time champion AC Milan home and away in the last 16 round with striker Wayne Rooney scoring twice in each game.

After the draws, British bookmakers William Hill made Barcelona the 2-1 favorite to become the first team since AC Milan in 1990 to win the title twice in a row. No team has won consecutive titles since it was renamed and reformatted as the Champions League in 1993.

Hills made Man United 3-1 second favorite followed by Inter Milan at 10-3 and Arsenal at 9-1.