Anyone but Bayern in UCL draw for Real's Salgado

Germany's Bayern Munich have been singled out by Real Madrid defender Michel Salgado as the side he most hopes to avoid in Friday's draw for the last 16 of the Champions League.

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Bayern Munich: The side Salgado doesn't want

Madrid have been dumped out of the competition at the first knockout stage in each of the last four years, a run which included elimination at the hands of Bayern in that round on the away goals rule in 2007 following a 4-4 aggregate tie.

The Spanish champions, who finished second in Group H in the competition's first round, could also come up against the likes of holders Manchester United, 2005 winners Liverpool and Roma in the draw, but it is Bayern who Salgado fears most.

''The team I don't want is Bayern Munich,'' said Salgado, who has won two Champions League titles with Madrid since joining the Bernebeu club in 1999.

''They are the worst team you can get in a two-legged tie. I've played against them five times and when you face them in a knockout tie they are very difficult. You can never assume you have eliminated them until it's over,'' added the 33-year-old full-back to Spanish radio station Onda Cero.

The 16 teams in the draw, which will take place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, will not be able to play a club from their own country or a team they faced in their first round group.

The other stipulation states that groups winners can only play a group runner-up and the runners-up must play the first-leg at home.

This means that United, currently contesting the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, could face Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid or Lyon in the knockout round.

First round group winners:
Roma (A), Panathinaikos (B), Barcelona (C), Liverpool (D), Manchester United (E), Bayern München (F), Porto (G) and Juventus (H).

First round group runners-up:
Chelsea (A), Inter Milan (B), Sporting Lisbon (C), Atlético Madrid (D), Villarreal (E), Lyons (F), Arsenal (G) and Real Madrid (H).