Monaco draw Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League play-off | OneFootball

Monaco will face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League play-off after Friday's UEFA draw in Nyon, Switzerland.

According to Nice-Matin, the Principality club could only draw Newcastle, currently ninth in the Premier League, or the holders, and landed PSG, with chief executive Thiago Scuro in attendance.

Monaco reached the play-off after a 0-0 home draw with Juventus on Wednesday. The first leg at Louis-II is scheduled for Tuesday 17 or Wednesday 18 February.

The return at the Parc des Princes is set for Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 February. A Ligue 1 meeting on the weekend of 8 March will follow, making it three clashes in three weeks.

Monaco beat the European champions 1-0 in Ligue 1 on 29 November at home, Takumi Minamino scoring. That remains their last league win, since then they have four defeats and a draw.

They have never faced Paris Saint-Germain in Europe. It will be only their second continental tie against a French side, after Marseille in the 1998-99 UEFA Cup last 16, which Monaco drew 2-2 at home before losing 1-0 away.

Source: Nice-Matin