UCL draw: Real Madrid get rematch with Benfica, Mourinho in playoffs

What's better than soccer? More soccer, of course! You can now follow your favorite clubs in Belgium, Portugal, and the Netherlands with theScore. Tap on the flags to subscribe: 🇧🇪 | 🇵🇹 | 🇳🇱

Real Madrid were handed a quick rematch with Jose Mourinho's Benfica in the draw for the Champions League playoff round on Friday.

Reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, will face domestic rivals Monaco in the knockout playoffs.

Benfica beat Real 4-2 in their final game of the league phase on Wednesday, with a 98th-minute goal by goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin proving decisive in allowing the Portuguese side to snatch the last playoff spot ahead of Marseille, who were eliminated altogether. The defeat also nudged Madrid out of the top eight places in the league standings, which give direct access to the last 16, forcing them into this extra round.

Benfica staged a remarkable recovery to take a playoff place -- they finished 24th in the 36-team league phase, the last qualifying spot -- by winning three of their last four matches after losing their opening four games.

Mourinho, 63, returned to the Lisbon giants for a second spell as coach in September. He was in charge of Real from 2010 to 2013 and won one La Liga title and one Copa del Rey while also taking them to the Champions League semi-finals in each of his three campaigns.

The clubs played each other in the 1962 European Cup final, with Benfica winning 5-3 to claim the last of their two titles to date.

Full playoff draw

• Monaco vs. PSG
• Benfica vs. Real Madrid
• Qarabag vs. Newcastle
• Bodo/Glimt vs. Inter Milan
• Galatasaray vs. Juventus
• Borussia Dortmund vs. Atalanta
• Club Brugge vs. Atletico Madrid
• Olympiacos vs. Bayer Leverkusen

PSG slipped out of the top eight after winning only one of their last five outings in the league phase and finishing in 11th place. They will go to Monaco for the first leg and will be wary of the principality side who beat them there in Ligue 1 in November.

However, 2004 Champions League finalists Monaco have been in poor form, with just one win in six games since the turn of the year. They are 10th in Ligue 1, 21 points behind leaders PSG. However, a 0-0 draw with Juventus on Wednesday allowed them to secure a play-off place in Europe.

PSG also beat French opposition in the playoff round last season, hammering Brest 10-0 on aggregate before going on to lift the trophy for the first time in their history.

Full knockout bracket

Elsewhere, Newcastle United will be strong favourites against surprise packages Qarabag of Azerbaijan, with the first leg to come in Baku.

Bodo/Glimt, Norwegian champions in four of the last six years, were also surprise qualifiers for this stage and have been rewarded with a tie against last season's runners-up Inter Milan.

Juventus will take on Galatasaray, while Atletico Madrid face Club Brugge. Borussia Dortmund play Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen were drawn against Olympiacos.

The two-legged playoff ties will take place in February, with the winners advancing to the last 16 in March.