Unlike Brest, Monaco do not have the distractions of the Coupe de France. "We can learn a lot from this level of competition," said Hütter following the 3-3 draw which furnished Benfica with a 4-3 aggregate success and a clash with Barcelona in the last-16.

PSG reached the knockout stages after beating Brest 10-0 on aggregate over two legs in the play-off round – an innovation of this season's new format PSG followed up their 3-0 romp past Brest on ...