This Champions League Quarterfinal Draw Is So Good

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There are only eight teams left standing in the Champions League. This is the stage of the tournament where Europes biggest and best clubs (and Leicester City) will battle for ultimate supremacy. And quite the fascinating battle it will be, because the draw is fantastic:

Every matchup here is great. Atltico Madrid vs. Atltico Madrid Jr.! Obi Wan Celotti vs. Darth Zidane! A rematch of the 2014-15 UCL final!

This draw is maybe a little unfortunate for Leicester, though. Their success in Europe this season closely mirrors their success in England last season, where most teams see that theyre playing Leicester and figure Oh, these guys are jokes, this wont be hard at all, and proceed to play a wide-open game that plays directly to the Foxes strengths.

Atltico will not do this. I called Leicester Atltico Jr. above because the two teams have a very similar playing style, only Atleti do everything better than Leicester and with way better players. Atltico arent great at breaking down deep defenses, though, so maybe Leicester will stymie Atletis attack long enough to keep things close. Either way, it will be fun to see these two purveyors of the much-maligned 4-4-2 slug it out for a semifinal spot.

The Borussia Dortmund-Monaco tie is great as well, in no small part because it ensures someone outside the Bara-Real-Bayern-Juve hegemony makes the semifinals. These are two fun and young and attack-minded squads, though Monacos physical dominance is exactly the kind of thing Dortmund struggle against. However, BVB have Christian Pulisic. Dont count out the wonderteen deciding the tie all by himself with a couple hat tricks in each leg.

The next two matchups are UCL final-worthy heavyweight bouts and are absolutely tantalizing. They are also rematches of big Champions League matches weve seen recently. Its hard to pick a favorite for either tie, and the two clubs that do make it through this round will be the big favorites to go on and win the whole thing. This tournament is awesome.

Lest we forget that the Europa League also matters now that theres a Champions League berth available for the winner of that competition, heres that quarterfinal draw:

Manchester Uniteds best hopes for champions league play next season probably lie here in the Europa League, and it shouldnt be too hard for them to get past Anderlecht and carry on to the semis.

Source: http://deadspin.com/this-champions-league-quarterfinal-draw-is-so-good-1793367737