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NFT: Champions League Q-finals draw -

Del Shofner : 3/17/2017 4:01 pm
per ESPN:

Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, while Barcelona take on Juventus.

Premier League champions Leicester City, who secured a surprise success over Sevilla in the round of 16, will play Atletico Madrid.

The final tie sees Borussia Dortmund play Monaco, who defeated Manchester City on away goals in the last round.

What  
AcidTest : 3/17/2017 4:03 pm : link
if Leicester City wins the Champions League, but is relegated from the Premier League? That would be crazy.
A bunch of good games  
Big Rick in FL : 3/17/2017 4:11 pm : link
Very excited to watch the quarter finals. Bayern & Madrid is teacher (Ancelotti) vs student (Zizou).

Atletico & Leicester is the battle of two teams who disappointed in their leagues, but are playing quite well in the UCL.

Juventus star Dybala said he wanted Barca and got them. Hoping he doesn't look foolish for calling them out.

Monaco & Dortmund is probably the one I'm most excited about (Outside of Real Madrid) two very young teams that can attack and score a lot of goals. I really like watching Monaco play. Just a bunch of young hungry kids. Bernardo Silva was phenomenal against City. Kylian Mbappe was too. He's been awesome all year when given chances. 17 goals and 10 assists in 31 games as an 18 year old is just absurd.
great draw  
Nitro : 3/17/2017 5:30 pm : link
all 4 matchups should be very entertaining.
Rick  
ColHowPepper : 3/17/2017 5:36 pm : link
agree with that assessment of the games.

Monaco in H1 was crazy, MC on its heels for 45 minutes +, and I'm saying to myself, Monaco is an attacking machine, but can they defend, because there was no need.

Then H2 opened, and the answer for the first 30 minutes was, "No, they can't defend!" LOL, crazy, entertaining game. Bernardo Silva and Mbappe were excellent; the ref refused to give one, maybe two cautions on hard, cynical fouls to Silva. The substitute CB, from Italy, Gaffe (??), a superb tackle to deny Agüero inside the 6, then limped off with a hammy. Germain suspended with a yellow?
the monaco bvb is of course going to end up  
Nitro : 3/17/2017 9:08 pm : link
a 1-0 affair given the anticipation.
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