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Leicester City to take on Atletico, while United go to Belgium in Europa League

Leicester City are heading back to Spain! After overcoming a 2-1 deficit to beat Sevilla 3-2 on aggr...
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12:42 PM - 17 Mar 2017



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Leicester City to take on Atletico, while United go to Belgium in Europa League

TodayFM
TodayFM

12:42 PM - 17 Mar 2017



Leicester City are heading back to Spain!

After overcoming a 2-1 deficit to beat Sevilla 3-2 on aggregate on Tuesday, Craig Shakespeare's resurgent Premier League champions are now going to Madrid in the last eight of the Champions League.

The prospect of Wes Morgan taking on Antoine Griezmann may have seemed far fetched 18 months ago, but the Foxes' fairytale journey will see them lock horns with Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid, finalists in two of the last three years.

Morgan, Vardy, Mahrez and co will travel to the Spanish capital for the first leg on Wednesday April 12, before bringing the Spanish giants back to the King Power Stadium the following Tuesday.

As well as that, there are two huge draws to look forward to, with Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern Munich going up against the reigning champions Real Madrid, whom Ancelotti won the tournament with in 2014.

Barcelona's reward for that remarkable comeback against PSG is a repeat of the 2015 Champions league final against Juventus, while Man City's conquerors Monaco will play Borussia Dortmund.

In the last eight of the Europa League Manchester United will face Belgian side Anderlecht, who have seen off APOEL and Zenit St Petersburg in the previous two rounds.

Anderlecht and United last met in the group stage of the Champions League in the 2000/01 season, with United losing 2-1 in Belgium, future Everton and Fulham striker Tomasz Radzinski scoring both goal. Their first leg will be played in Belgium, before returning to Old Trafford for the second leg.

Elsewhere there's an exciting meeting of Ajax and Schalke, Celta Vigo will play Genk - who knocked Cork City out in the qualifying rounds - while Lyon are against Turkey's Besiktas.



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