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Breaking Down Every UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final Tie

There's no football like UEFA Champions League football. It's the pinnacle of this sport, where the best players and finest athletes cross swords; it has replaced the FIFA World Cup as the ultimate marker of quality.

Just eight teams are left in the 2017/18 competition, having battled through a gauntlet of six group games before Christmas and a two-legged knockout tie through February and March.

Friday's draw revealed who would be pitted against who in the quarter-finals, and suffice to say there are a couple of mouthwatering ties.

Here, we analyse each of the four matchups, point to the key men involved and discuss what the deciding factors of the matchups will be.