Football: Leipzig sporting director upbeat following Champions League quarter-final draw

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Pablo Simeone praised RB Lepzig ahead of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The encounter is set take place on Thursday 13th August at the Estadio Jose Alvalade. It will be the first time both teams face each other in European competition. Atletico Madrid have already defeated title-holders Liverpool, while RB Leipzig beat Jose Mourinho's Tottenham on their way to the quarter-finals. All matches will take place behind closed doors in Lisbon, with Benfica's Estadio da Luz and Sporting's Estadio Jose Alvalade providing the venue for the behind-closed-doors ties.