BIG CUP BABY! In the Swiss town of Nyon, where European football’s governing body, Uefa, has its headquarters, tests for a suspected nerve agent, demanded after several visitors to the municipality displayed signs of excessive wry smiling and reflexively arched eyebrows, didn’t actually take place. After the Big Cup draw had concluded, bookmakers responded by deciding the teams they previously thought would probably win the competition would still probably win the competition. The teams have previously played in European competition 19 times, with Real taking a slender 9-8 head-to-head advantage last May. Get your Big Cup quarter-final tie-by-tie analysis here with floating football brain in a jar Jonathan Wilson.

Source: The Guardian March 16, 2018 16:52 UTC