#UCLFantasy: quarter-final picks

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The eight remaining teams have been under the microscope all season, but are there still bargains to be found? Our team of reporters cast their expert eyes over each of the quarter-finalists.

Atlético Madrid (Joe Walker, @UEFAcomJoeW)
Atlético are never going to blow a side away, but Antoine Griezmann (FW, €10.3m) is in fine fettle and is invariably the difference maker. At the other end, Jan Oblak (GK, €6.1m) is a points machine and having conceded just once in his last nine outings at the Calderón in the UEFA Champions League, he and Diego Godín (DF, €6.0m) should be shoo-ins, while the Uruguayan's partner Stefan Savić (DF, €4.7m) is a bona fide bargain.

Barcelona (Graham Hunter, @BumperGraham)
Barcelona approach this big test having lost a few on the road domestically but also after that shock 4-0 defeat in Paris in the last round. If Barça, generally, aren't scoring in away matches then three men usually stand out in stemming the tide: Javier Mascherano (DF, €6.0m), Gerard Piqué (DF, €6.4m) and Marc-André ter Stegen (GK, €6.0m). They'll need to produce very big performances in Turin. None of them are, yet, leading point-scorers, but this is the time to start. Worth backing them?

Bayern München (Jordan Maciel, @UEFAcomJordanM)
With 14 goals in his last seven games at the Fußball Arena München, Robert Lewandowski (FW, €11.2m) should be a strong candidate for your Fantasy team, perhaps even as captain. Elsewhere, Arjen Robben (MF, €7.3m) continues to deliver in the big games and his performance against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday was one of his best in recent years. Although he has a few goals to his name in the competition this season, Thomas Müller (FW, €10.4m) would represent an expensive risk having missed recent matches due to injury and with his place in the team not guaranteed.

Borussia Dortmund (Steffen Potter, @UEFAcomSteffenP)
Raphaël Guerreiro (DF, €4.5m) is still one of the bargains of this UEFA Champions League season and his versatility means that he is likely to be picked for most matches. Christian Pulišić (MF, €5.0m) has won the most points so far of any BVB midfielders and proved in the return leg against Benfica he's ready for the big stage. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (FW, €10.1m) is anything but a bargain, but still scores almost at will; if you can afford him, go for him.

Juventus (Paolo Menicucci, @UEFAcomPaoloM)
Gonzalo Higuaín (FW, €9.5m) has scored all four of Juventus's goals in the Bianconeri's last two games. The Argentinian has reached peak form when it counts most, but his attacking partner Paulo Dybala (FW, €8.2m) is also showing very promising signs. Just two goals conceded in this season's competition means that Gianluigi Buffon (GK, €6.6m), Leonardo Bonucci (DF, €6.1m) and Dani Alves (DF, €6.1m) could also bring points.

Leicester City (Simon Hart, @UEFAcomSimonH)
Kasper Schmeichel (GK, €5.9m) performed heroics at Sevilla in the last round and will have to be at his best again if Leicester are to leave Madrid with a clean sheet. Danny Drinkwater (MF, €5.9m) invariably has a pivotal role in the Foxes' midfield, though another player worth a punt might be winger Marc Albrighton (MF, €5.9m), scorer of the opening goal in the home leg against Sevilla and a player whose crossing ability could lead to an assist. Jamie Vardy (FW, €7.3m) is on a hot streak of seven goals in ten games and looks the most likely source of an away goal.

Monaco (David Crossan, @UEFAcomDavidC)
The Dortmund tie is set to be full of goals so avoid defenders and plump for Radamel Falcao (FW, €7.9m) and Kylian Mbappé (MF, €4.7m). Falcao returned from four weeks out injured with a goal against Angers on Saturday and managed 83 minutes to get him in shape; Mbappé was an unused substitute so will be chomping at the bit to unleash his pace and finishing ability in Germany. Bernardo Silva (MF, €6.9m) is due a big game and is posed to add to his 27 Fantasy points this season.

Real Madrid (Joe Walker, @UEFAcomJoeW)
Madrid have not kept a clean sheet in UEFA competition this season but are free-scoring, so there is only one end of the pitch you need to look at for Fantasy players. Karim Benzema (FW, €10.8m) leads the line outstandingly, and while Cristiano Ronaldo (FW, €12.1m) might have just two goals in the 2016/17 edition thus far – surely that's bound to change? – he has racked up five assists and is well worth the investment. Madrid's potency from set pieces this campaign means that Toni Kroos (MF, €7.3m) and partner in crime Luka Modrić (MF, €6.9m) represent decent value.

Pick your team for the quarter-finals