Europa League Draw: Valencia Face Atletico Madrid, Liverpool Confront Benfica

The road to Hamburg has been blazed

The Europa League quarter-final draw has been completed in Nyon, with Valencia against Atletico Madrid the undoubted tie of the round.

Elsewhere, there is an England-versus-Germany clash as Fulham and Wolfsburg take on each other, Hamburg tackle Standard Liege and Benfica will fight against Liverpool.

The path to the final in Hamburg was all mapped out, with the draw also made for the two semi-finals.

The winners of Hamburg and Liege will play the winners of Fulham and Wolfsburg in semi-final 1, while semi-final 2 will feature the winners of Valencia and Atletico Madrid versus the winners of Benfica and Liverpool.

The draw was also made to determine who the 'home' team in the final at Hamburg would be, and that honour was granted to the winners of semi-final 2.

Europa League Quarterfinal Draw

Fulham
Wolfsburg
Hamburg Standard Liege
Valencia l Atletico Madrid
Benfica
Liverpool

The first leg of each tie will be played on April 1st, while the second will be played on April 8th.



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