Fernando Torres Is Wearing A Special Pair Of Shin-Pads vs. Leicester

Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres is wearing a pair of special shin-pads in tonight's Champions League game against Leicester City.

After knocking out Bayer Leverkusen, Atleti were drawn opposite against the sole English representative in Leicester City.

(Watch Leicester City fans clash with police in Madrid prior to kick-off:)

The Foxes progressed into the quarter-finals by dumping out fellow-La Liga outfit, Sevilla.

And they'll have to see off another Spanish side should they book their spot in the semi-finals.

_{(Torres going through his paces earlier in the week ahead of tonight's Champions League fixture. Image: PA)}

During the first-leg encounter, Torres, who was leading the line, had his face plastered across his shin-pads.

On one of the shin-pads was a young Torres while the other featured the Spaniard of today.

Check out his special shin-pads below:

As well as Atletico vs. Leicester, cross-town neighbours Real face Bayern Munich while the rearranged tie between Borussia Dortmund vs. AS Monaco ended 3-2 to the French visitors.

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Topics: Madrid

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