Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare celebrates with Christian Fuchs after the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match against Sevilla at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, England on Tuesday.
Leicester: Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare believes his team could become the Champions League's surprise package after they eliminated Sevilla to reach the quarter-finals.
Toiling domestically and beaten 2-1 in the first leg of the last 16 tie, Leicester roared back to win 2-0 in Tuesday's return leg, sending them into Friday's last-eight draw. Shakespeare, promoted following Claudio Ranieri's dismissal, feels the feat stands "right up there" with last season's fairytale Premier League title win and said there could be more miracles still to come.
"We know there's going to be some terrific teams, as in the previous round," said Shakespeare, who was taking charge of only his fourth game as a manager.
"We have to be delighted with the performance in knocking Seville out, because their record in Europe is there for everyone to see. "But we're in there on merit, make no mistake about that. We might just be the surprise team.
"But we know the quality of teams in there is getting down to the real serious business now."
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Juventus are among the teams who have already reached the quarter-finals, but Shakespeare said he had no preference regarding Leicester's next opponents.
Asked if there was a team he was hoping to come up against, he smiled and replied simply: "No."
