Your European Soccer Crib Sheet, 4/19 Edition

The Champions League is the best. The Champions League is the worst. All hail VAR.

Well, that did not disappoint! I have plenty of words for you about why below, and I’ll have plenty of words previewing the semifinals over the next two weeks, too. If you want some initial forward-looking thoughts from me, I wrote a day-after-the-quarters preview of the semis for ESPN. Barcelona fans are mad that I said their defense is bad. If you, de…