There will be no English representatives in the final four of the Champions League after holders Manchester City and Arsenal both fell in the quarter-finals.
Spain could provide three of the final four in Europe’s top competition after Atletico Madrid and Barcelona accounted for Dortmund and PSG respectively.
Imagine an A-League team playing the UEFA Champions League winners on Australian soil – in a competitive match,for a real trophy. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds.
With Inter Milan waiting in the final,City will be huge favourites to finally deliver the trophy Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour has craved since buying the club in 2008.
It will be a straight shootout for a place in the Champions League final in Manchester next week after Kevin De Bruyne’s strike cancelled out Vinicius jnr’s opener.
Girona’s Valentin Castellanos scored twice in each half of a 4-2 win that further dented the reigning European champions’ domestic title hopes.
Real Madrid completed a 4-0 aggregate rout of Chelsea to qualify for the last four,where they will be joined by AC Milan who dispatched domestic rivals Napoli.
Real Madrid and AC Milan took giant steps toward the semi-finals of Europe’s top competition with victory over Chelsea and Napoli respectively.
Frankfurt fans were barred from the game but made the trip anyway,while Real Madrid cruised to a 1-0 win over Liverpool after their Anfield heroics last month.
Real Madrid fought back from two goals down to earn a devastating 5-2 first-leg victory in the Champions League.
Neither Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have anything left to prove - except perhaps to one another. Qatar 2022 will be their World Cup swansongs.