The 2025/26 edition of the Champions League has now entered the decisive phase, with the quarter-finals having given the final verdicts.
In the matches played last night, the picture was completed with the elimination of Real Madrid and Sporting Lisbon, while Bayern Munich and Arsenal continue their journey, both qualified for the semifinals, writes "Gazeta Express".
After Barcelona's "exit", comes the elimination of the other great representative of Spanish football.
A double blow that weighs not only on this edition of the competition, but also on Iberian football, which will anyway be represented by Atlético Madrid.
For the second time in the last 20 editions of the Champions League, neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona have managed to qualify for the semi-finals: this had only happened previously in the 2006/07 and 2020/21 seasons.
A statistic that shows how rare it is to see both Spanish powers out of the tournament simultaneously before the penultimate stage. /Express newspaper
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