Already the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League 2020-21 remained in the past and the world-wide football looks already the chambers that will determine who are the eight better teams of the continent that will litigate by a space in the semifinals and to the dessert, in the big final. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Liverpool, PSG, Borussia Dortmund, Port wine and Chelsea stamped his name in the draw of the Friday to the 12:00 of the morning in which they will know the next crosses.
Because of the intensity of the competition, especially this year by the late that started the season, is difficult to look to backwards but the true is that the eighth supposed the farewell of a lot of stars that carry standing out in the maximum European competition during years. The FC Barcelona, the Juventus, Athletic of Madrid and Seville are some of the big clubs that will not compete in the next phase of the Champions, depriving to the viewers enjoy of the excelso talent of some of his footballers.
Cristiano and Messi sacked
Barça and Juve are the two big absent clubs in the following phase of Champions. For the first time from the season 2004-05 neither Lionel Messi neither Cristiano Ronaldo will be in the quarter-finals. The Argentinian star was one of the fixed of the top eight from the 2006-07, whereas the crack Portuguese already had fallen in eighth in front of the Lyon, same hangman that in 2010 in the memorable elimination of the Madrid of Pellegrini.
Some instances of chambers without Messi neither Christian will be a bit less striking, but these are not the only sensitive drops caused by the absences of the Barça and the vecchia signora. The League of Champions will remain without the names of Gerard Hammered, Antoine Griezmann, the Dutch Of Jong and Of Ligt, the magic of Pedri, the explosividad of Chiesa and of Square (that it also is maximum assistant with six) the goals of Álvaro Morata (second maximum goleador with six). Important footballers that will have to expect months to go back to do of his in the maximum European contest.
The Athletic and the Seville sacked prontamente
Hardly it could imagine that considering the big campaign that has made the group of the Cholo Simeone, east fell so prompt in the competition. His second place in the phase of groups did him confront to Chelsea, that besides has improved of considerable way from the arrival of Tuchel to the bench. The goals of Suárez, the skill of Marcos Llorente and Joao Félix, a player that is called to be leading in the next years, are some of the drops of this Champions.
By his part, the Seville crashed against the Borussia Dortmund of Erling Haaland. Afterwards to shine another year in the Europe League looked forward to to reach again the quarter-finals of the Champions as it did it in the 58 and 2018. The crossing in front of the German club invited to the optimism, but anybody warned them of the letalidad of the Norwegian artilleryman. The Champions now will not dance like the 'Papu', will remain without the targets of In-Nesyri (second maximum goleador with six), the harp of Ocampos, the free direct of Oscar, the forcefulness of Koundé and the careers of Jesús Navas.
Germans and Italian put end to his way
Monchengladbach, Leipzig and Lazio split perhaps like three of the less favourite teams in the quinielas in eighth. In front of City, Liverpool, Bayern, respectively, split in clear disadvantage and the 'normal' was to expect that they went deleted, as it finished sucediendo. The only that it is exento of this norm was the Atalanta, as in spite of that it is not a team champion, his arrolladora actuality and the disappointing campaign of the Real Madrid, invited to expect a possible elimination of the Italians on the madridistas, but the hierarchy finally imposed .
The Champions suffered hard farewells, but this is not reason for sucumbir in front of the desazón of not having to these cracks in the maximum European contest, as the future is promising and the jewels will be presents to try carry to his team to the highest without mattering the price neither the rival to the that confront . Kylian Mbappé And Haaland are the favourite maxima now, and these will have to confront to historical giants like the Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool… The magic nights of Champions definitely will follow shining.