Champions League – No Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi in the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 15 years

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The statistics are impressive and illustrate the status of these two immense stars: with their elimination against Lyon and Bayern Munich, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi will appear in the last four of the Champions League. A first since 2005.

We will not go so far as to say that the statistic illustrates the fact that the duo is on the decline, but the symbol is strong: for the first time since the 2004-05 edition of the Champions League, nor Lionel Messi, ni Cristiano Ronaldo will not play the semi-finals of the Big Ears Cup. At the time, Andreï Shevchenko’s AC Milan, Phillip Cocu’s PSV Eindhoven, Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool and José Mourinho’s Chelsea were vying for the two tickets for the final. But since then, FC Barcelona for Messi as well as Real Madrid for Ronaldo have been present, either one or the other, and even both at the same time, in the last four.

The list of semi-finals with Ronaldo and Messi

2005-06 : Messi’s FC Barcelona, ​​winner of AC Milan in the semi-finals and then Arsenal in the final.
2006-07 : Manchester United of Cristiano Ronaldo, eliminated by AC Milan in the semi-finals.
2007-08 : Messi’s FC Barcelona eliminated by Ronaldo’s Manchester United in the semi-finals.
2008-09 : Messi’s FC Barcelona and Ronaldo’s Manchester United advance to the final against Chelsea and Arsenal; Messi and Barça win the final.
2009-10 : Messi’s FC Barcelona eliminated by Inter Milan in the semi-finals.
2010-11 : Messi’s FC Barcelona eliminated Ronaldo’s Real Madrid in the semi-finals.
2011-12 : Messi’s FC Barcelona and Ronaldo’s Real Madrid eliminated in the semi-finals by Bayern Munich and Chelsea.
2012-13 : Messi’s FC Barcelona and Ronaldo’s Real Madrid eliminated in the semi-finals by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
2013-14 : Ronaldo’s Real Madrid won over Bayern Munich in the semi-finals and then Atlético Madrid in the final.
2014-15 : Ronaldo’s Real Madrid eliminated in the semi-finals by Juventus Turin; Messi’s FC Barcelona, ​​winner of Bayern Munich in the last four, then Juventus in the final.
2015-16 : Ronaldo’s Real Madrid won over Manchester City in the semi-finals and then Atlético Madrid in the final.
2016-17 : Ronaldo’s Real Madrid won over Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals, then Juventus in the final.
2017-18 : Ronaldo’s Real Madrid won over Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, then Liverpool in the final.
2018-19 : Messi’s FC Barcelona eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals.

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