17 semifinals of the Barça in Champions, the octave in 12 years

With the pass harvested against the Manchester United, the FC Barcelona has accessed to the semifinal number 17 of his history in the Glass of Europe, that says prompt. The ones of Valverde will go back to be one of the four better teams of the continent, something that already has sucedido in eight occasions in the last twelve years. Of consecutive form, the FC Barcelona was in semifinals of Champions League of 2007/08 to 2012/13, the season 2014/15 and the current, in which it expects a rival that will go out of the eliminatory between Liverpool and Port wine.

Along these 12 years in which the FC Barcelona has achieved until eight presences in semifinals of Champions League, the first Barcelona team has had until five distinct trainers. The combined  trained by Frank Rijkaard initiated this successful way the season 2007/08. Pep Guardiola followed him (2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12) with four consecutive semifinals, and Tito Vilanova (2012/13) gave continuity to the appearance continued of the Barcelona in semifinals of Champions League.

In the campaign 2013-14 the FC Barcelona was deleted before the expected, in quarter-finals, to hands of the Athletic of Madrid. In the course 2014/15, Luis Enrique planted again to the culés between the four better clubs of Europe. And now it has carried it out Ernesto Valverde, surpassing like this the bad series of three consecutive campaigns falling in the quarter-finals (Athletic, Juventus and Rome).

Like curious anecdote, fits to signal that Leo Messi is the only player of the current staff that has been in these eight semifinals in the last 12 years. Besides, 'The Flea' has marked four goals in this eliminatory. Gerard Hammered and Sergio Busquets second to Leo Messi with seven presences in the last 12 years, of the same form that his ancient mates Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, those who also played seven from 2008.

In total are 17 presences of the FC Barcelona in some semifinals of Glass of Europe, by what to the last eight participations in 'semis' it is necessary to add nine more, delivered along the history of the FC Barcelona (1959/60, 1960/61, 1974/75, 1985/86, 1991/92 , 1993/94, 1999/00, 2001/02 and 2005/06). With 17 semifinals, therefore, the FC Barcelona situates like the third team that more times has arrived to the 'semis' of this continental competition (under denomination of Glass of Europe and of Champions League).

This Barça aims to another final of Champions

The following aim, of course, will be to delete to Liverpool or Port wine to achieve a note to the final of Wanda Metropolitan, that the Barcelona would play against Ajax, Tottenham or Manchester City. Before this suceda, however, it will be necessary to delete to English or Portuguese... And the Barça is decided to go step by step not to commit errors like the one of the year happened in Rome.