THE BARÇA REMAINS ALONE
The Athletic of Madrid consummates the disaster of the Spanish football in this Champions
Published:13/03/2019 - 07:30h
Updated:13/03/2019 - 09:12h
The Athletic of Madrid fell in eighth against the Juventus and added to the Real Madrid and to Valencia like Spanish teams deleted in this Champions. There was not so few Spanish teams in chambers from 2009. The Barça is the only hope of the Spanish football
The Spanish football has not had his year in this Champions League and the FC Barcelona is already the only hope that there is some team of LaLiga Santander in the bass drum of chambers of this course. The defeat of the Athletic of Madrid against the Juventus has consummated this disaster that did not see from the year 2009.
This season, only the own Barça arrived to the quarter-finals. But since, each campaign always there has been at least two teams in this round. The Real Madrid carried being semifinalist of the League of Champions every year from the 2009, but his failure against the Ajax has prevented him be at least in chambers.
The Athletic of Madrid, by his part, promised them to him very happy against the Juve after the 2-0 of Wanda Metropolitan, but the turn was a nightmare. The Cholo Simeone made a mistake, sinned of conservative and the players were not to the height of the party. Cristiano Ronaldo and his Juve happened them to all by on and left to the colchoneros out of Europe against all prognosis.
Valencia was the another Spanish club that aspired to do something important this course. But the Valencians did not attain to happen of the phase of groups and finish third after the own Juventus of Turín and of the Manchester United. Both teams are cuartofinalistas, whereas the 'ches' dream with putting in the chambers of Europe League.
In the already appointed season 2009-2010, the last with an alone Spanish team in chambers, the Barça surpassed to the Stuttgart in eighth of final of conclusive way (1-1 and 4-0). The new Madrid of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká and Benzema could not surpass to the Olympique of Lyon in eighth and remained was. While, the Seville neither could delete to the CSKA of Moscow and the Athletic not even happened the phase of groups.
The Barça is the last hope
Of the FC Barcelona goes to depend that there is some team of the Spanish League in these quarter-finals. The culés are favourite against the Lyon and everything aims to that will achieve the pass, but in the gone the French already showed that they are able to hurt and the ones of Valverde will have to have a lot of care.
Spanish teams in quarter-finals in the last 10 seasons:
- Season 2018-19: FC Barcelona?
- Season 2017-18: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Seville
- Season 2016-17: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic
- Season 2015-16: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic
- Season 2014-15: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic
- Season 2013-14: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic
- Season 2012-13: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Málaga
- Season 2011-12: FC Barcelona and Real Madrid
- Season 2010-11: FC Barcelona and Real Madrid
- Season 2009-10: FC Barcelona
