For the first time in over a decade, both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will not be featuring in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
For the first time in over a decade, both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will not be featuring in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
This is going the first time in 15 years that both the juggernauts of the footballing world will be absent.
Juventus featuring Ronaldo got knocked out of the 2019-20 Champions League after they fell short on away goals in the round-of-16 match against French opponents, Lyon.
Earlier on Friday (local time), Messi's Barcelona also got knocked out of this season's UCL after suffering an 8-2 thumping against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.
Before this season, both Messi and Ronaldo had last missed out on the Champions League semi-finals in the 2004-05 season when Liverpool managed to register a memorable win against AC Milan in the finals.
For the first time since 2006-07, no Spanish side will also be a part of the final four of the Champions League, Goal.com reported.
Messi and Ronaldo, among them, have won 11 Ballon d'Or wins. The Argentine striker Messhas won the top prize in football six times, while the Portuguese has won it five times.
The Argentine striker Messi, who has won Champions League four times, last won the tournament during the 2014-15 edition.
Ronaldo has won the Champions League five times (four with Real Madrid and one with Manchester United).
In the semi-finals of the 2019-20 Champions League, Bayern Munich will face the winner of the match between Manchester United and Lyon.
In the other semis, Paris Saint-Germain will face RZ Leipzig.
Ronaldo managed to win the Serie A this season as Juventus finished at the top of 2019-20 season, while Messi failed to win any trophy.
Barcelona finished at the second place in the 2019-20 La Liga standings, as Real Madrid won the title.
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