Looking back at the 2015 – 2016 Champions League Quarterfinals

(Baonghean.vn) - QuarterfinalsChampions League 2015 – 2016 took place with intense, dramatic matches until the last minute and ended with random, surprising and interesting coincidences…

The teams in the quarter-finals.

Interesting coincidence

The second leg of the 2015-2016 Champions League Quarterfinals ended early yesterday morning (April 14) with Atletico Madrid's comeback against Barcelona and a draw between Bayern Munich and Benfica. FourThe outstanding names named in the Semi-finals include: Real Madrid, Man City,Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. What makes fans feel strangely interesting is that all four matches in this year's quarter-finals ended with a total score of 3-2.

Specifically, the two Madrid teams, Real and Atletico, were at a disadvantage when they lost the first leg to Wolfsburg (0-2) and Barca (1-2). However, they rose up to make a spectacular comeback to defeat their opponents at home with the scores of 3-0 and 2-0 respectively. Meanwhile, Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg at the Etihad Stadium, with Kevin de Bruyne scoring the only goal. The first leg ended in a 2-2 draw at PSG's home ground. In the remaining Quarter-final match, Benfica, despite causing a lot of trouble for Bayern Munich, were eventually finished off by the "Gray Tigers" with the aggregate score of the first and second leg being 3-2.

Individual brilliance

The biggest highlight of this year’s quarter-finals was the reversal of the game between the two Madrid teams, Real and Atletico. In addition to the tactical success of coach Zidane and coach Diego Simeone, the cohesion between the lines… the turning point of the match came from the individual breakthroughs of Ronaldo and Griezmann.

Portuguese superstar Ronaldo was very lackluster in the first leg, leaving many worries and doubts among fans. However, CR7 “woke up” and shone at the right time to score a hat-trick, helping his team qualify for the next round, and he became a hero with the records he created. Coach Zidane proudly shared, “Ronaldo is a special person”, all over the newspapers and websites headlined his name with compliments.

CR7 shines

Meanwhile, Atletico were at a disadvantage when they lost 1-2 in the first leg at Now Camp and the red card of number one striker Fernando Torres. However, the person chosen to replace him, Griezmann, had a performance that could not be better with his cool scoring quality when he scored twice to help Atletico win 2-0 in the second leg at home. With a final victory of 3-2, Atletico made Barca swallow the bitter pill for the second time in the Champions League Quarterfinals (the first time was in the 2013/2014 season).

Names that disappoint

Ibrahimovic had an excellent performance in the Champions League round of 16 and with PSG, he made waves in the domestic arena. However, this player was also very lackluster in the second leg at the Etihad Stadium, after failing to score from the penalty spot in the first leg in France.

Once again, the prestigious Champions League trophy refused his name and the team that owned him was like a curse "if you want to win the national championship, buy Ibrahimovic, if you want to win the Champions League, sell him".

Meanwhile, the 2015 Golden Ball -Messidisappointing with the worst performance since the Argentine player started playing. Specifically, Messi has gone through a series of 5 matches, 452 minutes without scoring any goals and also not having a single assist for his teammates to score.

This is Messi's longest goal drought in six years. The last time Messi went this long was in April 2010, when the 28-year-old went 474 minutes without scoring a goal. In Barcelona's 0-2 loss to Atletico Madrid, Messi did not have any coordination with his teammates in the opponent's penalty area.

The team that disappointed fans the most was Barca. Barca's 39-match unbeaten streak made fans expect them to become the first team to defend the title of Europe's most prestigious tournament. However, within two weeks, the Catalan team completely turned fans' emotions upside down, from expectation to utter disappointment.

Barca have become the former Champions League champions and could be overthrown in La Liga as the gap between them and the two chasing teams is only 3 points and 4 points with the two Madrid teams.

According to the schedule, UEFA will conduct the draw for the semi-finals of the Champions League and Europa League this afternoon (April 15). Nghe An Newspaper will continue to inform readers about the draw results this afternoon.

Fans anxiously await Champions League semi-final draw

Son Chu