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    CL is now boring and predictable competition. It used to be much better, money ****€d up football. I think that real fans are tired of watching same teams dominating in CL and that is because overall quallity of CL teams is lower than it used to be. Anyone remember times when teams from other leagues* actually had serious chances and results in CL ?
    *not only top 5 which are now top 3 (Bundesliga, BPL and La Liga) since Serie A and Ligue 1 are falling behind

    Quick CL high-finish history (for the last 10 years) says that last time CL had non top-3 semi-finalist was back in season 2009-2010 when Inter and Lyon were in 1/2 finals (with Barca and Bayern). Even worse fact, last time one non top-5 team reached CL 1/2 finals was back 10 years ago when PSV played against Milan in season 2004-2005. Since then (season 04-05 included) only 13 clubs were in 1/2 finals:
    7x Barcelona
    6x Chelsea
    5x Bayern and Real Madrid
    4x Manchester Utd.
    3x Liverpool and AC Milan
    2x Arsenal
    1x Inter At.Madrid Villareal Bor. Dortmund Schalke 04 PSV

    I don't think I need to post more statistics. Does someone believe that some team (which isn't mentioned here on list) can reach 1/2 finals in next few seasons? If yes, then which team?
    Last edited by t11_fan; 06-07-2015 at 09:43 PM.
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