The Final 8 in Lisbon has made Spain bad, as there will be no Spanish representative in the semifinals of the Champions League. After the painful defeats of Atlético and from Barcelona (2-8) versus Red Bull Leipzig already Bayern Munich, respectively, the Spanish teams are left with no chance of winning the 19th Orejona and what is more serious, shows a step back from Spanish football compared to other championships.
You have to go back to the 2006-2007 season to find a semifinals of the great continental club tournament without Spanish teams (Milan, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea, with victory for the Italians). Thirteen editions later it happens again. On that occasion, Valencia's defeat to Chelsea in the quarterfinals prevented the will strain a club from Spain in the last crossing before the final. Since that fateful campaign, Spain has won 7 Champions; by 3 from England and by one from both Germany and Italy.
So, Things have not gone so bad and the Spanish cycle has been fantastic. But the early elimination of Spanish clubs in this year marked by the stoppage of competitions due to the coronavirus pandemic it is a warning to sailors of what may come in a future of pre-economic crisis.
Record in the 1999-2000 season
Champions 1999-2000.
FELIPE SEVILLANO (DIARIO AS)
It has not always been bad news for us. The highest quota of Spanish clubs in the semifinals occurred in the 1999-2000 campaign when three teams reached the semifinal round. He Real Madrid conquered the Eighth against Valencia in the final in Paris. Before the white team eliminated Bayern Munich while, the Valencian did the same with Barcelona. Since then it has not happened again to see three Spanish clubs in the semifinals.
During these years, Spain has been well above the rest of the leagues in number of semifinalists with 19. Not counting this edition at stake, England has 16, including those of the 2006-2007 season. Germany reaches 9 semi-finalists, pOr the 5 from Italy, the 2 from France and one from the Netherlands.