Champions League review: Cunning Kane, PSG click into form and a bloodied pundit

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There has been ill fortune – Hugo Ekitike’s snapped achilles was the latest blow – though much of Liverpool’s fanbase have made their minds up. This is the fourth semi-final for Simeone, three of which have come at Barcelona’s expense.

That’s it, nothing else. It’s right to stay high if you’re pressing, but if you don’t manage it, it’s too risky.” – Zvonimir Boban, a 1994 Champions League winner with Milan, didn’t hold back on Barça’s latest departure from a competition they last won in 2015.Boban’s ire was nothing on Paolo di Canio who, following Sky Italia’s broadcast of Bayern v Madrid, was asked when Italian football will reach such levels.

Vincent Kompany is banned from Bayern’s bench after protesting against Madrid’s third goal. “Since the beginning of the season we have dreamed of big things,” Kompany said after Wednesday’s game.A second successive semi-final for Arsenal, and a familiar opponent in Simeone’s Atléti.