Champions League winners and losers ahoy. It's been a great week.
Not sure 4-0 should equal the biggest ever Champions League win of a team that has won the tournament seven times but there you go.Now stands alone as the highest-scoring Eric in European Cup history, surpassing Cantona in suitable fashion with a goal against Barcelona.It is the first time ever that three Spanish clubs have been knocked out in the Champions League group stage. At least they all have their finances in order and aren’t entirely dependent on the prize money.
Giovanni Simeone alone has matched his father’s team’s attacking output of four goals so far in Europe in 2022/23. Or director of football Mateu Alemany can blame “inexplicable refereeing decisions” and president Joan Laporta can suggest “you can’t blame the players or the coach for anything,” while fans chant ‘UEFA is a mafia’. That works too. Sure.