Real won the battle of Madrid, Juventus held off Monaco, Bayern crushed Porto and Barcelona cruised past PSG.
There was plenty of action in the Champions League this week. Here are some things we loved and some other things we hated.
LOVE
Javier Hernandez back on top
His goal against Atletico sent Real Madrid to the semi-final and sent Hernández back into the shop window.
The Mexican striker will surely be leaving his parent club, Manchester United, during the summer. This was the perfect way to advertise his predatorial abilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sASkTfUadr0
Juventus are back at the top table
The Serie A has taken a lot of slack from the so-called experts in recent years.
Some of the criticism has been justified, some hasn’t. Juventus’ performances this season have done a great deal to restore respect to the league.
They are now in the semi-final for the first time in 12 years and we wouldn’t back against them going one step further. Even if they are up against Real Madrid. Eek.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hghUlgeGEQg
Hate
Porto crumbling
Bayern were outstanding and we’re not trying to take anything away from their amazing performance.
However, we’re pretty sure we could have whipped together a team from our local astroturf and given Porto a good game given the way they played on the night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6jAWDbphQc
Poor PSG
We also expected much, much more from PSG.
Instead, they feebly gave in to the might of Barcelona and Neymar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngvhRtb-Y0
