What did we learn from last night's Champions League?

In the past nine years, Real Madrid and Barcelona were eight times in the finals of the Champions League. The games of these two teams, Barca's draw in Greece [to Olympiacos] and Real's embarrassing defeat in Wembley [tottenham] testify to the fall of two Spanish giants. The cause of poor shape, both teams can be eliminated much earlier by this competition. Another reason is lack of reinforcements, and at the same time lack of game concept.

Barcelona's got an unwanted coach, who's not making it so scary in years past. Its 4-3-3 is not functioning, not only because of a lack of quality midfield, but for another reason: they lack the third quality player to form partnerships with Mess and Suarez. Deulofeu seems not the right choice. And so, in those few games you played, it doesn't look like Ousmanne Demble.

Reali, meanwhile, faces an even greater challenge. By the beginning of 2016, they seem to have solved Tactical problems through the formation made by Rafa Benitez ready. But with Zidane, new ideas are missing. And a failure of this team seems inevitable.

Another thing we learned was that the English teams are stronger than the previous years. City won over Naples in São Paulo. They beat Madrid, and nothing can make them think of themselves as one of Europe's strongest clubs. While there were also United and Liverpool's easy victories yesterday. It seems that this time, the English teams will be very serious in competition and it is quite possible for any of them to reach the top. Periscope