Spanish clubs boss in Europe

The picture shows that Spain and England passes on the list of countries this season that issued a record number of clubs in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League have over the period 2005 to 2015. In ten years, Spain has 20 quarter-finalists, England also has 20.

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But because for the first time in years, no British representative is in the last eight, the Spaniards now hurtling through. The draw is also already one Spanish team secured the semifinal, Real and Atletico indeed play against each other.

Because with the exception of Bayern Munich permeates almost no German team in recent years to the quarter or semi-finals, the gap between the Spanish and English with the rest of the big European football countries. Of the eleven time a German team in the last decade made the quarterfinals, it was seven times for Bayern.

Striking has been the rise of Chelsea. This season went wrong, but in total, the London team of Roman Abramovich (six times a quarterfinal) has been successful since 2005 than Real Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool and AC Milan.

Netherlands trudges behind Turkey, Portugal, France and Italy. Only once a Dutch team was the last ten years in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. That was PSV in the spring of 2007. Under the leadership of a great Phillip Cocu defeated PSV when Monaco in two games.