straight to your inboxPep Guardiola denied that a new order is about to take control of European football.But he expressed the view that the rise of new clubs to threaten the stranglehold of the usual old names is a good thing for the Champions League.The first semi-final of the competition will be between two clubs who were both formed within the last 50 years and which have one semi-final appearance between them - PSG reached the same stage in 1995, while RB Leipzig’s only previous appearance saw them eliminated at the group stage.
If Manchester City can beat Lyon in tomorrow night’s final quarter-final, and then see off the winner of tonight’s Barcelona v Bayern Munich clash, there will be two first-time finalists meeting at Lisbon’s.
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