The Champions League is still football's most elusive prize

The ESPN FC team discuss the second legs of the Champions League quarterfinals. Shaka Hislop expects a classic defensive match from Juventus and a controlled match from Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain. ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti says Bayern Munich are slight favourites to win the Champions League due to their easy draw against Porto. It had been mentioned as a source of motivation for Barcelona, but Hristo Stoichkov typically reframed it as a mere insult to Real Madrid. The former Bulgaria striker -- who played at the Camp Nou from 1990 through 1995 and again between 1996 and 1998 -- had been asked how the Bernabeu club enjoyed such a superior historical record in the Champions League, and whether Barcelona players were actually conscious of rectifying that. "Bah," Stoichkov dismissed. "Most of their European Cups are in black...

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