For the first time since 2004-05, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will see their teams participate in the Champions League quarter-finals. Messi and Barcelona were knocked out in the last 16 at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, who drew 1-1 with the Spanish side on Wednesday to claim a 5-2 aggregate victory. The day before, Porto surprised Juventus and Ronaldo, as they advanced after an exciting battle in overtime in the Turin second leg, what happened in 2004-05? The last time the two stars missed the quarter-finals, Messi and Barcelona were previously eliminated. Chelsea are in the round of 16, while Ronaldo was with Manchester United at that time, and the Red Devils also came out in the round of 16 against AC Milan, and in general, Ronaldo won the Champions League five times, while Messi won the Champions League. They have competed on four occasions – most recently in 2014-2015. Barcelona’s 13-year quarter-finals are over, and in addition to both players ending a long streak of reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona also saw the end of a long period of reaching the quarter-finals on Wednesday. From Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona failed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2006-2007, when they were eliminated by Liverpool in the round of 16, and the Blaugrana fought 13 consecutive matches in the quarter-finals, the longest of that kind. Streak in the history of the competition. The end of an era: With Messi turning 33 and Ronaldo now 36, there was plenty of speculation that the era of both dominant players on the European stage was over. This season’s Champions League has seen two players emerge, in particular, as a potential successor to the dominant duo. Kylian Mbappe, whose Paris St Germain defeated Barcelona, ​​scored four goals in the first leg, breaking Messi’s record as the youngest player to reach 25 goals in the Champions League in the process, and Erling Haaland scored four goals in the Dortmund match in the Round of 16. Against Seville. The 20-year-old became the youngest player to score 20 goals in the Champions League
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