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As the Champions League knockouts return, PSG's model of a young, pressing, collective side has become the template the rest of Europe is chasing.
PSG demolished Inter to win their first Champions League, and the performance was the purest expression yet of Luis Enrique's collective.
Arsenal eliminated Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, ending Madrid's defence and announcing themselves as genuine European contenders.
The expanded format's first knockout rounds have arrived, and the playoff layer is producing the jeopardy the old groups sometimes lacked.
After years of star-driven dysfunction, PSG look coherent for the first time in a decade. The departure of individual egos built a collective.
The expanded league phase has arrived. More fixtures, a single table, and the end of the traditional group stage. Is it better?
Madrid beat Dortmund 2-0 at Wembley to win the Champions League again. They were outplayed for an hour and won anyway. Of course they did.
Two heavyweight legs, a 4-4 aggregate, and penalties. Real Madrid eliminated the holders once more, and the how is fascinating.