(Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP)LISBON Emmanuel Macron was quick to appropriate France's unexpected Champions League prowess for political purposes.
It has never happened before: two French teams in the Champions League semifinals after two nights of incredible results in Lisbon.
You have to go back even longer to find a Champions League semifinals that didn't feature Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.
With Pep Guardiola twice a Champions League winner as Barcelona coach outwitted by Lyon's Rudi Garcia, the last of the managerial heavyweights exited this mini-tournament.
Diego Simeone, who has lost two Champions League finals with Atletico Madrid, was dumped out by Leipzig on Wednesday.