I imagine those moaning about this season's semi-final line up want the traditional Bayern, Barcelona and Real...with either United or Liverpool as the English representative.
1997/98 was when Real Madrid won the Champions League for the first time in 32 years, since then there has only been:
One season when none of the 5 teams mentioned above have appeared in the semi-finals
Two seasons none of them appeared in the final
Five seasons where none of them won it.
It's now 14 seasons in a row that at least one of Bayern, Barcelona or Real have reached the Champions League semi-final (06/07 was the last time none of them appeared in the last 4). Only once in the last 10 seasons have none of the three reached the final.
This is what City, PSG and Chelsea have had to break.
1997/98 was when Real Madrid won the Champions League for the first time in 32 years, since then there has only been:
One season when none of the 5 teams mentioned above have appeared in the semi-finals
Two seasons none of them appeared in the final
Five seasons where none of them won it.
It's now 14 seasons in a row that at least one of Bayern, Barcelona or Real have reached the Champions League semi-final (06/07 was the last time none of them appeared in the last 4). Only once in the last 10 seasons have none of the three reached the final.
This is what City, PSG and Chelsea have had to break.