In the early morning of Wednesday Beijing time, this season's Champions League semi-final will start. Next, let's take stock of the historical records of the Champions League semi-finals.
Let's start with the players. The player with the most appearances in the Champions League semi-finals is Cristiano Ronaldo, who played 21 games for Manchester United and Real Madrid. This was followed by Xavi Alonso, who made 17 appearances for Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern.
Xavi is 16 times, all for Barca; Ramos 15 times, all for Real Madrid; Messi and Thomas Müller are all 15 times, but unfortunately they have not reached the semi-finals this season. Among this year's final four players, the most frequent players were Benzema and Kroos, both with 14 games.
The player who scored the most goals in the Champions League semi-finals, or C Ronaldo, scored a total of 13 goals! This was followed by Levan 7 goals, less than half of the president's. The third place is Messi 6 goals, and Levan add up 13 goals, equaling Ronaldo.
Then there was Benzema, Piero and Litmanin with 5 goals, and Müller, Robben, Shevchenko and Zidane with 4 goals.
In terms of teams, since the restructuring of the Champions League, the most frequent semi-finals have been played by Real Madrid, and this season is the 15th promotion. It is followed by Barca and Bayern with 12 times, Chelsea with 8 times, Manchester United and Juve with 7 times.
In the first 14 semi-finals, Real Madrid has reached the final 7 times, with a success rate of 50%! Juve and Bayern both have 6, AC Milan and Barca have 5, and Manchester United and Liverpool have 4.
In terms of the number of wins in the semi-finals, Bayern were first, with 12 wins. Real Madrid are 11 wins, Juve have 8 wins and Barca and Manchester United are both 7 wins. The most goals scored were between Real Madrid and Bayern, both with 16 goals, Juve 30, Barca 24 and Manchester United 21.