Thirteen Champions to zero.
Seen in this way, from the numbers, it would seem a semifinal oriented by tradition, but Carlo Ancelotti knows well that, despite the stratospheric Benzema of the seven decisive goals in the knockout matches, Real Madrid starts slightly underdog in the double stellar challenge with Manchester City.
It will therefore be difficult to prevent the third English final of the last four years given that Liverpool have an edge, on paper, compared to Villarreal.
The European cups are about to end with the semi-finals phase.
Guardiola (31 titles on the bench) against Ancelotti (21), Klopp (10) against Emery (11): the great teams reach the bottom of the cups also because they have winning coaches.
Less noble, but fierce, the appearances in the other cups.
In the Europa League, Barcelona, Porto, Dortmund eliminated along the way, a German final could be in sight if Leipzig and Frankfurt manage to overcome Rangers and West Ham in balanced matches.
In the Conference the only remaining Italian, Mourinho's Roma (25 titles), is measured against Leicester.
The winner will be played for the first title of the new event with Marseille or Feyenoord.
Guardiola hasn't won the Champions League since 2011 in Barcelona, then he tried in vain for three years at Bayern and five at Manchester City, arriving last year in the final lost to Chelsea.
This year his team seems even more compact, he also knows how to manage the defensive phase better, as he showed in the battle of the return quarter in Madrid with Atletico.
The absence of a traditional striker (except, in part, Gabriel Jesus, awaiting the probable arrival of Haaland) does not affect the goal machine that hits with Sterling, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, some of the names of a sumptuous pink, gears that Guardiola puts at the service of his constantly evolving schemes.
Different is the basic concept of Ancelotti who puts his champions at ease, from which he always draws the maximum.
It is the Real of the veterans Modric and Benzema, which deserves the Ballon d'Or as the companion of him, of the super experienced Alaba, Kroos and Casemiro, but also of the talented Vinicius junior.
All open then, with the prospect of two memorable races.
The Man City-Liverpool final seems the most likely, and would settle the scores for an endless challenge.
The Reds have eliminated their rivals in the semifinal of the Fa Cup, but perhaps in vain chase, as in 2019, the Citizens who in the Premier have a point of advantage with four games to go.
Liverpool are a ferocious and gleaming war machine that Klopp masterfully rules.
Apart from the painless 0-1 with Inter, he hasn't lost a game since 7 November.
Since January it has won the League Cup,
Roma, which are doing better in Europe than in Italy since they have won three semifinals in the last five years, face Leicester in the Conference League, which the Roman and Roma player Claudio Ranieri led to triumph in the Premier.
It is a team that lives in ninth place at home.
Schmeichel, Albrighton and above all the goalscorer Vardy remained in Ranieri's group, recovering from a long injury.
With Serie A experience there is Castagne, the Belgian Tielemans emerges in midfield.
In the other semifinal, Feyenoord seems to have less chance than Marseille of Milik and former Roma players Gerson, Under and Pau Lopez.
Also in the Europa League are expected matches in the balance: the Leipzig of Domenico Tedesco, who eliminated Atalanta and has prominent elements such as Dani Olmo, Nkunku and Andre 'Silva, appears to be the favorite over Rangers,
who killed Dortmund id Haaland.
Moyes' West Ham, which last year came close to the Champions League, appears to be more competitive than Frankfurt, which surprisingly eliminated Barcelona.