Dani Gil

1 week ago | fourfourtwo.com | Steven Chicken |Dani Gil

Missing a vital penalty in a big shootout is every footballer's worst nightmare, and the stakes don't get much higher than doing it in the Champions League final. But Andriy Shevchenko believes that having the decisive penalty saved in AC Milan's 2005 Champions League final defeat to Liverpool was a valuable life lesson. The prolific centre-forward enjoyed his peak at San Siro in the early 2000s, helping the club to win the Champions League in 2003 and Serie A the following year.

3 weeks ago | fourfourtwo.com | Joe Mewis |Dani Gil

When Ludovic Giuly joined Barcelona for €7million from Monaco in 2004, he arrived as a title-winner and seasoned international who was in the prime of his career. He would score on his Barca debut and help the side win La Liga in his first season, snapping a six-year title drought at Camp Nou. But shortly after this, he know that his days in the Catalonian side’s first-team were numbered, as a youngster was making waves in the club’s La Masia academy.

4 weeks ago | fourfourtwo.com | Joe Mewis |Dani Gil

Barcelona announced their arrival as a modern-day powerhouse in the 2005/06 season when they followed up their La Liga title 12 months earlier by conquering the continent and winning the club’s second-ever European Cup. Frank Rijkaard’s side faced Arsenal in the final of the Champions League in what was a dramatic clash in Paris as the Gunners fell agonisingly short in their first appearance in the final.

1 month ago | fourfourtwo.com | Joe Mewis |Dani Gil

Inter Milan enjoyed the greatest season in their 100-plus year history in 2009/10, when manager Jose Mourinho led the Nerazzurri to the club’s first-ever treble. The achievement was secured when Inter saw off Bayern Munich 2-0 thanks to a Diego Milito brace in the Champions League final, but the chance to seal their place in the history books only came after an epic semi-final battle against a star-packed Barcelona side.

1 month ago | fourfourtwo.com | Ryan Dabbs |Dani Gil

Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta has reflected on his on-pitch relationship with former team-mate Xavi, highlighting that, despite their great success later in their careers, early on many didn't believe they could play together. Andres Iniesta and Xavi first played alongside each other during a 4-0 away win against Mallorca in 2002/03, with their final time on the pitch together coming during the 2014/15 Champions League semi-final second-leg against Bayern Munich, in which Barcelona won 3-0.