Is Englands Dominance in the European Champions League Over?
European football, more specifically the European Champions League, is arguably the summit of world club football. For the clubs involved, the Champions League provides not only a financial incentive but also global acknowledgement and status for being a top European club. For the players who are fortunate enough to participate in the tournament, it provides a personal accolade and again a status to having played with the very best of European and world football. For the past seven years, there has been at least one English team in the semifinals of the Champions League; such has been the dominance of the English Premier League over top European Leagues including La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga. In the last three seasons alone, three of the final four clubs remaining in the competition has been English. That’s not to mention the past five finals having five English teams competing for the prestigious European crown, two of those finals being victorious by an English team.
