four genuine european heavyweights remain in the champions league, a quartet steeped in history and silverware between real madrid, bayern munich, barcelona and juventus, the big eared trophy has been lifted 21 times any of those clubs would be deserving finalists in the olympiastadion in berlin on june 6 but for tension, intrigue, and the potential for high drama, the match up that most appeals has to be real madrid versus barcelona javier hernandez's late winner against atletico madrid sent real madrid into the champions league semis  neymar scored both goals in the second leg as barcelona beat paris saint germain 5 1 on aggregate  transporting el clasico to east germany would bring a defining chapter to a myriad narratives, raising europe’s grandest derby to a level not seen amid years of ebb and flow between the two spanish behemoths we have seen plenty of tangles in recent years, notably the champions league semi final of 2011, and some may insist the unseemly battles when the pair faced off 12 times in 19 months a couple of years ago became too much but never have they duelled in the continent's largest match that would crystalise their competition it would be a fascinating game cristiano ronaldo is looking for his third champions league trophy and second in a row with real  barcelona's formidable front three of luis suarez (left), neymar (centre) and lionel messi (right) they have only met twice this season, both times in la liga real madrid won 3 1 at the bernabeu before christmas before barcelona's 2 1 win at the nou camp last month, so the appetite is not sated this campaign a deciding third bout at europe’s main event would draw global crowds not witnessed before just think: cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi, the pre eminent practitioners of this era, head to head for the biggest club prize of all the preener v the peruser, portugal’s athletic might against argentina’s diminutive delight, the current ballon d’or holder against the man who won four consecutively barcelona won 3 1 on aggregate when the sides met in the semi finals of the 2011 champions league  gareth bale scored the winner when real madrid beat barcelona in the 2014 spanish cup final  bale celebrates at the mestalla after scoring a wonder goal that won the spanish cup for barcelona  pep guardiola could come up against his former team barcelona after guiding bayern into the last four  then there's the undercard fights for supremacy: gareth bale, the world’s most expensive signing on paper, vying with neymar, the game’s costliest player when all told; karim benzema, that deadly frenchman, versus luis suarez, the indefatigable uruguayan (both tied on six champions league goals this season, by the way) both teams have a trident attack to strike fear into their opponents whose will triumph on the biggest stage? it is an intriguing question to pose then we have carlo ancelotti trying to save his job by going for his fourth european cup as a manager, against luis enrique, who has weathered a storm in his debut season to break the record for number of club wins (42) in a head coach's first 50 games as a player he won la liga with both real and barca but never the champions league messi and ronaldo have had many duels, and could have another one this season in the champions league  pepe heads home during real madrid's 3 1 win over barcelona in the clasico at the bernabeu in october  suarez scored what proved to be the winner when barcelona won the la liga meeting in march  pep guardiola facing his old club, the place he delivered dream football and two european cups, would be tantalising – be we can have that in the semi final he needs to visit the nou camp as an opposition manager that would leave real vs juventus in the other last four match two teams with plenty of shared history, not least the 1998 champions league final when the italian side’s zinedine zidane, now a real coach, was denied by predrag mijatovic’s goal yes, real vs barca on a june evening in berlin would capture imaginations and invite the world to watch mar 22, 2015   la liga, barcelona 2 1 real madrid  oct 25, 2014   la liga, real madrid 3 1 barcelona  apr 16, 2014   spanish cup, barcelona 1 2 real madrid  mar 23, 2014   la liga, real madrid 3 4 barcelona  oct 26, 2013   la liga, barcelona 2 1 real madrid  mar 2, 2013   la liga, real madrid 2 1 barcelona  feb 26, 2013   spanish cup, barcelona 1 3 real madrid  jan 30, 2013   spanish cup, real madrid 1 1 barcelona  oct 7, 2012   la liga, barcelona 2 2 real madrid  aug 29, 2012   spanish super cup, real madrid 2 1 barcelona  aug 23, 2012   spanish super cup, barcelona 3 2 real madrid  apr 21, 2012   la liga, barcelona 1 2 real madrid  jan 25, 2012   spanish cup, barcelona 2 2 real madrid  jan 18, 2012   spanish cup, real madrid 1 2 barcelona  dec 10, 2011   la liga, real madrid 1 3 barcelona  aug 17, 2011   spanish super cup, barcelona 3 2 real madrid  aug 14, 2011   spanish super cup, real madrid 2 2 barcelona  may 3, 2011   champions league, barcelona 1 1 real madrid  apr 27, 2011   champions league, real madrid 0 2 barcelona  apr 20, 2011   spanish cup, barcelona 0 1 real madrid  apr 16, 2011   la liga, real madrid 1 1 barcelona  nov 29, 2010   la liga, barcelona 5 0 real madrid 
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barcelona, bayern munich, juventus and real madrid make up last four  real madrid looking for their 11th title and to retain their crown  barcelona have won three champions leagues since 2006  the two spanish giants have never met in the champions league final  their meetings this season have resulted in one win apiece  who will win the champions league? our reporters have their say  cristiano ronaldo, lionel messi and luiz adriano battle to be top scorer 