The UEFA Champions League is the single most prestigious club competition in world football. The lights, the moments, the atmosphere.
However, with the prestige comes the pressure, the pressure to perform and compete with Europe's best clubs and players. This pressure will cause players to crumble however some players turn into diamonds.
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Ronaldinho Vs Chelsea UEFA Champions League R16 2005
In a Champions League round of 16 Ronaldinho showed a moment of pure brilliance in an overall disappointing team performance, the ball was played to him on the edge of the box, he kills the movement of the ball, surrounded by players he composes himself sells the defender with a drop of the shoulder and using the outside of the right foot places the ball into the bottom left corner.
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Lionel Messi Vs Real Madrid UEFA Champions League Semi Final 2011
In this instance Lionel Messi rose to the occasion, a match that he recalls as the one he is most fond of. Real Madrid have 10 men are desperately trying to get a goal, however in the final 10 minutes Busquets lays it off to Messi who quickly breezes past Ramos and Albiol to nonchalantly roll it past Casillas.
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Aaron Ramsey Vs Galatasaray UEFA Champions League Group Stage 2014
From a corner kick, the ball rolls out about 30 yards to Aaron Ramsey, he winds up for a shot and many he expect this effort to end up in row Z, however the balls struck like dynamite arrows into the top corner, all done on his weaker foot no less.
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Michael Essien Vs Barcelona UEFA Champions League Semi Final 2009
The ball bounces up in the air after a deflected shot, Essien positions his body, winding up for an effort from about 25 yards on his left foot. He connects perfectly with the ball and the defenders can only watch as it goes in off the underside of the crossbar.
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Zinedine Zidane Vs Bayer Leverkusen UEFA Champions League Final 2002
Roberto Carlos' cross ends up sky high, Zidane stalls his late run into the box, he tracks the ball's trajectory with eyes like a hawk and strikes it first time on his weaker left foot into the top right-hand corner past Hans-Jörg Butt.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Vs Juventus UEFA Champions League Quarter Final 2018
The ball is dinked into the box by Dani Carvajal and Ronaldo Capitalises by leaping sky high into the rotating his body and scoring a beauty of an overhead kick, Buffon has no chance as he is rooted to the spot.
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Dejan Stankovic Vs Schalke 04 UEFA Champions League Quarter Final 2011
The keeper sensing danger runs out of the box to head away the ball, the header reaches Stankovic who is just inside the opposition half and catches the ball perfectly on the volley to leave the goalie stranded as the ball reaches the back of the net.
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Gareth Bale Vs Liverpool UEFA Champions League Final 2018
Bale had never scored a bicycle kick before in his career and in arguably the biggest match of his career he produces one of the highest quality just stretching for it, leaving Karius helpless.
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Phillippe Mexes Vs Anderlecht UEFA Champions League Group Stage 2012
A breath-taking piece of technical prowess from a defender as he chests down the ball at the edge of the area with his back to goal and before the ball even reaches the floor he overhead kicks the ball, with it looping over the keeper and landing in the net all before it touches the grass.
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Mauro Bressan Vs Barcelona UEFA Champions League Group Stage 1999
An overhead kick from around 30 yards, against Barcelona. Without even looking at the keeper he pulls out the single most impressive goal in UEFA Champions League history.
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