Fivethings welearnt

Here are five thingswe learnt fromTuesday’s quarter- final, first legs: Zidane can rely on familiar faces: Zinedine Zidanewelcomed back Luka Modric and Toni Kroos as he named the same starting XI that beat Juventus in last season’s final. Modric and Kroos dominated midfield, but Ronaldo proved he is still the main man for Real. He has nowscored in a record 10 consecutive Champions League matches. Buffon sick of facing Ronaldo: Gianluigi Buffon must be sick of the sight of Ronaldo, after the veteran Juventus goalkeeper sawhis dreams of a first Champions League crown ended yet again by the fivetime Ballon d’Or winner. The Portuguese star has nowscored in his last six matches against Buffon’s Juve. The 40- year- old Buffon looks destined never to win the European Cup. Bale slipping downReal pecking order: Gareth Bale had to sit andwatch his teammates cruise towards the semi- finals from the bench after again being left out by Zidane. The Welshman has dropped a longway down the pecking order at the Santiago Bernabeu after struggling with injuries over the last two years, a fact shown by the fact hewas not even called into action with the team 3- 0 up against 10 men. Bayern end Spanish

curse: Bayern Munich ended a run of five straight Champions League defeats in Spain as they look to shake off recent exits to Real, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. History appeared to be repeating itself as Sevilla took a deserved first- half lead, but Bayern fought back thanks to two lucky deflections. Sevilla are not at the same level as Bayern’s recent conquerors and Jupp Heynckes knows his team have to do more later in the competition. Sevillawasteful in front of goal: Sevilla’s forwards had to shoulder plenty of the blame for the loss on Tuesday. Pablo Sarabia took the openerwell, but had already earlier squandered a gilt- edged chance when he fired wide with the goal gaping. Substitute Sandro Ramirez had a late chance to equalise, but failed.