👆 Every Champions League club’s player with a point to prove | OneFootball

We’ve reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The time has come for somebody to become a hero and earn a statue built of them outside their club’s ground.

Here are the players with something to prove from the final eight teams in Europe’s elite competition.

Atalanta

Could this be 32-year-old Papu Gómez’s last chance to win a trophy in Europe?

With Josip Iličić unavailable, Gómez will have to be at the top of his game if Atalanta are going to cause a shock and oust PSG.

The forward has produced eight goals and 18 assists this season so is more than capable as this mesmerising Atalanta side look to earn Europe’s biggest prize.

Atlético Madrid

It would be ridiculous to write off Joāo Félix already.

The Portuguese forward is only 20 but it is fair to say his first season at the Wanda Metropolitano has been underwhelming.

What better way to stick it to all those doubters of his €120m fee than to have an impact in the Champions League knockout rounds. Félix has the ability to do it.

Barcelona

Barcelona, in this form, are one of the weakest teams left in the competition, but then there is always Lionel Messi.

However, the Blaugrana can’t keep expecting Messi to pull them out of the mire, it’s time for Antoine Griezmann to step up.

The 29-year-old has had to be shoehorned into various formations under Quique Setién to little effect. Footballers don’t become bad players overnight and Griezmann is more than capable of winning a game on his own.

Now is the time to show it.

Bayern Munich

Robert Lewandowski doesn’t really have a point to prove to anyone, but he’s never won the Champions League.

Bayern are the favourites and Lewandowski is likely to finish the top scorer in the competition.

The 31-year-old might not be able to win what would’ve been a deserved Ballon d’Or this year, but we feel this trophy will more than make up for it.

RB Leipzig

We can’t be far away from some of the biggest clubs in Europe chasing Christopher Nkunku.

The 22-year-old had an outstanding debut season in the Bundesliga, laying on 15 assists and with a possible semi-final with his former club PSG on the horizon, the headlines are waiting to be written.

Lyon

Memphis Depay thought his season was over when he ruptured his cruciate ligament in December but then football was brought to a halt.

The Dutch international will get his second chance at Euro 2020 next summer, for now he will have a crucial part to play if Lyon are to upset the odds and knock out Manchester City.

The Paneka against Juventus was a lovely reminder of his ability.

Manchester City

It would seem somewhat cruel if David Silva goes his entire career without winning the Champions League.

A player with his talent is deserving of lifting the trophy and this will be the best chance he has at doing just that.

Unless Silva takes on Gigi Buffon levels of obsession after he leaves City, this could be his last chance as well.

Paris Saint-Germain

Neymar was brought to Paris for €222m to win the Champions League, yet they’ve not made it past the quarter-final stage together.

Thomas Tuchel’s side find themselves on the ‘easier’ side of the draw, so there’s no time like the present to change that.

With Kylian Mbappé’s fitness a source of worry, the hopes and dreams of the fashion capital fall on the shoulders of the Brazilian.