💫 UCL Awards: Scoring superstars, penalty chaos, defensive disaster | OneFootball

The Champions League semi-final line-up is complete after Real Madrid, Milan, Manchester City and Inter booked their places in the final four.

We hand out our awards from an exciting midweek of action.

The Ruud Boy Award

Fifteen games faster than second place on the list, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who also lost his record as having the highest scoring Champions League campaign for a Premier League player to Haaland on Wednesday night.

The Born For The Big Nights Award

It isn’t just Haaland who loves this competition. That is quite the balance Real’s Brazilian star is striking between domestic goals and those on the grandest stage.

The Back With A Bang Award

A Derby della Madonnina showdown for a place in the Champions League final. We can’t wait.

The Super Strikes Award

Which goal was the best of the bunch?

The UpaMurphy’s Law Award

Dayot Upamecano’s disastrous slip for City’s goal was the cherry on top of a horrendous individual night which also saw him sent off (only for the offside flag to hand him a reprieve) and give away a penalty for handball. Just one of those evenings for the Frenchman.

The Long Time Coming Award

For over a decade Giroud was unstoppable from 12 yards … until Alex Meret denied him with a smart save.

The Spot Kick King Award

Giroud’s wasn’t the only penalty saved on Tuesday night at Napoli, as Mike Maignan took his career penalty prevention to an impressive high – he has faced 52 in his career and kept out 19.

The He’s Human Award

Speaking of missed penalties, Yann Sommer wasn’t required as Haaland surprisingly erred from 12 yards – after some underrated s**thousery from Bayern’s players prior to his attempt.

The Paying Homage Award

As if Rodrygo replicating Cristiano Ronaldo with the ball wasn’t enough given his scoring exploits in a big game, he proceeded to pay tribute with his celebration too.

The Tie Turner Award

How different could Napoli-Milan have been if the home side were given what appeared to be the clearest penalty call of the round?

Then again, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia didn’t prove particularly reliable from the spot on the night in any case.