Despite the two Premier League titles, domestic dominance and having one of the most enviable squads in the world, Manchester City still haven't made it past the quarter-finals in the Champions League since Pep Guardiola joined the club.
尽管有两个英超联赛冠军头衔，首当其冲的支配地位以及作为世界上最令人羡慕的球队之一，自从瓜迪奥拉加盟曼城以来，仍然没有进入欧洲冠军联赛四分之一决赛。
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE How likely are Manchester City to win the quadruple?
冠军联赛曼城夺冠的可能性有多大维埃里欧洲杯总决赛？
Of course City aren't the only great side from history to have failed to win the Champions League…
当然，曼城并不是历史上唯一没有赢得冠军联赛的球队。
1, Arsenal, 2003/04
阿森纳，2003/04
The Invincibles have gone down in Premier League folklore thanks to their extraordinary unbeaten feat, as a Thierry Henry-inspired team brushed aside the competition in England.
这支无敌队因出色的不败技艺而在英超联赛中风靡一时，蒂埃里·亨利领导的球队将英格兰的比赛冠军一扫而空。
It was therefore tinged with regret when their European aspirations were ended by a familiar opponent – a Chelsea team they'd already beaten three times in other competitions during the same campaign.
因此，当他们的欧洲目标被一个熟悉的对手：切尔西队（他们在同一个战役中的其他比赛中已经将其击败过三场）终结时，大家都深感遗憾。
A 3-0 defeat to Inter Milan at Highbury in their group opener was the worst possible start, and was followed by a draw at Lokomotiv Moscow and defeat away to Dynamo Kiev. Qualification hopes appeared to be slim, but three wins in a row – including a superb 5-1 thrashing of Inter at San Siro – sealed their passage to the knockout stages as group winners.
在小组赛首战中以3-0击败海布里的国际米兰是最糟糕的开始，随后在莫斯科火车头被平局并击败基辅迪纳摩队。拿到晋级资格的希望似乎很小，但是连续三场胜利，包括在圣西罗以5-1击败国际米兰的出色表现，封住了他们作为小组冠军进入淘汰赛阶段的通道。
A 5-2 aggregate win over Celta Vigo in the last 16 set up a quarter-final for Arsenal against the Blues. A 1-1 first-leg draw at Stamford Bridge put the Gunners in pole position, extending Arsenal’s unbeaten run against their London rivals to 17 games – but Arsene Wenger’s side crashed out with a 2-1 defeat at Highbury, having led 1-0 at the break. Wayne Bridge’s 87th-minute winner still hurts in north London.
在过去的16场比赛中以5-2的总比分击败塞尔塔，为蓝军挺进了四分之一决赛。斯坦福桥1-1平局将阿森纳置于杆位，将阿森纳对伦敦对手的不败战绩扩大到17场比赛，但温格的球队在海布里以2-1被击败，此前以1-0领先。韦恩·布里奇，第87分钟的获胜者仍在伦敦北部受伤。
2. Chelsea, 2004/05
切尔西，2004/05
Jose Mourinho’s impact at Chelsea was immediate and significant. The Portuguese arrived with a burgeoning reputation, having secured an unlikely Champions League title at Porto the season prior, but he couldn’t replicate the feat for his new team despite record-breaking results on the home front. The Blues’ 95-point haul was the highest ever for a single season at the time, and was accompanied by more records: fewest goals conceded (15), most wins (29), most away wins (15), and most clean sheets kept (25) in a single campaign.
何塞·穆里尼奥对切尔西的影响是立竿见影的。葡萄牙人以崭露头角的名声到来，在前一个赛季就在波尔图堪堪获得了冠军联赛的冠军，但尽管在本国战绩屡创新高，他仍无法为新球队复制这一壮举。蓝军在95分钟的得分是当时单个赛季以来最高的，并伴随着更多的记录产生：失球最少（15），最多胜利（29），最多客场胜利（15）和最不失球（25）。
Things started promisingly in Europe as Chelsea topped a group featuring PSG, CSKA Moscow and Mourinho’s former side Porto, losing just once on the final day when top spot was already assured.
随着切尔西超越了巴黎圣日耳曼，莫斯科中央陆军和穆里尼奥的前波尔图组成的小组，在欧洲开始了令人鼓舞的赛事，在已经确定了榜首的最后一天只输了一次。
But they didn’t benefit from easy draws, and faced Ronaldinho’s Barcelona in the last 16. Nevertheless, the Spaniards were beaten 5-4 on aggregate after a classic 4-2 win at Stamford Bridge sealed by a John Terry header. Bayern Munich fell next in another thriller that finished 6-5 to the Blues on aggregate, but their journey ended in the semi-finals thanks to Luis Garcia’s ‘ghost goal’ for Liverpool which gave the Reds a 1-0 aggregate win three minutes into the second leg at Anfield.
但是他们并没有从轻松的平局中受益，他们在过去的16年中面对小罗的巴塞罗那。尽管如此，西班牙人在斯坦福桥以约翰·特里头球封顶的经典4-2胜利后，以5-4击败了西班牙人。拜仁慕尼黑在另一场激动人心的比赛中排名第二，在总决赛中以6-5战胜蓝军，但由于路易斯·加西亚对利物浦的“幽灵进球’'，他们的旅程在半决赛中结束，这使得红军在三分钟内以1-0的总比分获胜在安菲尔德的第二站。
Speaking to FourFourTwo, Garcia revealed that Mourinho still hasn’t forgotten the controversial incident. “He is still seething,” said the Spaniard. “He’ll always deny my goal, but if I was him I’d do the same.”
加西亚在对“四四二杂志”的讲话中透露，穆里尼奥仍然没有忘记这一有争议的事件。西班牙人说：“他依旧很失望。” “他总是会质疑我的进球，但是如果我是他，我也会做同样的事情。”
3. Juventus, 1996-99
尤文图斯，1996-99
It’s easy to see why Juventus fans might be forgiven for thinking their side is cursed in Champions League finals. Twice they battled all the way to the end with a fine team, and twice they fell.
不难理解为什么尤文图斯的球迷们认为欧冠决赛中他们的球队受到了诅咒。他们两次与一支优秀的队伍一路奋战到底，最后两次失败。
It’s arguably unfair to include a side that did win the Champions League just a year before these events (in 1995/96), but their individual talent, domestic dominance in an era when Serie A was Europe’s strongest league, and the fact they were on the brink of conquering Old Big Ears for three seasons running merits their inclusion.
这样说对于在比赛前一年（1995/96）赢得冠军联赛的球队是不公平的，但是他们的个人才能，在欧洲最强联赛是意甲的时代的国内统治地位，对于他们能否在连续三个赛季征服奖杯显得很是勉强。
The 1997 final defeat to Borussia Dortmund remains one of the tournament’s great shock results, as the German side secured their one and only title against an Old Lady line-up featuring the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Christian Vieri and Didier Deschamps. Marcello Lippi’s side battled all the way through the competition again a year later, but this time were undone by a Predrag Mijatovic goal against Real Madrid in the Amsterdam final – their third consecutive appearance in the fixture.
1997年对多特蒙德队的最终失败仍然是比赛的重大震撼结果之一，因为德方在对阵齐达丁·齐达内，克里斯蒂安·维埃里和迪迪埃·德尚等人的经典阵容中获得了唯一的冠军头衔。一年后，马塞洛·利皮再次在比赛中一路奋战，但这次却被普雷德拉格·米亚托维奇在阿姆斯特丹决赛中对阵皇家马德里的进球所终止，这是他们连续第三次出现在比赛中。
On that day, Alessandro Del Piero and Pippo Inzaghi lined up in front of Zidane, while Edgar Davids had been added to the midfield. Despite boasting a squad that read like a Who’s Who of ‘90s superstars, Juve – after losing to Manchester United in the 1999 semi-finals too – had to settle for just the one European title in that decade. Since then, the Italians have made it to three more finals, losing all of them. Can Cristiano help end the curse? Well, not this year, he can’t...
比赛当天，亚历山德罗·德尔·皮耶罗和皮波·因扎吉被安排在齐达内之前，而埃德加·戴维斯被添加到中场。尽管尤文拥有一支看起来像是90年代超级巨星的名人录，但尤文（在1999年也曾半决赛输给曼联）在那十年中只获得了一个欧洲冠军头衔。从那以后，意大利人又打进了三场决赛，输掉了所有的决赛。克里斯蒂亚诺可以帮助结束诅咒吗维埃里欧洲杯总决赛？好吧，反正不是今年，他不能...
4. Atletico Madrid, 2013/14 and 2015/16
马德里竞技，2013/14和2015/16
Diego Simeone has revolutionised Atletico Madrid since his arrival as manager in December 2011. Picking up a side that had finished seventh in La Liga and been knocked out of the Europa League group stage the season before, the fiery Argentine transformed his team into Spanish winners and serious Champions League contenders.
自从2011年12月成为经理以来，迭戈·西蒙内彻底改变了马德里竞技队。在赛季前一个赛季，在西甲排名第七，并被淘汰出欧联小组赛后，他开始将球队转化为欧洲冠军联赛角逐者。
In 2013/14, Atleti were crowned victors of La Liga and made it all the way to the Champions League final, where they were seconds away from defeating rivals Real Madrid. Instead, they leaked a last-minute equaliser and fell to a demoralising 4-1 loss in extra-time.
在2013/14赛季，马竞加冕西甲冠军，并一路杀入欧冠决赛，距离击败皇家马德里只有几秒钟的路程。但是，他们在最后一分钟被扳平比分，并在加时赛中以4-1比分惨败。
Simeone’s side proved their success wasn’t a flash in the pan by getting another crack at the trophy two years later, again against their city neighbours. Again, though, heartbreak followed as Los Colchoneros lost on penalties. They did at least claim a sliver of revenge by claiming the UEFA Super Cup with a 4-2 win over Real Madrid in 2018, having scooped the Europa League title that year. Simeone hasn’t given up on his Champions League dream yet.
Simeone的一面证明了他们的成功并非一蹴而就，两年后，他又一次与邻城球队对垒，再次获得角逐奖杯的一席之地。再次，尽管如此，令人心碎的是洛·科尔乔内罗斯失利。他们至少在2018年以4比2击败皇家马德里夺得了欧洲联盟超级杯，从而成功复仇，那年他获得了欧洲联赛的冠军。Simeone尚未放弃他的冠军联赛梦想。
5. Valencia, 1999-2001
巴伦西亚，1999-2001
Another side to have had more than one bite at the cherry without success, Valencia’s memorable team of the millennium era came agonisingly close to European glory.
另一队尝试过多次却始终没有摘得胜果的，瓦伦西亚令人难忘的难能一聚的团队曾无比地接近欧洲杯荣耀。
Hector Cuper’s side embarked on a spectacular run to the final, getting through two group stages before knocking out an all-star Lazio side that went on to win Serie A that year, as well as domestic rivals Barcelona. Both ties were settled thanks to superb performances at the Mestalla, but Los Che couldn’t raise their game to defeat Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris and slumped to a 3-0 defeat.
赫克托·库珀的那支球队在进入了决赛后有着辉煌表现，经历了两个小组赛阶段，然后淘汰了当年赢得意甲联赛冠军的全明星拉齐奥以及国内竞争对手巴塞罗那。由于在梅斯塔拉的出色表现，双方的状态得以稳定，但洛·切无法将自身提高到一定高度在巴黎法兰西体育场击败皇家马德里，最终以3-0失利。
Captain Gaizka Mendieta inspired the Spanish side all the way from qualifiers to the final once again a year later, knocking out English sides Arsenal and Leeds en route in the quarter and semi-finals respectively.
盖兹卡·门迪埃塔队一年一度从预选赛到决赛再度激励了西班牙队，在四分之一决赛和半决赛中分别淘汰了阿森纳和利兹的英格兰队。
Mendieta’s penalty gave them an early lead against Bayern Munich in the final, but Stefan Effenberg equalised from the spot. The Germans went on to triumph 5-4 in sudden death of the eventual shootout. It wasn’t all doom and gloom, though: Rafael Benitez’s arrival the following season sparked a charge to the La Liga title
门迪埃塔的点球使他们在决赛中较早击败了拜仁慕尼黑，但斯特凡·埃芬博格从当场扳平比分。在最终点球大战之后的互罚点球中，德国人继续以5-4获胜。不过，这并不仅仅是注定要陷入困境和沮丧：下一个赛季拉斐尔·贝尼特斯的到来点燃了西甲更璀璨的火花。
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