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Chelsea could have copied Real Madrid, but are a pale imitation of Champions League's greatest club

Everywhere you look, there are pulsatingly brilliant stories in this season's Champions League quarterfinals.

Take Benfica, who recently moved on four players who now feature for other clubs in the competition's last eight for over €350 million -- Joao Felix (€126m to Atletico Madrid), Enzo Fernandez (€121m to Chelsea), Ederson (€40m to Man City) and Ruben Dias (€68m) -- and who've not been in a Champions League semifinal for 33 years, yet here they are on the verge of reaching one if they can beat Inter Milan.