THE LAST four of the UEFA Champions League comprises Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Roma. Big names all, but surely, it was supposed to include Barcelona and Manchester City, wasn’t it? It’s been a few years since an actual champion club lifted the most glamorous piece of silverware in European – possibly world – football. In 2016-17, Real and Bayern were champions in La Liga and Bundesliga respectively. Roma finished third in Serie A and Liverpool were fourth in the Premier. The last champion team to win the cup was Barcelona in 2011. Since then, the winners, from Chelsea in 2012 to Real Madrid in 2016-17, have entered the competition as the previous season’s runner-up in their domestic league. The expansion of the…