Ryan Giggs heads our Champions League Team of the Week after yet again rolling back the years with a sublime performance against Chelsea.
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The team has been selected based on the expert ratings given to players in our matchcasts.
Formation: 4-3-3
GK: Victor Valdes (Barcelona) - A rock in between the sticks for Barcelona at the Donbass Arena, Valdes repelled everything Shakhtar threw at him, including one wonder save to deny Henrik Mkhitaryan.
RB: Dani Alves (Barcelona) - As ever, the Barca right-back posed a continual threat down the flank, setting up Lionel Messi for the only goal of the game in one typical sortie forward.
CB: Benedikt Howedes (Schalke) - The big centre-back was imperious at the back as Schalke did what was expected of them at the Veltins Arena. Capped a solid performance with the German side's second goal to seal their progress into the semi-finals.
CB: Christoph Metzelder (Schalke) - Like Raul, he was washed up at Real Madrid but the strapping centre-half combined supreme intelligence with a quite fearsome mask as he made Samuel Eto'o and Diego Milito look like children.
LB: Marcelo (Real Madrid) - Okay, he may have played in midfield against Tottenham, but with a slot to fill at left-back the Brazilian takes it for his assured performance on the left-hand side in Real's win at Tottenham.
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - Almost as inevitable as the boos which greeted his every touch at White Hart Lane was the way in which he dealt with the jeers - with a supreme performance, capped with the winning goal.
CM: Park Ji-sung (Manchester United) - Working hard is a national pastime in Korea and his endeavour is without question. But Park showed great awareness, touch and cool to control and finish Giggs's pass to seal the win. Loves the big games.
LM: Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) - What can't Giggs do? Probably very little. What is without question is that he's just as good at 37 as he was at 27. Pulled the strings with boundless energy, and created both goals: that's all three assists over the two legs.
FW: Didier Drogba (Chelsea) - Why on earth did Carlo Ancelotti start with Fernando Torres, who is a broken man at the moment, when he has the ultimate alpha-male in Drogba? Made for this kind of match, immediately after coming on he gave United's defence a nightmare and scored a superb goal. Was a one-man show for Chelsea at times.
FW: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - The Argentine wizard was at his magical best against Shakhtar, running the show with his twinkle toes and giving the makeshift Ukrainian defence a real headache. Scored a beauty too.
FW: Raul (Schalke) - Like Giggs he shows no sign of ageing, and even displayed the pace over five yards that everyone thought he lost as he made Inter's defence look like a bunch of amateurs. Which, at the moment, they kind of are.
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