Homeboys

It seems seven of the eight remaining Champions League squads are skippered by 'hometown boys'.

"In the increasingly cosmopolitan world of the Champions' League it is always refreshing to see a local lad made good. Remarkably, no fewer than seven of the eight clubs involved in this week's quarter-final first legs are captained by players born in the area, most of them supporters of the team concerned. Even the "outsider", Oliver Kahn, has been at Bayern Munich long enough (13 years) to be considered part of the furniture."

Interesting observation...