For once, it felt like the tables had actually turned.
Usually it's such a wrench to switch from domestic to international football, but with the likes of Argentina, Portugal, Egypt and Panama making things so interesting, the gauntlet was laid down for clubs to replicate the ludicrous levels of excitement and emotion certain countries did.
Somehow, they managed to pull it off.
Nabil Fekir's 95th-minute free-kick to beat AS Monaco, Paulo Dybala's 97th-minute penalty miss against Lazio, Chelsea's defeat to Crystal Palace, Arsenal's last-gasp ...