Evidence Real Madrid Are Still Hungry

Jakarta –

Real Madrid rated to have decreased in the last two seasons at Champions League. But qualifying for the quarter-finals last night proved they were still ambitious.

Real Madrid stepped into the Champions League quarter-finals after a 3-1 win over Atalanta at Estadio Alfredo di Stefano, Wednesday (17/3/2021) early morning WIB. Victory is sure The Whites lolos 4-1 on aggregate.

The owner of the most Champions League titles broke the curse of the last two seasons, where they only progressed to the last 16. In the 2018/2019 season, Madrid was eliminated by Ajax while last season was kicked out by Manchester City.

Although Atalanta had urged him since after football, Real Madrid played relatively safely. Karim Benzema’s goal in the 34th minute took the pressure off and Sergio Ramos’ penalty in the 60th practically put them in a safe position.

Midfielder Real Madrid Luka Modric said this result proved that his team was still ambitious, after many were considered depleted. After Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure and the aging of a number of team pillars, Madrid is trying to rebuild the team by recruiting younger players.

“The most important thing is that we qualified for the last eight, which we have not been able to achieve in the last two years,” he said Luka Modric quoted BBC.

“We have shown tonight that there is still a great hunger in this team and that we want to keep winning. We are able to go very far,” added the player from Croatia.

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