Charles Ancelotti

The first time that Real Madrid closed the first leg of the semifinals with the same result achieved in the present against Guardiola’s City, was in the season 1975/76 against Bayern Munich. the lap fit a 2-0 that got him out of the final.

in the campaign 1987/88 the same scenario was repeated. Hugo Sánchez’s goal from a penalty gave him the equalizer at the Santiago Bernabéu against PSV Eindhovenbut in the goalless equalizer return it left him out for the double value of the away goals.

To the next season, the same situation occurred again with the greatest disaster. Hugo Sánchez repeated as a scorer against Milan in the 1-1 at the Bernabéu and at San Siro there was one of the most painful results in madridista history in the European Cup, and 5-0with his current coach, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti marking the first.

The most recent precedent was in the last elimination of Real Madrid from the Champions League, against Chelsea not 2021with a goal by Karim Benzema at the Alfredo di Stéfano stadium, when the Santiago Bernabéu was closed due to the pandemic to speed up the renovation works, and the 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

The real Madrid only surpassed two semifinals of the ‘Champions’ without having won the first leg and the curious thing is that it was against his own rival, the Manchester City. in the campaign 2015/2016 after a goalless draw in Manchester and the 1-0 win in Madrid with both from the Brazilian Fernando an own goal and the comeback for the history of the last editionwith a 4-3 defeat at the Etihad and 3-1 after extra time at the Bernabéu.