Little by little, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol has a glimpse of the final that will be played on 8 August against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium with a view to being in the final phase of the UEFA Champions League in Lisbon.
Zinedine Zidane’s team will face this meeting after 1-2 of the first leg, which forces the Madrid team to come back and score at least two goals if they want to be in the quarterfinals or, at least, force extra time if City scores a goal.
It should be said that the statistics are not with the merengue team: Real Madrid has never come back from a tie in the European Cup after losing the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Background
- Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich in 2001: 2-1 in the second leg and eliminated
- Real Madrid 0-1 Arsenal in 2006: 0-0 in the second leg and eliminated
- Real Madrid 0-1 Liverpool in 2009: 4-0 in the second leg and eliminated
- Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona in 2011: 1-1 in the second leg and eliminated
Only positive incentive
The only tie that Real Madrid can grasp is 2013 against Manchester United. The white team drew one at the Bernabéu, a result that left them out of the quarterfinals and they won 1-2 at Old Trafford to access the next round. That result would send them to extra time.
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