Following their 2-1 win in opposition to Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, Actual Madrid are set to return to motion within the UEFA Champions League as they face Atletico Madrid within the second leg of the Spherical of 16 tie on Wednesday.
The Merengues can be coming into this sport with a slight benefit, as , with targets from Rodrygo Goes and Brahim Diaz.
Whereas this one-goal benefit can finally show to be the distinction in opposition to a aspect as defensively stout as Atletico Madrid, such a bonus has probably not confirmed to be an excellent one for Los Blancos of their illustrious historical past on this competitors.
For the reason that begin of the trendy UCL in 1992-93, there have been 5 instances when Actual Madrid obtained a 1-goal benefit over their rivals within the first leg of a two-legged spherical. Within the majority of those instances, the Merengues ended up getting eradicated within the second leg.
The primary time this occurred was within the 1995-96 season, as Los Blancos confronted Juventus within the quarter-finals of the competitors. The Whites received 1-0 on the Santiago Bernabeu, earlier than shedding 2-0 within the second leg in Turin, and thus ended up getting eradicated from the competitors.
Equally, within the 2002-03 season, the Vikings loved a 2-1 lead on mixture within the semi-finals earlier than the second leg in opposition to the identical opponents, Juventus. Nevertheless, a 3-1 defeat within the following leg resulted of their elimination.
There was an identical storyline within the Spherical of 16 tie of the 2004-05 UCL marketing campaign for Actual Madrid. After profitable the primary leg in opposition to the Outdated Girl with a 1-0 scoreline as soon as extra, the Merengues had been once more eradicated because the Italians emerged as 2-0 winners in additional time.
Two seasons later, within the 2006-07 UCL marketing campaign, the Spaniards confronted Bayern Munich within the Spherical of 16. Within the first leg on the Santiago Bernabeu, Los Blancos beat the Germans 3-2. Nevertheless, within the return leg in Munich, the Bavarians got here out as 2-1 winners, thus eliminating the Vikings as soon as once more from the competitors.
Thus, their historical past in UCL once they obtained a 1-goal benefit within the first leg of a two-legged tie doesn’t paint a really rosy image forward of the second leg in opposition to Atletico Madrid.
Nevertheless, there may be nonetheless purpose to hope that Carlo Ancelotti will get the job carried out this time, as he was the coach who overturned this development again in his first stint at Actual Madrid. The Merengues as soon as once more confronted Bayern Munich within the semi-finals in that marketing campaign and took a 1-goal benefit into the second leg after profitable the primary leg 1-0 on the Santiago Bernabeu.
However the second leg on the Fussball Area was even higher, as each Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo scored two targets to get a 4-0 win for his or her workforce, getting one in all their most memorable wins in current historical past in opposition to Pep Guardiola’s aspect.
Thus, regardless of their total unfavorable historical past with such a scoreline, Actual Madrid have all the rationale to depend on Carlo Ancelotti forward of this upcoming essential tie on Wednesday.