He real Madrid will be measured in etihad in City of Manchester and his story in European Cupreflecting that he had never gone past a semifinal after drawing the first leg at his stadium with four precedents against Bayern, PSV Eindhoven, Milan and Chelsea.
The first time that Real Madrid closed the first leg of the semifinals with the same result that was harvested in the present against the city of GuardiolaIt was in the 1975/76 season against Bayern Munich. The comeback suited 2-0 which sent him out of the final.
In the 1987/88 campaign the same scenario was repeated. the value of Hugo Sanchez from a penalty gave him a tie with a goal at the Santiago Bernabéu against PSV Eindhovenbut in the second leg the goalless equalizer left him due to the double cost of the away goal.
The next time, the same situation occurred again with the greatest calamity. Hugo Sánchez repeated as scorer against him Milan in the 1-1 defeat at the Bernabéu and at San Siro there was one of the most painful results in the history of Madrid in the European Cup, a 5-0 defeat, with their current coach, the Italian. Carlo Ancelotti marking the first.
The most recent precedent was in the final elimination of Real Madrid from the Champions League, against Chelsea in 2021, with 1-1 at the stadium Alfredo di Stefano, when the Santiago Bernabéu was closed due to the pandemic to speed up the reform works, and the 2-0 loss to Stamford Bridge.
He real Madrid only made it past the two semifinals of Champions without winning the first leg away from home and the surprising thing is that it was against his same rival, the City of Manchester. In the 2015/2016 campaign after a goalless draw in Manchester and the 1-0 win in Madrid with goals from the Brazilian Ferdinand own goal and the return for the history of the last edition, with a 4-3 loss to etihad and the 3-1 in extra time at Bernabeu.
Source: La Verdad
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