Real Madrid has to work hard if you want to keep your Champions League trophy this season.
After an overwhelming league phase, they sent them to the play-offs, and many had the feeling that Madrid’s time in competition could have ended, but now the trust after a emphatic victory over Manchester City Himmel high is.
After the last 16 draws on Friday here a look at Madrid’s way to the final.
Madrid, who have the small matter of two Madrid derbies in the past 16 years, things are not much easier.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side will be at home for the first leg against the first leg against Atletico MadridWho will have the advantage of a febrile metropolitan mass for the return.
If Madrid shout it out of the derby, you will probably bump arsenalThe heavy favorites are to be beaten PSV Eindhoven In their last 16 ties.
With all the transfer speculations that Gunners interior defender William Saliba combine with a move to Santiago Bernabeu, the narrative almost writes for himself.
Another English heavyweight could wait in the semi -finals. Liverpool are among the favorites to win this entire tournament, but they are not the only threat to this side of the bracket, since the red have a last 16 draw Paris Saint-Germain to look forward to.
Liverpool won when Madrid previously started in the group stage in the season, but Madrid had the last laugh when these two sides met in the 2017/18 and 2021/22 final.
Club Brugge And Aston Villa are also one of the possible opponents.
There is a delicious possibility that the Champions League final EL Clasico with a host could be with a host Barcelona One of the favorites that emerge from a relatively simple side of the bracket Bayern Munich.
Madrid would take revenge against Barcelona, who has humiliated her twice this season. Ancelotti’s team fell 4-0 in La Liga and 5-2 in the Supercopa de Espana final. They should only meet again on May 11th, just three weeks before the final of this competition.
While Barcelona and Bavaria are the heavy favorites of this side of the brackets, there are six teams that want to cause a surprise: Feyenoord, Inter, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Lille and Benfica.