To the Real Madrid the time has come to face the round of the last 16 again. A step, the first with direct elimination in the tournament of the Champions, in which he has already fallen in the last two years and, of course, does not want to do it a third.
After their winning streak of four titles in five editions, decorated with a triple consecutive crown, the Whites have not passed the first knockout phase again and have lost to him Ajax (18/19) and in front of Machester city (19/20).
Therefore, on this occasion, they will seek to bring a good result from Italy to face the lap with better sensations. Although the truth is that this is not synonymous with success since, for example, in the duel against the Dutch in the 18/19 campaign, the Madrid team scored a 1-2 of Amsterdam and ended up giving up with a resounding 1-4 in Madrid.
The curse of eighths
Whatever the result of this year before the Atalanta, it will still be better than that streak than the Real Madrid It went on to link up to six consecutive editions, falling into eighths during 2004 and 2010. Juventus, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Rome, Liverpool and Olympique de Lyon they were able to eliminate the whites in “their” competition at the first opportunity. A path that Real Madrid does not want to travel again and which it must always keep in mind if it wants to continue in the competition.