Like Real Madrid, Barcelona are hell-bent on doing well in the Champions League. Especially when the league title is likely to have already belonged to them.

The 28th round of the league is over, and the big teams are once again entering the Champions League.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona won the match as did Real Madrid. On February 23, they defeated Premier League giants Arsenal 2-0 at Arsenal's home stadium, the Emirates Stadium, to seize the initiative to advance to the quarterfinals.

Other matches.

Manchester City (away) 3:1 Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine.

Atletico Madrid (A) 0:0 PSV Eindhoven.

Juventus (H) 2:2 Bayern Munich.

Wolfsburg (A) 3:2 Ghent, Belgium.

Benfica (H) 1:0 Zenit.

Paris Saint-Germain (H) 2:1 Chelsea.

Four of the second legs of the quarter-finals will be played on 8 and 9 March, including Real Madrid and Roma. Barcelona's match against Arsenal is scheduled for March 15 and 16, along with the remaining four matches.

In the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, with Chu Ge's hat trick, Real Madrid defeated Roma 4:1.

Now, when it comes to the second leg, they don't have a lot of pressure. As long as they don't lose a 0:4, they can qualify for the next leg of the Champions League.

Is there an example in history of winning the first leg 4-1 and then being eliminated?

The answer is yes.

In the quarter-finals of the 2004 Champions League, AC Mila defeated Deportivo La Coruna 4:1 in the first leg.

At that time, AC Milan could be described as star-studded, goalkeeper Dida; defenders Maldini, Nesta, Cafu, Pancaro; midfielders Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattuso, Kaka; Forwards Shevchenko, Inzaghi. The team's lineup and strength are not inferior to today's Real Madrid.

In the league, they have won consecutive games against Inter Milan, Lazio, Parma, Juventus, Sampdoria; In the Champions League, they played two consecutive 4:1 games, which can be described as hot and hot.

Coupled with the fact that AC Milan is one of the best teams in the Champions League, AC Milan was one of the favourites to win the Champions League that season.

However, in the second round, Super Laco became famous.

In the second leg, Deportivo La Coruna broke out, and their short and agile style of play instantly stunned Carlo Ancelotti's team.

4：0！

An epic reversal.

Miracles, or miracles, that even God didn't expect came about.

At that time, no one expected that the strongest team in the Champions League would end the Champions League journey with such a game.

Therefore, before this match with Roma, "Marca" repeatedly reminded Real Madrid not to underestimate Roma and not to overturn in the gutter.

Real Madrid's defeat to the Italian team has a tradition.

According to Marca newspaper, Real Madrid has not eliminated an Italian team in a two-legged knockout round for 29 years.

What is the concept of twenty-nine years?

Twenty-nine years ago, Ronaldo was a two-year-old child, and Messi was just born......

In 1987, Real Madrid eliminated Maradona's Napoli.

That was the last time they won a two-legged knockout match against a team from Italy.

Since then, Real Madrid have lost twice to Milan (1988-89, 1989-90), once to Torino (1991-1992), four times to Juventus (1995-96, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2014-15), and Roma have also beaten Real Madrid in the knockout rounds (2007-08).

This is Real Madrid's "Italian curse".

This year is their best chance to break the spell.

Either break the spell or set up the Real Madrid Fan Protection Association, which will set a record anyway......

Before the game, there was good news from Valdebebas.

Luka Modric and Marcelo are back from injury.

Real Madrid's injuries have been constant this season, which has also raised questions among fans about the team's medical staff. However, fortunately, with the exception of Bale and Benzema, who is recovering from injury, the rest of the players did not take too long to return from injury.

In a sense, this ensures the stability of the team's lineup. (Bell: ...... ）

On the evening of March 8, the Bernabeu.

Nearly 80,000 fans packed Santiago Bernabeu.

Real Madrid's league attendance is very high, with no home attendance below 60,000 since Zinedine Zidane took charge. However, compared to the Champions League, the number of spectators in the league is not enough.

The appeal of the Champions League to Real Madrid fans is evident from this.

Especially since the league is significantly behind Barcelona, the Champions League has almost become the hope of the whole village. In this case, every Champions League match of Real Madrid must not allow any mistakes.

In this game, Zidane continued his new ideas in the league.

Casemiro started again.

It was Fat Tiger's first Champions League start under Zinedine Zidane.

Due to Benzema's absence, Ronaldo played as the team's central striker, Bale and James on the left and right, and Chu Ge sat on the bench.

The continuous games made Chu Ge a little tired.

In this game, Zidane continued to rotate, and he let Bale, who had taken a long paid vacation, start, and partner James who was squeezed by Chu Ge's playing time.

Luka Modric, who has also returned from injury, partnered Kroos in midfield, with Marcelo also starting.

It can be said that in the first half of the start, Real Madrid basically sent the most expensive lineup, and it is also the strongest team in the eyes of many media.

However, this lineup did not work well.

In the first half, neither Real Madrid nor Roma could score, and the two teams played to a 0-0 draw.

At half-time, Zidane fell into a long test.

He found several problems.

Casemiro's arrival freed Kroos and Modric. These two players can devote more energy to playmaking attacks.

And James is also a playmaker who plays the attack.

Especially after the premise of Modric's position, there was a duplication of functions between the two, and the running positions often overlapped.

This somewhat weakened Real Madrid's attacking power.

This is a problem.

How to solve this problem, Zidane does not have a good solution at present.

The easiest way would definitely be to replace Hames and bring on Chu Ge or Vazquez.

However, this method is too simple and crude, and it is easy to exacerbate the team's conflicts.

A smart coach needs to play the role of every player, not to mention the talent of James and the introduction of the club with a high salary and high price, Zidane does not want to give up so easily.

There is also the problem that Bale is not comfortable on the left and his role with Marcelo overlaps somewhat.

Bale's overlapping role with Marcelo on the left, and James on the right squeezing Modric's space, exposes the problem that in Zidane's new tactical system, Real Madrid's players have a lack of clarity in the tactical division of labor and their respective responsibilities.

With this in mind, Zidane knew what to do.

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