Bayern hope to defy history in Real’s den
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Eliminated by Spanish teams on last three occasions, Munich club have odds stacked against them in quest to overturn Real’s advantage
nents in the past three seasons.
Ancelotti has shown he can dramatically turn around historic streaks in the past.
Before the 2013/14 season Madrid had won just once in 25 visits to Germany. However, after smashing Schalke 6-0, they went onto eliminate both Dortmund and Bayern on their way to winning the competition.
A similar turnaround in Bayern’s fortunes would be sweet revenge for Ancelotti on his first return to the Santiago Bernabeu since being sacked by trigger happy Real president Florentino Perez in 2015. stalwarts will sense this season to be their last chance at attaining European glory.
setto retire at the end of the season, and
Arjen Robben and
Franck Ribery in the twilight of their careers, the older players will want to go out on a high.
the first player to score 100 European goals with a brace in the first leg as he managed to repeatedly get past the Bayern defenders. Real won from the
in the first leg — particularly in the second half — was at fault of drifting into lapses in concentration that forced goalkeeper Manuel
Neuer into action repeatedly.
10 saves in the first leg as Real barraged his goal with 12 shots on target. Bayern’s fullbacks were at fault for not closing down on Dani Carvajal and Marco
Asensio in the lead up to
Real’s goals.