Champions League quarter-final second leg: Real overcomes the curse?

(Baonghean) - In the first leg of the quarter-finals at Atletico Madrid's Vicente Calderon Stadium, despite their best efforts, Ronaldo and his teammates were unable to score and had to accept a scoreless draw. This is clearly not a huge advantage for the team of strategist Carlo Ancelotti, because only a win in the match at 1:45 a.m. tomorrow morning (April 23) will help Real advance, and if the score is tied, the team at Santiago Bernabeu will certainly be eliminated.

Can C. Ronaldo (number 7) help Real overcome the curse?

This season, under the command of veteran strategist Carlo Ancelotti, the "white vultures" are the pioneers on the path to finding a way to break this difficult curse. But unfortunately for Real, the lucky draw has made them clash with Atletico - the team that Ronaldo and his teammates do not want to meet the most in Europe at the moment. Because since the final match of last season, Real has not won against Atletico once, in 6 consecutive meetings this season, the results of Ronaldo and his teammates are only 2 draws, 4 losses and the first leg of the quarter-finals in the middle of last week was no exception. Despite great efforts, coach Carlo Ancelotti's team only earned a goalless draw at the Vicente Calderon stadium. Obviously, this is not a big advantage before the second leg at home, which will take place at 1:45 am tomorrow morning.

Not only that, before this second leg, a series of injuries to key players made Real even more worried about the scary "curse" in the Champions League. The first and also extremely important absence was Gareth Bale. He was injured in the 3rd minute and had to leave the field in the 3-1 victory over Malaga in the 32nd round of La Liga.

In that match, the industrious and creative "worker bee" in the midfield, Luka Modric, suffered a serious knee ligament injury that forced him to rest for six weeks, effectively ending the season for the Croatian. In addition, Benzema's ability to play is still uncertain, while Brazilian player Marcelo is definitely absent on the left flank due to receiving enough yellow cards.

Knowing that the squad has depth and the gap between the chosen one and the "substitute" is not much, however, this absence could be a bad omen for the home team Santiago Bernabeu. Moreover, on the other side of the front line, Diego Simeone's team has the necessary confidence and the strongest squad, especially the explosion of French player Antoine Griezmann in recent rounds of La Liga (4 goals/6 matches).

In terms of the balance of power, it is clear that the "White Vulture" is still the stronger team, and has home field advantage, but the absence of important partners to provide the ball for Ronaldo to score is very worrying. Moreover, when the legs have to play under the pressure of having to win to continue to break the Champions League curse, winning to change fate against the annoying neighbor Atletico will not be easy for Carlo Ancelotti and his team. So before this match, the opportunity is still intact for the whole team, and the question of whether Real can overcome the curse can only be answered when the final whistle sounds.

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