the precedents to which Real Madrid grabs for the comeback in the Bernabéu against Arsenal and a curious ally

Never the real Madrid It is more Real Madrid than in the Champions League. And that is why Real Madrid clings, which knows that his team has had half of the body within the rival in recent times before teaching his jaws. Before him Arsenal In the return of the quarterfinals of this renewed Champions League, the matter seems complicated but not impossible and those of Carlo Ancelotti will try until the end.

In London they know that not even a 3-0 can remain calm. And despite the magical night of the Emirates Stadium Of the boys of Mikel Arteta, the ‘gunners’ know that the work has not finished if they want to be in the semifinals and register their name among the best teams in the old continent for the first time since the 2008-2009 academic year.

He OPTA Supercomputerwhich uses artificial intelligence, barely gives Real Madrid options. If before the first leg against Arsenal was played, he placed him as a non -favorite with 49.8 % of options to go to the final, he has now fallen to 4 %, that is, he gives him remote possibilities of being in the penultimate round of his fetish tournament, that in which he has been saved for 15.

How many times has Real Madrid traced three goals against?

Real Madrid needs to score three goals to match the tie (four to move to Semis). If you do it, it would not be the first time to do it in European Cupin the 75-76 season managed to overcome an initial 4-1 Derby Countysurpassing it in the return with a spectacular 5-1.

We had to wait almost ten years, in the 1984/85 campaignto see them do it again in Europe and this time before the Anderlecht after receiving the same result as against Arsenal, 3-0 in Belgium. A slide that to which they overcome the return with a forceful 6-1 at home thanks to the Emilio Butragueño hat-trick and the goals of Sanchís and Valdano.

The third time on which a similar disadvantage was overcome in the maximum competition of European clubs was in the 1985/86 seasonin front of the Borussia Mönchengladbach where Real Madrid did not have to overcome three goals, but four after finishing 5-1 in Germany. Many gave them terminated, but the story repeated again in the white coliseum epic form: with a 4-0 in the White House.

Holy Week as curious ally of Real Madrid to look for the comeback against Arsenal

The Crucis via Crucis of Real Madrid has the curious ally of Holy Week to face this Wednesday April 16 to the Mikel Arteta team. And every time the white team has played on a Holy Wednesday in this century, it has won titles and tracing adverse markers.

The first time was the April 19, 2000 in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The Real Madrid won in Old Trafford 2-3 and qualified for semifinals. The second was in the final of the King of the King of 2011 and Real Madrid won the title to Barcelona by 0-1 in the final played in Mestalla.

Subsequently the April 4, 2012When Real Madrid managed to access the Champions League semifinals by winning 5-2 to the Nicosia Apoel. Real Madrid and Barcelona faced a Holy Wednesday in the 2014 Copa del Cup final, a April 16. Real Madrid won 1-2 with the famous Gareth Bale race.

Moreover, in 2017Real Madrid returned to play a Holy Wednesday and won Bayern Munich 1-2 in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. The last time Real Madrid played a Holy Wednesday was against Barcelona in the return of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey de 2023. In the Bernabéu, Barcelona won 0-1 and on the return, Real Madrid won 0-4 and qualified for the final that ended up winning Osasuna.

The Champions League of the 2021/22 season is known by the great comebacks

Unforgettable for Real Madrid was the 2021-2022 season. In the round of 16, those of Ancelotti faced each other PSGand in the first leg the Gauls were imposed with a goal from the desired at that time Mbappé.

In Madrid, the local team began back on the scoreboard thanks to a new goal from the now White star, subsequently covered by the figure of its compatriot Karim Benzema. The French striker converted a Histo-trick historicaleliminated the PSG and put Real Madrid in the quarterfinals.

In the next round those of Carlo Ancelotti faced each other Chelsea. The story is known. In the first leg, Real Madrid won the English 3-1 and left everything favorable for the return.

In the Bernabéu, Madrid suffered a lot and the tie was complicated beautifully. He put 3-0 on the scoreboard, there emerged the figure of Rodrygo, which is signed when he smells like spring and scored the goal that the game sent to the extension. In the 30 minutes of lengthening, Benzema put Madrid again in the global and gave the pass to the next round.

Then the City of Guardiola arrived, a rival they faced in these eighths of the Champions League. The first leg was taken by the English team 4-3. On the Vuelta El City advanced with a goal from Mahrez in 85. But there was a white miracle. In 89 and 91 Rodrygo scored a double sent the game to extension. There Karim Benzema scored the sentence as a penalty and sent Real Madrid to the final.