Real Madrid Confidencial The Only Team With 'worse' Luck Than Real Madrid in Champions League Draws
The 'hot balls' theory has already been completely debunked.
Real Madrid Will Face Atlético de Madrid in the Champions League Round of 16. The white team will have to face their capital neighbors again, and it is expected to be two thrilling matches. Unless there's a surprise, equality will be quite present.
The two derbies this season have ended in a 1-1 draw, so it seems this round could be decided by details. The first leg will be on March 4 at Bernabéu and the return leg on the 12th at Metropolitano. The home-field advantage is in their favor, as they had a better first phase.
The other opponent that could have faced the reigning European champion was Bayer Leverkusen. Within the merengue entity, there was no preference for either, but it is true that there was a division of opinions in the locker room on this matter.
There was a time when anti-Madrid sentiment claimed that Real Madrid was lucky in the draws. Specifically with the achievement of the eleventh. That Champions League was won after passing the group stage and facing Roma, Wolfsburg, Manchester City, and Atlético de Madrid.
From there, they tried to undermine the white team's victories, but that theory is now completely dismantled. Proof of this is that the ELO rating of the main teams and their opponents in the round of 16 and quarterfinals in the last ten years serves.
They have analyzed Real Madrid, Manchester City, Barça, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, PSG, and Atlético de Madrid. Well, only the French team has had worse luck than Madrid.
It is worth noting that the ELO is used for chess and serves to measure the level of the teams. It does so through the combination of difficulty metrics in each match, opponent, and the tournament in question.
No Regrets
In Valdebebas, they acknowledge that during these seasons they haven't been fortunate. Despite this, they emphasize that to win the tournament, they have to beat the best, so they don't regret it. They insist that they are the king of Europe and the team to beat must always be Real Madrid.
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