They have been unusually shaky in Europe this season, but they can still secure a top eight -finish if the results go their way on Wednesday.
The very first competition phase of the Champions League ends on Wednesday with 18 games from the entire continent. The extensive format sees all MatchDay 8 matches that are played at the same time, with a lot to play in the huge 36-team table.
The will of Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are still fighting to end in the top 24 and will claim a place in the Playoff round next month. However, the real price is a place in the top eight, which guaranteed the qualification for the round of 16.
Liverpool and Barcelona have already booked their places, and it would be a miracle for Arsenal and Inter Milan at this stage to stop. A team that still has work to do is Real Madrid, who need a very specific series of results to unfold if they want to sneak the top eight.
What does Real Madrid need to get a top eight place?
First of all, Real Madrid has to win their last competition phase match to get the chance to get the top eight. They travel to the French side Brest and know that something other than a victory leaves them off the automatic qualifying places.
If Madrid wins, they have to hope that the other seven teams above them all do not win. That means they hope that none of Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Losc Lille, Feyenoord, Monaco, Aston Villa and Bayer Leverkusen succeed in taking three points in their last games. Lille and Feyenoord play against each other, so Madrid fans will hope for a draw there.
It is a very unlikely series of circumstances, but the Carlo Ancelotti team will not exclude the possibility. If they do not make the top eight, they have to play the newly introduced Playoff round, so that they take place against another team on the 9th-24th in a two-legged elimination die.
In anticipation of Wednesday, Ancelotti brought tribute to Brest's performances in this year's competition: “It's a tough game because Brest does fantastic work in the Champions League, they have a point more than we and they have a chance eligible come to the top eight ”
“There is a lot to play in this. We want to conclude what a complicated group phase has been and end up in the table as high as possible. “
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