Arsenal Journey to Real Madrid's Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in the hope of completing the track they started with a 3-0 win in London and progress to the semi-final of the Champions League
Real Madrid has warned Arsenal to expect 90 minutes in the Bernabeu on Wednesday evening. The Champions League holders must write history if they want to keep their deficiency defense alive, but don't give you.
Arsenal won 3-0 in the first stage of their quarter-final draw, with Declan Rice scored twice. Madrid never returned from a first leg deficit with three goals in the competition, but produced movable late comebacks during their runs to glory in 2022 and 2024.
In 2022 they scored twice in the last minute to bring their semi-final against Manchester City to extra time, eventually with 6-5 predominant. Then, as the same phase last season, they were two minutes from Bayern Munich elimination before a Joselu brace turned the draw upside down.
UEFA has awarded the holders a request to close the roof at their home base before the competition. The measure will create a huge atmosphere, in which supporters on the side of Carlo Ancelotti roar while haunting a comeback.
On the morning of the second stage of Arsenal, Real Madrid shared a social media post in which they ask an AI to translate a sentence into as many languages as possible. The English translation is: “Ninety minutes in the Bernabeu are very long.”
“There is an expectation from all over the world that when we enter into this kind, we can come back, even if it is a very difficult and a very difficult,” said Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham in a press conference for the competition. “I think it is probably not so common in England, but it also happened.
“It is only because the club has done it so often and that is what is so impressive about the size of this club. The expectation is clearly enormous.
“But it is a nice feeling. It means that there is a lot of confidence in the talent. It means that you are in a club that has made a lot of effort and it is contagious. That is what it represents and means to me.”
Manager Ancelotti has also been cautiously optimistic about the opportunities of his team. “Real Madrid has all the means we need to convert this draw,” the Italian told reporters.
“We have the quality, commitment, the experience of many players and we have the fans. We have the means, we just have to get the best out of every player. In previous years they did not say that we have played spectacular football, which may be true. More than just spectacular, we want to play football effectively.”
He also spoke the atmosphere in the Bernabeu and added: “This atmosphere has helped us a lot and it will do this again. It is the same pitch and the color of the grass is the same, but there is an atmosphere around us that you drift.”
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