The men of Carlo Ancelotti face City Rivals Atlético Madrid on Tuesday evening in the first stage of the Champions League round of 2024-25 of 16.
On Tuesday evening, the Spanish capital wakes up while the Santiago Bernabeu hosts what a spicy European Madrid derby becomes Real Madrid Face Atlético Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
The game marks the 500th Real Madrid match in the European Cup while the men of Carlo Ancelotti remain hunting to add their record fifteen victories.
'Los Blancos' will be the first club to reach the milestone of 500 games in the most prestigious club match of European football. The Bernabeu -outfit has won 301 games, signed 85 draws and suffered 113 in their 499 games so far.
Madrid stretch in the all-time European Cup/Champions League ranking are Bayern Munich with 404 games, followed by Barcelona (357), Juventus (311) and Benfica (302).
Real Madrid remains the 'Kings of Europe' with fifteen titles, followed AC Milan (7), Bayern Munich and Liverpool (6), Barcelona (5) and Ajax (4).
Madrid's first performance in the competition was in September 1955, was a 2-0 victory in the Charmilles Stadium in Geneva against Swiss Zijservette, with goals of Miguel Muñoz and Rial.
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