Not PSG.. Real Madrid players choose their favorite opponent in the UCL Round of 16: “They want revenge”
Real Madrid already knows which teams it could face in the round of 16. The locker room has spoken and has chosen a team that would like to take ‘revenge’.
The draw for the round of 16 of this edition of the Champions League is just around the corner. Real Madrid enters this stage as first in the group, so they will be second in other groups. One of the teams that is in that category starred in a duel against the white team not long ago for which the members of the locker room want to ‘take revenge’.
The team in question is RB Leipzig. The German team was one of the teams that Real Madrid had to face in the group stage of the last edition of the Champions League. During their visit to the Santiago Bernabéu, RB Leipzig lost 2-0 in which Fede Valverde and Marco Asensio scored, but< a i=6>The first leg in Germany was a slightly catastrophic match for Carlo Ancelotti’s pupils.
The beginnings of that clash were overwhelming: the German footballers led 2-0 in the first half. Only a goal from Vinícius in the 44th minute closed the gap. The second half did not mean a change either: Timo Werner made it 3-1 on the scoreboard and Rodrygo signed the 3 -2 final already in injury time. This bad experience is still etched in the footballers who lived through that match.
That’s why they have ‘asked’ to RB Leipzig for the round of 16, to have ‘revenge’ of one of the worst games that the white club had that season. Faced with theidea of meeting PSG in the first knockout round, the dressing room is very clear: they don’t want to now to the French team. According to the white footballers, “it will hurt more” if they eliminate the French capital team in later instances, such as the quarterfinals or semifinals.
However, we will have to wait until December 18 to find out which team Real Madrid will face in the round of 16 de the current edition of the Champions League: Ancelotti is already beginning to evaluate the different options and work on the basic notions for some qualifiers that will open in the visiting stadiums and that will experience the return matches at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Source: Defensa Central
