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Quote from: Belarge on May 24, 2024, 10:00:52 PM

Real Madrid is nothing like Bayer Leverkusen, maintaining an unbeaten run and end up losing 3 nil in the Europa League final. So I ask, what's all the essence? We have watched how these elite teams keep messing around and not able to withstand the presure on their path. Real Madrid is unbeatable in the UEFA Champions League this season. They will meet Borrusia Dortmund and we know exactly how everything will play out on both ends.

Comparing Leverkusen and Madrid isn't matching well enough because these two teams played in two different leagues with different levels of experience and were able to achieve different kind of results on two different levels aswell so I think they aren't equals by virtue of their standards of measurement even if they both got to the finals of the league where they both played but then it was a different kind of pressure.

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let's stop talking about Leverkusen and Real Madrid, which are too far apart.
as you said, it is very rare for Madrid to lose in the final round and I even thought that if Madrid succeeded in reaching the final round, it would be like a guarantee for Madrid to get the UCL title this season.
I am confident in saying this because Madrid playing style is very clear that all Madrid players have greater self confidence and can always attack the opponent's defense even though they are also attacked by the opponent but in fact they can progress to the final round.
I have often said this but I might have to say it again if we can compare the quality of Dortmund performance with Bayern Munich which both have almost the same performance but Bayern Munich has a stronger attack line.
meanwhile, Dortmund only has a strong defense but does not have a strong attack line, which means that Madrid will not worry too much about its attack line and Ancelotti only needs a little strategy to strengthen the attack line.

TBH, I actually wanted Ancelotti to use the same formation as when facing Bayern Munich at that time because for me this formation was very appropriate to make it difficult for Dortmund to score.
Madrid defense just needed focus not to give Füllkrug, Sancho and Julian Brandt a chance.
these three Dortmund players must really be paid attention to because these players have a good talent for stealing opportunities from opponents and I hope Ancelotti understands which players should be prioritized to block.

The game between Leverkusen and Real Madrid in the next season the Champions League is something we are going to maybe see in the race between Ancelotti and Xabi Alonso.
But the fact about this match is that's still far. While I think we should first talk about the game between Real Madrid and Dortmund which is something we are going to see soon.
I know Dortmound's chance is really low against a team like Real Madrid but seeing them play in the Champions League final match is something we couldn't expect and it's more like a miracle, that's why we should consider the chance for Dortmound to even win this match.