As the most successful club in the history of the competition and with a manager that's the most successful in the competition as well, I'm still very hopeful that Real Madrid will survive the group stages of the UEFA Champions League
Actually, this new format made me a little confused at first, the draw against the team is quite advantageous because there will be many teams that have the opportunity to enter the knockout phase. It seems that the luck of the draw also affects each team.
Real Madrid is an experienced team, I think the chances of qualifying are still very big. But their steps seem to be longer, maybe because they will go through the Play Off. With the new format and the number of injuries, it makes it even more difficult for them to get maximum points. But if they fail it will be a bad record for Real Madrid.
Injuries have been a big enemy to Real Madrid since the beginning of this season till date, their last match yesterday against Osasuna, we saw how more players joined the train of injury. This has been their big challenge leading inconsistent performance in the past matches, but with the look of how Madrid players was able to win their match yesterday, it shows that they should not be underestimated in this league despite the ugly situation they're going through. They might scale through to the round of 16.