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What makes Real Madrid stand out from the rest of the teams in the UEFA Champions League competition this season is the mentality of the club players and that's why you'll still see them show strong spirit of determination even when they're losing. Most of the players in the squad have either won one or multiple UEFA Champions League trophy with the current manager so they already understand the level of positive mindset they should always possess whenever they're on the pitch.
Kylian Mbappe was star performer of the night but you can't take away the fact that all members of the team played important roles in helping the club beat a strong European club like Manchester City.

The three passes that Mbappe received from three different teammates in the match really did not go to waste as Mbappe was able to score all three goals and it was a very good hat-trick in the most prestigious competition like the Champions League. And if Real Madrid players are not injured anymore or only two are still injured like at the moment, of course there is a possibility for Real Madrid to go even further in this season’s Champions League competition. Because Real Madrid’s proof in the Champions League is really undeniable by the other teams.

Real Madrid would have been out of the competition if it were the past format of champions league but the current format supported them and they kept on improving their game as the league kept advancing. The same was not true for Manchester City. Manchester City is struggling in its home league while Real Madrid has rose to the top position. These two team met on a quaterfinals last champions league and Real Madrid was the victor and won the champions league but this time, Manchester City won't be the most difficult rival for Real Madrid. The round of 16 match against Atletico or Leverkusen is going to be tougher than Manchester City.

I don't think that if we had still had the old format of the last Champions League, Real Madrid would have already been eliminated. Their journey in the Champions League was not of the most exciting but already by the sixteenth of the final they had to face a pretender to the title, beating it both on the way and on the way back. We will surely see it coming among the first 4 of the competition