Mentality, that's my point about Real Madrid. Indeed, sometimes for some reason even in bad circumstances, I sometimes see Real Madrid as a favorite club, because I see their mentality. I said many times that mentality is very important, because when a club comes to the field with a winning mentality, then they will try until the end to get it. Unlike clubs that don't have that mentality, they will just give up, even though they are considered a more favorite club. I've seen that in several clubs.
One thing Real Madrid has done that is still helping them is their successors has done a lot of work to put many Champions League to their gallery, they have done much work to conquer different teams to win the Champions League trophies and that's why even the new players that joined the club later might not be on that level of those former players but they used that to scare other teams that they are the ones to win and it works for them every time.
The season that Real Madrid might not have a good performance, they make sure they go to atleast Quarter final and most of the time, it's PSG that don spoil their party, I haven't seen they do qualified and get removed on knockout stage and that is the same mentality they are using now. Before we know it, Mbape might be having his first UCL before Lewandowski have it with Barcelona, they proclaiming that character of they are the best already.