-snip-and because Real Madrid players are known to possess the strongest mentality in the UCL, winning the game was a must. At the end, the result happened like I predicted.
I still remember when Bellingham scored the winning goal for England in Euro 2024 in injury time and people said Bellingham has brought the aura of Real Madrid to England. This shows that Real Madrid is the team with the best winning mentality with the current squad. No matter how they have to fight in the first leg. In the end they will still be able to win the match either through a goal in the final round or through a penalty shootout. I always say don't use the first leg result as a reference for Real Madrid. Because if they lose the first leg they can always create a miracle in the second leg. And even if they lose the second leg like when they played against Atletico Madrid, in the end they managed to qualify for the quarter-finals after winning the penalty shootout.
In general, Real Madrid is still able to survive in the UCL because luck is often on their side, including when facing Atletico in the second leg. At first I thought Madrid would be slaughtered after Atletico took the lead in the 1st minute, but after that Atletico were unable to increase their lead even though they always built fast attacks that troubled Madrid's defenders. There is no doubt about the mentality of Real Madrid players, but they still have 4 games left before reaching the final.
If Real Madrid depend on luck in this game, their dream will not come to reality to lift the trophy because there are many strong teams in this stage that look stronger than Real Madrid base on their performance so far in this season.
We all know how Real Madrid struggle to escape Atletico Madrid in their last game, Atletico Madrid played Real Madrid from the beginning till the end of the game to make sure they win the second leg but Real Madrid took little opportunity to win the game to arrived were they are now in the UEFA champion league. I don't think they will win all those 4 games to step in final becaus there are some teams they will not going to beat no matter how prepare they prepare for the next games.