Quote from: SatoPrincess on Today at 05:13:43 AM

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Quote from: reagansimms on March 20, 2025, 03:30:18 AM

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.

In the Champions League, Real Madrid, in addition to luck, also has the support of the referee, because this team often plays as champions, so in some controversial issues they get an advantage, even as it was in the cancelled penalty of Alvarez, in my opinion it is stupid to cancel such a penalty... So in order to beat Real Madrid, you need to be not only stronger than them. You also need to take into account other circumstances that can affect the result and in the case of Real Madrid, it is not only luck.

Real Madrid having support from referees? I don’t know about that. What I know and I am very sure of is the fact that they play better and play confidently when they play in the champions league. If we are still debating about the Atletico penalty shootout I still stand on my opinion there was a double touch and it is in the rule that it should be cancelled so I don’t think it was a false call. To beat Real Madrid in the Champions League you have to be resilient and be fearless as well as stay focused for the whole 90 minutes because any little slip up is opportunity for them to take advantage of.

In Europe Real Madrid had help from the referees several times, and they are also very lucky, several times they won matches they didn't deserve to win. Being lucky is part of football, being helped from referees, unfortunately, is part too, and it's not easy for a referee to go against them. Of course they are also very good and have a ton of experience, that's why they really shouln't need extra help.