Real Madrid faces a great danger, on Tuesday evening, as it is
approaching its exit from the Champions League groups, for the
first time in the history of the tournament.
The Spanish champion faces its guest, Inter Milan, in a decisive
position in the second group, with one point in possession of
two matches against Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine and Borussia
Monchengladbach.
And in the event that he loses on Tuesday to his stubborn guest,
Inter Milan, the “royal” mission will be greatly complicated, and
he may be on his way to play in the Europa League.
Real Madrid did not fail to skip the group stage in the
tournament’s modern history, and the last time it failed to cross
the first-round dates back to 1962, in the seventh edition of the
tournament in its old form.
Last week, Real Madrid survived a defeat by German
Mönchengladbach and snatched a two-goal draw in the last
minutes of the game, but Tuesday’s defeat against Inter will
make it slim.
In the event of a loss, the “royal” will have to win all three of his
matches in the second leg, which is a very difficult task,
especially with the brilliance of the teams that are next to him in
the “group of death”.
The task of the French coach Zinedine Zidane will never be easy
on Tuesday, as he will face the Italian runner-up, and a team that
has a battalion of stars led by the Belgian Romelu Lukaku and
the Argentine Lotaro Martinez.
For his part, Inter Milan will try hard to win in Madrid, as its
results are not much better than the “royal”, as the “Nerazzurri”
tied in their meetings against Shakhtar and Monchengladbach,
and losing would put him in a European “dilemma”.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian Shakhtar will host in Kiev, its
German guest Mönchengladbach, in a position that means a lot
in the group arrangement.
