Real Madrid arrives at its appointment with Chelsea, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League this Wednesday (2:00 pm), with an additional motivation to being the most times champion, with 13 Orejonas.
The ‘merengue’ team, today led by Carlo Ancelottican boast an enviable record when facing the reigning champions, as will be the case against Thomas Tuchel’s team.
The four times that Madrid faced the champion, they not only eliminated him but ended up winning the tournament, a detail that everyone wants to revalidate in this edition of the Champions League.
The first time was in the season 1997/1998, when they eliminated Borussia Dortmund in the semifinals, with scores 2-0 and 0-0, in the semifinals they beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 and in the final they beat Juventus 1-0.
A year later he did the same with Manchester United in the quarterfinals, prevailing by 0-0 and 3-2. Then he left Bayern Munich (3-2 on aggregate) on the way and won the final against Valencia by a resounding 3-0.
In the 2001/2002 season, the whites applied a first dose to the Bayern Munich, by eliminating it in the quarterfinals after a 2-1 defeat on German territory by 2-1 but a 2-0 victory in Madrid. That year he defeated in the semifinals FC Barcelona (3-1 aggregate) and won the final against Bayer Leverkusen (2-1)
Finally, in 2013/2014, they beat Bayern again, this time in the semi-finals, 1-0 in the first leg and 4-0 in the second leg, to be crowned against Atletico Madridwhom he won 4-1, precisely with Carlo Ancelotti as coach.
