To date, with 35 goals, Real Madrid shares with Barcelona the maximum competition record since it has been played with the current format format of 13 matches. This record was achieved by both teams two years ago before being beaten in semi-finals. This record was tangible from the first moment that Ancelotti’s Real Madrid equalled the 20 goals record of the Group Stage, something that Manchester United had achieved in 1998-99 and also Barcelona in 2011-12. This group achievement wouldn’t be possible without the figure of Cristiano Ronaldo, as he has scored 17 goals in this Champion’s Season, something that nobody else has achieved before and a number that can be increased at the Lisbon final.??
Ancelotti proved again that he knows how to play in Germany and that his capacity to confront those matches has been crucial in putting the team into the final breaking all previous records. This is precisely why the match in Munich will pass into Madrid’s history. Real Madrid hadn’t beat Bayern in Germany until that moment, hence the importance of the match. The White team had warned Germany before, after beating Schalke 04 by 1-6, but nobody could predict such a victory in Munich even after what happened with Schalke. Pep Guardiola had never lost 0-4 as a coach but the truth is that Bayern Munich had never lost 0-4 either in an European Competition.
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