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After a painstaking game of patience, Real Madrid has a good chance of reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League. At Atalanta Bergamo, Los Blancos won 1-0 (0-0) in the first leg of the round of 16 after a long majority. Against the passionate Italian defenders, Madrid found the decisive holes late: Ferland Mendy (86th) scored just before the end, Real now have the trump cards in hand before the return leg on March 16 in Spain.
At 17 minutes, German referee Tobias Stieler had shown Bergamos Remo Freuler the red card, a controversial decision. From the referee’s point of view, the defender had prevented a clear scoring opportunity, the strong protests from the hosts did not change Stieler. Video assistant Bastian Dankert did not intervene.
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For the most part, Madrid, who had failed in the last sixteen in the last two years, had significantly more possession and looked for gaps in Bergamo’s defense, initially to no avail. Atalanta also forced ten turnovers and then played determinedly to the top.
Madrid struggled to create scoring opportunities. This was probably also due to major personal problems: Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal, Eden Hazard and Karim Benzema were injured.
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The first great possibility arose by chance. A shot deflected by Croatian world runner-up Luka Modric (48th) passed in front. Shortly after, Junior Vinicius (53º) finished the ball over the crossbar from a few meters.
However, anyone expecting some kind of power play from the Royal was disappointed. He was left with this short phase of pressure, the team of coach Zinedine Zidane continued without rhythm and without ideas to get Bergamo in trouble. Instead, Atalanta managed to break free from the grip. Only Mendy’s distant shot broke Madrid’s spell.
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