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Against Gladbach, Madrid are under pressure. Captain Sergio Ramos could make a difference.
Legend:
Captain
Reals Sergio Ramos.
Keystone
Real Madrid are used to getting through the Champions League group stage without problems. Instead of “must win”, the “real” usually plays their last group match safely with the B-Elf.
This year is different. Against Gladbach, Madrid needed a win on Wednesday to reach the round of 16 on their own. “We are not thinking about anything other than the Champions League,” coach Zinédine Zidane said on Tuesday when asked what would happen if record champions Real Madrid fail for the first time in the preliminary round of the Champions League.
You don’t play finals, you win them.
“We will just play as if it were a final. And you don’t play finals, you win them, ”said midfielder Casemiro before the match.
Salvador Ramos?
An important piece of the puzzle could be the return: defensive giant Sergio Ramos was specially prepared for this game. “Ramos returns for the final” (“Ramos returns for the final”) was the headline of the Spanish newspaper Brand Monday from Madrid, proof of the importance of the game for Real Madrid. The statistics underline it: of the last 10 Champions League matches without Ramos, 8 losses resulted and only 2 wins.
“One of Ramos’s strengths is that he feels uncomfortable. For every opponent, “said Gladbach’s coach Marco Rose, impressed by the 34-year-old. The returnee himself wrote on social media:” The time has come, this is the time. “
