Match Day LIVE .
Champions League Round of 16
Venue – Estadio Santiago D Bernabau , Madrid .

Real.Madird vs Athelrco Madrid ( Derby Champions League first leg.
March 4th , 2025
Time – 8 pm UK time .

A derby match indeed , they say when two elephants competes in a dual , the solid ground given to to us by God Almighty is bound to suffer .
This will play tonight at the Estadio d Bernabau stadium in Spain when City rival hosts their bittereet foe in the round leather games in all competition ., Athletico Madird in a derby match ..

The two clubs drew 1-1 in la Liga last month , but recently , Real Madrid pummeled their city rivals 3-1 an Mbappe hatrick destroyed and made ineffective a first half Julian Alvarez goal. could not salvage an already bad situation in the night in Madrid .
Though , Resl Madrid is only second to Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga title race .

Carlo Ancellotti and his army qualified to this stage following an under whelming league phase , when they Sept aside and an inconsistent , as well as our form and bemused and badly postioned ,English Premieship league champions , Man City ,it seems to be the end of an era for the Citizens who have held sway in all departments of the game lately in Europe and England , while Athelrtico had a field day by coming top of their group with funfare..
The visitors enter the first keg of this two legged affair with a mouth watering home ,1-0 win against Athletic Bilbao club , while Real Madrid who lost at away 2-1 to Real Betis, Real Madrid have won just one out five LA liga games .

Back to back comaorisin for the two giants are at per , with one each for either side with three draws in their last five games .

Federico Valverde Julian Bellingham , Brahim Diaz , who is likely to continue in the mid field tonight .Federico Valverde, who recently came back after a hamstring injury is expected to replace Vazquez at right back tonight , while David Alaba out of contention for today s encounter will be replaced by Raul Ascnesio at center back to partner Antonio Rudiger .
Absentees for today s match from Real Madrid are
Jesus Vallejo, Eder Militao, Dani Carvajal, and Dani Ceballos who will be conspicuously absent in today’s affairs at the Bernabau.

Athelrtico injury /casualty list revolves around Ceac Azpecuilata , former Chelsea sptrong man as well as Koke all out of contention for todsy s first leg match .Jukain Alvarez , will replace Aleander Sorloth while
Jose Gimenez and Marcos Llorente will be part of today’s proceeding on the night .

While Ancelotti side are defnnittely fallible , but they always have a way to rise to the occasion when it matters most .
Real Madrid will miss the services of Julian Bellingham who is out today due to accumulated cards in this competition so far .
Athelrtico wil definitely control the proceeding at the initial stage before they finally retreat to their defensive line as usual in a debt match out of la Liga .
We do expect a 1-1 draw which will definitely be to the advantage of the visitors nearing in mind the second leg , as Real Madrid has until recently been out of football control over the last four matches , Mbappe s hattrick in their last match , today’s match is a reality match in a derby encounter .

Predictions – Real Madrid 2-1 Athletico / Or 1-1.

Happy viewing , Happy champions league first leg.roumd of 16. matches .

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