"REMONTADA" OR NOT ?
Picture : Real Madrid 2012/13 with Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Varane, Xavi Alonso, Khedira, Ronaldo, Essien, Di Maria, Benzema and Özil , was the last Real team defeated with 3 goals difference in European Cup in a first leg.
Will Real Madrid bounce back from 0-3?
The intrigue of the return legs of the Champions League quarter-finals is whether Real Madrid will be able to overcome the heavy defeat (0-3) that they suffered from Arsenal on April 8.
It's a tall order, but ”Los Blancos” know how to handle it. There have been 6 occasions in the club's history when they lost the first leg of a European playoff tie by 3+ goals. In half of those cases, they bounced back at home and advanced to the next round. However, the last time this happened was almost 40 years ago, in 1985.
See the table for details :
| EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS | 1955- | ||||
| REAL MADRID AFTER LOSING | FIRST | LEG BY | 3+ | GOALS | |
| Tie | Comp. | Season | Round | Leg 1 | Leg 2 |
| Benfica — Real Madrid | EC | 1964-65 | QF | 5-1 | 1-2 |
| Derby County — Real Madrid | EC | 1975-76 | R16 | 4-1 | 1-5 |
| Anderlecht — Real Madrid | UC | 1984-85 | R16 | 3-0 | 1-6 |
| Borussia M’gladbach — Real Madrid | UC | 1985-86 | R16 | 5-1 | 0-4 |
| Bayern — Real Madrid | EC | 1986-87 | SF | 4-1 | 0-1 |
| Borussia Dortmund — Real Madrid | CL | 2012-13 | SF | 4-1 | 0-2 |
| Arsenal — Real Madrid | CL | 2024-25 | QF | 3-0 |