Sam Leveridge

1 week ago | managingmadrid.com | Sam Leveridge

Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images Real Madrid crashed out of the UEFA Champions League at the quarter final stage for their worst performance in the competition for five years as they lost 2-1 to Arsenal at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, to head out 5-1 on aggregate to the Gunners.

1 week ago | managingmadrid.com | Sam Leveridge

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti spoke to the media on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg fixture against Arsenal. The very first question to him was about the importance of the fans at the Bernabéu, as he said, “obviously, they are very important. The support of the fans has helped us a lot in recent years. Tomorrow we need to play at our highest level to try to change a very complicated tie. Tomorrow we will try to change this thinking.

1 week ago | managingmadrid.com | Sam Leveridge

Photo by Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images Before the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg against Arsenal at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid put forward midfielder Jude Bellingham to address the media. Addressing a number of topics, he spoke about the belief among the players by saying, “the most repeated word in the dressing room is remontada (comeback). I’ve heard it about a million times in the last week. This motivates us a lot.

1 week ago | managingmadrid.com | Sam Leveridge

Real Madrid prepared for their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Arsenal by sealing a 1-0 win over Alavés at Mendizorroza in Vitoria-Gasteiz on Sunday, with the red card to Kylian Mbappé earning most of the headlines ahead of Eduardo Camavinga’s composed finish into the bottom corner to give the visitors the three points. 1. Who would be rested? With all eyes on the game against Arsenal, and the controversial decision to place the game on Sunday, there would inevitably be rotations.

1 week ago | intothecalderon.com | Sam Leveridge

Photo by Alberto Gardin/NurPhoto via Getty Images Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone spoke to the media in the aftermath of a wet Monday night win over Real Valladolid, in which his side went behind and then had to come back from an equaliser to win 4-2, thanks to a brace from Julian Alvarez as well as goals from Giuliano Simeone and Alexander Sørloth. When asked about the season his star striker is having, Simeone went all out in his praise.