Week after week, leg after leg, round after round, Real Madrid’s squad, led by out-of-this-world French striker Karim Benzema keeps throwing a spectacle at us. And it never fails in delivery, not even for a bit. Moreover, it takes us back to that sweet moment of childhood fairytales where everything is possible, or more precise – where nothing is impossible.Extraterrestrial football and supersonic goals! City edge past Real Madrid in a seven-goal thriller in ManchesterNot even to bounce back against the super-mighty Manchester City on their ground after conceding not one, not two, not three, but four bloody goals! And still, the Royals are anything but taken aback. It became common for them to strike back immaculately in the Champions League after seemingly losing both grounds underneath their feet and hopes of survival.🎶Champagne Supernova 🎶 ⚽️🍾 pic.twitter.com/YhQC9ozXau— Sphera Sports (@SpheraSports) April 26, 2022 We’ve seen that movie against PSG, then again in some moments against Chelsea, and now, once more, with Madrid confronted with the splendid City of Pep Guardiola.WED: 22.00: (1.40) LIVERPOOL (4.90) VILLAREAL (9.00)What strikes us the most is the fact Carlo Ancelotti seems to be cluelessly wandering through some of those games yet managing to keep his side afloat despite that. At the Etihad, he forgot Camavinga on the bench for two-thirds of the encounter, lost the battle in the midfield, and suffered enormously with his modest defenders.Carlo Ancelotti on what makes Real Madrid unique: “We have players with a lot of experience. When the moment is difficult they don’t lose their heads. It’s a characteristic of this team, which has played many games like this and never gives up. The head stays cold.” pic.twitter.com/h0JPOLwtCG— Alan Feehely (@azulfeehely) April 27, 2022 And yet – there’s always that ‘yet’ with Carletto – he survived. A single-goal deficit is not the advantage City should feel relief about ahead of the return leg at the Spanish capital, especially considering their rivals’ second to none morale.It was perfectly summed up in a couple of tweets last night of Royal’s players, including The Man himself. Karim Benzema, who struck that cold-blooded Panenka, sent a powerful message to all:”The game has only just begun… We are Real Madrid!”𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙣… ¡ Somos el Real Madrid ! ⚔️🤍 #Nueve #HalaMadrid #UCL #Alhamdulilah 🤲🏼❤️ pic.twitter.com/e6adMFSzly— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) April 26, 2022 David Alaba added:”Y’all know: We can’t wait for the 2nd leg.”Y’all know: We can’t wait for the 2nd leg. pic.twitter.com/bjHKs6gXDb— David Alaba (@David_Alaba) April 26, 2022 Does it sound like a loser mentality to you? We don’t think so, either.And no matter how much we like to ignore those numbers and stats surrounding the game, there are a couple of them that fully demonstrate Real Madrid’s utter, almost magical power of resurgence. Los Merengues have lost three out of five last UCL games; at the same time, their rivals have had – brace yourself – as many as 99 shots on and off the target altogether; moreover, unlike City, whose defensive and offensive setups include all 11 players respectively, Carletto’s outfit relies almost exclusively on Karim the Dream in the attack (16 goals in the last 12 matches!), and YET – they’re still in.Where does Benzema gets the balls to take a panenka penalty while under so much pressure? Give him the Ballon d’or already!— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) April 27, 2022 Sure, it’s unacceptable to neglect Modric’s ingeniosity as a playmaker or Vinicius Jr’s smooth operating on the flank. But what keeps these wheels turning is the beast mode the 34-year-old Frenchman has gotten into in the last couple of seasons. This is – no dilemma there – his career peak, and if the Spanish outfit overpowers the Citizens, we’ll be having a true football revolution – the perfect team would lose to a single ideal player.Si la estrategia no está rota… No la arregles 🤷⚽#ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/fBODhVdna2— GOAL en español (@Goal_en_espanol) April 26, 2022 He hasn’t got a dream, he’s the Dream himself.
