Real on the rocks again as Zidane pins hopes on Clasico recovery

In more than half a century of playing in Europe’s premier competition, Real have never overturned a first-leg defeat at home to go through, indicating the size of the task in front of them when they face Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on March 10.“If there is any team that can do it, with their experience and history, it is Real Madrid,” admitted Pep Guardiola.

In his press conference late on Wednesday, Zidane lamented a string of defensive errors in a wild 12 minutes which surrendered what would have been a decent 1-0 advantage, and instead handed control to City. The usually dependable Dani Carvajal then gave away the winning penalty after inexplicably sliding in on Raheem Sterling.

Twelve months ago to the day, Real was beaten 3-0 by Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Copa del Rey, shortly after losing at home to Girona in the league.

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