Remembering Dark Memory of Madrid

Madrid vs Dortmund

Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund will clash with each other in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, held in Santiago Bernabeu middle of this week (03/04). Die Borussien contra duel last season would still leave a bitter memory in the minds of the entire retainer Los Blancos.

Because last season Dortmund is the greatest scourge of Madrid in the Champions League. Met twice in the group phase, Real Madrid lost 1-2 in Germany before only drew 2-2 at the Bernabeu. Meanwhile, when met again in the semifinals, Dortmund capable of ejecting the Spanish capital club with a narrow 4-3 aggregate.

Madrid certainly did not want to repeat a similar result this season. Ahead of the first leg clash, Real Madrid could lose almost all his best players. Only a trio of Alvaro Arbeloa, Jese Rodriguez, and Sami Khedira has been ruled out until the end of the season because of a knee injury.

By contrast, in their stronghold Dortmund went to Spain with the squad in tatters. Losing their biggest there on the front lines, with Robert Lewandowski to be absent due to suspension.

Meanwhile midfielder Sven Bender and Marcel Schmelzer fullback equally undergoing groin injury recovery. Jakub Blaszczykowski and Neven Subotic problems with his knee, while Ilkay Gundogan has been a long hiatus since the beginning of the season due to prolonged injury.

In the last meeting that took place in the same place last season, Madrid won 2-0 thanks to goals from Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos. With a host of players material barely changed while Dortmund lost a lot of their best players, it was the visitors will get a heavy duty to withstand the onslaught of Madrid.