2 w. ago Reality bites as Madrid’s Champions League remontada turns to dust

Carlo Ancelotti’s pleas went unanswered with his side’s limp exit a damning indictment of collective failings this seasonJude Bellingham saw the videos, listened to the stories and heard the word remontada “a million times”, but it was easier said than done. “There is no magic,” Carlo Ancelotti warned. In the end there was nothing really, just another glimpse of reality, the true story of their season: a chronicle of a death foretold. No epic, no comeback, not even much mystique, and certainly not much football. This time, Real Madrid could not escape themselves.“This is the other side of football,” Ancelotti said after the match. “There’s a happy part, which we have experienced many times, and a sad part which is today. We have to accept it, and the ‘sticks’, the criticisms, that will come. Over the two games Arsenal were better than us.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Spanish newspapers react as Real Madrid fail to stage Champions League remontada against Arsenal

There was no sign of a remontada as Real Madrid crashed out of the Champions League

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3 w. ago Mature Arsenal make a mockery of Remontada claims to see off Real Madrid and silence Santiago Bernabeu

Meek Real Madrid never threatened to make it a tough night for the Gunners

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3 w. ago What is ‘La Remontada’ Jude Bellingham says? As Real Madrid’s star's dad prayed at ground at 3am

Real Madrid are on the brink of Champions League elimination and need a minor miracle to overturn their three-goal deficit as they host Arsenal in the second leg of their quarter-final tie

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3 w. ago What is 'La Remontada'? Why Jude Bellingham heard same word 'a million times' before Arsenal

Real Madrid need to produce a sensational comeback to down Arsenal in their Champions League quarter-final tie with all the talk in Spain of 'La Remontada' at the Bernabeu

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3 w. ago Real Madrid send ominous warning to Arsenal as UEFA grant special request for Champions League clash

The holders require another special night to reach the Champions League semi-final

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3 w. ago Three reasons why Arsenal should not fear another Real Madrid 'remontada'

Gunners should be confident they are not the latest victims of a famous Champions League comeback at the Bernabeu

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3 w. ago Jude Bellingham targets remontada on ‘night that’s made for Real Madrid’

The Englishman says confidence within the squad of a Champions League comeback against Arsenal is ‘infectious’Remontada, remontada, remontada.“Honestly, I’ve heard it about a million times since last week,” Jude Bellingham said. No word has been repeated as often inside the dressing room or outside it either: on the front pages of the newspapers, on radio, TV and TikTok, where the Englishman apologetically admitted: “I get my education from these days,” or in the “million videos” he has watched. Bound into the mystique of Real Madrid, their never-ending story, it means comeback and it is written; it also means this isn’t over, even when it should be. Or so it goes. Continue reading...

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