Real have not had the best first three months of this season and are already six points behind Barcelona, and in the recent El Clasico they were destroyed 0:4. In the Champions League, the team is playing more successfully. In the previous round, Real Madrid made a grand comeback at home against Borussia Dortmund, not only recovering from a two-goal deficit in the second half, but also defeating the opponent with an advantage of three goals. This victory allowed the hosts to move up to the 12th position in the overall standings, and they are only one point behind the top eight.
After defeating Brugge in the last round of the Champions League, AC Milan picked up their first points in the general stage of the main European Cup and slightly improved their position in the standings. However, the Italian club is still outside the top-24 and not even in the 1/16 finals at the moment. Against the more status teams, Liverpool and Bayer, the Rossoneri looked helpless and even the victory over the Belgians was far from as easy as the final score of 3:1 hints. The decisive factor here was Brugge’s 40th minute penalty – before that the opponent, despite a goal conceded from a corner kick, looked much more interesting.