
The first leg of the Champions League 1/8 final ushered in a focus battle, with Real Madrid sitting at the Bernabeu against city rivals Atletico. This season, the two matches in the league ended 1-1, and the history of the past 8 encounters drew as many as 7 games! The official opened the odds combination of 1.71 (Real Madrid win) 3.40 (draw) 4.00 (Atletico win), Real Madrid occupies a certain advantage to sit and hope to win, combined with the historical encounter this game is afraid of a draw. Real Madrid's recent status has declined significantly, with only 1 win and 5 points in the last 5 rounds of the league, handing over the top of La Liga. In the last round of the face of Real Betis, Real Madrid from 1-0 lead to 1-2 opponents were reversed, the attack and defense are not good. In Bellingham suspended Valverde rotation under the unfavorable situation, Real Madrid attack dumb fire. Although Mbappe contributed assists, he scored 0 goals in the game, Vinicius and Rodrigue were also not in shape, and the efficiency of the three-man front line was extremely low. In addition to this, Real Madrid's defence was also porous, allowing Betis to finish with 18 shots, the most the Galacticos have allowed an opponent to shoot in a game this season, while they had only nine shots themselves.
Atletico Madrid's 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao, which saw substitute Alvarez score, took the club to the top of the table. Although it was later defeated by Barcelona, but only 1 point behind, Atletico continued to maintain the strong momentum of the third line. Atletico have conceded only 16 goals in the league this season, and the team is very solid in defence. One of the biggest credits is Oblak, he repeatedly staged key saves, in the history of La Liga zero shutouts reached 171 games, only one game behind Casillas.