Real Madrid said goodbye in San Mams to its first title and therefore, to the triplet. He does it in February and again in the Copa del Rey, a competition in which the white team does not stop collect disappointments in recent seasons.
Ancelotti’s team fell to the third tie to prematurely say goodbye to the possibility of the triple Crown. Two weeks after winning the first title of the season against Athletic, the Spanish Super Cup, it is the rojiblanco team itself that leaves Madrid without its first trophy.
The Real Madrid reap your second loss so far this year (the first was against Getafe in the league) and has two games in a row without winning after the draw against Elche at the Bernabu. Madrid stays out of a competition that resists to the back to.
Champions and Cup
In fact, since the 10-11 season, he has starred in more than twice the Champions League semi-finals than in the Cup. He has been a semi-finalist four times. the white team in the KO tournament in the 12 last editions, being champion in two of them: 10-11 and 13-14.
In the same period of time, Madrid has been a semifinalist in the Champions League in nine of the last 11 editions, being champion four times. In fact, it is the only title that resisted Zidane.
A blow before the Champions
Madrid mirrors PSG’s cup setback last Monday and both teams will arrive having missed out on a trophy. The Parisian team did it against Nice and Madrid against a Athletic that on the fourth occasion he was finally able to beat a Madrid that had beaten him on the three previous occasions.