They leave Stankovic, taking out the bolita of the Manchester City in the draw

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To the Real Madrid went back him to touch the easiest rival in Champions

Published:15/04/2016 - 12:58h

Updated:15/04/2016 - 12:58h

The Real Madrid, once again, will play against the most affordable rival of which could touch him in the penultimate round of the UEFA Champions League, the Manchester City. Besides, the ones of Zidane will play again the party of turn in the Bernabéu

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New draw of UEFA Champions League and repeats the same history of almost always for the Real Madrid. Although it no longer can speak of "cenicientas" in some semifinals of the prestigious European competition, yes is true that to the club chaired by Florentino Pérez has gone back him to touch the most affordable rival of the three to which could confront, the Manchester City, having besides the opportunity -by third consecutive time, what casualidad- to play the gone out of house and the turn in Santiago Bernabéu.

Neither Bayern Munich, neither Athletic of Madrid. The Manchester City of Manuel Pellegrini will try to brake to the whites in UEFA Champions League. A team, the one of the Etihad Stadium, that at present leaves fourth in the Premier League, without possibilities to struggle by the English title, and that this season has showed a big irregularity in spite of having accessed for the first time in his history to some semifinals of the League of Champions. Although it is true that the "BBC" will not have it so easy as against Rome and Wolfsburgo in eighth and fourth, foresees that they sweat less than what would have sweated against the Bayern Munich or the Athletic of Madrid.

And it is that it seems that in the last years the Real Madrid is having a lot of "luck" in the draws of the rounds of eighth, fourth and, why no, also semifinals of UEFA Champions League. So much "luck" that some people, so many fans of the FC Barcelona as of the rest of European clubs, would be asking at present if possible that it exist some type of theory of the conspiracy or bond between the directive of the Real Madrid and the group of people commissioned to carry out the draws of the UEFA.

They leave Stankovic was this time the attendant to extract the balls, in a draw in which the Real Madrid could finish confronting to the Bayern Munich, the rival that all fear and that at present is the big favourite to win the European competition, being deleted the Barça. But no. It had to go out writing in the paper, after Stankovic unscrewed the "bolita", the Manchester City.

If the Real Madrid accessed to fourth deleting previously to the Rome, and to semifinals by the expense of the Wolfsburgo, the past season (2014-15) measured in eighth to the Schalke 04 -surpassed the eliminatory by the minimum after a 3-4 in the Bernabéu-, in chambers to the Athletic and in semifinals to the Juventus. In the season 2013-14, the whites won the title deleting in eighth to the Galatasaray, in chambers to the Borussia Dortmund, in semifinals to the Bayern Munich and in the final to the Athletic . A really powerful rival "" as they are the Bavarians in said rounds, although in the final against the Athletic -that deleted to the Barça- there was extention.

And what there is of the campaign 2012-13? A feeble Manchester United in eighth, the Galatasaray in quarter-finals and the Borussia Dortmund in semifinals, that was the one who took down them of the competition. In the campaign 2011-12, in case it was little, the merengues confronted to the CSKA of Moscow in eighth, to the Apoel of Nikosea in quarter-finals and to the Bayern Munich in semifinals, when it lived the famous penalti failed by Sergio Bouquets that finish repercutiendo in the white elimination. In definite, can not say with absolute certainty that to the Real Madrid always touch him easy rivals in the rounds of eighth, fourth and semifinals during the last five seasons. What is clear, however, is that they could touch him opponents much stronger -this is the Champions- in said rounds.

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