UEFA Champions League quarter-final is approaching. With the debut on the 5th of April, Real Madrid CF is seeking for the fifth straight home win in the League, against Tottenham Hotspur FC, a game that promise a show from both sides.
The galactic from Real will try to sink the chances for the English boys and put a beautiful show for the fans, specially when the game is on Bernabeu, a stadium full of Real Madrid fanson their run for success in this stage.
Real Madrid is in an strange position, managing to reach in this stage after a seven years struggle, last semi-final for them dates from 2003.
After finally negotiating the round of 16 for the first time in seven years, Madrid are now bidding to reach their first semi-final since 2003 and can take heart from an impeccable home record in the competition.
Tottenham have had to wait rather longer since their one previous appearance in the last four – on their only other European Champion Clubs’ Cup entry in 1961/62.But after a good performance against AC Milan, Bernabeu won’t be the turning point.
Previous meetings
Madrid emerged victorious from the clubs’ one previous encounter, in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Peter Shreeves’ Tottenham, the then-holders, were undone by a 15th-minute Steve Perryman own goal in the first leg at White Hart Lane, the defender deflecting in a cross from Emilio Butragueño, today Madrid’s director of institutional relations.
Success for who ? Real or Tottenham? Keep close!
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