Real Madrid faces German RB Leipzig this Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The white team faces the match after having taken an important step in achieving LaLiga EA Sports: they beat Girona at the Santiago Bernabéu (4-0) and Barcelona (3-3) and Atlético de Madrid (1- 0).
Carlo Ancelotti’s team is also looking for its best version in its fetish competition (14 titles). He visits the stadium of the fifth-placed team in the Bundesliga, a team led by former footballer Marco Rose (47 years old) and in which two players from the Barça youth academy stand out, Xavi Simons and Dani Olmo.
Real Madrid faces the round of 16 of the Champions League after having had a perfect group stage: six wins in six games.
However, the white team faces the duel with significant losses. Real Madrid’s English midfielder Jude Bellingham suffers “a high-grade sprain to his left ankle.” The club estimates that he will be out for three weeks in which he may miss up to four games.
Bellingham joins the absence of Antonio Rüdiger, in which Carlo Ancelotti already has up to five confirmed absences along with the absences due to serious knee injuries of Thibaut Courtois, Èder Militao and David Alaba.
The match between RB Leipzig and Real Madrid, corresponding to the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, will be played this Tuesday, February 13, at 9:00 p.m. The meeting can be seen on television on Movistar and can also be followed live through the La Vanguardia website.
