The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is witnessing a fiery summit real madrid The Spaniard and his Italian guest, Milan, at 10 pm today, Tuesday, in the fourth round of the league stage in the Champions League in the current season 2024-2025.
Real Madrid vs Milan
Real Madrid, led by its veteran Italian coach, is seeking Carlo AncelottiTo return to victories after a heavy loss to its rival Barcelona With a clean score in the Spanish League, it is also suffering in the European Champions League standings by occupying a late position in the new system of the prestigious tournament.
The confrontation between Real Madrid and Milan is also considered to be of a special nature for coach Ancelotti, who previously trained the Italian team and achieved many European titles with him. This is the first meeting against his former team in the Champions League, even though he faced them previously when he was coach of Napoli..
Real Madrid was supposed to start its matches in November with a match against Valencia, at the “Mestalla” stadium in La Liga, but it was decided to postpone it due to the hurricane, and after facing Milan, the club will host Osasuna on Saturday, November 9, before heading to Leganés on November 24, then The team concludes the month with a difficult match against Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday, November 27.
Real Madrid and Milan standings in the Champions League
Real Madrid is in twelfth place in the Champions League standings with 6 points, as it played three matches, the first against Stuttgart in Germany, and the Royal team won three goals to one, while the second match against Lille in France and lost with a clean goal, while it achieved a major victory during the third match against… Borussia Dortmund with five goals to two.
While the Milan team occupies 25th place in the Champions League standings with 3 points, after losing in the first round to Liverpool by three goals to one, and also losing in the second match to Bayer Leverkusen with a clean goal, and achieved victory in the third match against Club Brugge by three goals to one. goal.
History of confrontations between Real Madrid and Milan
Historically, Real Madrid has met vs Milan In 15 previous confrontations, each team won 6 times, while 3 matches ended in a draw, and the Merengues scored 25 goals compared to 24 for the Italian team, which confirms that the confrontations between the two teams are always characterized by great rivalry.
The confrontations between Real Madrid and Milan began in the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 1955-56 season, and the Royal team won 5-3 on aggregate, 4-2 in the first leg for Real Madrid and 2-1 for the Italian champions in the second leg. The meeting was repeated in the 1958 final and the Merengues won 3-2. .
Real Madrid prevailed in the last confrontation between the two teams, during the group stage match of the 2010-2011 season, with two unanswered goals during the first leg, and the return leg ended in a 2-2 draw at the San Siro Stadium.
Real Madrid vs. Milan…the most decorated battle with the runner-up
Real Madrid also excelled in 5 of the last 7 matches at home against Milan in the Champions League, and lost only one match, and the result was 2-0 in their favor in the last confrontation between the two teams in Madrid, and Ancelotti’s squad hopes to continue to shine in the beloved “with the ears” tournament. Among his fans, he is the most crowned champion.
While Milan did not achieve a victory over Real Madrid in their last 3 matches in the Champions League since its victory in 2009, it hopes to achieve victory today to strengthen its position in the current tournament, in search of qualifying and competing for the eighth title in its history.
Real Madrid is the team that has won the most Champions League titles, with 15 titles, far ahead of its closest competitor, runner-up Milan, with 7 titles.
Referee of the match between Real Madrid and Milan
And he announced European Football Association UEFA announced the appointment of Slavko Vincic as referee for the match between Real Madrid and Milan, which is the second match that the Slovenian referee has officiated for the club after he took charge of its match in the Champions League final last season against Borussia Dortmund. The Merengues won the championship at that time for the fifteenth time in its history after winning with two goals. Clean.
New Champions League system
The European Football Association (UEFA) had adopted a new system in the Champions League this season, with the participation of 36 teams, competing in a league competition, with each team facing 8 other clubs. Those in positions from first to eighth qualify directly to the round of 16, and those in positions from 9 to 24 will compete. Added to the home-and-away system to determine 8 teams to complete the round of 16 clubs, after which all rounds will resume with the knockout system.