Real Madrid would be looking to get back to winning ways after back to back defeats at the hands of Barcelona as they look to retain the Champions League title they won in the past 3 seasons.<\/p>\n
Los Merengues have significantly been weakened by the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane last summer and that has shown more in their domestic form as they are currently 12 points behind Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Madrid were beaten by Barcelona at the weekend, but they would hope that their Champions League form would lead them to the next round here.<\/p>\n
They won the first leg of this game but they have lost 3 and won 1 of the last 4 games that has followed that win at Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
Ajax have done better since the last time these teams met. The Dutch side have played 3 games since that time and they have won all of them, scoring 13 times and conceding just one goal.<\/p>\n
This game is still open after the 2-1 first leg score line and both sides would fancy their chances.<\/p>\n
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Real Madrid would be looking to get back to winning ways after back to back defeats at the hands of Barcelona as they look to retain the Champions League title they won in the past 3 seasons. Los Merengues have significantly been weakened by the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane last summer and that has shown more in their domestic form as they are currently 12 points behind Barcelona. Madrid were beaten by Barcelona at the weekend, but they would hope that their Champions League form would lead them to the next round here. They won the first leg of this game but they have lost 3 and won 1 of the last 4 games that has followed that win at Amsterdam. Ajax have done better since the last time these teams met. The Dutch side have played 3 games since that time and they have won all of them, scoring 13 times and conceding just one goal. This game is still open after the 2-1 first leg score line and both sides would fancy their chances. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n