Real Madrid begins its assault on the Champions League

After five consecutive years falling in the second round of the Champions League, Real Madrid is facing a new era Florentino Perez with the obligation to earn the tenth cup, whose final will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu.

We're not going to gafes now, but the last time Real Madrid played a final in their stadium, the Deportivo La Coruna he spoiled the party's centenary. It was 2002, and those are games that are not forgotten. So Real Madrid did not want to commit the mistakes of the past and has to start slowly, winning every game like it was your last, including tonight.

Tonight Real Madrid plays against Zurich in Switzerland, a smaller rival, the kind that always appear in the first round of the Champions, which will be nothing compared to confront the Milan and Olympique Marseille, so it does not serve anything than victory in Swiss land.

To do this, Manuel Pellegrini has all its cast of players, except for Sergio Ramos who is injured, and the only question of Raul Albiol, who has a sprained ankle (how fast these people recovering from sprains and that costs the rest of us mortals).

Today, at 2045, begins the assault on the Champions League. The final is, as stated in the Bernabeu, and all the fans of Real Madrid expect to see his team on 22 May.