If only one is to remain, then it will be the Real Madrid. The merengue club will indeed be the only representative of Spanish football in the knockout stages of the Champions League. While Carlo Ancelotti’s men had validated their qualification from the 4e day, the other three La Liga teams were all eliminated in this 5e daytime.
After Sevilla, eliminated despite their victory against Copenhagen, it is Barça and Atletico Madrid who have seen their last hopes of the round of 16 vanish and will have to settle for the Europa League at best.
Spain had never been so poorly represented in the knockout stages of the Champions League since the introduction of the new formula in 2003.
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