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Records
La Duodécima was a never before seen achievement in the current format of the competition: as the Whites won two consecutive Champions League titles,
First La Liga and Champions League double for Real Madrid, after the club managed it in 1956/57 and 1957/58.
Between April 2016 and January 2017, they went 40 games without losing, beating the Spanish football record
Scored in every game of the season, 65 games in total. Zidane’s team surpassed the record of 61 that Bayern Munich set.
With 106 goals scored in La Liga, the Whites have gone eight campaigns as the only team to smash the 100-goal mark
Some useful links for Madridistas
**2016/17 Full Squad
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20:45 CET
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo (ITA)
Trivia & team news
- Zidane to play same XI as in Milan as BBC return in place of Asensio and James
- Dani Carvajal and Marcelo will also start against Napoli.
- 500th Real Madrid match in the traditional European Cups: European Cup / Champions League, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup,
a new miestone for the European giants
[The lead] does not change anything, we cannot alter our mindset.
Whether we are drawing, or even three or two or one goals up, it cannot change our attitude.
It’s important for us to keep the mindset that we’ve had so far.
- Zidane
Starting XI
Real Madrid
Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Modrić, Casemiro, Kroos; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo.
- Manager: Zinedine Zidane
Napoli
Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Diawara, Hamsik; Callejón, Mertens, Insigne.
- Manager: Maurizio Sarri
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20:45 CET
Stadium: Emirates Stadium (ENG)
Trivia & team news
Santi Cazorla, Mesut Ozil, and Mohamed Elneny set to miss the game due to injury
Aaron Ramsey is expected to return
Rafinha set to fill in at full-back thanks to Philipp Lahm’s suspension.
Arsenal’s last 14 goals in the Champions League have all come from inside the box, including one penalty.
“We are up against the best team in the world and we must show pride and commitment”
- Arsene Wenger
Starting XI
Arsenal
Ospina; Mustafi, Koscielny, Bellerin, Monreal; Ramsey, Xhaka; Walcott, Ox Chamberlain, Welbeck; Alexis
- Manager: Arsene Wenger
Bayern Munich
Neuer; Hummels, Thiago, Ribery, Martinez, Lewandoski, Robben, Rafinha, Alonso, Vidal, Alaba
- Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
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The group stages are complete and the draw has been cast. We have reached the business end of the UEFA Champions League and the football gods have blessed us with some great match-ups this year.
We could see some heavyweights of the tournament crash out in the early stages so everything is at stake from the get go.
Who will make it through and who will have to go back to the drawing board… Stay tuned!
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