This is the classification and Real Madrid’s path in the Champions League: it will be played in three key games

After the defeat against Liverpool at Anfield (2-0), the current European champion occupies 24th place in the standings, the last one that gives access to the ‘play-in’, the qualifying round prior to the round of 16, and far of the first eight positions that give an advantage when it comes to crossroads. In this new UEFA format Every point and every goal counts, and those at the Bernabéu are not far enough in any of these sections.. In points they have only added 6 out of a possible 15 while their goal balance is zero, with nine scored and nine conceded.

Real Madrid needs to add so as not to be condemned to an unexpected and premature elimination. And he is not going to have it easy in the following days, because of the last three appointments of this first phase he only has one affordable: the Salzburgranked 32nd, and at the Santiago Bernabéu.

This is the Champions League classification after five days

The first stage in this three-game mini-Champions in which Ancelotti’s men must redirect course will be the hardest. They will have to travel to Bergamo, Italy, to face the always complicated Atalantaa team that after five days is fifth in the table and has a style of play that is always difficult to deal with.

And after crossing paths with Gian Piero Gasperini and Salzburg, Real Madrid will close the first phase in France, against Brestan a priori inferior team but that has emerged as one of the surprises of this Champions League.