The draw for this Champions League eventually turned into a farce, with a lot of mistakes and omissions in the draw, and although UEFA attributed all this to a problem with the software of the third party, the world knew that they just wanted Manchester United and Paris to be separated. But after the overly obvious mistakes, UEFA did not dare to blatantly go on the dark side, Manchester United and Paris were not separated in the end, and the drama of The Mero showdown was finally empty. But Real Madrid unexpectedly became a victim, their draw process was not a problem, but still re-drawn opponents, and after the re-draw their opponents changed from Benfica to Paris.
When Atletico Manchester United and other teams appealed the results of the first draw, Real Madrid initially refused to re-draw and later wanted to retain their draw results, but these requests were rejected. In the second draw, their opponents turned to Paris, and Real Madrid will once again face the familiar Messi, not to mention Ramos. Paris is clearly a much stronger opponent, with a world-class squad and a star-studded squad that is actually a bit stronger than Real Madrid on paper. Their original opponent was Benfica, and Real Madrid had an absolute advantage.
The Real Madrid executives are very dissatisfied with the result of the re-draw, after all, the change from Benfica to Paris is the worst result. After the results of the second draw came out, Kroos posted a video on social media in which he said that Greater Paris was an interesting opponent, the strongest opponent of the five opponents they were able to draw. However, Kroos can calmly accept this result, saying that this difficulty is exactly what they are looking for, he is personally very much looking forward to these two games, although Paris is very strong, they are Real Madrid, they are very confident in advancing to the quarter-finals.
After the return of Carlo Ancelotti, real Madrid's previous years of weak forwards have been largely solved, and Benzema and Vinicius now have a very good performance, and Benzema has scored goals this season. The Reed Ma family, which was ridiculed by fans in the past, has also become a thing of the past, which is a very good trend. The current Real Madrid team may be the most competitive real madrid team in the past few years, although there are certain problems in the team's backline after the departure of Ramos and Varane, but it is not fatal, maybe they are not one of the strongest teams in all of Europe now, but they are definitely capable of competing with Paris.
Grand Paris now has a lot of problems, Pochettino's ability to open an aircraft carrier is obviously not strong enough, he has no way to balance the ball of several superstars in the front, in many past games, Messi only has a few shots, the loss of control in the midfield makes Messi have to catch the ball away from the goal, which is undoubtedly a huge waste of resources. And the problem of the team's lack of personnel in defense has always existed, and several stars in the front court have always been slow to defend, and they are not active in defense. Pochettino's current position is under huge challenge and is likely to be dismissed before the Champions League restarts.
In any case, Real Madrid's draw in Paris is a gimmicky series, the return of the old captain Ramos to the Bernabeu and the interaction with the fans, messi and the meeting of the sworn enemy are all interesting things. Of course, this is indeed a huge challenge for the current Real Madrid team, after all, the lineup of Greater Paris is not weaker than any team on paper, but Real Madrid has every chance of winning the game. The confrontation between these two teams will inevitably appear a lot of new stems, for Real Madrid, which is always pursuing the championship, it does not mean much whether the signing is good or not, even if the top sixteen draw Benfica will meet the Top Three of the Premier League or Bayern, regardless of the club's top management, the mentality of the players is obviously excellent.