MADRID -- If Kylian Mbappé's Champions League masterclass for Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday had Real Madrid fans dreaming about the future, Madrid's limp 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig a day later -- narrowly scraping through to the quarterfinals 2-1 on aggregate -- brought them crashing back down to earth.
This was a worryingly flat round-of-16 performance from Madrid, offering little in attack and looking vulnerable in defence. A team with more quality and cooler heads than Leipzig -- who had 20 shots to Madrid's 11 -- might have made them pay for it.