The greatest gift Real Madrid has is its profound belief in its own capacity to win. Again and again in the past decade in the Champions League, Madrid has found itself under pressure only for one of its brilliant players to do something brilliant just when it needed it. This season, if anything, the tendency has been ramped up to fresh heights. Madrid was second-best for three-quarters of both the round of 16 against Paris Saint-Germain and quarterfinals against Chelsea and still prevailed. And that it lost only 4–3 to a Manchester City that threatened at times to outclass it said much for its remarkable stickability.
Man City, Real Madrid Duel in Champions League Semifinal That Has it All
