Which is why Real is the most successful club in the Champions League in history, and Manchester City, the current ruler of the biggest club competition on the planet, showed another epic duel between these teams.
Six goals, some of which will grace TV highlights, reversals, super pace, actions and moves...
"Santiago Bernabeu" has seen many great matches throughout its glorious past, but the one played on Tuesday night under its roof will find a special place in history.
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At the end of atomic 3:3 and the best announcement of the second match that will be played in Manchester next week.
"What a rematch awaits us," said "Marka" on its front page.
Two famous sports newspapers, the Italian "La Gazeta delo Sport" and the French "Ekip" brought a similar and clear headline after the match in Madrid.
"What a show. What a spectacle".
Real closed the roof of the "Bernabeu" last night because of the acoustics, and the island's media compared it and the spectacle on the field to concerts.
"Madrid match 'raised the roof'," headlines in the Guardian and I Sport, alluding to a phrase used in England when someone gives a loud and memorable concert.
Last night, City may not have been able to play Erling Haaland through passes, but he "broke through" Real's defense with missiles outside of the penalty kick.
"During the previous 42 games of the season, Real conceded only five goals from outside the penalty area, and against City as many as three when Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Josko Guardiol scored - it seems that Carlo Ancelotti will have to work on that before the second leg," he warned. "Ace" of Madrid.
The first act brought a spectacle, the planet now wants a replay at "Ittihad"...
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