Real Madrid will face Club Brugge in their second Champions League group stage game on Tuesday, and a bounce-back performance is fully expected against the overmatched Belgian side.
Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid can safely put their opening debacle at the Parc des Princes behind them with a convincing victory on Tuesday against Club Brugge. The stage is set for Madrid to score a big win in their second Champions League contest, especially since they are running a streak of three clean sheets in La Liga to put an exclamation point on their undefeated campaign thus far.
Real recently tied Atletico at the Wanda, defeated two previously undefeated teams, and sit in first place in La Liga. But in the Champions League, they are technically in last place in their group, following a woeful performance against PSG. That means Real will want to balance resting players and getting a win to right the ship in this all-important tournament.
The Champions League is seen as Zidane’s speciality, given his past managerial success in this lucrative tournament. So failure to improve on Real’s Champions League finish last year will be disastrous, though the Real Madrid legend will naturally aim to win it all.
Here is Real’s announced lineup against Brugge, and here are four takeaways from the squad they’ll be trotting out.