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Madrid’s love affair with the European Cup is a tale as old as time.

Madrista’s have celebrated their club lifting the European Cup on 14 occasions, double the number of times of any other club.

This season they once again look likely to challenge for the trophy until the very end after they beat RB Leipzig 1-0 away from home in the first leg.

You wouldn’t want to bet against Madrid reaching the next round, they have only been knocked out once from their last 20 two-legged ties after winning the first leg in the knockout stages.

Meanwhile, the stats don’t look promising for the German side. Leipzig have come out on the losing side in five of their last six games in the knockout stages, drawing the other.

So, in short, expect a Real Madrid win.

I always believed that once Manchester City managed to win their first European Cup, many more would follow in its wake.

It feels like that could happen as early as this season. City’s dominance in this competition has

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