Last weekend, the "White Vultures" unexpectedly lost 1-2 on the field of rookie Girona in round 10 of La Liga. After this defeat, Real Madrid is still in third place in the La Liga rankings, 8 points behind leaders Barcelona.
Statistics in history have shown that Real Madrid have never won La Liga when they are left so far behind by their arch-rivals. Although anything can happen in football, Ronaldo and his teammates need to play better before thinking about Barca stumbling.
Many reasons have been pointed out for Real Madrid's above defeat: Lack of depth in attack, lack of concentration in the central defender pair, and many times losing the ball in midfield... That is certainly not a good sign for this team before the match against Tottenham.
Not only that, center back Raphael Varane has officially been absent from the Royal team's trip to London. Previously, goalkeepers Keylor Navas and Gareth Bale were also confirmed to be unable to play in the next match.
Meanwhile, if he is present in the upcoming match, midfielder Luka Modric will balance the number of appearances in Real Madrid's shirt with coach Zinedine Zidane. This number is 227 matches.
In addition, striker Lucas Vazquez is waiting for his 100th match for the Bernabeu team. Achieving this right in the match against the "Roosters", Vazquez will become the 159th player in Real Madrid's history to have that honor.
The match between Tottenham and Real Madrid in the fourth round of Group H of the UEFA Champions League 2017-20 will take place at Wembley Stadium ( London, England) at 2:45 a.m. on November 2, Vietnam time.
List of Real Madrid squads to England:
Goalkeepers: Casilla, Moha.
Defenders: Vallejo, Sergio Ramos, Nacho, Marcelo, Theo Hernandez, Achraf.
Midfielders: Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Marcos Llorente, Marco Asensio, Isco, Dani Ceballos.
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Lucas Vazquez, Mayoral.