– In the national championship, AS Roma reached a series of four consecutive victories. Luciano Spalletti prepared by the band found such a period could not be better to re-shaped and because it has to be present at the highest level to have a chance against Real Madrid. The hosts today’s meeting have access to enough fears in the knockout stages of the competition. They qualified with just six points accrued in as many matches played and have outpaced the Leverkusen in the fight for second place in Group E only because of the direct results. In the current edition of the competition, I can say that the Romans were impressed by the diversity. Lot of them have already signed up naked no less than eight players, so tonight, the opponents’ danger could come from anywhere.

– Real seem to have a better outcome after Zidane’s arrival on the technical bench, they are undefeated under the command of French coach. However, Real met largely accessible only opponents, so now will give the first true test. The band won away in the autumn a group which also included PSG, Shakhtar and Malmo, and because of this, could benefit from a more accessible opponent in the first knockout round. It should be noted that in the last ten journeys made in the Champions League, “los Blancos’ were defeated only by Juventus. It is impressive that Real came for the 19th consecutive time in this stage of the competition, also managed as in the previous five seasons to gain access whenever the semifinals.

Rome has finally returned to form and now seems capable of putting big problems Madrid. Let us not forget that in the group phase, the hosts of today’s meeting have failed to score in the goal scoring including Barcelona, a team that at the moment seems to be over Real Madrid. Zinedine Zidane’s band had great defensive problems lately, cashing goal in four of the previous five official matches they disputed. No point to mention Real’s offensive strength, because we all know that is a group that usually score at least two goals in each game. I think that tonight we will have a total spectacle, and both teams will score minimum one goal.