“If you don’t kill them, they come back”: Real Madrid, this team that never lets go

The wire got taut. It has sometimes diminished so much that one thought it had broken off or vanished in the intensity of European nights. But for now, Real Madrid still clings to it and hopes, by force, that it will lead it to the supreme crown in the Champions League. The Spanish club, crowned Saturday in La Liga, are only two games away, with the penultimate obstacle receiving Manchester City, where they will have to make up for a one-goal deficit after their epic defeat (4 -3) a week ago.