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Real Madrid host Atalanta on Tuesday in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, looking for a pass to the next round supported by their small 1-0 lead from the first leg.

The match between Real Madrid vs. You can SEE Atalanta LIVE ONLINE via ESPN 2 from 9:00 p.m. (CET).

The white team, the only Spanish team that managed to win in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, will try to maintain the line on Tuesday and react after another scare in LaLiga.

Real Madrid host Atalanta after having to come back on Saturday to win 2-1 at Elche, a team that struggles not to fall into relegation places.

Located six points behind the league leader, Atlético de Madrid, the merengue team looks to this match against Atalanta as a way to erase doubts after that match against Elche, where Karim Benzema reappeared as a savior with his double.

The French striker, who has accumulated 20 goals this season in official matches, supports the white team with his scoring ability and on Tuesday he will once again be the spearhead of the merengue team against Atalanta.

"I am not a savior. We are a team. I play in a position where I have to finish the actions, so it is better if I help my team. The other attackers will also try, it will come, we will score more goals," Benzema said this Monday.

The whites will also count for this crucial meeting with their captain Sergio Ramos, who underwent knee surgery at the beginning of February, but who already had minutes at the weekend against Elche.

On the other hand, the white team continues without being able to count on Eden Hazard, who after also reappearing against Elche, has injured his right psoas.

"It will not be in conditions. They are things that I cannot explain to you. I hope it will be little," said a puzzled Zinedine Zidane this Monday at a press conference.

"Something is happening. He is a player who was never injured in his career. I cannot explain more to you, we are with him," added Zidane.

Real Madrid will try to move forward in the Champions League and avoid a stumble that could greatly affect their season.

In front of him, he will have an Atalanta who will land in Madrid with the illusion of going back to the tie, but aware of the difficulty of the mission.

"It is a game that we are proud to play in, with a classification that has not yet been lost," Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said last Friday after beating Spezia 3-1 in the Italian league.

Atalanta got a negative but achievable result in the first leg, after playing almost the entire match with ten players due to the expulsion of Remo Freuler (17), who will not be able to be at the Alfredo Di Stéfano on Tuesday.

On the other hand, the one who will be there is the Colombian striker Luis Muriel, who returned to see the door against Spezia and has already accumulated 16 goals in the Italian championship, of which he is his third top scorer, only behind Cristiano Ronaldo (23) and Romelu Lukaku (19).

Along with Muriel, the rest of the forward of the Italian team are also in top form with the Colombian Duván Zapata and the Slovenian Josip Ilicic, authors of both assists against Spezia.

The Italian team has scored 15 goals in their last seven games, so Real Madrid will have to be very vigilant in defense if they do not want to suffer a setback on their field and in their fetish competition on Tuesday.

Team Form:

Real Madrid: W-W-D-D-W

Atalanta: L-W-W-L-W

Real Madrid vs Atalanta h2h

Matches 1

Real won 1

Atalanta won 0

Real Madrid vs. Atalanta – Possible lineups:

Real Madrid: Courtois - Lucas Vázquez, Varane, Ramos, Mendy, Toni Kroos, Valverde, Luka Modric - Rodrygo, Benzema, Asensio. 

Coach: Zinedine Zidane


Atalanta: Gollini , Tolói, Romero, Palomino, Maehle, De Roon, Pasalic, Gosens, Pessina, Zapata, Muriel

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini

Real Madrid vs Atalanta Prediction:

We say Real Madrid 2-1 Atalanta