Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Wolfsburg out to show it can 'compete' with Real Madrid (The Associated Press)

Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, right, and Gerard Pique, 2nd right, watch the ball hit the net after Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, dubbed 'el clasico', at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 2, 2016. Real Madrid won 2-1. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Real Madrid and Wolfsburg are coming from vastly differing backgrounds ahead of their first meeting in Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal first leg in Germany. Ten-time winner Madrid is on a six-game winning run, the latest a morale-boosting come-from-behind 2-1 victory at Barcelona in Saturday's ''clasico'' while reduced to 10 men that ended its old rival's Spanish record unbeaten streak at 39 games across all competitions. Wolfsburg slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, its third Bundesliga game without a win, leaving the side seven points off the last Champions League qualification place after a lackluster domestic season.


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