Real Madrid Needs Another Comeback For The Ages To Advance In The Champions League

Real Madrid, a team known and feared for producing epic Champions League comebacks, needs to deliver its biggest one yet to keep its title defense alive on Wednesday.

The record 15-time European champions are staring at a 3-0 deficit to Arsenal heading into the second leg of the quarterfinals at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

A semifinal matchup with Paris Saint-Germain awaits the winner and Arsenal is the big favorite to advance, mainly thanks to a pair of stunning direct free kicks from Declan Rice in the first leg in London last week.

Only four times has a home team erased a first-leg deficit of three goals or more in the Champions League era, according to UEFA.

Never count out Madrid, though. Especially in a competition the Spanish club has made its own.