Real Madrid’s season has seemed to teeter on the brink for most of the campaign, but with La Liga all but out of their reach, Los Blancos face their most daunting task yet as they seek to overturn Bayern Munich’s 2-1 aggregate lead in Germany.Having replaced Carlo Ancelotti, the most successful club manager in history, with Xabi Alonso last season, the Madrid-based club then changed leadership midseason after a string of poor results.
Now Alvaro Arbeloa, promoted internally to interim head coach, must try to topple the runaway German league leaders in their own stadium.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a closer look at the matchup between the European giants.Mbappe sustained an injury to his face in training before the match and is a slight doubt.
Given the importance of the encounter, it would be a huge shock were the French forward not patched up for the game.
