<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">The Spanish team Real Madrid will face its French counterpart Stade Brest, in an important match at exactly ten o'clock this evening, Wednesday, at the Francis Le Bly Stadium, as part of the eighth and final round of the league stage in the UEFA Champions League for the current season 2024-2025. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br></p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/realmadrid?igsh=MWQ0bXNpd2x2YXJmaQ=="></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Stade Brest vs Real</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Real Madrid, the title holder, led by its famous coach Carlo Ancelotti, is trying hard to get the three points against Stade Brest. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:828/888;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/ca971076-6a56-48a0-973f-0eec9e81909e.jpeg" alt="real madrid"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is worth noting that Real Madrid achieved an important victory over Austrian Red Bull Salzburg with a score of 5 goals to 1 in the last round, to guarantee at least playing the play-off match on its way to qualifying for the next round in the Champions League competition. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:600/400;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/45b344d7-6902-46a9-856b-c5d3c8751494.jpeg" alt="real madrid"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On the other hand, Stade Brest is trying to exploit its brilliance in the tournament and achieve victory in order to snatch a qualification card to the next stages. </p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></h2><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:679/452;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/0a59c281-d234-4d1b-8e26-bd29d7324ad1.jpeg" alt="Real Madrid and Stade Brest"></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Real Madrid and Brest ranking in the Champions League</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Real Madrid is in 16th place in the Champions League standings with about 12 points, after playing about 7 matches, winning 4 matches and losing 3 matches, while Brest is in 13th place with about 13 points, after winning about 4 matches, losing 2 matches and drawing 1 match. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:480/320;" alt="real madrid" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/e27707b9-0a6f-464d-916f-67d6b132db2b.jpeg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br> According to the Spanish newspaper Marca, Real Madrid's path will be very difficult in this tournament, as it qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League, and remained in 16th place after the end of the matches of the last round, indicating that it faces Juventus or Celtic in the knockout stage, after which it may clash with Liverpool or Barcelona in the round of 16. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:730/420;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/ee64568d-abdd-4521-ab02-9dc515f337e7.jpeg" alt="real madrid"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><strong>Real Madrid's expected lineup against Brest</strong></span></h2><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Goalkeepers</strong> : Thibaut Courtois</p><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Defense</strong> : Ferland Mendy - Antonio Rudiger - Raul Asensio - Lucas Vazquez</p><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Midfield</strong> : Jude Bellingham - Dani Ceballos - Aurelien Tchouameni - Fede Valverde</p><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Attack</strong> : Kylian Mbappe - Rodrygo </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:590/425;" alt="real madrid" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a6979926-86bf-4fd7-ad99-17f25dcc020a.jpeg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>