Since May 2015, Real Madrid is out of the Champions; it was Ajax which put the Spanish team to the world.
For the first time since May 2015 a run stretching 46 months Real Madrid is out of the Champion’s League.
Not since the semifinal against Juventus four seasons ago has real tested the bitterness of elimination from Europe’s premier club competition.
This time, on an enthralling evening in the Spanish capital, it was Ajax which put real to the sword, scored four stunning goals the third warded after an agonizing four-minute wait for VAR to stun the reigning champion 4-1 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate.
When the bernabeu floodlights come on and the Champions League anthem plays, this team has at times in recent years felt unbeatable.
Real’s season has now crumbled, the last trophy available to win this season evaporated from its grasp on a humiliating night on home soil.