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Copenhagen will look to upset the form book when they visit Real Madrid, who were defeated by local rivals Atletico Madrid at the weekend, in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The Danish outfit have never defeated Spanish opponents in eight attempts, but they will be buoyed by the 1-1 home draw earned against Juventus on matchday one.

Real were in imperious form in their opening Group B fixture, Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick in a 6-1 demolition of Galatasaray in Turkey.

The two sides have never met before, with Real's last game against a Danish side ending in a surprise 2-0 home reverse to Odense in what was then the Uefa Cup in 1994-95.

The last time Copenhagen came up against a side from La Liga was three years ago when they took a point from two games against Barcelona in the Champions League group stages.

That season they went on to deliver the best performance by a Danish side in the competition, reaching the second round before being eliminated by Chelsea.

The Blancos exited at the semi-final stage of this competition for the third year in succession last season, while Copenhagen were edged out 2-1 on aggregate by Lille in the final qualifying round.

Carlo Ancelotti's side suffered their first league defeat of the season on Saturday, going down 1-0 at home to neighbours Atletico, a result that leaves them five points adrift of both Diego Simeone's men and Barcelona at the top of the table.

World-record signing Gareth Bale is in line to feature, the Wales international coming off the bench during the weekend defeat after recovering from a thigh injury, but midfielder Xabi Alonso remains sidelined with a broken foot.

Copenhagen have suffered a terrible start to their domestic campaign and with just two wins from the opening 10 matches, Stale Solbakken's side currently find themselves in the relegation zone, their plight not helped by Saturday’s 3-2 defeat away at Brondby.

That reverse was Solbakken's first defeat since taking over from Ariel Jacobs in August and Copenhagen will be hoping to celebrate their 150th European game with what would be a surprise win.

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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is looking for an immediate reaction from his side against FC Copenhagen as they attempt to bounce back from their derby defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid and make amends to their fans.

However, they will have to do it without record signing Gareth Bale as the 100million euro man was on Tuesday night ruled out with a thigh problem which will see him undergo tests on Wednesday.

The Wales international also missed last week's matches against Getafe and Elche with "muscle fatigue" in the same thigh but returned to make his home debut for Madrid in the second half of Saturday's derby loss to Atletico.

And it is memories of that match which Madrid will be looking to banish when they play host to Danish champions FCK.

An early Diego Costa goal gave Atletico a deserved 1-0 win at the Bernabeu and with it their first league triumph over their bitter rivals since 1999.

That result came three days after Real stuttered their way to an uninspiring 2-1 victory at promoted Elche - Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a 94th-minute winner from the penalty spot - and left supporters far from impressed with what they were seeing.

Ancelotti, who replaced Jose Mourinho in the summer, accepts the fans have a right to be unhappy but is confident his side will soon be making a better impression.

"This is my responsibility. I'm going to fix it, it's normal that they are upset," he said in his pre-match press conference.

"It's a motivation for me because I want the public to enjoy Real Madrid.

"The results were good up until last week. We haven't started to play naturally yet. You need to have more time for the players to use the system in the most natural way possible. We've changed many things."

The Italian added: "It's not good to lose a derby and we need a quick reaction, both in our play and in results.

"I have confidence in the players and I think they're going to respond well. The game against Copenhagen is a good chance to recover.

"The team will play well very soon."

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hala madrid

Hala madrid.....I foresee a hatrick from CR7

Adex097: Hala madrid.....I foresee a hatrick from CR7

So u still de alive ?? Hmmm endtime person

Copenhagen 2-4 RMD

i wish madrid rain of goals

Real madrid 5-0 Copenhagen.

ronaldo is better than messi
ronaldo is better than rooney + messi
ronaldo is better than rooney + eto'o + lampard



ozil is better than rooney
ozil is better than aguero + suarez
ozil is better than rooney + aguero + suarez

damn i miss ozil

I congratulate CR7 in advance as he Surpasses Messi wiv 6 Goals in the Champions League..

Holla

hala madrid

Man City 0-1 Bayern Munich

Frank Ribery 7min

PSG 1-0 Benfica

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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Penaldo scores

RONALDO+I WISH I CAN CRY. U ALWAZ MAK ME PITY UR RIVALS LIK MESSI, INIESTA, FALCAO,

Ronaldo has now scored in his 100th European match. Respect!

let injury free the football world best(messi) to give us the best.

daryoor: ronaldo is better than messi
ronaldo is better than rooney + messi
ronaldo is better than rooney + eto'o + lampard



ozil is better than rooney
ozil is better than aguero + suarez
ozil is better than rooney + aguero + suarez

damn i miss ozil

And Ozil is an Arsenal player.. what has that 2 do with dis match?

di maria makes it 3

di maria again
4 - 0

Madrid don score 10 goals in 2 UCL games so far! Those guys no dey joke oh

Congrats to Madrid.

Is Moyes open to sack?.... He is Bcomin a Failure @ the Theatre of Dreams

Fantastic determination from rEaLmDrId tonight,, they showed rEaL character,,, GOOd JOB,,