Why Real Madrid suffered their darkest night in Champions League history

Ajax produced a stunning 4-1 victory over the Spanish giants, while Tottenham won 1-0 away to progress to the quarterfinals. ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti predicts Real Madrid's disastrous UCL exit to Ajax will be the catalyst for major changes at the Bernabeu. Craig Burley says the arrogance shown at every level of Real Madrid is to blame for their current domestic and European troubles. The poison of blame, recrimination and scapegoating was already flowing through the veins of "Madridismo" -- the collective noun encompassing the hefty slice of humanity that swears loyalty to that other White House, on La Castellana avenue in the Spanish capital -- before they even stepped on the pitch for what would be Real Madrid's darkest night in Champions League history. Two defeats -- at home in the past week -- to archrival Barcelona, the yin to their yang, had meant Real Madrid were out...

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