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Record European champions Real Madrid are aiming to clinch title number 15 in this season's UEFA Champions League . However, with current holders Manchester City in dazzling form and the likes of Arsenal and Inter sniffing around, reclaiming their crown will be far from straightforward. Real Madrid have often done it the hard way in the Champions League - most notably beating Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool en route to the trophy in 2021/22 - but they will be hopeful of a less challenging passage to the final this season. Here is how Real Madrid can book their ticket at Wembley come the end of the campaign. Real Madrid's 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage performance Real Madrid made light work of the group stage / Mateo Villalba/GettyImages Only two teams won all six of their group stage matches: Man City and Real Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti's men eased into the knockout phase of the competition, breezing through a group that contained Serie A cham...

LAFC host Houston Dynamo on Saturday night in the Western Conference final . The Game will be played at BMO Stadium between two teams looking to make History in the playoffs. Reigning MLS Cup champions LAFC are looking to become just the fourth team in league History to win back-to-back titles . Little was expected of Houston ahead of the 2023 season but new coach Ben Olsen led them to the US Open Cup earlier this year. His team are now just 180 minutes away from a historic double . The winner of LAFC and Houston Dynamo will go on to face the Eastern Conference champions, either FC Cincinnati or Columbus Crew , in MLS Cup. The battle for the Western Conference title. 🏆#LAFC hosts the #HoldItDown in the Audi #MLSCupPlayoffs. 📺: 9:30pm ET, #MLSSeasonPass on @AppleTV: https://t.co/RW9doQr2xw pic.twitter.com/ET4mnOGlv9 — Major League Soccer (@MLS) December 2, 2023 The stakes are high and there is very little to choose between LAFC and Houston going into the Western Confere...

FC Cincinnati and Columbus Crew meet in the MLS Eastern Conference final at TQL Stadium on Saturday, with the winner progressing to the season-defining MLS Cup , where they will face either LAFC or Houston Dynamo. Cincinnati looking for clean sweep in 2023 The Orange and Blue were, of course, the best team in the MLS regular season, wrapping up the Supporters’ Shield with Game s to spare after 20 victories, nine draws and only five defeats in their 34 fixtures. The League's best 🏆 Lucho Acosta and Matt Miazga named to 2023 MLS Best XI pic.twitter.com/v4IXCwat1Z — S - FC Cincinnati (@fccincinnati) November 28, 2023 The Ohio side’s superb year can be summarised by the fact attacker Lucaino Acosta won the Landon Donovan MVP Award by a landslide margin, while head coach Pat Noonan was named Sigi Schmidt Coach of the Year . With those individual prizes in the bag, their attention now turns to winning their team’s first-ever MLS Cup. Columbus Crew two-time MLS Cup winners Th...