Real Madrid Haven't Overturned a 1st-Leg Defeat in Europe Since 2002

Real Madrid have it all to do in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie with Wolfsburg after losing the first leg 2-0 in Germany on Wednesday.

But if Zinedine Zidane's side were looking for reasons to feel optimistic ahead of the second leg in Madrid on April 12, they're best off ignoring the club's recent record in similar situations.

In the last eight instances where Los Blancos have lost the first leg of a European tie, they have failed to overturn the deficit in the return game, a run that goes back to the 2002 defeat of Bayern Munich.

Since then, they have lost over two legs to Arsenal, AS Roma, Liverpool, Lyon, Bayern, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the knockout rounds of Europe's premier competition.

Maybe don't pin that one up on the dressing room wall, Zizou.

[h/t AS, Instagram]