While other large could ensure his move to the quarter finals this week, the team's Spanish-nine times European champion, is a little more distressing to address the possibility of a humiliating elimination to be edging.
The seal his move to Madrid today to beat BATE Borisov, over a defeat or draw of Zenit St Petersburg versus Juventus, ranked in advance.
But the diminished level of play of the meringue in recent weeks raises concerns for the visit in Belarus.
The 1-0 victory at Huelva on Saturday in the Spanish League, ended the run of three games in a row without winning a team that appeared to sail peacefully in the Champions League until they suffered consecutive defeats to Juventus.
A setback before the BATE, combined with a triumph of Zenit, forced to Madrid to play the second ticket from group H compared with the dangerous Russians, winners of the UEFA Cup last-in date.