MADRID Josh Donaldson Blue Jays Jersey , Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid's 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham in the Champions League on Tuesday night may have taken them a step forward to the knockout stage of the competition they have won for the past two seasons, but it also set a n unwanted record for Zinedine Zidane's side.
The 1-1 draw, which came after Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty cancelled out Rafael Varene's own goal means that after seven matches in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this season, this is Real Madrid' s worst start to a season at home this century.
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These are the worst series of results for Madrid at home at the start of the season since the 1998-99 season when with Guus Hiddink in charge, they kicked off the campaign with three wins, two draws and two defeats.
Goals have also been much harder to find for a side used to hitting the opposition net on a regular basis with supporters in the Bernabeu only being able to cheer a Real Madrid goal 11 times.
That is the second worst tally since the year 2000, tying with the start to the 2004-05 season when a Real Madrid side coached briefly by Jose Antonio Camacho and then by Garcia Ramon also kicked off with 11 goals in 7 games.
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