I don't know which player is most respected by his opponents in the Real Madrid squad apart from Modric and Toni Kroos at the moment. Almost all the other players are young players, they are unstable even though so far the team's overall performance has been good. Without Kroos and Modric, I think Real Madrid is no longer a scary team even though they have a long history in the Champions League.
It is very appropriate that Real Madrid is the team that its opponents in the UCL league must avoid and are the ones that are most feared, the reason is that as everyone knows, Real Madrid is the king of Europe, especially in the UCL event. It is true that the influence of players also exists, but make no mistake, even though currently Real Madrid is filled with young players, every time a player wears a Real Madrid jersey, their mentality will be formed by themselves because of the big name of a team like Real Madrid.
Despite the many facts and the fact that Real Madrid is too strong to beat in the UCL, on the other hand, Real Madrid never underestimates its opponents. This is what I saw at Real Madrid.
Real Madrid are favorites in the Champions League because I don't think any clubs will perform like them win 14 champions league in history, real madrid are performing well this season I don't think any clubs in group C will defeat real madrid the only best clubs is Napoli and they show them they are the king of champions league, because even madrid are not performing well in the league you will see how they will perform well in the Champions Leagues.
Last season Real Madrid attempted to win the Champions League but Ancelotti made a mistake in the information because the first leg between Real Madrid and Manchester City madrid played very good games, and everyone expected Real Madrid to defeat Manchester City, but they played a poor games in the second leg, but this season, I believe Real Madrid will try their hardest to win the Champions League trophy this season because they have some talented players who will perform well for them in the competition.