On the 29th, Beijing time, Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 to win the Champions League this season, winning the most valuable crown in European football for the 14th time in history.
Reverse all the way to the end
Compared with the period when Cristiano Ronaldo played, Real Madrid’s dominance in the Champions League has actually declined, but this season’s Champions League Real Madrid has succeeded in laughing at the end with an unyielding tenacity.
In the group stage, Real Madrid and Inter Milan, Sharif and Shakhtar Donetsk were in a group. Real Madrid lost to Sharif 1-2 at home, but won the other five games and finally qualified for the first group.
In the 1/8 finals, facing the Ligue 1 hegemons Paris, Real Madrid lost 0-1 away in the first round. In the second round, Real Madrid conceded 1 goal first and fell behind 0-2 with a total score. However, in the second half, Real Madrid suddenly broke out and Benzema. A hat-trick was staged within 17 minutes, and the final score was 3-2 to eliminate the opponent.
In the quarter-finals against Chelsea, Real Madrid won 3-1 away in the first round. However, they fell behind 0-3 in the second round. In the end, Rodrigo scored a goal and the two sides entered overtime. Benzema scored the victory.
In the semi-final against Manchester City, Real Madrid lost 3-4 away in the first round. In the second round, Real Madrid conceded a goal and fell behind with a total score of 3-5. Rodrigo once again saved the team and scored 2 goals to equalize the total score. Benzema relied on a penalty kick to complete the comeback.
In the final, Real Madrid met Liverpool again after 4 years, and finally won the championship 1-0.
Real Madrid is the god of the Champions League
The Champions League is the highest level of European football, and Real Madrid is the most successful team in the Champions League. This is the 14th Champions League trophy in the history of Real Madrid. They are the team that has won the most championships in the history of the Champions League, and Real Madrid has reached the Champions League final 5 times in the past 9 years and won all of them.
Real Madrid won the Champions League for the first time in 1956, when Real Madrid beat Reims 4-3. Then Real Madrid won the Champions League in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. After winning the Champions League this season, Real Madrid has won a total of 14 Champions League titles in the history of the club, ranking first in the history of the Champions League, winning twice as many times as the second-placed AC Milan (7 times).
It is worth mentioning that Real Madrid’s Champions League final winning rate is very high, a total of 17 Champions League finals have won 14 of them, and only 3 times have lost the final. Especially in the past 9 years, Real Madrid has reached the Champions League final five times and won all of them. Such a high final winning rate also makes Real Madrid players more confident when playing the Champions League final.
After successfully winning the 14th Champions League trophy in team history, the official Twitter of the Real Madrid club also sent a number of tweets to celebrate. “We just like even numbers, what to do…” also posted icons of 14 trophies and listed the year in which each Champions League was won. Real Madrid Twitter also posted a screenshot of the prompt “Are you looking for Real Madrid 14 crowns” when you type “Real Madrid 13 crowns” in a Google search, with the caption: “We always agree with Google, Real Madrid 14 crowns” .
Ancelotti is ‘Mr Record’
This time, it was Italian coach Ancelotti who brought Real Madrid to the top of Europe. He also personally became the god of the Champions League because of this championship.
This is the fifth Champions League final in Ancelotti’s coaching career, and it is also the fourth time he has led the team to win the Big Ear Cup as a coach. Now, Ancelotti has surpassed Zidane and Paisley to own the coaching honor of winning the most Champions League titles.
The Italian has led the team to the Champions League final five times and won the title four times, three of them in Milan and two in Real Madrid. Ancelotti has led the Rossoneri to the Champions League final three times, winning in 2003 and 2007, but it is interesting that the only Champions League final Ancelotti lost was in 2005, when the opponent was Liverpool.
After becoming Real Madrid coach in 2013, Ancelotti led the team for the first year. In the 2013-14 season, he led the Galaxy Battleship to win the cup again after many years. Ancelotti returned to Madrid last summer, and in the first season he led Real Madrid all the way to win the championship. If you count the two Champions Leagues in the player era, Ancelotti has reached the top of the Champions League 8 times. After the game, the always humble Italian couldn’t help but praise himself, “I am a Mr. Record”!Return to Sohu, see more
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