Recap of The Champions League Final
Real Madrid has been claimed the best club since the beginning of football, the best coach of the 21st century is with them, and they are the best team of this decade.
Officially, they are the best team in Europe! Invincible!
When Real Madrid appears in the Champions League final, only one thing can happen: To win it.
Earthlings can’t do anything to him. They should team up with the aliens and then try it. In this way, all that remains for other teams is to congratulate them, as the players of Borussia Dortmund did after the end of the final at Wembley. They were good, but Madrid were better—the best.
Because they showed the ability to survive critical situations, there were many.
Because they withstood the rumble of German light cavalry on their flanks. Because they found a figure convincing enough to mask the failings of Jude Bellingham and Rodrigo. They relied on a man who no one predicted would decide, and thanks to Dani Carvajal‘s talent, they paved the way to the 15th title on the territory of the Old Continent, only for Vinicius Junior to seal the final on Saturday evening – 2:0.
They were not better than Atletico, neither in Lisbon nor in Milan.
Maybe not even from Liverpool in Kyiv, and certainly not in Paris. They looked at the back of Borussia for almost an hour during the clash in London. However, they celebrated again. Real is interested in something other than the impression but in how to get to the top. Anyone who wants to make an impression should do rhythmic gymnastics.
In football, you know – Real!
It only took half an hour during the second half to confirm it. It started with Toni Kroos sending a bomb from a free kick and continued when he tried to set up a goal for Carvajal. And then that Spanish pressure resulted in a lead. From the air. A German carried out the decisive moment in London. The one who will no longer play club football. It was when he attacked his opponent’s penalty area with balls, and the 172-centimetre-tall Carvajal ran into one of them- the beginning and the end.
A little later, Vinicius Junior showed some of his magic, and everything was decided in favor of the great Carlo Ancelotti‘s team.
Real won the continental crown for the 15th time, confirming that there is no one equal to them in terms of competition this season and that, historically, no one can follow them.
To understand the extent of Madrid’s success, it is enough to look at what they did in Lisbon in 2014 when Sergio Ramos’ goal saved them from defeat by Atletico (and later Real Madrid defeated their city rival in extra time) until 2024 and the final in London.
They were the best six times.
Those six crowns in just ten years become more important if you know that Real’s main sports rival, Barcelona, has won one less in its 124 years of existence! Bayern has six (also in the 124 years since their foundation), and Liverpool, in the 131 years of history, also has 6.
And these are not just “some” clubs.
Rather, institutions. Only, they are all dominated by Real. Because they know how finals are played, Real can be in a subordinate role (more often) or a dominant role (less often), but they always celebrate. Since losing to Boca Juniors in the match for the status of world club champion in 2000, Real has won as many as 18 of the next 19 international finals!
In the Champions League, seven out of seven, five of five matches for the World Club Championship, he won the Intercontinental Cup against Paraguay’s Olimpia in 2002, and five out of six in the European Super Cup.
The only failure in that period dates back to 2018 when Atletico defeated Real.
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