Deserved! The camp full of injured soldiers did not prevent Real Madrid from successfully winning the double, and the 15th Champions League trophy is a testament to its strength

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2024-06-02 09:11Published on the official account of Beijing Beiqing Sports News

In the Champions League final in the early morning of the 2nd, Real Madrid defeated Dort 2-0 and successfully won the championship. And with the ascent of the "Galaxy Battleship", this season's European competition has also come to a successful end. For the whole Real Madrid team, it is not easy to finally succeed in winning the season "double" (league + Champions League) in such a state full of injuries, and the spirit of the players working together to the end is worthy of respect, and coach Ancelotti's excellent ability to arrange the formation has also been widely recognized again. The 15th "Big Ears" Cup, Real Madrid proved with their strength that they deserved it.

The lack of Courtois and Militão at the beginning of the season, the absence of Alaba after playing for a while, and the lack of three of the five main players in the backline made Real Madrid fans think that this season's "Galaxy Battleship" must be the role of accompaniment. But the players and the manager do not believe in this evil, in the case of many temporary "substitute plays" and various cameos, Real Madrid has not only been opened up, but has also become a strong contender for the league and Champions League titles step by step, in fact, this itself is beyond the expectations of the outside world.

But Real Madrid is Real Madrid after all, and it is not enough to exceed expectations, the team needs to prove its strength with the title. In the case of Girona's extremely good performance, it was Real Madrid who twice knocked their opponents straight back to square one. Facing the old rival Barcelona, An Shuai's team not only completed the "double kill" of the league season, but also hit the opponent hard to win the Spanish Super Cup. Statistics show that Real Madrid have played a total of 55 games this season, losing only two times to Atletico Madrid, and the rest of the games are unbeaten. The last time Real Madrid lost just two games in a single season was in 1931/32, when they lost only 30 games to Nacional Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna.

A special mention must be made here for the team's manager, Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian is the kind of fat guy you might think at first glance that he doesn't know anything about football, but in fact he's the best at the sport. The midfielder, who had already won the Champions League with AC Milan as a player, became a legend step by step after picking up the coaching whip. According to the statistics, he has led the team to six Champions League finals and won five times, which is also a new record for the number of Champions League titles won by a manager held by himself.

Carlo Ancelotti's first four titles were with AC Milan in 2002-03 and 2006-07, and Real Madrid in 2013-14 and 2021-2022. Throughout the history of the Champions League, the current record of An Shuai leading the team to win the championship 5 times is also the only one, behind him is Guardiola, Zidane, and Bob Paisley, these 3 legends have led the team to win the Big Ears Cup 3 times.

For Real Madrid, it seems that it was also born for the Champions League. This is the 18th time in the team's history that they have advanced to the final, and they have lifted the trophy 15 times. That's a far more number than any other rival, with second-placed AC Milan not even winning half as many titles as Real Madrid (seven). Historically, Real Madrid have only lost to Benfica (1962), Inter (1964) and Liverpool (1981) in the final. In this way, in 43 years, Real Madrid has not lost a game in the final, which is an unprecedented historical data.

After winning the title, the whole Real Madrid team celebrated with love and wanted to give the title to the team's midfielder Kroos, who was about to say goodbye. The German said half a month ago that he would hang up his boots after the European Championships, and this Champions League final was naturally a farewell performance for his club. "Mr. Tony" started the game for 86 minutes and assisted Carvajal to open the scoring. After the game, he also lifted the last trophy of his club career with his team-mates.

It is worth mentioning that after the game, Real Madrid midfielder Valverde confirmed that he will take over the No. 8 shirt left by his idol in the new season and continue to fight for the team, saying: "I am about to take over his No. 8 shirt. My current number 15 is very good and it is from this number that my dream and career at Real Madrid began. I'm going to change numbers in a few months, but this chapter ends very well. ”

Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong

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