Actual Madrid put themselves inside touching distance of the Champions League quarter-finals with Tuesday’s win over metropolis rivals Atletico, however equally hit a brand new milestone within the competitors.
Madrid nonetheless should go to the Metropolitano subsequent Wednesday, however their 2-1 mixture lead is a vital benefit on the midway stage of the tie. The primary leg win, an enchancment on final month’s derby attract the identical fixture in La Liga, was determined by Brahim Diaz early within the second half.
It was Madrid’s 498th recreation within the 70-year historical past of the European Cup and Champions League, excluding qualifiers. What’s extra, it was their three hundredth win within the competitors, making them the very first crew to succeed in that landmark variety of victories.
Of the opposite 198 fixtures, the membership has drawn 85 and misplaced 113.
The subsequent most wins from a single membership within the elite European competitors is Bayern Munich’s 237, which implies that Madrid are means out in entrance in comparison with the remainder of the continent.
Whereas every of their 5 consecutive trophy lifts within the competitors’s infancy between 1955 and 1960 solely required seven video games to be performed, the extra fashionable Champions League format has ramped up the variety of fixtures, and subsequently the variety of wins doable.
Regardless of dominating Europe at numerous factors previously, Madrid have taken issues to a brand new stage during the last 15 years. Throughout 14 seasons between 2010 and 2024, the membership reached not less than the Champions League semi-finals on 12 events. That has meant taking part in not less than 12 video games every marketing campaign. Extra video games, means extra alternatives to select up wins.
Madrid’s file tally of 15 European Cup and Champions League triumphs places them nicely forward total. Even simply within the twenty first century alone, they’ve lifted the trophy eight occasions, which is greater than the second-most profitable crew in the whole historical past of the competitors (AC Milan’s seven).
