Based on current progress, it would take approximately 70 more years for any team to match Real Madrid's current record of winning the Champions League. Real Madrid is the only team to have won the Champions League three times in a row (no other team has achieved this twice). Real Madrid could even win the title in a season where they change managers mid-season, and the new manager has never coached at the highest level before. Since 2014, Real Madrid's number of Champions League titles (6) is one and a half times greater than their number of national league titles (4).
Arsenal (right) are leading Real Madrid 3-0 ahead of the second leg of the quarter-final.
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The points mentioned above suggest that creating "Champions League DNA" isn't just about having a strong squad; there seems to be an instinct that makes Real Madrid consistently perform better in the Champions League. Alternatively, the Champions League's format, schedule, and professional characteristics are perfectly suited to Real Madrid.
But this season, the king of the Champions League faces a huge challenge. Any other team would have been ruled out after losing 0-3 to Arsenal in the first leg of the quarter-finals. Does Real Madrid have a chance to turn the tide against Arsenal in the second leg this week?
In fact, all four Champions League quarter-final pairings were already heavily lopsided after the first leg, to the point where it was difficult to predict anything other than Barcelona (who beat Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in the first leg), Arsenal (who beat Real 3-0), PSG (who beat Aston Villa 3-1), and Inter (who won 2-1 away at Bayern Munich) advancing to the semi-finals. The only thing left to watch was whether Real could stage a comeback.
In contrast to Real Madrid's 15 Champions League titles, Arsenal have never won the European Cup. Arsenal are perhaps the best among those who have never won the European Cup. And this is probably Arsenal's best season in their Champions League history. To reach the quarter-finals, Arsenal beat PSV Eindhoven 7-1 away from home. In the "league" phase, Arsenal beat PSG, or beat Sporting Lisbon 5-1, right after Sporting had just beaten Man City 4-1…
Good news for Real Madrid fans, and anyone who enjoys surprises in football: in 47 instances where one side won by three or more goals in a Champions League knockout round, the losing team managed to overturn the deficit in the second leg four times. That's a rate of 8.5%, almost as high as the probability of winning a penalty in football. Specifically: Deportivo won 4-0 after losing 1-4 to AC Milan in 2004; Barcelona won 6-1 after losing 0-4 to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017; AS Roma won 3-0 after losing 1-4 to Barcelona in 2018; and Liverpool won 4-0 after losing 0-3 to Barcelona in 2019. When will the "fifth time" happen?
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