Real beat Atletico Madrid 5-3 with a penalty after the 1-1 draw in regular time at San Siro, Italy, last Saturday night. After winning the UEFA Champions League 11th in team history Zinedine Zidane will not take long, that is, back to Spain immediately to celebrate this great victory.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Real parade the UEFA Champions League in Spain
Team of Real Madrid made the UEFA Champions League procession with a large number of fans in Madrid, Spain on Sunday morning yesterday.
Real beat Atletico Madrid 5-3 with a penalty after the 1-1 draw in regular time at San Siro, Italy, last Saturday night. After winning the UEFA Champions League 11th in team history Zinedine Zidane will not take long, that is, back to Spain immediately to celebrate this great victory.
Real beat Atletico Madrid 5-3 with a penalty after the 1-1 draw in regular time at San Siro, Italy, last Saturday night. After winning the UEFA Champions League 11th in team history Zinedine Zidane will not take long, that is, back to Spain immediately to celebrate this great victory.
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Real vs AT Madrid - Which team will win the UCL?
Real Madrid have reached the Champions League/European Cup final for the 14th time, more than any other team. They have won 10 of those – also a record, including the last four (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014). Atlético Madrid have reached the Champions League/European Cup final for the third time (1974, 2014, 2016). They have so far lost their previous two finals (v Bayern Munich after a replay in 1974; v Real Madrid after extra-time in 2014). This is the third time in the last four years that the Champions League final has been contested by teams from the same nation (Germany 2013, Spain 2014, Spain 2016). 2016 included, Madrid have now made 17 appearances in the Champions League/European Cup final (14 for Real, 3 for Atlético), more than any other city (Milan has 16). There will be a Spanish winner of the Champions League/European Cup for the third consecutive season, the longest run for a single nation since English clubs won it six times in a row from 1977 to 1982. Atlético have won seven of their last 16 games against Real Madrid, in all competitions (5 draws, 4 losses). They had failed to win any of their previous 25 games against Real (6 draws, 19 losses). Real Madrid have won only two of their last 12 competitive games against Atlético, but both wins have come in the Champions League (4-1 after extra-time in the 2014 final; 1-0 in last season's quarter-final second leg). Real Madrid have won all three of their Champions League/European Cup ties against Atlético: 1959 semi-final (over three games), 2014 final (after extra-time), 2015 quarter-final (1-0 on aggregate). The last four competitive games between Real and Atlético have produced only four goals (2 each). The three previous Champions League/European Cup finals held at the San Siro have never been decided by more than one clear goal (1965, 1970, 2001), the last two going to extra-time. Real Madrid have kept 10 clean sheets (in 12 games) in the Champions League this season, which equals the record in the competition (Arsenal in 2005/06). Real Madrid have scored 27 goals in this season's Champions League, only three fewer than top scorers Bayern Munich (30 goals) and 11 more than Atlético. They've also conceded only five goals, the best defensive record this season and two fewer than their Madrid rivals. Atlético have kept 15 clean sheets in their last 21 Champions League games, including four in six knockout games this season. Atlético have registered under 30% possession in each of their last four Champions League games (26% and 23% v Barcelona; 26% and 27% v Bayern Munich). Cristiano Ronaldo has scored/assisted 74% of Real Madrid's goals in this season's competition (20 out of 27). He's only one goal away from the Champions League record for most goals in a Champions League campaign, a record he currently holds (17 in 2013/14). Ronaldo could become only the second player to score in three different Champions League/European Cup finals after Alfredo Di Stéfano, who did it in five finals. Karim Benzema has failed to find the net in his last four Champions League games; only once has he gone on a longer drought in this competition (five games, December 2009-November 2010). Toni Kroos has completed 554 passes in the opposition half, more than any other player in this season's Champions League. Keylor Navas has kept 11 clean sheets in 12 games in his Champions League career. He's also saved 31 of the 33 shots on target he's faced in the competition. Jan Oblak has made 37 saves in this season's Champions League, the joint-most alongside Manuel Neuer. 23 of his saves (62%) have come in the last four games. Antoine Griezmann has been directly involved in 50% of Atlético's goals in the Champions League this season, scoring seven and assisting one of Los Colchoneros' 16 goals. Diego Godin has made more interceptions (37) and defensive clearances (71) than any other player in this season's Champions League. This is the third season in a row in which a manager has reached the Champions League final in his first season in the competition (Diego Simeone 2014, Luis Enrique 2015, Zinedine Zidane 2016). Zidane could become the seventh man to win the Champions League/European Cup both as a player and as a manager after Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard and Josep Guardiola. In three seasons as manager in the Champions League, Diego Simeone has taken Atlético Madrid to the final in 2014, quarter-finals in 2015 and final again in 2016.
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