The numbers of the King of Europe: an unrepeatable generation to consecrate the continental altar of Real Madrid

Paris

in 1956,

in 1957,

in 1958,

in 1959,

in 1960,

in 1966,

in 1998,

in 2000,

in 2002,

in 2014,

in 2016,

in 2017 and

in 2018. Ten cities have seen

lift thirteen

.

In the distance, six days away,

.

Paris again.

The city of love to consecrate for

perhaps the most special relationship in the history of football or to break on the shore the almost inexplicable idyll of

Madrid with

.

The white team, comeback after comeback, "

" after "

", as

would say , has been getting closer to the

in its history.

You already know the ones he won and the ones he lost: against

in 1962 in London, against

in 1964 in Vienna and against

in 1981 in Paris.

Three black nights in front of thirteen joys.

Seems like it pays off.

No one has won as many and many have lost more:

seven ,

and

four

... On their statistical side in the defeat, the

and

with three lost finals, the great continental rival and the most intimate enemy, inside and outside Spanish territory.

The date for the orejona between

and madridistas is the most repeated in the history of the competition, tied at one until now while waiting for the final in Saint Denis, where Liverpool will try to equal

's

, second in the continental ranking.

An unrepeatable generation

The one in Paris will be the

for a unique and unrepeatable generation that handles numbers from another era.

After

's Madrid, no one, ever, has linked the continental glory that the current backbone of Valdebebas amasses: there will be

in nine seasons for

, and

in seven for

.

Numbers and especially triumphs, that nobody copies and that few come close to.

Four finals

(with only two titles) in five seasons were linked

in the sixties,

(also with only two titles) in four later accumulated

by

,

(with three wins in a row) in five amassed

between

the late 1960s and early 1970s,

in a row (all victorious)

,

in five years

between 1977 and 1981 and he played

(with three cups) in seven Arrigo Sacchi

's

.

Historical teams surpassed by the four Champions in five years that Madrid enjoyed, first with

and then with the

.

Now, after an impasse of three seasons, the last survivors of the Madrid golden generation seek to approach the continental altar of

(six European Cups) and tie the European dynasty of that Madrid of

.

Already in color,

also lifted five titles with the two great stages of Milan, between 1989 and 2007. The same as

, who at four dressed in white adds one with Manchester United.

Benzema and Cristiano's record

The Portuguese, who will not play in the Champions League next season, decided to leave Chamartín in 2018 and since then he has not tasted the semifinals.

His are the great records of the competition.

He has scored

for Madrid in the European Cup and

, two figures that place him in the scoring Olympus for Madrid and the continentals, and he has played

in the tournament, more than anyone else.

Of course, with the white shirt he is surpassed by

, who accumulated 150 appearances, for

's 129 and

's 122

.

The Frenchman's season has placed him at the table of the main protagonists in the history of the Champions League.

His

against

and

and his goals against

have made him tie at

with

for third place in scoring.

Far away, still, Cristiano and Messi, with 141 and 125. Of course, his performances in recent months make

one of the best ever seen.

In the

, Cristiano scored

and broke the scoring record in a single season.

In the absence of the final against

, Karim has already broken rival nets

, ten of them in the knockout stage, equaling Cristiano's record in 2016-2017.

Benzema's goals and the actions of his teammates have led Real Madrid to widen the historical distance with its rivals in all the statistics that it was already leading.

No team adds

in the European Cup, and it will be like that for a long time even if the white team goes into crisis.

The Whites have

appeared in the top continental competition for

, they have played

, 91 more than

and they have won

games , 55 more than the Germans.

In addition, they have scored

, 238 more than the Bavarian team, their great rival in numbers.

A statistic, a love relationship and a glory that was born on

1955 at the

in Geneva.

There, against

, in the team's first match in the competition,

scored Madrid's first goal in the

.

The "

".

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