With the victory against the city rival, Atletico, Real Madrid took the distance of the quarter-finals of the Champion League quarter-finals, but also met a new milestone in the competition.
Madrid will still have to go to the metropolitano next Wednesday, but her 2-1 lead in half the route of the tie is an important advantage. The first leg victory, an improvement in the derby was drawn last month in the same league in La Liga, was decided by Brahim Diaz at the beginning of the second half.
It was Madrid’s 498th game in the 70-year history of the European Cup and the Champions League with the exception of qualification players. In addition, it was their 300th victory in competition and made them the very first team that reached these landmarks of Siegen.
Club 85 pulled of the other 198 games and lost 113.
The next victories of a single club in the European Elite competition are the 237 Bayern Munich, which means that Madrid is far outside compared to the rest of the continent.
While each of their five consecutive trophies in the childhood of the competition between 1955 and 1960 needed only seven games, the more modern Champions League format had to increase the number of devices and thus the number of possible victories.
Although Madrid has dominated Europe in various places in the past in the past, he has brought things to a new level in the past 15 years. In 14 seasons between 2010 and 2024, the club reached at least the semi -finals of the Champions League 12 times. That meant playing at least 12 games per campaign. More games mean more opportunities to get victories.
Madrid’s record record of 15 European Palaces and Champions League Triumph brings them far into the air. In the 21st century alone, they lifted the trophy eight times, which is more than the second most successful team in the entire history of the competition (AC Milan Seven).