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Between Real Madrid and Barcelona, which team had the better decade? (2009-2019) (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The height of El Clásico, Ronaldo v Messi and arguably the two most dominant teams of the last decade or so. However which team was more successful during this time period.

I think I lean towards Madrid barely

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (16 children)

Barcelona
Champions League: 08-09, 10-11, 14-15 (3x)
La Liga: 08-09, 09-10, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 15-16, 17-18, 18-19 (8x)
Real Madrid
Champions League: 13-14, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18 (4x)
La Liga: 11-12, 16-17 (2x)

Barcelona had national dominance during this period, while Real Madrid won one more CL. I would say it was Barcelona because they had a more entertaining and stable playstyle. In many cases, Real Madrid were well below Barcelona in some seasons, but they masked this instability with a CL title during their second part of the season. Don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't trade 6 national titles for one single more CL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (9 children)

That seems like an oversimplification though.

It’s not just that they won 1 more UCL, they won it 3 times in a row. That’s absolutely a far more impressive feat than winning the series a few extra times.

The mental fortitude required to win it the 3rd time alone is astonishing. UCL is the WC of club football. Imagine how easy it would be to choke that last final. Christ, I’m getting nervous just thinking about taking to the pitch under those conditions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

3x UCL you just have to worry about not losing the yearly tournament. it’s not that hard on a player whatsoever

winning trebles and sextuples in a single season is incredibly hard. You have to perform in every competition you see in There’s a reason only pep guardiola has won multiple in his career.

and Madrid a supposed “powerhouse” has never registered a single sextuple or treble win in 125 years of existence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Multiple teams won trebles, even sextuples. Nobody repeated an UCL (since all the best teams play it), let alone get 3 in a row.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

it’s not that hard for a player to focus on a knockout tournament for 3 consecutive years.

You know how hard it is to be focused in EVERY competition and still maintain fitness and health?

If a treble was so easy why hasn’t the best team in europe ever won one? Madrid is somehow the best, but they’ve never won? That’s kind of sad

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