Ravencliff

joined 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Fàbregas, maybe. He had 30 goals+assists in 40 matches played (PL and CL only).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A FEW extra times? We are talking about EIGHT against two national titles during really tough matchups that were waaay beyond football by itself. And I am not even going to include Copa del Rey here.

Don't get me wrong, but Real Madrid was not as consistent as Barcelona in this period. Real is the biggest club in football history and this is enough for them to be considered favorites in the Champions League, but if you look at their performances and the best teams in those times, they were not supposed to be the ones with most odds to win it because they lacked top tier consistency during the year.

Number of times in which they've won both La Liga and Champions League in the same season:

Barcelona: 3 out of 3 (08-09, 10-11, 14-15)

Real Madrid: 1 out of 4 (16-17)

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

Fair enough. Would you say the same when talking about MSN? They somehow abolished some of their principles, going towards a more direct playstyle in MSN period, during 14-17.

[–] [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