Legendary Gary Lineker made that resounding statement that football is a game in which there are 22 players on the field, and in the end the Germans always win. Times have changed since then, the Germans are not so powerful, now the Spaniards have taken over the primacy. And not only because Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final last night.It is because of the fact that Spanish clubs have become masters of international cup finals. When last night Real defeated Dortmund (2-0) in a game in which they were the ‘weaker’ team for 70 minutes, an unreal fact appeared: from 2001 to today, Spanish clubs have played 23 finals of three tiers of European Cups and won each of those! Of course, those few matches where the Spaniards played against the Spaniards are not counted…The aftermath: Ancelotti’s hunger and Terzic’s gratitude for SanchoIt turns out that only death, taxes and the victory of the clubs from the Iberian Peninsula in Euro-finals are a sure thing.The last Spaniard to finish the final without lifting the trophy was Valencia in 2001, when they were beaten by Bayern Munich. After that, only victories in the Champions League and the Europa League deciders! The Conference league, it seems, is not interesting enough to them yet.Of course, the most victories in the finals is achieved by Real Madrid – seven. But Los Blancos are not alone on that throne. It is shared with Sevilla, who once subscribed to the Europa League cup, and who also won the trophy match seven times. Barcelona stopped at four, Atlético Madrid at three, and Valencia and Villarreal were winners of the European final once each.The absolutely incredible streak of Spanish clubs continues.Spanish 🇪🇸 teams have now won 23 European club competition finals in a row.The last non-Spanish team to beat a Spanish opponent in the final was Bayern München 🇩🇪 vs Valencia in the 2001 #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/IUmkjHCYxf— Football Meets Data (@fmeetsdata) June 1, 2024 The English suffered the most in those clashes – nine times. And they are followed by the Spaniards! On four occasions, clubs from Primera Division have played against each other for the European trophy. Someone had to lose… The Italians also fell short of the trophy four times, the Germans and the French twice each, and the Portuguese and the Ukrainians once each.All together, clubs from Spain are the most successful in the history of European Cups, as they have won 66 trophies. The Italians stand at 50, the English at 48, the Germans at 32, and then the Dutch at 16.##NAJAVA_MECA_8136271##
