This Saturday, the twenty-fifth edition of the Champions League was played, in which Real Madrid beat Juventus 4-1, with goals from Casimiro, Marco Asencio and a double from Cristiano Ronaldo. With this, the Merengues become the biggest winners of the new Champions League format, and conquer their 12th European Cup. The match played in Cardiff left several curiosities. 1. Juventus is the team that has lost the most finals in the history of the top continental competition. It has played eight times in the final, and has only managed to win twice: in 1985 against Liverpool and against Ajax in 1996.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo became the only player to score in three consecutive finals.
3.After 59 years, Real Madrid has once again achieved the double (League-Champions League). It had not done so since 1958.
4.After Silvio Berlusconi and Santiago Bernabéu, Florentino Pérez is the active president with the most Champions Leagues.
5. Only Porto, Marseille, Inter and Real Madrid have a 100% record in Champions League finals under the new format. The Merengues have played in six finals (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016,2017, XNUMX) and have won them all.
6. Spain became the country with the most tournaments in Europe with Real Madrid's 10 Continental Cups and Barcelona's five, making fifteen titles in this competition for Spain, the country with the most trophies in the top European tournament in history, followed by England and Italy, with twelve each.
Source: notitarde.com
