On 11 December 2000, FIFA officially announced that Real Madrid had been named the best football club in the world in the twentieth century, and they were elected to this honor with 42.35% of the vote in the public vote held by FIFA, more than 30 percentage points ahead of the second-place Manchester United, which can be said to be the best of the people. Although Real Madrid was only founded in 1902, it has won seven Champions League titles and twenty-seven La Liga titles in ninety-eight years, not only crushing the number of major championships against their opponents in the same league, but also winning the most Champions League titles in the same period, which is the best club title. And after twenty years in the twenty-first century, the white-clad army, which has won six Champions League titles in these twenty years, as well as countless other honors of all sizes, has a clear tendency to compete for the best clubs of the twenty-first century. So, since the boss is unquestionable, among other European powerhouses, who is qualified to be the second club after Real Madrid? At present, there are four clubs mainly AC Milan, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona that have this qualification, and who should sit in this second place needs specific analysis.
The Rossoneri are the second in charge of the Champions League, and the continuous low point in recent years is a hard injury
Real Madrid has won a total of thirteen Champions League titles in the history of the club, is the deserved king of the Champions League, and behind them ranked second AC Milan, in the history of more than 120 years, there are also seven Champions League trophies in the pocket, beating Bayern Munich, Barcelona and other giants to rank second, showing the strength of the Rossoneri in the heyday of that year. At the same time, in Italy, AC Milan in Juventus, Inter Milan and other strong opponents, but also can win as many as eighteen Serie A titles, comprehensive strength is worthy of recognition, they are fully worthy of the status of the second club in history. However, it is a pity that although AC Milan was extraordinary during the Serie A Minor World Cup, and there were superstars such as the Three Musketeers, Maldini, Kaka and Shevchenko in history, they slowly went to the trough around the 10s, and they have not yet been able to usher in a complete revival, which greatly affects their historical status. Overall, among the top clubs, no club has experienced such a long period of lows as AC Milan, even if these two seasons have improved, it still reflects the decline in the Champions League, perhaps they can only return to the Champions League knockout rounds or even the top four in the future to regain the dignity of the former king.
Barcelona's historical fault line is too obvious, and it was only after the 21st century that it became one of the top giants
Compared with their rivals in the league, Real Madrid, Barcelona has a much older history of formation, and they were formed in 1899 and are the most representative football clubs in Catalonia. When it comes to Barcelona, most people will first think of the last thirty years of glory represented by Cruyff's dream one, Luo's dream two and Messi's dream three, during which the red and blue army won five Champions League trophies and defeated their rival Real Madrid to win as many as sixteen La Liga titles. However, the point that seriously constrains Barcelona's historical position lies here, before Cruyff opened the dream team as Barca's football godfather, their honors were seriously behind other giants, especially the number of Champions League champions is zero, which makes them a foil for Real Madrid for a long time, you know, Ajax has been much more brilliant than the Red and Blues before that. Therefore, we can assume that Barcelona has only been the top European giants in the last thirty years, because the historical faults of the club's honor are too obvious, they obviously cannot be compared with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, etc., which have always been on the top stage, of course, if the selection time is limited to the twenty-first century, perhaps Barcelona still has the opportunity to break the wrist with Real Madrid.
Bayern Munich are Real Madrid's biggest rivals in Europe, but the dominance of a single company clearly limits its development
The showdown between Real Madrid and Barcelona is known as the National Derby, which is a football feast for Spanish domestic fans at least twice a year, while the match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid on the European stage is called the European Derby, which is a giant duel that fans in All Europe may not see for several years, and can form a fateful duel with Real Madrid in the Champions League, and bayern Munich's strength and status can be seen. Corresponding to the "King of The Great King" Hamburg, Bayern Munich is called the "King of the South" by Bundesliga fans, but unlike Hamburg, which has fallen to the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich has been at the peak of German football for so many years, and has so far won the Bundesliga nine consecutive championships, which is the embodiment of their advantages in the domestic arena, but it has also become a major disadvantage that limits their development in the European arena. Unlike other long-term rivals in the domestic league, Bayern Munich is difficult to find opponents in the country, Dortmund, although nominally the sworn enemy of their country's derby, but the strength is still far inferior, the number of league champions, Bayern Munich can form a 31-8 crush on the Hornets, which is enough to explain the problem. Bayern, which lacks competition at home, obviously lacks the same long-term competitiveness as Real Madrid on the Champions League stage, although they also have six Champions League trophies in the honor room, but only three of them are won in the new century, and in terms of the same period, Real Madrid's Champions League titles are twice theirs, and the gap is obvious. Maybe one day, when Dortmund can also attack Bayern Munich, Bayern will continue to break through themselves because of the sense of oppression, so as to go further on the Champions League stage, but for now, they are obviously behind Real Madrid and even AC Milan.
Reds United finished second in the 20th Century Best Club vote, which is not worthy of the name
In the aforementioned famous selection of the best clubs of the twentieth century, the second-place club is not Bayern Munich, not AC Milan, not Liverpool, but Manchester United, the best club in the history of the Premier League, and it has to be said that there are some unexpected results. Because at that time, the number of heavyweight titles won by Manchester United was not the highest in Europe, and even at home it was behind their rivals Liverpool, they were able to beat Bayern Munich, Barcelona and other clubs in second place with 9.69% of the vote, and the influence of the English media at that time and their recent treble honor played a big plus. If the scope of the selection is further extended to today, Manchester United will be even more unable to compare with other top European giants, because compared to the two Champions League titles they won during sir Alex Ferguson and an old Champions League, Liverpool, AC Milan, Barcelona and Bayern Munich performed better than them in the same period, not to mention that when most of these top giants are still competitive, Manchester United has not been able to get involved in the Premier League for nearly a decade, and no champions have been recorded in the past five years. From a realistic point of view, Manchester United's prestige is not worthy of the name.
In general, Bayern Munich and AC Milan are between Bozhong, and the specific heights are different
After the above comparison, it is not difficult to see that Manchester United and Barcelona are still unable to be among the second clubs in history in terms of hard honours, and AC Milan, despite its poor performance in the past decade, is really rich in the past decade, Bayern Munich is temporarily behind AC Milan in the number of Champions Leagues, but they are always competitive in this honor, and it is actually a matter of opinion who is higher and who is lower in the two clubs. At this stage, since we use the Champions League title as a criterion for measuring whether a club is a giant, it should be no problem to temporarily rank Milan, which has seven Champions League titles, ahead of Bayern Munich.