Manchester City's treble is a high honour for European teams. Historically, only 7 teams have been able to accomplish this task, with only 4 teams in the five major leagues. However, Real Madrid, who have won the Champions League 14 times, have not been able to do it once, and Barcelona and Bayern Munich have been able to do it many times.
What is commonly known as the Triple Crown refers to winning three titles in the same season, including the Champions League, the home league and the country's biggest cup. England, for example, only counts the FA Cup, not the League Cup.
Scotland's Celtic were the first team to achieve the treble, which was completed in 1967, nearly 60 years ago. Subsequently, Ajax and Eindhoven in the Netherlands achieved this goal in the 70s and 80s respectively.
However, none of these teams belong to the so-called five major leagues today. It wasn't until the last year of the last century, after Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in 1999 with two goals in stoppage time, that the first treble in the five major leagues was born.
Entering the new millennium, more teams are coming to fruition. Barca and Bayern have won the treble twice, while Inter Milan also have one. Unfortunately, the Real Madrid led by Zidane, in the "Champions League three consecutive times", the three Copa del Rey winners are Barca, and the two La Liga champions are also Barca, so Real Madrid has never completed the treble, and the three Champions League also make people feel "lucky".
It may be easy to see that before Manchester United won the treble, there were only three teams that became treble three times. However, in the following 20 years, there have been three teams, completed five times. If Manchester City can achieve this year, four teams in the last nine years of the Champions League have won the treble.
It seems that the triple crown is getting easier. Objectively speaking, there is some truth in this statement. Because of the hardest to win Champions League, in the past, only the winner of the national league could participate. With the multiple expansions of the tournament, the top four of the four major leagues can now directly enter the group stage of the round of 32. In this way, the possibility of the big teams winning the championship is greatly increased.
In addition, La Liga and the Bundesliga are seen as games in small circles, especially Bayern, which have won the Bundesliga title for 11 consecutive years. Therefore, in recent years, Bayern can become a treble twice, in fact, it is only in the Champions League, it is easier to achieve it with more work and better luck.
From these factors, it can only be said that the treble will be easier for La Liga and Bayern. However, if Premier League teams want to finish, it will be much more difficult. Manchester City, who have won the Premier League five times in the past six years, have repeatedly missed the FA Cup final. Since Manchester City became a "homegrown" team, they have won the Premier League seven times, but there are only three FA Cups, and the cup is more likely to upset than the league.
This season's Champions League final is City's first time attacking the treble, and the second for Pep Guardiola, a goal that Inter Milan achieved more than 10 years ago under Jose Mourinho's team.
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