This season's Champions League final met Dortmund, for Real Madrid is definitely a new experience, after all, Real Madrid's previous 17 Champions League finals, the opponent has been repeated several times, such as Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool, these teams and Real Madrid have met more than once in the Champions League final, if they meet again, it will be wonderful, but it is somewhat aesthetic fatigue.
Including this match against Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid have reached 18 Champions League finals. 18 finals against seven major leagues. Of course, this is a bit of a reminder of the Yugoslav league of the year, where Real Madrid played Partizan Belgrade in the final, and now Yugoslavia has long since become a historical name. However, the other six leagues are indeed the mainstream leagues in Europe, that is, the five major leagues, plus the Portuguese Super League.
Real Madrid's 18 Champions League finals are at their peak, and the teams that can compete with them in the final, at least at the time, are all top European teams, Reims in the 50s, Fiorentina is, and later Liverpool, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, and Atletico Madrid are of course also.
However, one thing is quite surprising, Real Madrid has reached 18 Champions League finals, and they have never met these two teams. No matter from which point of view, these two teams are the most deserving of Real Madrid's competition at the top of Europe.
The first one is Bayern.
Don't look at the countless meetings between Real Madrid and Bayern in the history of the Champions League, but none of them happened in the final. This season, for example, the two sides meet in the semi-finals, and the two teams don't know how many times they have met in the semi-finals.
The reason why we want Real Madrid and Bayern to meet in the Champions League final is because the matchup between these two teams can be called a European derby. In the history of the Champions League, Real Madrid Bayern's overall results rank in the top two, and even if you look at the past two decades, Real Madrid's Bayern matchup is definitely the most eye-catching.
Of course, these two teams will meet in the Champions League final sooner or later, and I believe it will happen in the next few years.
The second is Barcelona.
Wouldn't anyone want to see the Spanish national derby take place in the Champions League final? La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, Champions League semi-finals, these versions of Spanish derbies, we really are not rare, because there are too many, when, come to a Champions League final version of the national derby?
One can imagine how delicate and cruel it would be if Real Madrid and Barcelona met in the Champions League final. It is equivalent to the fact that the winner stepped on the body of a sworn enemy to reach the top of Europe, which is an absolutely indigestible irritation and humiliation for the loser.
Therefore, if Real Madrid and Barcelona play a Champions League final, it may be the worst Champions League final in history.
However, with the trend of Barcelona in recent years, it may take some time for them to enter the door of the Champions League final again. Barcelona are showing signs of an upswing in the Champions League this season and are in a different half of the zone from Real Madrid, so theoretically, they have a chance to meet Real Madrid in the final. But alas, it was ruined by Grand Paris.
Interestingly, so far, there are three Bundesliga teams that have played in the Champions League final with Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, but there is no strongest Bayern. There are two La Liga teams and Real Madrid who have played in the Champions League final, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, but there is no strongest Barcelona. What, a good meal is not afraid of being late?
In fact, with Real Madrid's Champions League competitiveness over the years, their Champions League final resume in the next few years will continue to be enriched, so they don't have to worry about not meeting new opponents in the final. In fact, this season, even if Grand Paris advances to the final, it is still Real Madrid's new opponent in the final. So, both Bayern and Barcelona have a chance in the future. Let's keep waiting.