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European champions Real Madrid's 'a thousand and one nights'

  /  autty

It's 1,000 days that Real Madrid have been European champions, a round figure that hasn't been achieved since the time when Franz Beckenbauer redefined the position of a midfielder with Bayern Munich in the mid-1970s. There is even more merit to this achievement given the fact that Los Blancos remain at the summit of European footballing, despite being a worse team than Barcelona, Juventus and Bayern, at least according to Pep Guardiola, the guru of all gurus.

The anniversary greets Madrid at a time of full institutional turmoil, having just lost the Copa del Rey in basketball to Barcelona for the second year in a row, though this time was in very controversial circumstances. However, that shouldn't prevent Los Blancos from celebrating as they deserve.

As seen by the Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric statement after the final in Kiev, the establishment behind a footballing dynasty could barely have exploded more if the Alvaro Morata hammer blow didn't occur in 2015, with the former Madrid striker netting in each leg of the Champions League semi-final to send Juventus to the final.

It must be that, as the experts say, the big clubs of Europe despise the Champions League and favour the leagues and domestic cups. It doesn't, then, make sense that these clubs are so loud in this displeasure at Real Madrid's domination. While some write sad journals, Los Blancos initiates its own version of the One Thousand and One Nights.

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