real madrid have won the champions league in a row three times.
real madrid have won the champions league in a row three times.
how many times have real madrid won the champions league in a row?
three
the month started by a 5–2 victory over apoel in the second leg of champions league quarter-finals, giving an aggregate score 8–2 as "los blancos" advanced to the semi-finals against final hosts bayern munich. real madrid was resting some of their usual starters, but still managed to score five goals overall. cristiano ronaldo netted a brace and kaká, josé callejón and ángel di maría each scored one in the victory, while apoel's goals were scored by gustavo manduca and esteban solari, later scoring a penalty given to the cypriots after hamit altıntop's foul in the box. on 8 april, real madrid had a goalless draw against valencia in la liga, leading them only four points ahead of barcelona. three days later, on 11 april, real madrid beat atlético madrid in an away game 1–4. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat trick including two astonishing goals and assisted callejón to score the fourth goal to close the game. atlético's only goal was netted by radamel falcao. on 14 april, real madrid beat sporting de gijón home 3–1 with goals from higuaín, ronaldo and benzema. sporting's only goal was a penalty given to them after a handball from sergio ramos in the box, which was scored by miguel de las cuevas. on 17 april, real madrid lost to bayern munich away at the allianz arena 2–1 in first leg of the champions league semi-finals. franck ribéry and mario gómez scored for bayern, while mesut özil netted madrid's only goal. on 21 april, real madrid beat barcelona in "el clásico" in camp nou 1–2, extending their lead in la liga to seven points with only four matches left, which all but decided the domestic title. sami khedira opened the scoring from a corner kick in the 17th minute which broke the record for the most goals scored in a domestic league, with 107. alexis sánchez equalized in the second half in the 70th minute, but only a few minutes later, özil assisted and ronaldo scored the winning goal of the game by shooting the ball over víctor valdés into the net. this was the first victory for real madrid in la liga against their arch rivals in camp nou since 2007. on 25 april, in the second leg of the champions league against bayern munich, cristiano ronaldo initially put madrid up 2–0, but former madrid player arjen robben netted an away goal back for bayern with a penalty. the match ended 2–1 after extra time and as both sides were tied 3–3, it went to a shootout. during penalties, iker casillas made two saves but ronaldo, kaká and ramos failed to convert their spot kicks and madrid lost 3–1.
2011–12 real madrid cf season
on 25 june 2013, ancelotti became the manager of real madrid as the replacement for the departing josé mourinho, signing a three-year deal. he was introduced at a press conference at the santiago bernabéu stadium, where it was also announced that zinedine zidane and paul clement would be his assistant coaches. shortly following his arrival, real madrid confirmed the signing of isco for a fee of €24 million which was followed by the signing of asier illarramendi for €32 million. argentinean striker gonzalo higuaín left the club for €40 million to napoli. this, along with the sale of mesut özil to arsenal, paved way for new world record signing gareth bale for £86 million (€105m) from tottenham hotspur. in ancelotti's first league game in charge, on 18 august 2013, real madrid won 2–1 at home against real betis. at real madrid, ancelotti eventually deviated from the 4–2–3–1 formation which had been deployed by his predecessor, switching instead to a 4–3–3 formation to great effect, in which argentine winger ángel di maría particularly excelled as a left-sided central midfielder, and played a key role in the club's successes. on 16 april 2014, ancelotti won his first major trophy as real madrid manager after they defeated barcelona 2–1 in the copa del rey final held at the mestalla stadium. on 29 april, real madrid defeated bayern munich in the semi-finals of the champions league by an aggregate score of 5–0 (1–0 in madrid and 0–4 in munich), with "los blancos" reaching their first final since they last won the competition in 2002. on 24 may, real madrid won their tenth champions league trophy after defeating atlético madrid in the final 4–1 in extra time. he became only the second manager after liverpool's bob paisley to win the competition on three occasions and the first man to win the champions league/european cup twice as a player and three times as a manager to this day. in addition to winning the champions league, they finished third in la liga, losing the tiebreaker for second place against barcelona, and winning copa del rey.
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