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The best teams of the last decade #4

 Atletico Madrid-

Do I even need to say anything? The eternal challengers and the gritty winners. Diego Simeone’s side have been arguably the most consistent side in terms of how they play, even more so than Barcelona. Even the players have been mostly the same, or at least performing the same task. Simeone was appointed in 2011 and they have been as steady as a ship on the road. 

Trophies-

1 La Liga

1 Copa Del Rey

1 Supercopa De Espana 

3 Uefa Europa League 

3 Uefa Super Cup

Special awards- 

1 Globe Soccer special Award (2014)

2 times Globe Soccer best club of the year (2012, 2018)

IFFHS The world’s club team of the year 2018

Runners up-

2 La Liga

2 Uefa Champions League 

1 Copa Del Rey

2 Supercopa De Espana

That’s a lot of trophies. And runners up.... they’ve been at the nastiest of stages. That Ramos header, and more recently, the Valverde red card... they have been a top, top side for a long time. The team that defeats the defending European champions, reigning world champions and leading the Premier League by well over 20 points in their worst campaign by far, has to be in this list. They’re always in the running and people have understood they are not dark horses anymore. It’s time to make it official. 


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