'Los Blancos' added the Intercontinental Cup to their UEFA Super Cup titles and now have their sights set on the Spanish Super Cup.
In the previous incarnation of the football calendar, only two clubs ever managed to claim every available title in a given season, with Pep Guardiola's FC Barcelona first achieving the feat in 2009 through LaLiga, Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup to win, along with the Champions League. , European Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup before FC Bayern Munich repeated the sweep in 2020.
As recently as 2023, Manchester City came close to securing five titles, but fell short with an FA Community Shield loss to Arsenal.
With FIFA introducing the new, expanded 32-team Club World Cup next summer, seven major titles will now be on offer to major European teams and as things stand, Real Madrid will be the only one for the 2024/25 season club that can dream of making history in the 2024/25 season. packing all seven.
Two titles in the bag
Real Madrid's journey to seventh heaven began last August in Warsaw when they brushed aside Serie A side Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup, with new signing Kylian Mbappé making his debut and scoring the second goal as part of a 2-0 win on the team from Bergamo.
Title number two fell in Doha as Liga MX team CF Pachuca were outclassed by Santiago Bernabeu as part of a 3-0 win that saw coach Ancelotti take his 15th title on the Madrid bench.
Then the Spanish Super Cup
The next destination for 'Los Blancos' in their title quest is Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) in early January, with Madrid set to face Real Mallorca in the semi-final of the 'Final Four' format, with Athletic and Barça meeting in the another match.
Copa del Rey
Real Madrid will face CD Minera in the third round of the 2024/25 Copa del Rey and in recent years the Spanish Cup has become something of an 'Achilles heel' for the Bernabeu, with recent high-profile humiliating defeats at the hands of lowly Alcoyano, Alcorcon, Real Union still torment 'Madridistas'.
The final of the 2024/25 knockout competition will again take place in Seville, at the Olympic Stadium (La Cartuja), with the match scheduled for April 26, 2025.
La Liga 24/25
Carlo Ancelotti's men currently sit third in the domestic league and with Barcelona starting to stutter, the race to the title this season looks to be a three-horse race between Los Blancos, FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, with arguably Diego Simeone's side. with the strongest team in LaLiga.
Champions League Final Munich
The introduction of the new 'Swiss Model' Champions League format with 36 teams in the initial phase led to divided opinions. Qualified teams will now play eight matches in the opening stages before the competition returns to the Round of 16 and the traditional run-in.
Real Madrid have looked rusty in European competition this season and with two games remaining in the opening stages, Ancelotti's men would need a string of bizarre results to secure a place in the top eight and Madrid will likely settle have to take a play-off. round.
Defeats to Lille, Milan and Liverpool have shown the vulnerability of the Bernabeu team, but despite these setbacks we have all seen this movie before and few would bet against 'Los Blancos' taking the field in the Munich final next May .
Club World Cup
The 2025 Club World Cup, the dream of FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, is quickly becoming a reality.
After the new, expanded tournament initially failed to gain momentum, the league quickly put all the essential elements in place with stadiums in lockdown across the US. The 32 teams now know their opponents and broadcaster DAZN stepped in at the eleventh hour as media player. partner to ensure that the desired global audience can be reached.
The draw for the group stage took place earlier this month and Real Madrid have been given a fairly straight forward task where they are expected to face rivals, RB Salzburg, CF Pachuca and Al Hilal.
Could the Giant's Stadium be the venue next July to crown Madrid with their seventh title for the 24-25 season?
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