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Real Madrid are the record 33-time champions of Spain, and also the most decorated champions in the European Cup / Champions League having won a record 13 titles in the competition. Despite winning only 2 league titles in the decade that was 2010 to 2019, only Barcelona pip Madrid for the most match wins in league football amongst all teams in the Top 5 leagues in Spain, England, Italy, Germany, and France.
It was on the European stage where Real Madrid made the biggest impact during the decade, extending their perfect final record in the Champions League era to 7/7, winning 4 titles during this period, as the Spanish capital side qualified for the knockout stage of the competition for a record-extending 23rd consecutive season in 2019-20. On that note, let us have a look at 5 memorable Real Madrid moments during the 2010s decade.
#1 First team to collect the 100 points in a Liga season
In their 81st consecutive season in the Spanish top-flight, Madrid won their 1st Liga title in 4 years since winning their 31st in 2007-08, breaking a plethora of records along the way.
Madrid broke the record for most goals in a Liga season (99) set by Barcelona in 2009-10 by becoming the first team in competition history to breach the 100 point barrier. By scoring 121 league goals during the season, Madrid broke their own record (107 goals) set in the 1989-90 season. Cristiano Ronaldo (46 goals) produced the most prolific Liga scoring season by a Madrid player, a year after becoming the first player in the Liga to score 40 goals in a season. However, the Portugal captain's efforts were upstaged by Lionel Messi whose 50 goals made him the first player across the Top 5 leagues to score that many during a league season.
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#2. Winning the La Decima in 2013-14
Following a long 12-year wait for the coveted La Decima (10th title) which encompassed a trio of successive semi-final exits, Madrid beat Bayern Munich 5-0 on aggregate to reach the 2013-14 Champions League final.
In the first-ever all-Spanish title match against cross-town rivals Atlético Madrid, Sergio Ramos' equaliser deep into injury time forced extra-time where unanswered goals from Gareth Bale, Marcelo, and Cristiano Ronaldo sealed Madrid's record-extending 10th triumph in the competition. In the process, Ronaldo became the first player to score for two different winning teams in the Champions League final.
#3. First team to successfully defend Champions League
Riding Cristiano Ronaldo hat-tricks against Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, Madrid returned to consecutive Champions League / European Cup finals for the first time since their 5th consecutive title in 1959-60. In the title match against treble-chasing Italian champions Juventus, a Cristiano Ronaldo brace coupled with a goal apiece from Casemiro and Marco Asensio sunk the Bianconeri 4-1 as Madrid became the first team in the Champions League era to win successive titles.
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# 4: Ronaldo becomes the 1st player to score 100 Champions League goals for a club
In the Round of 16 clash with Paris St. Germain in the 2017-18 edition of the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo's first half penalty at the Santiago Bernabéu made the Portugal captain the first to score 100 goals in the competition for a club.
Ronaldo extended his record run of consecutive 10+ Champions League goals season to 7 as Madrid went on to become the first team in over four decades (Ajax in 1971-73) to win three consecutive titles in the competition.
# 5: Zinedine Zidane becomes the first Madrid manager to go unbeaten in 5 consecutive away El Clásicos
In his second managerial stint with Madrid since parting company after overseeing the club's 13th Champions League triumph in 2017-18, Zinedine Zidane created history at the Nou Camp following a Liga game with Barcelona in the ongoing 2019-20 season.
Madrid's goalless draw at the home of the two-time defending champions meant that Zidane became the first Madrid manager to remain unbeaten in 5 consecutive away El Clásicos in all competitions. During this period, Madrid won twice and drew thrice.
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