In the history of European football development, there are eight teams, which are recognized as giants by the outside world. They once had brilliant achievements and had a dominant performance in European football. Over the years, they have established high popularity and influence, sufficient financial resources and excellent comprehensive conditions, so they have been widely recognized. The eight giants are Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Liverpool and Manchester United. What achievements have these eight teams made in the Champions League? Let's take a look at the picture below to see how many times these teams have won the Champions League.
According to statistics, Real Madrid 13 times, Barcelona 4 times, Bayern 6 times, Juventus 2 times, AC Milan 7 times, Inter Milan 3 times, Liverpool 6 times and Manchester United 3 times. It can be found that in the history of Juventus' club, they only won the Champions League twice, and the last time they reached the top of Europe was 24 years ago. Why can it be called a giant after so long? Obviously, the number of times you win the Champions League is not a measure of whether this team is a giant. Even if Juve only won two big ear cups, far less than Real Madrid's 13, it can still be called a giant.
Of course, all the giants need to have the experience of winning the Champions League. These eight giants all have such brilliant moments, so we can think that giants must have champions league results, otherwise, it is difficult to be called giants. Manchester City, for example, has invested a lot of money in recent years to form the strongest club in Europe. As a result, they still can't win the Champions League trophy. And Paris, France This team is also well-funded, signing top players such as Mbappé, Neymar and Di Maria, but they didn't enjoy the taste of the Champions League. So these teams are not giants at all, but local clubs at most.
Generally speaking, if you want to become a giant, you must have achievements first, and then you need sufficient funds to make the team more powerful and influential. Now Manchester City and Paris are actually very close to the stage of entering the giants, but what they lack is the results. If they have been unable to convince the outside world, it is almost impossible to become a so-called giant club.