Bayern Munich, a champion with a 0:55 record
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Only one team in the history of the Champions League has managed to win two consecutive titles.
The impregnable Real Madrid, led by Zinedine Zidane, won the title of the most prestigious clubs in the world three years in a row, from 2016 to 2018, something unprecedented.
Now Bayern Munich have a good chance of being able to do the same.
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Some might argue that the German champions were not the best team in Europe last season, and that they did not deserve to win the Champions League.
Those led by Hans-Dieter Flick returned strengthened after the football break generated by the threat of the coronavirus.
They won every game they had on the calendar.
The most overwhelming win in Bayern's streak of 23 consecutive wins (it started in February against Cologne and ended with a loss to Hoffenheim at the end of September), was the humiliating 8-2 that they gave Barcelona, ​​in the quarterfinals. final of the last Champions.
It is estimated that the Bavarian team could have won more than US $ 150 million for winning the "orejona" last season.
The most worrying thing for Bayern's opponents in this Champions League is that the German giant may have strengthened even more in the preseason.
Despite losing at the wheel, Thiago Alcántara, who went to Liverpool, and Philippe Coutinho, who returned to Barcelona, ​​Bayern are looking for a leap in quality with the signings of Leroy Sané, from Manchester City, and the young Spanish jewel Marc Roca, in addition to the auspicious return of Brazilian Douglas Costa.
Bayern will begin the defense of their Champions League title in a difficult but accessible group.
He is likely to fight for the top spot in the group with Diego Simeone's Atlético de Madrid.
He will also play against Austrian team RB Salzburg, who already knew how to complicate Liverpool and Napoli last season.
The Russian club Lokomotiv from Moscow completes the group, in their first Champions League appearance since the 2003-2004 season.
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