#1: ROAD TO CHAMPION

- Real madrid

 Real Madrid started and finished the 2021/22 Champions League campaign. In the final, Real Madrid also defeated Liverpool. They usually plays with the bottom team mentality, holding the ball less, defending more, but in the end, the Spanish royal team still  won the championship. Now, let's take a look at their journey to the top of Europe last season. 

 Salt defeat in front of an unknown opponent right at the Bernabeu mecca made people feel nostalgic. doubts about Real Madrid's ability to race for the championship. But coach Ancelotti and his students proved this shock was just an accident. The remaining 4 matches, they won 4 consecutive victories.

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Right after a smooth start with a 1-0 victory over Inter in the group stage, in the next match, Real Madrid must experience the first stumbling block. Despite playing at the Santiago Bernabeu home field, but Los Blancos unexpectedly received a 1-2 defeat against a tiny team named Sheriff Tiraspol.

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"Rich Man" The first team to challenge the Spanish royal team in the knockout round was PSG. With a higher-rated squad, France saw Real Madrid off the Park of the Princes with a 0-1 defeat in the first leg. PSG's lead advantage was further consolidated after Kylian Mbappe scored the opening goal in the 39th minute of the second leg

Santiago Bernabéu (10/3/22)

PSG

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But that's just the beginning of the great drama. In the second half, Karim Benzema burst into flames with a superb hat-trick in 17 minutes. The 17 minutes of Benzema's brilliance, and PSG collapsed against Real Madrid. Towards the end of the game, PSG became more and more immature and hasty and had to experience the feeling of being bitterly repelled at the Bernabeu.

    Real Madrid faced the defending champion Chelsea and they also beat Chelsea after that. Real Madrid defended champion with a score of 6-5 after 2 matches.

The extremely fierce clash towards the end of the game and into extra time Benzema put an end to Man City's championship hopes and completed a dramatic comeback like Real's action movie.

In the final, Real Madrid met Liverpool. The emotional match captivated audiences around the world until the 59th minute.

 Vinicius Junior's close-range kick brought the 14th elephant ear trophy to the traditional room at the Bernabeu.

 BENZEMA

KARIM

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#2: Benzema

- BENZEMA ended the season with a brace of Champions League and La Liga top scorers.

 - Helping Real Madrid win three titles including the Spanish Super Cup, La Liga and the Champions League awards.

#2: BENZEMA

Coach Zinedine Zidane named his former student Karim Benzema for the most important award in the gala. Benzema became the first French player since Zidane himself in 1998 to win Ballon d'or

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"This has been my dream since I was a kid. And I tried my best to do it. I never gave up, even though there was a time when I was not called up to the French team. I will continue to strive. " - Benzema's emotional sharing

BENZEMA

#2: BENZEMA

RONALDO - THE COLLAPSE

March 16, 2022: Ronaldo was eliminated in the 1/8 round of the Champions League for the first time Cristiano Ronaldo first experienced the feeling of being eliminated from the 1/8 round of the Champions League. For a person who is referred to as "Mr. Champions League" like CR7, this defeat is like a strong blow to self-esteem.

 #3: Cristiano Ronaldo's quick collapse

2022 - Sad year for Cristiano Ronaldo

April 9, 2022: Ronaldo smashed the phone of an Everton fan. 

After the 0-1 loss to Everton at Goodison Park, Ronaldo smashed the phone of a young fan as he entered the tunnel. 

The Portuguese striker apologized to the above fans after the lack of control. However, the fans did not accept the apology from Ronaldo.

April 19, 2022: The biggest pain for Ronaldo 

Ronaldo was extremely sad when he lost his child

#3: Ronaldo

July 2, 2022: Ronaldo wanted to leave MU 

Ronaldo demanded to leave MU a month before the start of the new season. This striker quitted training, quitted the tour, but still could not leave. The culmination for all disappointments was a 0-4 defeat to Brentford

 October 20, 2022: Ronaldo left in the middle of MU's match Ronaldo refused to come on in the match against Tottenham. The striker left as soon as the match was still on. Soon after, he was disciplined by MU, removed from the squad and can be considered as the last drop of water that caused the relationship between CR7 and Man Utd to break down. 

#3: Ronaldo

  A MONTH OF STORMS

November 14, 2022: Controversial interview with Piers Morgan 

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Ronaldo confirmed that he was betrayed by MU. This interview made Ronaldo's image almost completely collapsed and it was not surprising that less than a month later, MU officially terminated the contract with CR7.

#3:Ronaldo

December 10, 2022: Tears of Ronaldo. The moment Ronaldo burst into tears when Portugal was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the World Cup left a lot of sadness in the hearts of fans. This is also CR7's last match in 2022. He ended a year full of ups and downs with tears. Even more sad when losing to Morocco can be considered the last time Ronaldo fought in the World Cup.

#3: Ronaldo

But the sad end of CR7's career did not stop there, just a few days after being eliminated, the day Messi and Argentina lifted the World Cup trophy was also the day marking a really sad 2022 for Ronaldo.

On the last day of 2002, December 31, Ronaldo signed with the Saudi club Al Nassr, this is probably a good choice for him to end his career after a long time of disappointment.