The early success of the clubs really come under the Franco regime - I saw the club as an excellent vehicle for propaganda and poured resources into the club to test a dominant force in Spain and beyond dos. It is from this point that one of the biggest rivalries in football was born with the Catalan club Barcelona. The suppression of Catalan and culture through the Franco regime immediately put Barcelona in opposition to Madrid, the team that seemed to represent the dictator regime and some unpleasant incidents match fixing relationships and made more bitter rivalry all the more fierce.
Probably the best time of Madrid arrived between 1955 and 1960, when he won an unprecedented five European Cup in a row. That really put the club on the map as a dominant force in Europe and no club has matched the feat since. Probably the most beautiful exhibition came at the end of 1960 where his German opposition, Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 demolished. The Real Madrid has won the trophy four times and total 9 is better than any other team. Among national honors Real Madrid are a massive 29 league titles and 17 Spanish Cup victories, also unmatched by any team in Spain.
In recent years Madrid has also been very successful, famous for having recourse to buy higher profile firms, it seemed like no price is too great for Real Madrid. In 2000 brought Luis Figo from rivals Barcelona EUR60million the following year saw Zinedine Zidane incredible arrived from Juventus for a world record $ EUR71million. Other high-profile firms were made in 2002 and 2003, when Ronaldo and England captain David Beckham were taken by the club to strengthen the team of stars. This policy of buying the best players of Real Madrid won the new nickname "Los Galacticos".
Recent seasons, however, experienced a decrease of minor importance for the fate of the club - three seasons since his last win in the league and four from their last European triumph will not attract many fans of the club. Puts enormous pressure on the manager and the last couple of years has seen a fairly rapid turnover of staff; this is not a club that is used to lose when results are usually the manager who catches the ball. Last season saw the title rivals go to Barcelona and its European career ended at Juventus in the quarterfinals - results that are not acceptable to the Bernabeu and is looking to improve on this season and bring home some silverware .
