What Madrid recent dominance we have been owning them for years
They won the CL last year and almost came back in the league post-Benitez when they had Zidane (within 1 point). This year they are the favorites to win the league and CL as of now. They're already in the CL final and within a few games of securing the league title. I'd also be willing to bet money that their squad will still be clearly superior to ours after this summer as well. If you ignore the short Benitez period then they've been superior to us overall for about a year and a half and will likely continue. 3 CL's in 4 years would be a very meaningful achievement. Back to back CL's would be a very meaningful achievement. And they'll probably add a league title to that trophy haul as well.
Many of their best players are still fairly young and entering their primes (Kroos, Carvajal, Varane, Casemiro, Isco, etc.) while Ramos/Ronaldo are still world class. Ramos doesn't look like he's slowing down at all yet while Ronaldo is still every bit as useful in games where it matters, they literally don't need him to destroy all but 3-4 La Liga teams. Now imagine they replace Benzema with Mbappe during the offseason or manage to get Hazard or some other world class player. Asensio also has crazy potential, probably the best Spanish talent around at the moment and will keep improving and increasing his presence/role in the squad. I doubt this team is even at their peak yet and they will be handled very well with more transfers and Zidane's good management ability to keep all his players (even his subs) performing at a very high level.
Whereas for us, Iniesta is on his last legs and so is Mascherano. I have to say that we handled the Masche situation well since Umtiti is a perfect replacement and we'll probably buy another good player like Davinson Sanchez at some point. Our midfield, however, is dire. Iniesta on his way down, Gomes/Arda/Denis/Rafinha all apparently staying, and our problem-solving midfield transfer is supposed to be Coutinho
. Suarez is also already declining or declining soon so we'll have to start trying to give him the Ronaldo treatment and hope it can extend his prime. At RB we'll have the mighty..... Bellerin? Things don't look good for us, things look pretty fucking great for Madrid. It's not hard to see that this period of 2-3 years has been/will be in their favor. Madrid have not reached dominance YET, but if/when they secure the incoming titles and probably even more next season, Barca fans will start to feel the heat.
