DBasia.news – Treble winners or the achievement of three trophies in a season is always a dream to be achieved by each team in each season. But, it’s not easy to achieve it.
The three major trophies in question are the Champions League, domestic league, and trophy event. Except in certain countries that have two types of trophies such as league trophies.
Throughout history, there have only been eight teams and seven clubs that have won the treble winners. Celtic became the first team to embrace the 1966-1967 season.
Other teams that won it were Ajax (1971-1972), PSV (1987-1988), Manchester United (1998-1999), Barcelona (2008-2009 and 2014-2015), Inter Milan (2009-2010) and Bayern Munchen (2012 -2013).
Given the trend above, there is nothing wrong if we look at the opportunity arises the ninth team that won the treble winners. After all, the 2018-2019 Champions League has entered the quarter-final phase.
Of the eight teams competing in the Champions League quarter-finals, five of them still have the chance to win the treble winners. The three impossible teams are Juventus, Liverpool, and Tottenham.
Meanwhile, Manchester United has the opportunity to win the treble winners. However, the Red Devils are 16 points behind Manchester City in the league and have fallen in the League Cup.
Ajax was held in second place in the Dutch League standings. However, they were only five points behind and qualified for the Dutch Cup final.
Barcelona’s chances of reaching the third treble are quite large this season. Lionel Messi and his friends topped LaLiga’s standings and set foot in the Copa del Rey final.
The fate of Manchester City is still better because it has embraced the English League Cup. The Citizens topped the Premier League standings and qualified for the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Like Ajax, FC Porto is only ranked second in the Portuguese League. However, Dragoes has the same points as Benfica at the top and plays in the Portugal Cup semifinals.