(Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images LISBON, PORTUGAL - MAY 24: Marcelo (L) and Alvaro Arbeloa of Real Madrid celebrates victory with the ...

Real Madrid has built a peerless brand and an overflowing trophy case on the back of ... the very best players in the world. It won Champions League after Champions League, and when it lifted ...