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European games between Real Madrid and Atlético have always been close. However, as UEFA.com discovers, the Merengues always prevail in the end. RELATED ITEMS Zidane salutes 'suffering' Madrid Madrid edge out City for final Watch: Atleti's road to the final Determined Atlético oust Bayern The sides have now met 200 times in league and Copa del Rey games, and while Real have the better record (W102 D48 L50), they have not beaten Atlético in six Liga meetings, since the 2014 UEFA Champions League final (D2 L4). Madrid won the home first leg 2-1, Héctor Rial's goal (15) and a Ferenc Puskás penalty
(33) overturning Chuzo's 13th-minute opener. Atlético prevailed in the return, though, thanks to Enrique Collar's 43rd-minute effort. That meant a replay six days later, played in Zaragoza, where Alfredo Di Stéfano's early goal was swiftly cancelled out by Collar. Puskás struck the decisive blow three minutes before half-time to take Madrid into a fourth successive final. Real Madrid v Atlético in European competition Published: Wednesday 4 May 2016, 23.15CET The 2016 UEFA Champions League final will be Real Madrid and Atlético's seventh European encounter; UEFA.com takes a look back at the previous six meetings. EMAIL PRINT Real Madrid v Atlético in European competition Atlético and Madrid fans ahead of the 2014 UEFA Champions League final ©Getty Images TRENDING NOW 1 Thrilled Bale delighted with Madrid's stroke of luck 2 2016 final: Milan 3 Champions League final tickets: Milan 2016 4 Real Madrid v Atlético in European competition 5 Zinédine Zidane salutes 'suffering' Real Madrid More HEADLINES Latest Watch: Madrid's route to the final Thrilled Bale on Madrid's final Podcast: We have our finalists Zidane salutes 'suffering' Madrid Two all-Spanish finals? More European games between Real Madrid and Atlético have always been close. However, as UEFA.com discovers, the Merengues always prevail in the end. RELATED ITEMS Zidane salutes 'suffering' Madrid Madrid edge out City for final Watch: Atleti's road to the final Determined Atlético oust Bayern The sides have now met 200 times in league and Copa del Rey games, and while Real have the better record (W102 D48 L50), they have not beaten Atlético in six Liga meetings, since the 2014 UEFA Champions League final (D2 L4). Real Madrid 2-1 Atlético Atlético 1-0 Real Madrid (agg: 2-2, no away goals rule) Real Madrid 2-1 Atlético (replay at La Romareda, Zaragoza) 1958/59 European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals ©Getty Images Real Madrid's stars of '59 Madrid won the home first leg 2-1, Héctor Rial's goal (15) and a Ferenc Puskás penalty (33) overturning Chuzo's 13th-minute opener. Atlético prevailed in the return, though, thanks to Enrique Collar's 43rd-minute effort. That meant a replay six days later, played in Zaragoza, where Alfredo Di Stéfano's early goal was swiftly cancelled out by Collar. Puskás struck the decisive blow three minutes before half-time to take Madrid into a fourth successive final. Real Madrid 4-1 Atlético (aet, at Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon) 2013/14 UEFA Champions League final How Real Madrid won La Décima Three goals in extra time ladled a bucket-load of gloss on the victory that completed 'La Décima' – Real Madrid's tenth European Cup – but it would have been Atlético's trophy had Sergio Ramos not cancelled out Diego Godín's strike in the 93rd minute. Diego Simeone noted: "In life, and in football, you've got everything one day, then you've got nothing the next." Madrid captain Iker Casillas added: "For the effort we've put in, I think we deserve to be kings of Europe." Atlético 0-0 Real Madrid Real Madrid 1-0 Atlético (agg: 1-0) 2014/15 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals ©AFP/Getty Images Javier Hernández and Cristiano Ronaldo celebrate Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid finally picked the lock late after 178 goalless minutes between the sides, Javier Hernández scoring following Cristiano Ronaldo's burst into the box, with Simeone's Atlético a man down following the dismissal of Arda Turan. "It was difficult, as it always is against Atlético," Ancelotti concluded. "When I was a boy I was taught you have to compete in a game and when I gave everything and lost, I could go home happy," Simeone said.