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0 < ATLÉTICO AND REAL WON SIX TITLES BETWEEN THEM IN 2014 Capital of success RUBÉN JIMÉNEZ 01/07/2015 Print Send Madrid hosts the derby measuring the forces of the current La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League, European Super Cup, Spanish Supercopa and Club World Cup champions. Nowhere in the world is there a more successful city in footballing terms the capital of Spain. Atlético and Real Madrid are the current champions of everything theyve played in. Always filled with the noise and bustle of traffic and demonstrations, the fountains of Cibeles and Neptuno, separated by less than half a kilometre, were in 2014 draped first in the white of Real, then the red and white of Atlético and then Real Madrid white once again. Filled with joy and happiness. Success, again. The shower of titles was begun by Real Madrid on 16th April at the Mestalla. There they won their nineteenth Copa del Rey against Barça and Cibeles was filled with shouts of celebration. The barriers set up along the Paseo del Prado, which separates the two fountains, were left in place for a month. On 17th May, Atlético conquered La Liga at the Camp Nou, igniting a Rojiblancos invasion of Neptuno. The neighbouring fountain got jealous, because just a week later Real Madrid were bathing in the tears being shed by Atlético after the fiesta of Madrid football in Lisbon. Then in August two more titles would land in the city, two super cups, those of Europe and of Spain, one landing on each side. Five Madrileño triumphs in the blink of an eye.