Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher & Micah Richards Rank the Top-5 UCL Teams Ever | CBS Sports Golazo 

Micah picked the wrong Bayern team. That 2013 team should've made the list. Destroyed Barcelona 7-0 when they were at their height still. Robben, Ribery, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Muller, Neuer. What a team that was.

The 2013 Bayern squad was one of the best ever, Robbery, Neuer, Müller, Kroos, Schweinsteiger and Lahm ... Jupp Heynckes coaching them. Completly unstoppable in 2013

Zidane’s UCL 3peat with Real Madrid is underrated. That 2016-17 team especially dominated.

4 CLs in 5 years is the football equivalent to 90s chicago bulls. this is cemented in history, period.

I don't know why people fail to mention that Madrid won 4 finals in 5. It's not just 3 in a row. I don't know, I feel like not mentioning that leaves a big hole in how great that team was.

I think they missed out on AC Milan from 2002 to 2007. Three finals and two golds, also an amazing team with Pirlo, Schev, Kaka, Maldini etc.

Bayern 2020 was so crazy, im a psg fan but this team won everything and won all games in the CL this season, Lewandowski missing the record because of the no-away-match cuz of covid, two football masterpiece ( 8/2 vs Barca, 7/2 against Tottenham), Chelsea demolition in 1/16 This was just an amazing team that crushed my dream of seeing psg win it and I have to give them credits for this

For me personally, the greatest i have ever seen, expect for guardiola's barcelona, is ac milan in 2005. The team they had was something absurd. Having player like maldini,nesta,pirlo,kakà,shevcenko,crespo,cafu,gattuso and many more was simply unbilivable. Such a shame that they lost the final against liverpool. Especially the way they lost, from 3-0 to 3-3, is what makes people forget this extraordinary team

Can’t believe they left out Milan - maldini- cafu- nesta- gattuso- seedorf- dida - staam - shevchenko- kaka, inzaghi!!! That team dominated the world

Madrid won 3 in a row. Yes. But they also won 4 out of 5 years 🤣

That Ajax team for 2 seasons 95-96 played some beautiful football. A team of young players who became world class. VanDerSaar, Danny Blind, Brazil 94 world cup winner Marcio Santos, Frank De Boer, the infamous Winston Borgarde, Ronald De Boer, Marc Overmars, Edgar Davids, Jari Litmanen, Patrick Kluivert, Kanu. This was a great attacking squad with solid defence.

Pep's Barça was from another dimension, it was football in its most beautiful and elegant form. This team lost but what emotion! The art of Iniesta, the knowledge of xavi, the creativity of Messi, the power of Eto'o, the maturity of Thierry Henry, the precision of Daniel Alves, the passion of Puyol, the intelligence of Pique... Short

As a Barca fan, the most painful thing was seeing Madrid win 3 straight when we should have won more at our peak.

I remember watching that 2011 final. I had never seen Ferguson look so hopeless. It was remarkable.

As a United fan I’ve always liked Micah as a pundit, and now after including the ‘99 treble winning team in his top 5, thank you Micah👏

Ridiculous that they didn't mentioned the Ac Milan 2005 squad, I know they lost at penalties against Liverpool, but I think that was one of the most outstanding team i ever seen: Dida, Stam, Nesta, Maldini, Pirlo, Seedorf, Gattuso, Kaka, Shevchenko and Crespo. What a team!

Good to see Henry and Carragher both picking Ajax. I remember watching that final. Van der Sar, Reiziger, de Boer brothers, Litmanen, Davids, Seedorf, Overmars, Kluivert. Players who would have great careers at huge European clubs for the next 10-15 years. Insane team and so young at the time.

Man, Henry's lip quivering concealing his laughter when being mentioned in Barcelona's '09 team is golden.

I’d say 2010/11 is the best club side ever. 2008/09, I think, showed the system of tiki-taka but 2010/11 showed it executed to perfection. What made it better was that I think the 08/09 team was actually better based on players. But 2010/11 was where they had the perfect players for the system and they had done their roles as well as they could have.

Little story. So back in 1994 the World Cup came to the USA, but most of the games were shown on ESPN and ESPN2, which were cable channels. My dad noticed that both my brother and I loved playing soccer and wanted us to watch it so finally decided to make the move and ordered cable tv. After the World Cup ended, I still wanted to watch soccer but the only channels that had it were the same ESPN channels from before. Crazy enough, because ESPN were still somewhat “new”, they didn’t have many tv deals for sports and the only soccer league they had was the Dutch Eredivise. I would get off the school bus after elementary school and run from my bus stop to my house and turn it on. I always remember seeing this 1994-95 Ajax side destroying teams and became a young fan. Also, because of Ajax, I started watching Champions League for the first time. After seeing the coaches wearing the champions league ball patches, I decided that I wanted to be those coaches. So in the end, because of my dad ordering cable for the World Cup, I fell in love with the game, and followed my dream and goal of wearing the champions league ball patch and became a college/professional soccer coach. One day I’ll wear that patch on my sleeve. Thank you dad and thank you Ajax.

Thierry I love you, picking that 95 Ajax team! They were so young but sooooo good! Litmanen, Kluivert, de Boer, Davids, Seedorf and lots of other talents, combined with aged veterans like Blind and Rijkaard. What a team

One team that will never get the recognition has the best of all time because they lost in '05 was Milan from '03 to '07. Unbelievable superstars and some all-time greatest players scattered all over the pitch.

19/20 bayern being there only once and in 5th is crazy😭😭 literally won the sextuple and had one of the most dominant runs of all time in the ucl

1956 - 1960 real madrid, 5 ucls in a row, di stefano and puskas, two of the greatest ever, they scored a combined 14 goals in only UCL finals, greatest club peak ever

Bayern 2013 was a bigger force who had certainly been missed..Let's not forget Bayern was the same team that reached CL finals 3 in 4 years from 2010-2013....it had the same core team...Also the way Bayern demolished the Barca in 2013 and again in 2020..are stuff of legends

They all had the wrong Barca team at #1. The ‘08 had some great players. But the 10-11 version had the best team. David Villa, Pedro , and Busquets were so much better for the system that Pep was building. The ‘10-11 had to be the greatest team to ever grace the game.

Ajax 1995 team is the greatest champions league team, all the players went onto great things.

The greatest team I've personally seen is the Milan team from 03-07 they where dominant full of star power each position had a Champion.. And Ancelotti was Boss

As a pure Champions League side, Real Madrid 01-02 has to be considered. The original Galacticos. Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Hierro, Salgado, Zidane, Figo, Makelele, Guti, Raul, Morientes. Zidane with the wonder goal in the final.

Barcelona 2010/11 is the best footballing team ever I've seen.... The football they played changed my outlook on football from strength and pace to passing and vision...

The 21/22 Madrid Season needs some respect for what they achieved... Without many regular faces and a young team plus old midfield and also the teams they had to go thru... Pretty tough.

bayern 2013 was legendary! lost the final in 2010, lost the final at home in 2012 & than fought back to win it at wembley against dortmund. core players are absolute beasts & won every trophy there is. muller, schweinsteiger, lahm, robben, ribery, neuer.. it‘s a crime not to mention them if you know ball💀

AC Milan early 2000's what a team that was!

Milan 2003, was best ever in my opinion. Maldini, Nesta, Shevchenko, Rivaldo, Pirlo, Seedorf, Gattuso, Cafu, Serginho, Inzaghi, Rui Costa...

Inter Milan 2010 with Mourinho was a beast team as well.

Milan 03-07 is criminally underrated

The 16/17 madrid has to be better than the 17/18. They were the best european team ever. Every player in that team were at their prime. They had one thing that other teams lacked was the mentality and switching on whenever they want to.

Micah isn't really knowledgeable about football, but he brings some fun to the screen and I have to believe that's why he's there

Can’t get enough of that quatuor. Based in Sweden, I have been a big fan of Sir Henry for many years. But this team, with Kate, Jamie and Micah is absolutely killing it!!!! I wish we could get access to this outside of the UK. Amazing show with great people!

That 2011 final always stands out in my mind. Barca were unbelievable, it was like they had completed football. Man City looked pretty complete last week vs Madrid so interesting to see if they go another level

I think 10/11 Barca is probably the greatest. 12/13 Bayern and 19/20 Bayern were absolute machines can't say for sure which ones was better but 19/20 Bayern was certainly one of the most dominant teams, they put every team to the sword, they scored 43 goals. No team has ever scored as many in a regular UCL campaign, and they did it in 2 less matches, put 10 past tottenham, previous year finalist, put 7 past chelsea, put 8 past Barca. Went on a 15 game winning streak, longest in the UCL history, which only ended when they fielded a second string side with 3 - 4 18 year olds against an Atletico said fighting for their life in the group. You probably gathered I'm a Bayern fan by now lol. Anyways 2014 - 2018 Madrid team rest would be that 92 - 94 Ajax team Those are the 4 standouts I can think of. There's the AC milan teams, the 00 - 02 Bayern team. the current Liverpool team.

The 07/08 United team doesn't get mentioned enough. That team was unreal, every single player in the starting 11 was one of the best in the world in their position

Micah's silence when the big boys are talking about games in the mid 90s is epic😂

16/17 Real was the best overall out of the three teams that won those consecutive UCLs

i think inter milan 2010 must be worth a mention, where nobody had ever guessed that they would make the semi-final of the champions league, rather win the treble at the time. It is definitely worth to mention!

Man UTD 99 was very underrated considering they didn't have Scholes and Keane due to match suspensions. But as a whole, that team was LOADED: Schmeichel, Keane, Scholes, Giggs, Cole, Yorke, Sheringham, Beckham, Irwin, Solskjaer, Neville, Stam.

Sorry but Madrid’s 2014-2018 on a European level was the greatest team ever. Winning 4 UCLs in 5 years is unheard of. I mean BBC at the front, with Modric Kroos Casemiro dominating even in 2022 is ridiculous.

AC Milan 2005: Absolute insane team. ---------------Dida------------------ Cafu-Nesta-Stam-Maldini -------------Pirlo------------------- ----Seedorf----Gattuso------ --------------Kaká----------------- --Shevchenko-Crespo-----

I think when i look back at every Champions League final then I have to say Liverpool in 2005 when they came back from 3-0 down and coming back to 3-3 against AC Milan and wining penalty kicks that was for me the greatest Champions league final that I have watched on TV

I became a fan of football in 2010, being an American and all. This show helps me understand the game better and to understand hw the world views leagues players and the culture behind football. For the past ten years, I've been a season ticket holder with the LA Galaxy. It's amazing how much I've come to love the sport; it's on par with how I used to follow the NFL, MLB, and NBA when I was a kid. . Football has truly captured my heart.

Jose’s Inter ‘09-10. I would put them up against any team in history.

Barcelona 2009 to 2011 by very very far the best club team ever. The way they played, the dominance the opposition, the amount of titles, the fact that in the same period the spanish national team whose backbone were Barcelona players won everything Euro, World Cup...

The barca team of 2009 have been the greatest I have ever seen on the grass. How they dominated games, especially that midfield trio of Buskets, Xavi and Iniesta. What an orchestrated midfield.

Good to see micah actually rated a united side cause they all were rivals so didn't expect any of them to put united. That united 07-08 season were one of the best also. To get to 3 finals in 4 years has to be just as good even without cr7 and tevez those years after winning it.

Era wise, 2016-2018 Real Madrid are the best CL team ever, in my opinion. But single season? I think the boys chose 2009 Barça because they won the treble. But I strongly agree with Sir Alex Ferguson, who said that 2011 Barça was the best team that he's ever seen.

In retrospect, Sacchi's Milan (1989), Van Gaal's Ajax (1994) and Pep's Barcelona (2011) were the greatest teams to watch while they were winning trophies. Real Madrid has outperformed all other clubs in terms of trophies but they were more ruthless than entertaining - except for the era of Zidane as a player, with that memorable goal against Leverkusen (2002). Real surely has winning in their DNA, they showed it this year more than ever.

Inter milan 2010 is such a overlooked team Its crZy,diego milito who was prob the best striker in the world that time,etoo,sneijder,maicon,samuel,zanetti we even had young balotelli on the come up,lucio it was truly a great team and morunhio was on fire,trible season

How can you name “that era” between 09-11 barca as the best team in history (agree), 2020 bayern as a top 5 for the treble, 99 man United for the treble, 95 Ajax for their youth and beating a great AC Milan team, 94 AC Milan for beating “the barca dream team”. But you don’t even mention the 2010 Inter Milan team who won the treble that year and got to the finals as THE ONLY team capable of beating Guardiola’s Barca in the semi final between the “09-11” era? You even mentioned 2018 Real Madrid for winning it 3 times in a row (obviously) but don’t acknowledge Inter Milan stopping Barca from winning 3 times in a row? Just completely ignore it even happened? This is yet again, another prime example of English football pundits being dumb af…

Other teams that younger football fans should know about. Johan Cryuffs Ajax Amsterdam won 3 European Cups in a row between '70-'71 to '72-'73 and included legends like Mühren, Rep and Neeskens. This team, first managed by Rinus Michels, revolutionised football with their Total Football style of play and was the foundation upon which the playing style of the great Barca sides of the mid-to-late-2000s was built. The original Galacticos, Real Madrid of the late 1950s. Captained by the great Alfredo di Stefano- arguably the footballing G.O.A.T.- this team was stacked with star players such as the great Brazilian Didi, Hungary's G.O.A.T. Puskas and Paco Gento. The won five (5!) consecutive European Cups and their 7-3 win over Frankfurt in the '59-'60 final played in Glasgow was an inspiration to Sir Alex Ferguson, "Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers 12-4 on aggregate in the semi-final and, being a Rangers fan at the time, we thought those guys were gods. They were the best team I'd ever seen in my life, and then they got slaughtered 7-3 in the final! That put into perspective how good Real Madrid really were."

In 08/09 season football reached its peak not just Barcelona was great back then. Liverpool and Chelsea and Man Utd all had great teams and preformed very well in the Champions League who can forget the 4-4 game between Liverpool and Chelsea that was one of the greatest nights in football history.

Inter 2010 doesn't ever get the respect it deserves: Beat Chelsea nearly in its peak ONE OF (key word) the best Barca teams ever And Demolished a very very very good Bayern in the final And on top of all of that won THE TREBLE Milito x Eto'o is one of the deadliest attacking partnerships in the ucl. And not only did they have them but also Pandev and Balotelli as a backup. And thats without even mentioning the rest of the team AAANDDDD Jose Mourinho pulling off masterclass after masterclass

Barcelona 2015 was the best. World class player in every position with the best attacking trio ever with magicians who could individually tear teams apart. Plus they had amazing chemistry and looked dominant throughout the whole season winning the treble. And their run was amazing as they beat champions of France, champions of England, champions of Germany and Champions of Italy (and on top of that finished above champions of Europe in their domestic league)

Seeing both the 08/09 and 10/11 Barca up there as the best two champions league team ever just proves how amazing mourinho is as a coach winning it in 09/10. Simply incredible

Real Madrid 2017. Winning 4 out of 5 UCL with 3 straight years. Talk about greatness. Nothing come even close.

Liverpool with Miłan was the greatest finał in the history, no doubt, such emotions was only once in the final, it was legendary

As a madridista, I admit that 2009-11 Barcelona team was unique and developed one of the best play style ever, but they failed to do it for many years. Performing magnificently for a season or two is possible for so many teams, that s what makes real madrid three UCL consecutive trophies unmatched. The same generation won 5 UCL in 9 years is one heck of an achievement.

Milan team from 2005 would have been an all time great team, had the final finished at 3:0 after the first 45 mins...man Dida, Cafu, Stam, Nesta, Maldini, Pirlo, Gatusso, Seedorf, Kaka, Crespo, Shevchenko...

Inter 2010 team had phenomenal players and they won 5 out 6 trophies that year. Treble, too.

Pep Barcelona was the greatest starting eleven ever assemble, there's Xavi and Iniesta, the greatest midfielder duo of all time, winning world cup and 2 euros, Thiery Henry the king of London that won the invincible, and the GOAT himself.

Genuine Top 5 without order: - Barca 10/11 - Madrid 17/18 - Milan 06/07 - Bayern 12/13 - Ajax 94/95

That 2003 1/4 final with MU vs REAL is so far the most beautiful Champions League game I’ve seen since 1995 when I first started watching the competition Zidane, Figo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo… Giggs, Beckham, Ferdinand, Van Nistelrooy… Galacticos all around

Zidane's Madrid never gets respect.. but the real know

Well, and Zidane, Figo, Raul, Roberto Carlos....that RM was terrific as well

People forget the 2000-2002 Real Madrid. That team won 3 in 5 years. AC Milan needs more love as well. The Jupp Heinkens team was unstoppable as well.

A team winning everything with most of the players graduating from the academy is something football will probably never see again Ajax and barca are different beasts in that aspect

I think 2016-2017 madrid was definitely better than 2017-2018 madrid.

06/07 ac milan definitely deserves to be up there. Dida, Nesta, Maldini, Cafu, Stam, Pirlo, Gattuso, Kaka, Shevchenko, Seedorf, Ambrosini, Jankulovski. Just prure magic

Real madrid 98-2002 is the most underrated team, won 3 ucl in 6 years and still no one mentions them

Real Madrid 17/18 (3 in a row and 4 out of 5 years) Barcelona 08/09 (treble winners, better than the 14/15 treble) Manchester United 98/99 (treble winners, best possible treble in the PL) Inter Milan 09/10 (treble winners) Milan 06/07 (made it to the final 3 times in 5 years and won it twice) My top 5

Damn Madrid won 4 cl’s but 3 barca teams in a top 5? Sad

That 2009 2011 barca team were the greatest

They missed 2013 Bayern. Also played everyone dominantly against the wall, including Barca with a 7-0.

Real Madrid 2016-2018. Greatest of all time. Henry said it best saying its so hard to win the UCL once, let alone 3 times in a row. Won with the same players and coach.

Celtic 67,,won 5 trophies in one season only team to ever do this, pluss all Scottish players that stayed within 30 miles of one another, and got to the final again in 70,this team is in the famous words immortal, 💚🍀

Barcelona of 2009-2012 Messi, Xavi and Iniesta and AC Milan 1988-1991 Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Rijkaard. Nothing can beat this.

Madrid in the last campaign were unbelievable. The resilience was top!

2010 Inter deserves a shout. Not only did they won the treble, every player would fight for the team and the manager Jose Mourinho. The connection between the manager and the players was special, you just cannot have that.

Loved that Henry and Jamie picked the Ajax side that really is under rated in the context of being under dogs and reaching two finals amidst the Italian dominance of the 90's !

Not necessarily a case for one of the best ucl ‘teams’ ever, but the 2012 Chelsea team has to be mentioned as one of the best ucl winning runs of all time, going up against and beating the likes of Barca and Bayern who’s teams from that era are considered amongst the best of all time. The way they came back to beat Napoli in the last 16 2nd leg after sacking their manager AVB and then go on to beat prime Barca and Bayern both times away with the players they had in comparison to Barca and Bayern was incredible. They were considered extreme underdogs both times and still managed to come out on top, especially the manner in which they did against Bayern in the final, equalising in the final minute and beating them on penalties in their own backyard. I would argue that the 2012 final was just as amazing a comeback from Chelsea as the Liverpool one in 2005, and deserves to be up there with one of the best ucl runs of all time.

There are at least 3 Ac Milan's line ups that were amazing: 2007 - 1994 - 1989/1990 Classic Premier League Mindset

The dominance and beautiful football that 2010/2011 Barcelona team played is unmatched. I’d put that team up against anyone. The best team ever. Dominated Man U at Wembley, 5-0 against Madrid, etc., their midfield at their peak, Messi at probably his best, pep at his best.

Inter 2009/2010, crushing Pep's Barca for not winning 3 times in a row. At that time, Jose was the hero for both Inter & Madrid fans. Jose give one of the underrated press conference statement ever on Semifinal 2nd leg about the difference between "Dream" and "Obsession". For Inter going to the Champions League final was the "Dream", and for Barca it was the "Obsession", the obsession was winning Champions League at Santiago Bernabeu. The iconic celebration at Camp Nou, the treble, Eto'o back to back winning Champions League. What a moment.

2016-17 RMA was waaay More Dangerous than 2017-18... RMA scored against every single One in 2016-17... heck... they Scored 4 goals against one of the BEST Defending Sides Juventus that Year in the Final...

As a Liverpool fan, I have to admit Milan 2007 was pretty impressive. Even Milan 2005 was better than us, even if they lost.

That Ajax squad of the mid 1990s were just out of this world. The lineup they had was so good. I hope Ajax will win their fifth overall Champions League title in the future.

Gotta love Henry's wit and humor

Man utd 07-08, the team that every other team feared to face..., when premier league was dominant ones.

I'm a Man U fan, but I love Micah, great respect for him as a player and as a pundit! I agree with the group that Pep's Barca were the best team in world football ever. My dream match would be Barcelona v the 1970 Brazil national team. I'm not sure who would win, but I'm glad to say that I've lived long enough to watch both of them. Thanks fellas!

For me barca from 06 to 2012 was probably the best team to watch and three finals in that period and won them all

Most influential would be Pep’s Barca. Given how they changed how football is played today. But the greatest, in terms of trophies, Real Madrid 3 consecutive UCLs, 4 in 5 years, is undisputed.