(Marca)- On February 5, 2011, Barcelona won 3-0 against Atletico Madrid in the Camp Nou to set a new record of 16 consecutive LaLiga wins, a mark that Real Madrid can equal in Catalonia when they take on Espanyol on Sunday.
It was one of the many highlights of Pep Guardiola's team, and it had beaten the previous mark of 15 set by the Madrid team of Miguel Munoz Madrid and Alfredo Di Stefano.
Zinedine Zidane, a coach capable of winning the Champions League within five and a half months of beginning his coaching career, will want to extend that great start and the new record is in sight.
His team gave everything right up until the last day of last season, when thoughts of winning LaLiga seemed hopeless as recently as February.
He took them to their 11th Champions League victory, has just added the Super Cup, the third in club history, and has started the 2016/17 campaign in the best possible way..
The winning streak began in February, days after a defeat at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu against Atletico Madrid, and the run has had everything: thrashings, victories by the odd goal and a couple of comebacks (Camp Nou and Vallecas).
Triumphs, in which Madrid has averaged three goals or more - seven against Celta Vigo - in each match.
Cristiano Ronaldo, with 14, was the top scorer in a team that has not conceded a goal per game (0.8) and he'll be looking forward to playing at Cornella, a fertile ground for Madrid in recent seasons with only one defeat and one draw in the last 10 visits.
12 wins at the end of last season is already the best streak to have finished a league season with.
Three more has put Zidane and Co. on the brink of history.
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