I can relate to this. I used to win a lot of trophies, but I could never manage to win the Champions League. I made the final twice in my first two attempts. In the third attempt, I won the Super League. I then made 2 finals out of the next 3 attempts. Then a last 16 before winning it in season 9 (8th attempt). So I made 6 euro finals in 8 attempts. Since winning it, I haven't got past the quarter-finals and only won three trophies in all. I am now in season number 15.

The season I won the CL, I didn't win the Cup but I won the league and the super cup. I haven't been anywhere near that kind of success since. I had a lot of success beforehand. Maybe it's just the game getting harder as you go through the levels (which is fair enough, no complaints), getting more active players. Idk, or maybe once you've got one CL win, or one season with three trophies, you enter a different class. I dunno but an interesting observation.