Yes, Madrid is one of the teams that always participate in the Champions League, they have quality players from the beginning and the team has made name that make it a favorite for all players. To achieve such greatness is not easy for any team because they need money to do make such moves for players of higher caliber.
Real Madrid's financial stability is with the help of the bonuses they do get whenever they win trophy, and for them to be the best club in the world they are signing players of higher caliber and do get huge profit while selling them; but Barcelona started having issues since the departure of Messi which is not proper and I blame the management for going financially unstable for a big team like Barcelona.
This is the reason why I have the feelings that Real Madrid is going to win this tournament of the Champions league or at least to say that they have high chances of winning. Much more than the Barcelona, Real Madrid have a great set of squad depth right now that they can boast of. Aside from that advantage, they also have a strong and well experienced manager like Ancelotti who understands how to lead the club to achieve their best. Real Madrid also have a good financial capacity to take more places in at any transfer windows available to them. I don't really think that Real Madrid have anything to regret now.
If they're talking about the Champions League champion, I don't think Barcelona will be ranked fifth because I'm convinced they'll be in a poor performance next season due to a lack of players. Since Mbappe came to Madrid, I started believing that Real Madrid will try to win the Champions League again because Mbappe made the team stronger and the laliga Madrid are still the favourites of winning the trophy in the league, UCL next season will change and you will see different performances and Madrid will play with many other clubs before the next round, Ancelotti will definitely do everything possible to make the team win the Champions League back to back like how Manchester City win the Premier League back to back. I am no longer concerned of Guadiola since he is the only coach who can prevent Real Madrid from winning the UCL. However, now that Mbappe is in the club, the team is already great and I see any player with the same speed as Mbappe. In the club, the defender will suffer before he is stopped from scoring a goal on the pitch. Let's see how the following season goes and if Real Madrid can make their fans proud by winning all of the titles in which they participate.