Real Madrid players pose with the Champions League trophy after their team beat Atletico de Madrid at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, on Saturday.
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Zidane etched his name into the history books as he became the seventh man ever to win the UCL as a player and a coach.
A downbeat Diego Simeone did not confirm whether he wanted to continue as Atletico Madrid coach on Saturday after suffering a second agonising Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid in three years.
But the comeback turned out to be in vain – as Juanfran’s miss handed Ronaldo the opportunity to blast home the decisive spot kick, sparking wild celebrations.
It was a dramatic conclusion to a game which only caught light in the later stages.
Sergio Ramos handed Real Madrid the lead in the first half.
Atletico had missed a penalty in the 48th, given for Pepe’s clumsy tackle through Fernando Torres.
Thousands of Real Madrid fans piled into the streets of the Spanish capital and filled the club’s 80,000 capacity Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Sunday to welcome home their heroes after an historic 11th European Cup win. It’s my second year I scored more than 15 goals.
Simeone said he will consider his future at Atletico, where the combative Argentine has coached for five years. “I told them not to cry after the game because when you give everything there is no need for tears”, he said.
“I have now won Champions League as player, assistant and now head coach – what can I say?”
It is the third consecutive year that Atletico have exited the Champions League at the hands of Real. “I am happy my team won, but it could have been any of the two teams”.
The world-famous Italian tenor, who supports Inter Milan, sang at Leicester’s stadium earlier this month before the team was presented with the Premier League trophy. Meanwhile Real Madrid have scored 77 goals, while conceding just 22.
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He had a shot blocked in the 23rd minute and also late on in normal time amid a flurry of attempts which concluded with a Gareth Bale effort being cleared off the line a minute before Atletico equalized. Attackers again got in front of defenders and both Karim Benzema and Casemiro seemed to deflect the ball toward Oblak staying on his goal-line.
