Ronaldo has now won the Champions League three times while Real Madrid manager Zidane is only the seventh man to win Europe’s premier club competition both as a player and a coach. “In football, the team that wins deserves to win”.
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Real claimed their 11th European Cup on penalties as Cristiano Ronaldo scored the victor immediately after Juanfran saw his effort hit a post, with the Atletico full-back the only player to miss from the spot in the shootout.
Zinedine Zidane called Real Madrid the “club of his life” after completing an extraordinary hat-trick on Saturday night. That’s how we’ve managed to win this Champions League.
A tearful Juanfran was applauded by fans inside the stadium after the match, and the 31-year-old has vowed to repay that support by delivering the Champions League trophy after two final defeats in three years.
Keylor Navas saved Juanfran’s penalty allowing Cristiano Ronaldo to secure victory for Real Madrid. No one. So it’s tough, it’s the end of the season, you don’t have power in the legs that you have in the beginning of the season, but I did my best. “I wanted the team to win, what’s best is I get another Champions League medal”.
“That’s why I came to the biggest club in the world – to win Champions leagues but to win it is very hard”, he added.
“It really was incredible and an unforgettable feeling that leaves a little hole in your heart and we are going to have time to review the game”.
“I knew that I would score the winning goal”.
“I am happy here and I hope to be here for many years”, Benzema said.
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“I had a vision, I saw I’d score the winning goal. And I need to go home and think”, Simeone told the media after the final. We need to continue working. If Atletico held out for a couple more minutes when 1-0 up, they would have won the first.
