The team of Real Madrid celebrate with the trophy after the Champions League final soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 28, 2016.
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Neither side looked like breaking the deadlock in extra-time.
For the second time in three finals, the biggest game in club soccer ended with Ronaldo sealing victory, then ripping off his shirt to show off his muscled torso to adoring fans.
The 31-year-old scored the decisive spot-kick in the shootout, after Juanfran missed for Atletico, to give Real Madrid their 11 Champions League trophy.
“I’m so proud to score the winning goal and to win the Champions League again”.
“After this I have more than 4,000 minutes on the pitch this season”.
“And this year 16; or 17 with the penalty”.
“Carlo Ancelotti wanted me to experience this feeling, as the number one coach, and he was right”.
Sergio Ramos had given Real an early lead but, after Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco equalised, Juanfran missed Atletico’s fourth penalty and Ronaldo stepped up to seal victory.
Including this season, Ronaldo has scored more than 50 goals in six consecutive seasons. “No one”, Ronaldo said.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane stated that winning the Champions League was equal to lifting the World Cup in his footballing achievements. In 2002, the Frenchman’s stunning volley was the match-winner in a 2-1 defeat of Bayer Leverkusen in Glasgow. I’m happy because I’ve been part of this great club for a long time now. “He deserves it, he has humility and I’m happy for him”. The evaluation of our season should be very good. I have a lot of minutes in the legs, but I am still there, I am always there.
He said: “I dreamed this, yes”.
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“Yeah we started well, obviously you have to suffer a little bit in finals and we had to do that, but we bounced back and showed great character in the team”. For the good moments and the bad. “I have asked the club to address all of you with this letter to tell you everything I feel”.
