Atletico struggled to break through Real’s defences in a rather tiresome first half, with 32-year-old striker Fernando Torres failing to complete a single pass.
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Zidane also becomes the second French coach in history to win the Champions League after Helenio Herrera, Argentinian naturalized French, who had raised the C1 with Inter Milan in 1964.
But in the 79th minute, Belgian Yannick Carrasco scored a goal from close range to put Atletico back in the game after a delightful cross from Juanfran.
Simeone said he did not have any complaints about the result, despite television replays appearing to show Ramos in an offside position when the defender turned in the opening goal.
Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 5 – 3 on penalties after the epic encounter ended 1 – 1 after 120 minutes. We fought right until the final whistle. In the end, it was decided by one penalty, as Juanfran missed the only spot kick of the shootout (although Antoine Griezmann had already missed from 12 yards early in the second half). Zidane didn’t argue, and the football superstar won his third career Champions League title. In 2014, the Moroccan star celebrated the Spanish team’s tenth Champions League title after they beat Atletico Madrid in the final in Lisbon.
“I’m very happy for everything we’ve achieved together. I knew I was going to score the winning goal”. “I was confident I would score”.
It capped another incredible year for Ronaldo, who scored 16 goals in the Champions League alone, and 60.8 per cent of readers were agreed that he was the competition’s biggest standout.
On beating their city and Primera Division rivals, he added: “That’s the most important thing (beating their rivals)”.
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“There is a very good feeling between us and Zidane, he has brought happiness, hope, humility and hard work”, Ramos said.
