A scoreless extra-time meant the match went to penalties and Atletico full-back Juanfran was the unlucky man, striking his effort against the post before Ronaldo stepped up for the victor.
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All of Real’s players kept their composure to beat opposition goalkeeper Jan Oblak from the spot, and when Atletico favourite Juanfran saw his effort come back off the post, Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up and hit the victor.
Ex-Nigeria captain and coach Sunday Oliseh has praised Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane for winning the prestigious UEFA Champions League after five months in charge of the Spanish club.
Cristiano Ronaldo gives his reaction after his penalty crowned Real Madrid champions of Europe for the 11th time.
The 22-year-old celebrated becoming the first Belgian to score in a Champions League final by running to kiss girlfriend Noemie Happart – a former Miss Belgium – after picking her out in the crowd.
Atletico’s Yannick Carrasco had scored a 79th minute equaliser after Sergio Ramos opened the scoring for Real on 15 minutes. “I have a phenomenal team and great players who are also talented, and it was together we achieved what we did tonight”, he said.
Atletico were strangely flat after going down 1-0 and struggled to really trouble Madrid while trying to get back into the game.
Just like the 2014 final, a Madrid derby finished 1-1 after 90 minutes.
“I had a vision”.
Fernando Torres, who was poor in the first half, won a penalty for Atletico after he was barged over by Pepe soon after the game re-started.
Antoine Griezmann’s kick struck the cross bar, repeating his failure to beat goalkeeper Keylor Navas from the spot in a league match this season.
His fourteenth minute goal came on the back of a free kick and the calm leader simply nudged it over the chalk to put his team ahead.
Modric was involved again when Ronaldo shot straight at the keeper from 25 yards, and Atletico survived a huge scare when Oblak stopped Ronaldo’s effort, then had Stefan Savic to thank for clearing Bale’s follow-up off the line. 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.
Sergio Ramos left it late to score when these teams met in the UCL decider two years ago, but he was on the scoresheet early this time.
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Cristiano Ronaldo had the best chance of the extra period, four minutes after the restart, with a header which came off his leg and looped into the arms of a grateful Jan Oblak.
