Real Madrid defeated city rivals Atletico Madrid 5-3 on penalties after 120 minutes of a nerve-wrecking UEFA Champions League final in Milan on Saturday night.
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Real Madrid draw first blood as their captain Sergio Ramos scored in the 15th minute from a Toni Kroos’ free-kick and an assist from Gareth Bale. Atletico Madrid won a penalty very early in the second half but Antoine Griezmann failed to convert it and hit the underside of the bar. But Atletico Madrid finally got their equalizer in the 79th minute after Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco scored from a brilliant first-time cross from Juanfran. The game went into extra time.
The scores were locked at 1-1 after 120 minutes and it all came down to the penalty shoot-out. Lucas Vasquez, Marcelo, Gareth Bale and Sergio Ramos scored for Real Madrid and Antoine Griezmann, Gabi, Saul Niguez scored for Atletico but Juanfran missed the all crucial fourth penalty. Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a quiet game altogether, scored the decisive kick, winning Real Madrid their eleventh European crown.
Here are the best tweets from the last game of the footballing season.
Adiós DÉCIMA!! Bye bye DÉCIMA!! Bienvenida UNDÉCIMA!! Welcome UNDÉCIMA!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
The most painful 140 characters @FCBarcelona have sent. #uclfinal
Zidane: "I'm very happy for everything we've achieved together. It's not easy at all. We've really worked hard, fought it out." #uclfinal
Bravo! 👏 The first 🇫🇷 manager to win a #UCLfinal
Fernando Torres consoles a heartbroken Koke. Friends forever. 👏
Champions of Europe. #UCLfinal
TORRES MADE ME CRY PEOPLE
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Juanfran goes over to apologise to the Atletico Madrid fans. They give him a standing ovation, beautiful moment.
Congratulations @realmadrid for winning the Champions League title in Milan #UCLfinal
Simeone: "I don't believe in excuses." #UCLfinal
How many #UCLfinal wins do you have now, @Cristiano?
24 years of @ChampionsLeague winning kits!🙌 #UCLfinal
She touched it before Wenger #uclfinal
Born Winners! #uclfinal
Real Madrid: Kings of Europe. 👑 #uclfinal
A case of deja vu for the #UCL trophy engraver! 😀 #UCLfinal amp.twimg.com/v/9e74b8dc-451…
Love you ❤️❤️❤️
Voilà ma deuxième !!! @realmadrid #Undecima #inchallahcenestpasfini
Por vosotros y con vosotros. Por el @realmadrid For you, with you. For @realmadrid ¡La Undécima! #LoHemosHechoReal
CHAMPIONS! 🏆 #11
La undécima. 🏆 #HalaMadrid
Congratulations! / Enhorabuena! @realmadrid #uclfinal
A. Wenger: 20 seasons as Arsenal manager, 0 UCL wins Z. Zidane: 6 months as Real Madrid manager, 1 UCL win
.@realmadriden fans celebrate in Los Angeles 🇺🇸 after their side win the #UCLFinal! grabyo.com/g/v/Z1HQhStTlM5
Zinedine Zidane has now won the CL in his first year as a Real Madrid player, assistant coach, and main coach
Simeone: “There is no such thing as justice in football. Whoever wins deserves to win. There are no excuses.”
We congratulate Real Madrid, on winning their 11th European Cup. Have they ever won the Emirates Cup? No.
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Now, let's count how man CL titles each team has since 1992: Real Madrid: 5 Barcelona: 4 AC Milan: 3 Bayern Munich, Man United: 2
Watching Real Madrid win the Champions League there has got me excited. I can't believe that will be us this time next year.
Congrats to @realmadrid on the 11th Champions League. So proud of @Atleti what an achievement for the Club to be there again.
🏆 number 11 for @realmadrid! 👏 #UCLfinal
! @Cristiano the man hits a perfect shot underpressure! Feel sad for athletico and their fans amazing support! congratulations @realmadrid
Congratulations to @realmadrid, on winning the #UCLfinal 2015/16, hosted by our beautiful city, #Milano!
Real Madrid win the #uclfinal vine.co/v/iVaYmY9hmtI
😊💪🏆 ¡Mira cómo se ha celebrado #LaUndecima en el vestuario! #HalaMadrid amp.twimg.com/v/d9a11eaf-910…