
Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid (AET, 5-3 on pens): Cristiano Ronaldo scores winning penalty as Gareth Bale and Co win Champions League again
- Jan Oblak produced a stunning close range from Casemiro after six minutes via Gareth Bale's free-kick delivery
- Bale flicked on Toni Kroos' set piece and Sergio Ramos helped the ball into the net for the opener after 15 minutes
- Pepe fouled Fernando Torres inside the box but Antoine Griezmann slammed penalty against underside of the bar
- Substitute Yannick Carrasco levelled for Atletico after a brilliant cross from Juanfran with 11 minutes remaining
- Zinedine Zidane has been in the job for just five months but he has won Champions League in 27th game in charge
- By the end he could barely walk. He looked as though he played half-injured from his thigh strain. He was some distance from his best.And yet, come that final moment, when Real Madrid needed a penalty to be scored to win a record 11th European Cup, it was, of course, inevitably Cristiano Ronaldo who stepped up.Somehow, he is destined to dominate. He stood opposite Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak, his legs astride in that quasi-macho pose he loves so much.And he struck a simple penalty, almost straight down the middle, as Oblak dived away from the ball.He grinned, he strutted and he ripped his shirt off. Of course he did: that gym work is not for nothing. Soon he was submerged under a heap of grateful team-mates.
MATCH FACTS
Real Madrid (4-3-3): Navas 7; Carvajal 6 (Danilo 51 6), Ramos 7, Pepe 6, Marcelo 6; Casemiro 7, Kroos 7 (Isco 72 6), Modric 8; Bale 8.5, Ronaldo 7, Benzema 7 (Lucas 76 6).
Subs not used: Nacho, Rodriguez, Casilla, Jese
Goal: Ramos 15
Booked: Carvajal, Navas, Casemiro, Ramos, Danilo, Pepe
Manager: Zinedine Zidane 7
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak 7; Juanfran 7, Savic 6, Godin 7, Filipe Luis 6 (Gomez 109); Saul 7, Gabi 7, Augusto 6 (Carrasco 46 8), Koke 7 (Thomas 116); Griezmann 8, Torres 7.
Subs not used: Moya, Mendes, Correa, Gimenez
Goal: Carrasco 79
Booked: Torres, Gabi
Manager: Diego Simeone 7
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Mark Clattenburg 6
Ratings by Pete Jenson

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