Unic Press UK: Real Madrid FC defeated Atletico Madrid FC in San Siro, Milan, to win the Champions League for a record 11th time.
Real Madrid FC with 11th Champions League title, 28 May 2016
Real Madrid scored first at the 15 minutes of play through their skipper, Sergio Ramos, but Atletico Madrid equalized on the 79 minutes per substitute Yannick Carrasco thereby sending the Champions League final into extra-time.
At the end of extra-time, the status remained a score draw. Real Madrid 1 – 1 Atletico Madrid (AET). Hence penalty shooting ensued.
Penalty shooting
Real Madrid started the penalty shooting, and scored all five through Lucas Vazquez, Marcelo Vieira da Silva, Gareth Bale, Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Atletico Madrid scored only three of the four played by the team
Real Madrid 6 – 4 Atletico Madrid (Full time, including penalities)
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BBC: The statistics you need to know
- Atletico have now contested more European Cup / Champions League finals without winning the trophy than any other club (three).
- This was the eighth Champions League final to go to extra-time, and the seventh to go to a penalty shootout.
- Zinedine Zidane is the second man (after Miguel Munoz) to win the European Cup / Champions League with Real Madrid as both a player and a manager.
- Zidane is the first French manager to win the Champions League.
- Sergio Ramos became the fifth player to score in two different Champions League finals, and the first defender to do so (also Raul, Samuel Eto’o, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo).
- Indeed, Ramos joins Messi and Eto’o as one of three players to score in his first two Champions League finals.
- Antoine Griezmann became the first player since Arjen Robben in 2012 to miss a penalty in the Champions League final (excluding shootouts).
- Only Marcello Lippi (three) has lost more Champions League finals as a manager than Diego Simeone (two).
