Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid: Goals, Highlights from Champions League Final

For the second time in three seasons, the most important game in European football saw Atletico Madrid face their city rivals, Real Madrid. The Champions League final at the San Siro offered Los Blancos the opportunity to take home their 11th European Cup and Los Rojiblancos the chance for revenge for the 2014 final, during which victory was snatched by a late Sergio Ramos equaliser in normal time.

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Real started brightly, drawing a superb save from Jan Oblak when a powerful Gareth Bale free-kick was turned towards goal by Casemiro:

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Casemiro vurdu. Oblak müthiş çıkardı! #uclfinal pic.twitter.com/RIgCBGocLl

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Ramos made the breakthrough in the 15th minute, when he connected with a Bale flick-on:

One Atleti fan was particularly unhappy with the situation:

As half-time approached, Antoine Griezmann made several attempts to find the equaliser:

At the break, Ramos' controversial effort separated the sides:

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HT:

Real Madrid [1] - [0] Atletico Madrid

Goals:
Sergio Ramos#UCLFinal #APorLaUndecima pic.twitter.com/FYrdPEIBFw

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Within seconds of the restart, Atleti had a golden opportunity to level up when Fernando Torres won a penalty from a Pepe foul. Griezmann proceeded to clatter it against the bar:

In the 53rd minute, another excellent Atlei chance was put just wide by Stefan Savic:

In the 70th minute, an unusually quiet Karim Benzema had an opportunity denied by Oblak:

A few minutes later, Pepe put on some of his trademark theatrics:

With 11 minutes of normal time remaining, Juanfran found Yannick Carrasco with a great cross for the equaliser:

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Gol de Yannick Ferreira Carrasco. Real Madrid 1-1 Atlético de Madrid. pic.twitter.com/JxUtHO1b1Y

— English League BR (@EnglishLeagueBR) May 28, 2016"

As it went to extra time, there was no time for niceties among the spectators:

Bale suffered a cramp in extra time after a botched attempt at an overhead kick:

Shortly before it went to penalties, Pepe was guilty of yet more playacting, prompting an unusual response from referee Mark Clattenburg: 

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REAL MADRID. CAMPEÃO DA UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015-16! pic.twitter.com/SWcOBIiWnm

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In the subsequent penalty shootout, Juanfran missed his kick, allowing Cristiano Ronaldo to emerge as the hero of Real's 11th European Cup.

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