Twitter Erupts As Real Madrid Wins UEFA Champions League On Penalties
Real Madrid clinched their 11th title after defeating Atletico Madrid for the second time in three years in UEFA Champions League final. Atletico Madrid were beaten 5-3 in a penalty shootout, following a 1-1 scoreline after 120 minutes of open play at the San Siro.
Here are some of the best twitter reactions:
A familiar name is going on the #UCL trophy…#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/S5tNIWq7MP
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 28, 2016
RONALDO WINS IT FOR REAL MADRID! #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/5DjdIJsEVp
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) May 28, 2016
Zidane wins CL for Real Madrid as a player in 2002.
Zidane wins CL for Real Madrid as a manager in 2016. #uclfinal pic.twitter.com/6yu7ZscYmD
— BlameFootball (@blameFootball) May 28, 2016
C.Ronaldo: "We're very pleased. The team have given their all and it's been an amazing day!"#UCLFinal pic.twitter.com/n7mg1Mgrqh
— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) May 28, 2016
When you lose the #UCLfinal because you bottled taking a penalty, and let a defender take one instead. pic.twitter.com/6UeEgauUZA
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) May 28, 2016
When you realise you were a dodgy fax machine away from winning the #UCLFinal pic.twitter.com/JMEO156pHa
— NOW TV Sport (@NOWTVSport) May 28, 2016
David De Gea is probably at home right now having a fight with a fax machine
— Luis (@luiseden1990) May 28, 2016
David de Gea lige nu foran faxen på Old Trafford! #cldk pic.twitter.com/LP1vpNhksD
— Jens Jacob Juulsager (@juulsager) May 28, 2016
"The great ones always step up" they say about Ronaldo.
Pity he didn't do a thing in the 120 minutes of play, and 8 others scored penalties
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) May 28, 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo in Champions League finals:
2008: Scored
2014: Scored
2016: Winning penalty
Big-game player! pic.twitter.com/1tBFPIPPOj
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/736681206109118469
Cristiano #Ronaldo and Zinedine #Zidane – a match made in #RealMadrid heaven… #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/11R6UMii58
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) May 28, 2016
Real Madrid have not won La Liga in any of their 5 CL winning seasons
1998 – 4th pos
2000 – 5th
2002 – 3rd
2014 – 3rd
2016 – 2nd#UCLfinal— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) May 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/br_uk/status/736677668062535680
Superb footage of Ronaldo's words as he struck the winning penalty… #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/M6eNeadAvi
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) May 28, 2016
The #uclfinal trophy lift from the Bernabeu! (via @KieranCanning) pic.twitter.com/WdmGffRD6N
— Marathonbet (@marathonbet) May 28, 2016