Hottest Moments Of The UEFA Champions League Finals. Record Settings And Talking Points
On Saturday, I had put everything aside to get my self ready
for a pulsating football encounter and perhaps the biggest football even of the
season. I pulled my seats together and made sure a cup of smoothies was
arranged in case the tension coming from the game was going to wear me down.
As the game commenced, only one man was in my head “CR7”.
The thoughts of how he was going to break through the strongest defense line in
World football but not knowing that was not the only thing to come out of the spectacle.
A number of records were set and the City of Cardiff was
reborn.
My fears didn’t take long to be entertained however as CR7 started
showing sparks of his old self but Juve showed greater intentions in the early minutes
of the game. Notwithstanding their 2015 UEFA Champions encounter against FC
Barcelona which they might have lost making it five UEFA finals losses, yet
they started on the pedal.
I watched as Gonzalo Higuain forced Keylor Navas into action
twice in the first five minutes before Miralem Pjanic’ low shot was superbly pushed
away by the goalkeeper. My cup of smoothies was empty at this point and so
quickly I called for another.
Then the moment I was waiting for. The “CR7” moment of
magic. Madrid is known to be the master of counter attack and they proved that
again in the 20th minute. In a rapid counter break, Ronaldo combined
with Dani Cavajal down the right and found the space and found the pace to sweep
a low shot beating Gianluigi Buffon and inside the far post with the help of a
deflection off Leonardo Bonucci.
Juve came back relentlessly in the 7th minute
to level scores with Higuain flicking the ball to Manduzukic scoring with a breath
taking over head kick albeit the best of the night and one to be talked about
for a long time.
It ended a first half draw. A goal appeared to be in the
offing and it duly came in the past hour, Casemiro’s low drive shot from
30metres spinning in the far end of the goal via a touch off Khedira.
3minutes later, again the Ronaldo magic moment. Luca Modric
on possession down the right, exchanged passes with Carvajal and delivered a
fine low cross to the near post where Ronaldo waited to divert the ball beyond
Buffon. This ensured that the Juve defense
line was finally shattered to pieces and there was no sign of the team coming
back even in the heat of having substitute Juan Cuadrado sent off hence having
them confront the Galacticos with just 10 men. Madrid finished up the game in
the closing seconds as Marcelo crossed for Asensio to lot in and complete a
devastating football display.
The Mach ended 4-1 in favor of Madrid
Records and fallouts:
- · Real Madrid beat Juve 4-1
- · Madrid set a record 12 UEFA Champions League Cup win
- · First successful trophy defence of UEFA Champions league in modern era
- · Chritano Ronaldo first to score in three finals
- · Juve lost in 6th Cup final of UEFA Champions league
- · Juan Cuadrado became the 3rd player to be sent off in a cup final
- · Ronaldo became the first player to win the highest goal scorer of the UEFA Champions league 5easons in a row with 12 goals, 10 of which came in the quarter finals onwards
- · Ronaldo wins his 4th Champions league victory
- · The 12th goal made it his 600th career goal
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