In the end it came down to a sight that, by now, everyone in football should be familiar with. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, polished teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible brilliant career. It was the moment everyone knew the Champions League trophy was on its way back to the Bernabéu and, once again, that the four-time Balon d’Or winner had left his imprint all over another final.
Ronaldo had scored twice on a night when he also leapfrogged Lionel Messi as the competition’s leading scorer. No doubt he will enjoy that, too, but the real prize here was to be part of a side that has now lifted European football’s most coveted trophy three times in four seasons. Cardiff 2017 will fit neatly with Milan 2016 and Lisbon 2014 while Juventusreflect on their undistinguished record in the game’s showpiece events.
This was their seventh defeat in their past nine finals, including the last five in a row, and the second half here was a chastening experience for the champions of Serie A, culminating in them conceding more goals in one match than they had in the rest of the competition put together. Casemiro scored one goal, albeit owing to a huge deflection, and the substitute Marco Asensio added the fourth at a point when Juve’s players had started to look in need of smelling salts. Juan Cuadrado, one of their own substitutes, had been sent off for two yellow cards and the harsh reality for Juve is that this has become a recurring theme.
Source: theguardian
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