Ronaldo Fires Madrid to History

The unstoppable Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Real Madrid beat Juventus to win their 12th European Cup and become the first team to defend the title in the Champions League era.

Madrid opened the scoring against the run of play with a brilliant break, ending with Dani Carvajal teeing up Ronaldo to drill home from just inside the box in the 20th minute.

However Juve were soon level with an even better goal, a spectacular Mario Mandzukic overhead kick which arced beyond Keylor Navas and into the net.

The Croatian’s 27th minute strike brought back memories of Zindine Zidane’s volley in the 2002 final against Bayer Leverkusen.

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Juventus were on top but Madrid rode out the storm and came out swinging in the second half, with Casemiro driving home a deflected strike from distance before Ronaldo finished expertly from close range to give his team breathing room.

Substitute Juan Cuadrado was sent off late on after tangling with Sergio Ramos, although the Madrid man’s playacting sealed his expulsion.

There was still time for Marco Asensio to slot home a fourth goal in stoppage-time to complete victory.

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