Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale celebrate Real's Champions League victory with team-mates on streets of Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale celebrate Real's Champions League victory with team-mates on streets of Madrid
Cristiano
Ronaldo and Gareth Bale lead the celebrations as Real Madrid took to the
streets of the Spanish capital to celebrate their Champions League
victory over city rivals Atletico.
The
Real players celebrated with fans in the early hours on Sunday morning
on an open top bus in Cibeles Square in Madrid just hours after the 4-1
win in extra time.
Carlo
Ancelotti and his players headed straight back to Madrid after the
final in Lisbon and the celebrations went on long into the night.
All white on the night: Gareth Bale and Luka Modric celebrate Real's Champions League victory on the streets of Madrid
Leading the celebrations: Cristiano Ronaldo sings into a microphone on the open top bus
Champions: The Madrid players flew back and celebrate with fans in the Spanish capital in the early hours
Pure joy: The Real players and fans celebrate in Cibeles Square in Madrid after the win in Lisbon
Mobbed: Thousands of fans lined the streets in the early hours of Sunday morning to welcome their heroes home
Party time: The Real Madrid open top bus parade goes through the streets of Madrid
Team
captains Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos shared the honour of draping a
team flag around the neck of the Cibeles statue in the centre of the
fountain in the square.
Music
blared from a makeshift stage kept supporters going until around 6am,
when the Real team, wearing 'La Decima' on their shirts in reference to
the 10th title they had coveted for 12 years, finally arrived back with
the trophy.
It
could have been so different after Diego Godin put Atletico in front
nine minutes before half time, and Diego Simeone's side looked destined
to get their hands on the trophy but Sergio Ramos popped up in the 93rd
minute to send it to extra-time.
Thumbs up: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a late penalty to make it 4-1 in the final
Jumping for joy: Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Ronaldo, Jese and Fabio Coentrao celebrate
Sealed with a kiss: Captain Iker Casillas kisses the trophy in front of thousands of fans in Madrid
Job done: Ramos and Casillas celebrate in Cibeles Square
The crucial moment came five minutes into
the second period of extra-time when Bale nodded home at the far post
after good work from Angel Di Maria. Disappointingly for Atletico, they
collapsed after that, with Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo making it 4-1
to take the title back to the Bernabeu for the tenth time in their
history.
Bale
– who signed from Spurs in the summer for £86million - insisted that he
and his team-mates always believed they could come back to win, despite
being behind for most of the final.
'For
us when we play our own football we win matches and it was literally
just about attacking and keep doing what we do best,' Bale said.
'We believe in that and we believed if we kept doing that we would win.'
Turning out in force: Real Madrid fans celebrate their team's Champions League win in Cibeles Square in Madrid
Master mind: Carlo Ancelotti celebrates with the trophy
Picture perfect: Bale takes a photo of the fans as he celebrates on the bus with the trophy
Man of the moment: Ramos scored the goal that sent the game into extra time
During
normal time it looked like being a frustrating evening for Bale, with
the former Spurs winger missing three decent opportunities, but the
Welshman was pleased to see his efforts rewarded in the end.
'I've
learned from past experience to just keep going, forget about the
chances you've missed, and keep persevering. Thankfully I got the
decisive goal,' he added.
Done deal: Ramos kisses the trophy as he celebrates the victory in the Spanish capital
Turning out in force: The fans flock to Cibeles Square to celebrate with the Madrid players
Fan-tastic: Real Madrid players on board the team bus celebrate win with fans
Golden couple: Ronaldo celebrates with his girlfriend Irina Shayk and his medal
Plane sailing: Angel di Maria and Marcelo celebrate with their wives on the plane back to Madrid
the champions of europe :D
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