Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0 with goals from Vinicius Jr, the Brazilian and Belgian Thibaut Courtois, who made spectacular saves. The white team lifted its 14th Champions League, which makes it the most winning team in the championship.
Courtois. Beast mode & more 🤖#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/M80k10yuuj
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🇧🇷 Vinícius Júnior writes his name into history 🙌#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/0hGh9JFeUO
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Carlo Ancelotti wrote his name in gold letters in the history books of soccer, he is the first coach in the history of the Champions League to win it four times.
Carlo Ancelotti is the first coach to win the European Cup four times; he is also the only one to have taken a team to five finals.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said , “We’ve achieved something that nobody expected of us at the start of the season, and we’ve done that thanks to our quality, our commitment, our history: everything. I was very confident [going into the game] because I know the attitude of these players, especially in matches like this. The confidence that we had going into the match helped us to win it. I don’t think it was so bad [at the start of the match]. We didn’t want them to play the ball forward so much, so we lowered the block a bit, and they didn’t get a chance in behind. That was the plan that we’d prepared.
This was the most difficult Champions League title I’ve ever won. The side were pushed on to fight by the fact nobody believed we could win it. We created a good atmosphere and we’ve deserved to win this competition. We’ve suffered, but we have never given up. The key was to not give their front three any space in behind. We won, deservedly, against a great side who haven’t lost many games this season.”
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