Champions League Final: List of records and milestones as Real Madrid seal 12th title

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Real Madrid became the first team in the UCL era to defend their title

Juventus

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The quest for a first Champions League title continues for Juventus skipper Gianluigi Buffon

5Juventus have lost their last five Champions League finals. They last won the trophy in 1996 when they beat Ajax. They have since lost in 1997 (Borussia Dortmund), 1998 (Real Madrid), 2003 (AC Milan), 2015 (Barcelona), and now in 2017.

This is only the second time a team has lost five European finals. The first team to do so was Benfica (1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, and 1990)

7 – Juventus have also lost a European final seven times. No other team has lost so many. Benfica and Bayern come the closest with five losses in finals.

4 – Juventus conceded more goals in this match (64 minutes) than in the entire campaign (1080 minutes) prior to the final. They had only conceded thrice before the final (twice in the group stages to Lyon and Sevilla, and once in the semi-final against Monaco).

3Mario Mandzukic became only the third player to score for two different teams in the UCL final (he had scored in Bayern Munich’s 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in 2013). The first two were Velibor Vasovic & Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Mario Mandzukic scored a stunning equaliser for Juventus in the first haf

30 – Juve's starting XI was the second oldest squad (average age) named for a Champions League final. The oldest squad was AC Milan’s team in 2007 (31 years old)

39Gianluigi Buffon became the third oldest player to take part in a UCL final. The oldest was Dino Zoff (41 with Juventus) followed by Edwin van der Sar (40 with Manchester United)

100 – This was Dani Alves’ 100th Champions League match. He had beaten Real Madrid 22 times prior to this game – more than any other player in history.

1Juan Cuadrado became the first substitute to be sent off in a UCL final after he received a second yellow card.

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