The 5 best UEFA Champions League finals

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Liverpool celebrate their 2018-19 UEFA Champions League title Real Madrid celebrate their La Decima in 2014
Liverpool celebrate their 2018-19 UEFA Champions League title Real Madrid celebrate their La Decima in 2014

# 4: 2016: Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid (1-1 AET) on penalties

Madrid hoist aloft their 2nd Champions League title in 3 years
Madrid hoist aloft their 2nd Champions League title in 3 years

Two years after Real beat Atletico in the 2014 final in Lisbon, the two crosstown rivals met in the 2016 Champions League final at the San Siro in Milan.

Unlike two years ago, it was Real who opened the scoring courtesy Sergio Ramos at the quarter-hour mark. Real's attacking BBC trifecta of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldo looked impressive in attack but didn't hesitate to put in the dirty work by dropping deep to cut off the supply to the Atletico frontline as the Bernabeu side led 1-0 at the break.

It looked like it would be Real's night when Antoinne Greizmann blazed a second-half penalty into the woodwork but Belgian Yannick Carrasco's composed finish ten minutes from time brought about a deserved equaliser for the hardworking Rojiblancos. For the second time in three years, a Real-Atletico Champions League final would need extra-time.

There were no goals from either side in the thirty extra minutes before a penalty shootout materialised. The first seven players all scored before Atletco's Juanfran hit the post, allowing Cristiano Ronaldo to step up and score the winning spotkick to seal an 'undecima' for the Bernabeu club as Atletico became the first side to lose their first three Champions League finals (also 1974, 2014).

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