Post your CL final reaction below.

As Martin Tyler put it, "Disgrace for Simeone, defeat for Atletico, Decima for Madrid".

Unbelievable to think that exactly 100 years from the first ever Madrid derby, we face each other in the final of Europe's greatest club competition. Both teams fully deserved to be here tonight, and both had already won a trophy on the way here.

First half

Fantastic by Atletico. Pressurized Real when defending and attacking. Kept their defensive line solid, and didn't allow a single bit of space to any white shirt. Their goal was well deserved, and came from a great header by Diego Godin, who scored his 8th goal of the season (all headers). It was a poor decision from Iker Casillas to try and come out off his line, and it cost Madrid. If Casillas chose to remain in his place, it would've came right into his arms. Nevertheless, a great leap and nick of a header from Godin to give Atletico the deserved lead. Halftime ended with Atletico having full control of the game, and Real having no control.

Second half

Real began to show up around the 70th minute mark. It started with the substitutions of Marcelo for Coentrao and Isco for Khedira. This allowed Modric to drop deeper beyond the reach of the Atletico midfield, and allowed him to have more space to dictate the game. Marcelo teamed up well with di Maria down the left wing of Real's attack, and repeatedly spelled danger with their crosses and runs. The goal in added time by Sergio Ramos was an even better header than Godin's. Blame can be put on Atletico for not having a man at the far post, but even so, Ramos' header was outstanding.

First Half ET

Not much action here. Mostly Real knocking the ball around and sending in crosses. Atletico were absolutely spent by this time, and barely had any energy to keep on running.

Second Half ET

Brilliant dribbling by di Maria took him past 4 Atletico players, and Courtois made a great save to deny him. However, the rebound fell to Gareth Bale, who headed the ball into an empty net. This is the second Welshman this season (behind Aaron Ramsey) to score in ET of a major cup final. The game proceeded on with Atletico pushing up very high, but it cost them again as they failed to close down Marcelo and his shot went in after some poor goalkeeping from Thibaut Courtois. Ronaldo's final penalty was fitting of his return to Lisbon, and proved something of a memoire after his invisibility for the majority of the match.

Players

Gabi 10/10: Absolutely top-class. Running up and down the pitch, giving it his all in offense and defense.

Diego Godin 8/10: Great header from him, but could not keep himself together in the final 10 minutes of the match, and was to blame for Marcelo's goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo 7/10: Invisible for the majority of the match, but it was well documented that he is still injured. Was heavily strapped around his thigh, and was obvious that he was not 100% fit. However, he will always take credit for that final penalty, and has capped off an unbelievable Champions League season with 17 goals in 11 games.

Gareth Bale 7/10: Poor performance from Bale. Kept on getting into positions to score, but failed to do so. His persistence won him recognition as a Madrid hero as he kept on giving it his all and scored when it mattered.

Sergio Ramos 9/10: Great all-round performance from Ramos. Scored on one end, and kept a solid defensive line on the other.

Angel di Maria 9/10: Provided a consistent threat with his crossing and dribbling, and helped Bale score his goal with a fantastic run through Europe's best defense.

Marcelo 8/10: Came on as a substitute, and delivered well. Put in a good performance, and made a difference on the offensive end.

My Men of the Match

Atletico Madrid: Gabi
Real Madrid: Sergio Ramos

FUN FACT: This is the first game that Atletico have lost this season when Luis - Miranda - Godin - Juanfran - Courtois have been playing together. Talk about hard-done.

Thoughts?

Di Maria was for me man of the match..

Atleti were unlucky. But Real did deserve it as well.

On RM's second goal, I honestly thought when Di Maria was swarmed by two Atleti defenders, he would immediately lose possession, but no... Just brilliant, that tech threw me off guard. :D

First off, really disappointed that Costa couldn't play the whole game. Nonetheless, Atletico should be more than proud of themselves getting to the final without losing a single game only to have it snatched away in the final minutes.

A derby final was always going to be a big deal for either club, bragging rights for all time.

Atletico really neutralised Real's attack. Forced them to cross the ball in because they couldn't penetrate that superb defense. They pressed high and pinned Real in their own half. Deserved to be ahead after the 1st half. Towards the end of 2nd, fatigue begun to set in and Real's pace begun to cause problems.

Reals late equalized really zapped Atletico mentally 2 mins away from lifting the cup. Ramos saved Casillas after his error.

CR7 and Bale were totally invisible. Not a performance that with be remembered, not a legendary performance at all. That CR7 celebration was really pathetic and disrespectful. Bale made to many errors and shot accuracy was really poor. Di Maria was the shining light in Reals attack. He's had one hell of a game.

The substitutions of Coentrao and Khedira with Isco and Marcelo change the dimension of the game. Vital tactical replacements by Ancelotti.

Was surprised to see Khedira get the nod ahead of Illar..

I was really heartbroken for Atletico to lose it so late. Must have made the loss much harder to take.

Overall the scoreline was harsh. Atletico run out of steam at the end and who could blame them. Maximum respect to them getting this far.

He had every right to take his shirt off.

Penalty was too harsh ( last minutes of the game ) . Injury to insult was from Ronaldo running as if he scored the winning goal . Overall , I felt Real deserved it but Atletico was unlucky to have two vital players injured and down to two subs close early in first half . Also, Atletico was at fault for relaxing in last minutes of second half extra time and did not cover well Ramos . Game was very equal and scoreline does not do the justice to Atletico .

We all have different opinions and I respect everyones honest opinion . This thread is about reaction and I gave mine .

As far as little forum brawl above , I agree with Wolfie , and I like him:)) ( No bs ) He gave his reaction about the match . What else did you expect from him ? To kiss up to Real Madrid ? Ridiculous to accuse him for being inappropriate and ruining the thread.

Di Maria should have score :(

1. Ref gives 5min of extra time totally not justified (2-3min was enough)
2. Raul Garcia, what a prick, awful player, awful mentality, deserves clear red in the last 3 games of Atletico
3. Ronaldo, what a g@yboy, celebrating his penalty like he gives the win while he was awful during the whole game

   • @ Dynastian98,
     "Gabi 10/10" never, he was also very aggressive (bad behavior for a captain), voluntary punched Coentrao in the face during the game.
     "CRZ 7/10" never, he was awful 5/10 is gentle
     "This is the first game that Atletico have lost this season...", they don't lost, it was a draw. 90-120min is extra time, the only game of the season they played extra time, so no... It's just the first and the only game Atletico played extra-time...

• Great game, lots of intensity!
  Credit to Di Maria (MOTM for me), Ramos, Godin and Koke.

The score line did not reflect the game at all. it should have ended 3-1 but the ref really wanted Ronaldo to score. It wasnt a penalty. Everyone was exhausted and he just went down. with a team leading 3-1 in the 117th minute you just dont call that a penalty.

Congrats to both teams for playing their hearts out. Ramos agains had to lead Real and Bale sealed the deal (after an awful performance) just like that run against barca.

EDIT: removed the bit about Dynastian and Wolfie :)

in my eyes it was a FANTASTIC match, one of the best finals in CL history. in the 1st half Atleti held the game better, is true lot of people are saying they neutralized RM attack... but hey, that was supposed to be the Atleti's game, wasn't it? both teams were very careful and in fact the goal came more from the mistake of Casillass (now we know why he doesn't start anymore), than a real threat posed by Atletico.

there were few serious fouls not called for RM, if i'm not wrong Gabi deserved a yellow already in the 1st half.
in any case despite the fact Costa was subbed, Atleti played a majestic 1st half, Simeone and his guys were looking solid, while on RM side there were few elements that were not performing well, and i'm not talking about Ronaldo-Bale, but Kedhira and Coentrao: too many mistakes.

in the 2nd half Atleti kept being SOLID, to the point that i thought: "wow this is gonna be hard for RM".
there were 2 gladiators on the pitch, they were everywhere: Gabi and Juanfran. 2 giants, they kept Atleti all together. but RM was pushing, they had to, and in doing that they were growing: at this point the match became fantastic. Carletto goes all offensive, bringing in Marcelo, Isco and Morata. while the latter shows to not be ready for a CL final, doing crapload of mistakes making me want to punch the wall, the other 2 change the face of the match: RM pushes the nitro button and they get the equalizer.

i read lot of people around saying "...that lucky equalizer at 92'... "

in all fairness the equalizer was well deserved, by stating the contrary you just prove to not be a football fan.
both teams played absolutely great. after the equalizer tho', as you could expect, Atleti took a psychological hit and puts it on top of the fact that they basically finished the gas, but RM wasn't looking much better, having to play the whole extra time with a completely unbalanced lineup, all on the offensive side. in the end Atleti's downer had more weight on them, with RM becoming a TORNADO. there were no energies for counters anymore, so it ended a siege and RM prevailed.

wonderful, wonderful match. full of emotions.

Atletico didn't deserve the scoreline tho'. it reminded me a bit of Italy-Spain in the euro2012. Ronaldo's celebration may have looked a bit exaggerate, but can also be that the man was venting his frustration and happiness for putting, as a matter of fact, his mark on the CL final too. he scored, no matter how, he did. and if you know Ronaldo, then you know that his motto is to leave a trace in every match, with a goal. isn't that the meaning of his celebration move everytime? i even saw him going to back defend in the extra time if i'm not wrong? doesn't look that arrogant to me, as a man in general.

anyways, i have deep respect for el Cholo and this wonderful Atletico side, and i congratulate the true winner of it all: Carlo Ancelotti, King of La Dècima, Master of Cups.

@Wofie said everything I wanted to say, +1

@wolfie +1

The score was harsh and they penatly is unfair. Deserved win for Real, even Casilias who almost done a fatal error was great, saving many balls. I expected more from Ronaldo and also Atletic's attack that was nonexistant. But they paid the price to park the bus while they still had the possibility to crush the game with a second goal, poor coaching from Simeone in the second half.

In the extra-time and even after Ramos goal, you could feel Atletico was over and they conceded 3 goals in 15 minutes. MOTM for me is Di Maria. Modric did well, as well as Ramos and Marcelo. Congratulations to Atletico too, deserved that final.

Well its not the first time for Ronaldo did this, against Barça winning a controversial PK, scoring and feeling like he scored a winner in world cup final, i think he is more thinking about himsel than the team, he wasnt the main star but its a good news for Real Madrid. You can win trophees now, because when CR7 struggles in big games, other quality players are there to make the diference...
But we cant take off the credit of scoring goals even if some are useless, he scored 17 goals ( a record ) so hard to criticize him actually even if i hate his arrogant diva behaviour...

Atletico players couldnt play more than 90 min, they were outstanding all the season despite their limitted squad, they were close to accomplish the miracle and they have my respect for that.

^ I didnt know this aspect of Zidane, neither Carlo.