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31,May,2016
Spanish Capital Wellcome to Real Madrid Foot Ball Heros
Madrid-Sunday,30,2016,After an historic 11th European Cup win,thousands of
Real Madrid fans wellcome home their heros.The Madrid fans piled in to the
streets of the Spanish capital and filled the clubs 80,000 capacity Santiago
Bemabeu Stadium.An open top bus emblazoned with the word Champions carried the
team,who swowed off the trophy to fans,just after sunrise on their return from
beating local rivals Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout in Milan.
Shouted the ecstatic
crowd at the Plaza de cibels,"how can i not love you?A traditional meeting
point for Reals trophy celebration.The Real players who arrived home from Milan
around 6:am (0400GMT),headed directly for Cibeles where the fans had been
celebrating since midnight.The squad snapped photos of the raucous crowd from a
platform specially erected at Cibeles before captian Sergio Ramos waved the
large silver trophy for the cheering supporters.
Later after
being greeted by Madrid mayor Manuel Carmena and head of local governament,the
team returned to a full Berbabue for a spectacular light and fireworks
show.Cristiano Ronaldo three time world player of the year,struck the winning
spot kick after the two sides could not be separated with the score at 1-1
after 120 minutes of play.It is the second time in three years that Real have
defeated Atletico in the final.Captian Sergio Ramos said,to win two champions
league in the three years shows that our efforts have had their reward.We are
the best club in the world.
The
foot ball mad spanish capital of 3.2 million people had been dominated by the
two clubs crests and colours in a frenzied build up to the final,which
attracted a worldwide audience of 180 million people in more then two hundrad
(200),countries.Praise poured in for Real Madrid,including from Spains acting
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tweeted,"Epic final in the league of
champions."Congratulations to all...for the 11th."However,there were
mixed emotions for fans in the city as Atletico.Who have never won the
Champions League ,lost in to the for a third time.A Real fan Monica Gonzalez,25
years old,said,"i am delighted two
Champions League titles in three years,it is incredible."They deserved
it.They almost played better iam happy my team won but it could have been any
of the two teams."An Atletico fan said,could not hide his disappointment
as once again the red and white half of Madrid was forced to life in Reals
shadow.Just 500 m away from wild scenes of celebration at Cibeles,the Neptuno
fountain,where Atletico fans go to celebrate their triumphs,was empty.
Spanish daily sports news paper Marca captured the mood,describing Real
as "the king of Europe"adding that manager Zinedine Zidane had been
"touched by a magic wand"wrote news paper,"he was born to play
for Real Madrid and to lead them."Spain's bestselling EI pais news paper
described the finals as "unforgettable and gruelling ",with an
editorial arguing that Atletico have nothing to regret,saying that they were
"far superior at the start,and must be gritting their teeth."
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