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Zidane uefa champions final Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coach Our achievement tonight is the most important thing – we have to congratulate the players because it's not at all easy to do this. There are no words to describe it. The amazing thing about this squad is that they don't have a ceiling. They are hungry for more and they've demonstrated that again today. I've just started my career as a manager and what I'm living with my players is absolutely spectacular. I have to enjoy the moment. Remember what we've done – we've been to Paris, to Juventus and Bayern – and we've ended up against Liverpool, who've had a fantastic season.

Bale's first was an 'I-was-there' goal, one to rival Zinédine Zidane, Mario Mandžukić and any other you care to name as the best in final history. Marcelo's cross from the left looked harmless enough, but the Welshman, 20 metres out, somehow contorted his body to hook the ball over his head with enough power that it fizzed past Loris Karius. Quite the contrast to Madrid's opener on 51 minutes, when Karius attempted to roll the ball out to a team-mate only for Benzema to stick out a hopeful leg which turned out to be a goal.              Related stories Why Ronaldo missed real Madrid kit launch