Dream Real Madrid!
Champions Real Madrid!
El País and Marca, Spain's two major media outlets known as Real Madrid's mouthpieces, both splashed Real Madrid's Champions League victory across their front pages, reporting on this historic match. They agreed that Real Madrid's performance at Wembley Stadium had been nothing short of dreamlike and that they fully deserved the title.
Marca commented, "After an outstanding match, Real Madrid claimed the eleventh Champions League trophy in its history. It was also the first legendary team in twenty-one years to successfully defend the Champions League title. With this championship, Real Madrid proved that it was the best team in Europe. That was a known fact, and their victory at Wembley verified it once again."
Marca pointed out that this was completely different from last year's Champions League Final. Last year, Real Madrid had faced Mourinho's Inter Milan, whose overall strength they surpassed, completely overwhelming them on the pitch. This year, however, Real Madrid had been at a disadvantage against Barcelona.
"Just like in the El Clásicos of the past few years, Barcelona held an overwhelming advantage. Guardiola's team completely controlled the match. Barcelona's football was peerless, even more dazzling than ever before."
"But at Wembley Stadium, against such a powerful team, Real Madrid, despite being at a complete disadvantage, created more and more dangerous chances with the little time they had on the ball. Their early offensive surge set the course of the match, while Yang Yang's late goal completely killed the suspense."
Marca believed that Yang Yang, who was voted the best player of this Champions League Final, had been the key factor in Real Madrid's successful title defense. His consistency gave Real Madrid the lead from the opening minutes and later killed off the suspense.
"Yang Yang's idol Ronaldo recently praised Yang