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Real Madrid's Champions League win over Atletico Madrid: How the Spanish and world media saw it

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Image: It was joy for Real Madrid and despair for Atletico

The front and back pages of the Spanish newspapers were dominated by one thing on Sunday - the Champions League final.

Real Madrid won the tournament for an 11th time after a tense 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Atletico Madrid at the San Siro.

The teams could not be separated over 120 minutes, with Yannick Carrasco cancelling out Sergio Ramos' early opener for Real as it finished 1-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo then scored the decisive penalty to give Real their second Champions League victory in the last three years.

'Gloria interminable' (Endless glory) is the headline on the front page of Madrid-based daily Marca.

Underneath is written: "After goals from Ramos and Carrasco, the final had an agonising outcome on penalties. Both teams gave their souls. Juanfran missed and Cristiano scored the decisive penalty."

Another Madrid-based paper, AS, simply went with the headline La Undecima (The 11th) to signify the number of times Real have won the competition.

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A dejected Fernando Torres is pictured above the words 'an even crueler final for Atletico', comparing the defeat to their loss to Real in the 2014 showpiece.

'Real Madrid a la Undecima potencia' (Real Madrid to the power of 11) is splashed across the front of national paper ABC.

"Real return to break the limits of European football with another Champions League that they won on penalties against an Atletico side that never lost belief," is written underneath the headline.

While there was plenty of focus on the winners, the Barcelona-based papers went with the losing side on their front pages.

Both El Mundo Deportivo and Sport carried the same headline: "Pena maxima (Maximum penalty)".

Alongside a picture of Torres hugging Juanfran, who missed Atletico's fourth penalty, Sport writes: "Madrid won their 11th [Champions League] on penalties in one of the most unjust finals that can be remembered. Sergio Ramos scored from an offside position and Griezmann missed a penalty."

El Mundo Deportivo goes with: "Ramos was offside when making it 1-0, Griezmann missed a penalty but Carrasco took the final into extra-time. CR7 scored the decisive goal in the shoot-out after Juanfran's miss as Atletico were punished and did not deserve to lose."

In France, meanwhile, it was Zinedine Zidane who graced the front page of sports daily L'Equipe.

After becoming the seventh man to win the competition as a player and coach, Zidane is pictured being thrown into the air with the headline "Grandiose" (Spectacular).

"Nearly five months after his appointment, Zinedine Zidane clinched the Champions League after a stifling match," is the sub-headline. "The Frenchman, already winner of the trophy as a player in 2002, has given Real their 11th title."

Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was Ronaldo on the front page of Portuguese paper Record.

The picture of the Real star is partnered with the headline 'Siii', meaning 'Yes' and also referencing his three Champions League wins with the trio of 'i's'.

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