Gareth Bale scored his shoot-out spot-kick too as Real put five out of five past Atletico keeper Jan Oblak. And with Juanfran hitting the post with Atletico’s fourth penalty Diego Simeone’s side were beaten.
They had looked a beaten side in the first half after Sergio Ramos put Real Madrid in front with a goal that looked off-side but they recovered in the second half with Carrasco equalizing from Juanfran’s cross.
The Atletico right back had typified his team’s spirit in the comeback it was so cruel on him to be the man to miss.
The European triumph crowns an incredible season for Madrid ordinary for so long they had found their best form in the last 90 minutes starting it with such intensity they almost put sealed victory before half time.
Bale typified the powerful start to the game. He went down the Madrid right running at three Atletico Madrid defenders and was brought down by Gabi.
He then took the free-kick himself and whipped it in to Benzema who didn’t get enough on it from the edge of the six-yard box to turn it past Oblak.
At the other end of the pitch Bale was setting the tone too. He robbed Griezman brilliantly to turn defence into attack once more.
Real were playing with incredibly intensity a little too much in the case of Dani Carvajal who flew into Griezmann and was booked but only after English referee Mark Clattenburg appeared to be influenced by Simeone’s reaction leaving his technical area outraged at the challenge.
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