Real Madrid wins Champions League final, Twitter reacts
By Mike Dyce
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid squared off in Lisbon, Portugal in the UEFA Champions League final. These two rivals knew each other well and both were looking for historic wins in the big game. It would be Atletico’s first European Cup and for their cross town rivals Real Madrid, their tenth.
Atletico Madrid struck first in the 36th minute of the game on an error from goal keeper Iker Casillas. A ball was coming into the box and Casillas came off his line to play the ball, but Atletico’s Diego Godin was able to get a head on it and put it over Casillas. The keeper was left scrambling back to his goal line to try and prevent it from going in but couldn’t get their fast enough and just like that Real Madrid was playing form behind.
In stoppage time, Sergio Ramos buried a header off a corner kick to force extra time. That breathed life into Real Madrid and sucked the wind and momentum out of Atletico Madrid.
So, how did Twitter respond? We have some of the best Tweets we could find from the thousands and thousands online below:
A shot at band wagon fans:
Man Utd... err I mean Real Madrid fans rejoicing
— Shawna™ (@ShawnaWTF) May 24, 2014
A shot at Real Madrid’s 12 year wait for their 10th trophy:
Finally you fans "Real Madrid fans" "witnessed" your team raise a cl 😂
— _ (@_Blaugrana09) May 24, 2014
A shot at the team’s superstar?
Gareth Bale won this for Real Madrid, not Ronaldo.#UCLfinal
— Wale Gates (@walegates) May 24, 2014
Some people weren’t as excited:
Real Madrid and Soccer have been added to the blocked list.
— Jeremy (@JerBiggs) May 24, 2014
But Real Madrid deserved it because we had to many losses at semifinals years past and atletico were just new to this
— V (@_chavalon) May 24, 2014