The 2014 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the
2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the 59th season of Europe's premier club
football tournament organised by
UEFA
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, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
.
The match took place on Saturday, 24 May 2014, at the
Estádio da Luz
The Estádio da Luz (), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, it ...
in
Lisbon, Portugal, between Spanish sides
Real Madrid and
Atlético Madrid. It was the fifth tournament final to feature two teams from the same association, the second all-Spanish final and the first between teams from the same city. Real Madrid won the match 4–1 after extra time, with goals from
Gareth Bale,
Marcelo and
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
following a 93rd-minute header by
Sergio Ramos, which cancelled out
Diego Godín
Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield and captains the Uruguay national team.
Regarded as one of the best ...
's first-half goal. In doing so, Real Madrid secured a record 10th title in the competition, 12 years after their ninth victory.
As the winners, Real Madrid earned the right to play against
2013–14 UEFA Europa League
The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season under its current title.
The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Sevilla and Benfica at th ...
winners
Sevilla
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
in the
2014 UEFA Super Cup
The 2014 UEFA Super Cup was the 39th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa L ...
. They also qualified to enter the semi-finals of the
2014 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between th ...
as the UEFA representative, ultimately triumphing in both competitions.
Venue
The
Estádio da Luz
The Estádio da Luz (), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, it ...
(officially known as the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica) in
Lisbon, Portugal, was chosen as the venue of the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final at a
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
Executive Committee meeting in
Istanbul
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, Turkey, on 20 March 2012.
The home stadium of Portuguese Primeira Liga side
Benfica since 2003, it was newly built to host five matches of
UEFA Euro 2004
The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The ...
, including the
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
. Before the old stadium's demolition in 2003, to make way for the new 65,000-capacity ground, the
original Estádio da Luz hosted the
1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where
Werder Bremen
Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...
beat
AS Monaco
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Frenc ...
2–0, and the second leg of the
1983 UEFA Cup Final, where
Anderlecht secured a 1–1 draw with Benfica to lift the trophy.
The last time the European Cup final was played in Lisbon was in
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
, when Scottish side
Celtic beat
Inter Milan
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...
of Italy 2–1 at the
Estádio Nacional
The Estádio Nacional (English: National Stadium), also known as National Stadium Sports Complex ( pt, Complexo Desportivo do Estádio Nacional) and as ''Jamor Sports Complex'' ( pt, Complexo Desportivo do Jamor), is a national football stadium ...
. The Portuguese capital also hosted the
2005 UEFA Cup Final
The 2005 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was contested by Sporting CP and CSKA Moscow; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP ope ...
at the
Estádio José Alvalade
Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was built adjacent to the site of the older stadium. The stadium is named after José Alvalade (1885–1918), the founder and first club ...
, home of Benfica's local rivals and finalists
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...
, who lost 3–1 to
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...
.
Background
This was the first final in the history of the competition to be disputed by two teams from the same city. It was also the second all-Spanish final, after the
2000 final between Real Madrid and
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
, and the fifth final between teams from the same country, the others being
2003 (Italy),
2008
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(England), and
2013
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(Germany).
Real Madrid reached a record 13th final after a 5–0 aggregate win against defending champions
Bayern Munich, making it the first time the club had reached the final since they won their
record ninth title in 2002. Previously they won finals in
1956,
1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...
,
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
,
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
,
1960,
1966,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
,
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...
, and
2002, and lost in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
,
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
, and
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
. This was also their 17th final in all UEFA club competitions, having also played in two
Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
finals (losing in
1971 and
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
) and two
UEFA Cup
A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay ...
finals (winning in
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
and
1986). It was the fourth Champions League final for their current coach
Carlo Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti , (born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of La Liga club Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, Ancelotti is the most decorated manager ...
, who previously coached
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...
to victories in
2003 and
2007 and defeat in
2005, equalling the
record shared by
Miguel Muñoz
Miguel Muñoz Mozún (19 January 1922 – 16 July 1990) was a Spanish football player and manager.
A midfielder, he spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid before going on to coach the club, where he is widely considered one of the mos ...
,
Marcello Lippi and
Alex Ferguson. He joined
Bob Paisley as the
only manager to have won three titles, and also became the fifth manager to win titles with two clubs, after
Ernst Happel
Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was an Austrian football player and manager.
Happel is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, winning both league and domestic cup titles in the Netherlands, Belg ...
,
Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld (; born 12 January 1949) is a German former professional football player ( striker) and manager. He accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. ...
,
José Mourinho and
Jupp Heynckes.
Atlético Madrid, who a week earlier had won their first
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
title since 1996, reached their second European Cup final, 40 years after their first, after defeating 2012 champions
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
3–1 on aggregate. This is the longest wait between finals, eclipsing the 38-year wait by
Inter Milan
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...
(1972–2010). Atlético Madrid's only previous European Cup final in
1974 ended in defeat to
Bayern Munich after a replay. Atlético Madrid have also played in three
Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
finals (winning in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
, and losing in
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
and
1986) and two
Europa League finals (winning in
2010 and
2012
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), with their most recent Europa League triumph in 2012 led by current coach
Diego Simeone
Diego Pablo Simeone González (; ; born 28 April 1970, nicknamed El Cholo (), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder; he has been the manager of Atlético Madrid since December 2011.
In his cl ...
. He had the chance to join fellow Argentinians
Luis Carniglia
Luis Antonio Carniglia (4 October 1917 – 22 June 2001) was an Argentine football striker and manager. He played for Boca Juniors in the 1930s, but is probably best known for managing Real Madrid in the 1950s.
Luis Carniglia was buried in La ...
and
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán (; 10 April 1910 – 9 November 1997) was an Argentine, naturalized French, football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success with the Inter Milan team known as ''Grande Inter'' in the 1960s.
During h ...
as the
only non-European coaches to win the European Cup/Champions League. Had they won the final, they would have become the first Spanish club and the fifth club overall to
have won all three pre-1999 major European trophies (
European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup).
The only previous
Madrid derby matches in European competitions were in the
1958–59 European Cup
The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the UEFA Champions League, European Cup, Europe's premier club association football, football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid for the fourth time in a row, wh ...
semi-finals, where Real Madrid defeated Atlético Madrid 2–1 in a replay, after a 2–2 aggregate draw. In the 2013–14 season, Atlético Madrid defeated Real Madrid 1–0 away and drew 2–2 at home in
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
, while Real Madrid eliminated Atlético Madrid in the
Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
semi-finals, winning 3–0 at home and 2–0 away.
Road to the final
''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''
Pre-match
Ambassador
Former Portugal international player
Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Winger (association football), winger for Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, Real ...
, who won the Champions League with
Real Madrid in 2002, was named as the ambassador for the final.
Logo
UEFA unveiled the visual identity of the final on 29 August 2013, the same day as the group stage draw. The design concept was inspired by elements from the
Portuguese discoveries, namely the
armillary sphere and the
windrose, which were important instruments used by Portuguese sea explorers to measure the position of stars.
Ticketing
The international ticket sales phase for the general public ran from 10 to 21 March 2014. Tickets were available in four price categories:
€390, €280, €160, and €70.
The two finalist clubs were each allocated 16,970 tickets by UEFA. Atlético made 14,000 tickets available to club members, with a limit of one ticket per member. Real Madrid received 24,103 requests from 73,314 club members for a total of 13,134 tickets; due to the high demand, the tickets were awarded by means of a draw.
Officials
Dutch referee
Björn Kuipers was named by UEFA on 7 May 2014 as the referee for the final. He has previously taken charge of the
2011 UEFA Super Cup, the
2013 UEFA Europa League Final, and the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at the Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 June 2013 and was contested by the winners of ...
. He became the fourth Dutch referee in a European Cup/Champions League final, after
Leo Horn (1957, 1962),
Charles Corver (1978), and
Dick Jol (2001). The rest of the refereeing team are fellow countrymen Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra as assistant referees,
Pol van Boekel and Richard Liesveld as additional assistant referees, Angelo Boonman as reserve assistant referee, and Turkey's
Cüneyt Çakır
Cüneyt Çakır (, born 23 November 1976) is a former Turkish football referee. He is best known for refereeing the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final between Juventus and Barcelona. He was FIFA listed since 2006 and a member of the UEFA Elite sin ...
as the fourth official.
Related events
The UEFA Champions League and UEFA Women's Champions League trophies were handed over to the host city of Lisbon at a ceremony held at the City Hall, on 17 April 2014. The Mayor of Lisbon
António Costa received the silverware from the hands of UEFA President
Michel Platini
Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, a ...
, who justified the decision to stage the 2014 UEFA Champions League showpiece match in Lisbon with the fact that it had "been too long since the final had been in Portugal" and for "the passion and love of football the Portuguese have."
The title holders of both competitions were represented at the event by Bayern Munich chairman
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and midfielder
Xherdan Shaqiri, and
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin.
Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's he ...
defender Lina Magull. Also in attendance were
Portuguese Football Federation
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol; ) is the governing body of football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (UPF) by the three existing regional associations ...
(FPF) President Fernando Gomes and final ambassador Luís Figo. Upon their arrival to Lisbon and before the ceremony, the trophies were paraded by old tram through the city in the hands of trophy tour ambassadors
Vítor Baía
Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH (; born 15 October 1969) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
One of the most decorated goalkeepers of all time, his career was intimately connected with FC Porto, which he started re ...
, former Portuguese international and
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
goalkeeper, and Mónica Jorge, former coach of the women's national team.
The annual UEFA Champions Festival took place from 22 to 25 May 2014 at
Praça do Comércio
The Praça do Comércio (; ) is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m (574 by 574 ft), that is, 30,600 m2 (329,000 ft2).
Facing the Tagus () to the South, ...
in the city centre.
The
2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was held on 22 May 2014 at
Estádio do Restelo
The Estádio do Restelo is a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 19,856 people and was built in 1956, in an old stone quarry. It is situated behind the Jerónimos Monastery in the Lisbon parish of Belém.
...
, featuring Swedish side
Tyresö and defending champions
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin.
Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's he ...
. Losing 2–0 at half-time, Wolfsburg made a comeback to win the match 4–3.
Martina Müller, who scored the winner in the
previous final, repeated the feat to secure the German team's second consecutive title.
Opening ceremony
The ceremony preceding the kick-off was organised by Canadian company Circo de Bakuza, with artistic direction by London-based choreographer Wanda Rokicki.
She was responsible for the artistic segments of large international sporting events, such as the
2004 Summer Olympics, the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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, and the
2002 and
2006 Commonwealth Games.
Conceived "to honor Portuguese tradition, including naval history or the art of tiling",
the show required six months of preparation and involved a total of 400 volunteers, 90 singers and 84 large-sized banners.
The
UEFA Champions League anthem was interpreted by Portuguese
fado
Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was ...
singer
Mariza
Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (), is a Portuguese fado singer.
Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican ...
.
Match
Team selection
The only player suspended from the final was Real Madrid's
Xabi Alonso
Xabier Alonso Olano (, ; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his h ...
, who picked up his third booking of the competition in the second leg of the semi-final. In his place, Carlo Ancelotti selected German midfielder
Sami Khedira
Sami Khedira (; born 4 April 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He began his career at VfB Stuttgart, winning the Bundesliga in 2007, before moving to Real Madrid in 2010. In his five seasons i ...
, who himself had only recently returned from injury.
Pepe
Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name José (Josep). It is also a surname.
*
People
Mononyms
* Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer
*Pepe (footballer, born 1983), real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira ...
was also left out of the starting XI, with 21-year-old French centre-back
Raphaël Varane
Raphaël Xavier Varane (; born 25 April 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the France national team. Considered as one of the best defenders of his generation, Varan ...
playing instead. Real Madrid's front three of
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
,
Gareth Bale and
Karim Benzema
Karim Mostafa Benzema (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains La Liga club Real Madrid. A creative and prolific forward, Benzema is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. ...
were originally doubtful for the match, but all three overcame injuries to start the match.
Atlético captain
Gabi returned from a one-match European suspension, while striker
Diego Costa was included in the starting line-up, having undergone horse placenta treatment for a hamstring injury suffered in the last league match the previous Saturday. However, despite initial optimism, midfielder
Arda Turan did not recover in time after suffering an injury in the same game.
Kits
Atlético Madrid wore shirts with the name of their former player and manager
Luis Aragonés
Luis Aragonés Suárez (; 28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish football player and manager.
Aragonés spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético Madrid. He was a prominent player and then coach of the succe ...
inside the collar following his death in February 2014, with the symbolism approved by UEFA President
Michel Platini
Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, a ...
. Both teams wore their home kits for the final, as they do in domestic meetings.
Summary
Within eight minutes, Atlético striker Diego Costa was forced to come off because of his previous injury.
Gareth Bale had Real's best chance just after the half-hour mark and it was only a few minutes later when Atlético punished this miss.
When Atlético received a corner, it was routinely cleared by the Real Madrid defence, but only as far as the head of
Juanfran, who headed the ball back into the penalty area and onto the head of
Diego Godín
Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield and captains the Uruguay national team.
Regarded as one of the best ...
, who caught
Iker Casillas off his line with a looping header to make it 1–0 to Atlético on 36 minutes.
The second half saw Real pushing forward as they went in search of an equaliser to deny Atlético's first Champions League title, with manager
Carlo Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti , (born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of La Liga club Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, Ancelotti is the most decorated manager ...
making a double substitution to replace
Fábio Coentrão and Khedira with
Marcelo and
Isco
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez (; born 21 April 1992), commonly known as Isco (), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He last played for La Liga club Sevilla.
He began his career at Valencia, playing ...
. Atlético defended with all players and Real missed several chances.
Atletico's defence was finally breached in the third minute of stoppage time, after the regulation 90 minutes, by a pinpoint
Sergio Ramos header into the left of the net from
Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić (; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an a ...
's corner from the right.
The match went on to extra time with no substitutions left for either team.
Real Madrid became even more dominant in extra time, which proved decisive after
Ángel Di María
Ángel Fabián Di María (born 14 February 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for club Juventus and the Argentina national team. He can play as either a winger or attacking midfielder.
Di María began his career with R ...
's run on the left flank saw him dribble past three Atlético defenders and shoot at goal.
Thibaut Courtois attempted to block the Argentine's shot but only managed to deflect the ball to Bale, who headed the rebound in from two yards out to put Real ahead for the first time, in the 110th minute.
Real then added two late goals to the scoreline, starting with Marcelo's low left foot strike from just inside the penalty area in the 118th minute. At the end of extra time,
Cristiano Ronaldo
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was fouled by Gabi for a penalty,
which he converted into the left corner of the net for a record 17th goal in the tournament. During the celebration for Ronaldo's goal, Varane kicked the ball towards Atlético manager
Diego Simeone
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In his cl ...
, who then ran onto the pitch in anger. Simeone was sent off and Varane booked for the incident.
This was the seventh UEFA Champions League final (not including the finals up to 1992, when it was known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup) to go into extra time and the first to be solved during this period, without the need for a
penalty shoot-out
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. It was also the second highest-scoring final in the tournament's history as the Champions League, after the 3–3 draw between Milan and
Liverpool
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in
2005, and provided the second biggest winning margin, behind Milan's 4–0 win over
Barcelona
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in
1994
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2014 UEFA Europa League Final
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Atlético Madrid in European football
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Real Madrid CF in international football competitions
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Spanish football clubs in international competitions
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2016 UEFA Champions League Final, which was the rematch between two sides
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2018 UEFA Super Cup
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– contested by the same sides
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2013–14 UEFA Champions League
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2014
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Final
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2013–14 in Portuguese football
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European Cup Final 2014
European Cup Final 2014
2013–14 in Spanish football
2010s in Lisbon
May 2014 sports events in Europe
Madrid Derby matches