Champions League paper reaction to Manchester United v Real Madrid – in pictures

Marca reveled in glory for Madrid, as they lauded Ronaldo for having the 'heart of a champion' and pictured the Portuguese star beating his chest. The main image on this top-selling sporting daily featured Sergio Ramos attempting an old-school pile-on Photograph: Marca

Maybe Diario AS and Marca employ the same picture editor? AS slapped the same group shot across their front page and parped about what a grand week it had been for Madrid after defeating Barcelona twice, then United. They also quoted Mourinho as saying his goalkeeper Diego López was the best player on the field, while noting Alex Ferguson's refusal to talk Photograph: AS

Back in Britain, the Sun decided Kate Middleton's inability to keep a secret was marginally more important than Fergie's fury. Kate's 'daughter', if suspicions are correct following the Duchess's slip of the tongue, took the main slot on a day when public outrage at Justin Bieber's timing threatened to chew up yet more column inches Photograph: The Sun

Portuguese title A Bola predictably heralded their man, Ronaldo, for his part in what they described as 'the great festival of football' Photograph: A Bola

No sign of Kate, Justin or Sir Alex on the front page of Die Welt. Considering José Mourinho predicted the world would stop to watch the tie, it would have been apt if Die Welt had covered it. Instead a riveting line graph on the Dow Jones being higher than ever topped Wednesday's edition Photograph: Die Welt

The game didn't get a look in with the Venezuelan press due to the passing of Hugo Chávez Photograph: El Nacional

Luka Modric, scorer of a wonderful equalising goal against United at Old Trafford, ran his way on to the masthead of El Pais in Spain, while Chávez again took centre stage Photograph: El Pais

Over in the States, the news even made a footnote on the front of the New York Times - 'Real Madrid Advances' they squeaked in miniscule type Photograph: New York Times

The Guardian were also on the ball. We heard the news on the grapevine, stuck a couple of pics on our masthead and got slightly sentimental about United's shattered dreams Photograph: The Guardian