The world’s media gathered at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Over 1,000 accredited media professionals for Real Madrid-Juventus game! #JuntosAPorLaUndecima pic.twitter.com/d9G5LBa3lg
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) May 12, 2015
To capture the atmosphere
Panorámica del Bernabéu, increíble el ambiente: #RMJUV #UCL pic.twitter.com/iFWWua5OWI
— Fútbol 360 (@FT_360) May 13, 2015
And pay tribute to the great Alfredo di Stéfano
Recuerdo del fondo del Bernabéu a Di Stéfano en este tifo: #realmadrid #UCL pic.twitter.com/arx8apFojF
— Fútbol 360 (@FT_360) May 13, 2015
The cameras brought out Cristiano Ronaldo’s best poses
He scored another goal, not that he worries about personal acclaim
.@Cristiano equals Di Stéfano's tally of 308 goals. He only trails behind Raúl (323) as Real Madrid's highest scorer. pic.twitter.com/C4BKmf3Ile
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) May 14, 2015
62 - Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 62 goals in 63 Champions League appearances for Real Madrid. Update.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 13, 2015
Álvaro Morata scored but he didn’t look as excited
In the middle of this madness is Morata not celebrating against his old team like an unreasonable person. pic.twitter.com/XEfjzsmlYD
— Soccer Gods (@soccergods) May 13, 2015
Juventus’s tenacious defence frustrated the opponents
Real Madrid threw away their final chance of the tie
And Juventus qualified for the final, winning 3-2 on aggregate
Setting up a Luis Suárez v Giorgio Chiellini final
Champions League final: the menu pic.twitter.com/CGe5p9yOaF
— sportingintelligence (@sportingintel) May 13, 2015
Which was handy for the people who had prepared memes
2015 Champions League final: Suarez v Chiellini pic.twitter.com/kTJ1lESHDl
— Eurosport.com (@EurosportCom_EN) May 13, 2015
Marca exaggerated, calling it “the fiasco of the century”
'El fiasco del siglo' #LaPortada pic.twitter.com/npGj0egPnk
— MARCA (@marca) May 13, 2015
Although the drama wasn’t bad for their online traffic
¡Nuevo récord histórico de http://t.co/ZUKIEavefA! ¡¡¡6.550.534!!! Gracias a tod@s http://t.co/E6kjUvKnqG pic.twitter.com/LGJYq5yWyF
— MARCA (@marca) May 14, 2015
AS enjoyed the poetry of Morata scoring the key goals
It had to be Morata... Today's front cover of AS: pic.twitter.com/L7osGJIrS9
— AS English (@English_AS) May 14, 2015
Morata. It had to be him. Football has a novelist’s soul. Sadistic, but a novelist’s. Morata, the lad from the academy. The striker who was no use. When he left for Madrid there was no lack of people who imagined what’s just happened. We all heard it, in the mouth of another, or in our own heads, though we paid it little attention. More than a prediction it was a premonition, a possibility we expressed to invalidate it, as we do so often, with so little success. As if, how could we meet him in the Champions League? As if, how could Alvarito knock Madrid out... Well it happened. Morata scored in Turin and he did it again in the Bernabéu; there was no more important player in the tie, nobody at his level. It obviously hurt him and it’s easy to guess it still does. On being substituted in the 83rd minute Álvaro left the field, clasping his hands together, pleading for divine forgiveness. He shouldn’t worry, he’s forgiven. If, moreover, he wants to be blessed and repatriated with a presentation in the Bernabéu he only needs to bring Barcelona down in Berlin. The president could then say, without being wrong, that Morata was born to play for Madrid.
La Gazzetta thought the fiasco was more of a fiesta
La #primapagina di oggi: FIESTA JUVE, è finale di #ChampionsLeague #RealJuve #Morata decisivo. Ora tutti a Berlino. pic.twitter.com/zO4a7wcs8D
— LaGazzettadelloSport (@Gazzetta_it) May 13, 2015
