The Most Memorable UEFA Champions League Finals

The UEFA Champions League is one of the most coveted football tournaments in the world. Home to countless unexpected finishes and hearts broken. These are some of the greatest final matches.

FC Barcelona Vs Manchester United 2011

Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernández, and Andrés Iniesta led Barça using their tiki-taka style of play. While Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, and Javier Hernández led Man U by stretching the field.

Barça got their first taste of victory in the 27th minute. Xavi took the ball up the middle, slipped it in past Ferdinand, finding Pedro Ledesma who made it 1-0.

Fortunately for Man U, Rooney was able to find the back of the net in the 34th minute to level the score and carry them into the half.

In the 54th minute, Messi stuns the crowd with a shot from over 25 yards out. Followed by David Villa scoring in the 69th to win the match.

Real Madrid Vs Atlético Madrid 2016

Trying for another upset was Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, and Karim Benzema for Real and hoping to shake their previous finals loss was Antoine Greizmann, Fernando Torres, and Diego Godin for Atlético.

Sergio Ramos was first to strike in the 15th minute, forcing the ball past Oblak from Toni Kross’ free kick.

After Greizmann missed his penalty in the 48th minute, Yannick Carrasco managed to keep Atlético alive by scoring with 11 minutes left in regular time. Taking us into penalties.

The score was 4-3 when Juanfran took his shot, sadly his attempt glanced off the post. This allowed Ronaldo to step up and take the cup home for Real.

Paris Saint-Germain Vs Inter Milan 2025