Jonathan Wilson: Atl?tico reaches its breaking point as Real Madrid claims La Decima

[Jonathan Wilson]

It turns out there was a breaking point for Diego Simeone's magnificent Atl?tico Madrid side, and it came with 10 minutes of extra-time remaining. The club had won La Liga and was within two minutes of winning a first ever Champions League. Even after conceding to Sergio Ramos, there was still a chance it could cling on through extra-time for penalties, but once Gareth Bale had headed Real Madrid into the lead, it collapsed -- physically and emotionally shattered. Marcelo's late drive and Cristiano Ronaldo's even later penalty added an unrepresentative one-sidedness to the scoreline, but there was no shame in defeat.

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