It was Ronaldo's fourth Champions League title - three for Real and one at Manchester United - and his double took him to 600 career goals for club and country. The numbers don't lie.
"I can not explain why we played like we did in the second half", said Juve captain Gianluigi Buffon, now a three-time beaten finalist.
Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed he shaved his head after the Champions League final because he promised himself he would if he scored in a Real Madrid win.
"In the first half we played beautifully but they pushed the accelerator in the second half and we could not resist", Allegri, whose side had been bidding to become the eighth club to land the "treble" having won Serie A and the Copa Italia this year, told reporters.
"But Real Madrid have important players and when they have a player who wins the Ballon d'Or (Ronaldo) it's a huge advantage".
At the end of the 25th season of the Champions League, Ronaldo is the first player to score in three of the competition's finals. "My family is happy and I am happy so we will continue what we are doing".
Of course, Real's win was about much more than the contribution of their Portugal forward.
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"I have a one-year contract left". I don't think many players have won the Champions League in the home city [where] they were born. But the Champions League final may see Spanish playmaker Isco leap ahead of the injured Welsh star and fostered discussion about how Zinedine Zidane's team is more cohesive without him.
"I am very happy - an wonderful season again".
Juventus leaked three goals in 12 games en route to the final, twice shutting out Barcelona's feared attack in the quarterfinals before blunting a free-scoring Monaco strike force in the semifinals. We are still quite young as a whole team and we have a great squad.
The emphatic nature of Madrid's victory removed some of the gloss from Mario Mandzukic's sensational equalizer for Juve, which cancelled out Ronaldo's 20th-minute opener.
The Brazilian midfielder unleashed a shot from 25 yards that flicked off the heels of Madrid old boy Sami Khedira before spinning past the helpless Buffon.
With keeper Gianluigi Buffon close to 40, Barzagli 36 and Chiellini and Bonucci the wrong side of 30, it is tempting to suggest that Juve's rearguard will soon need rebuilding.
"We hope not too many people were injured and we hope they get better soon".
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