Another one! Twelve! Glory reigned over Real Madrid in Cardiff last night, as Zidane's players confirmed that they have an insatiable appetite for success.
Yet at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Saturday, he joined the managerial immortals as Madrid's 4-1 rout of Juventus made him the first coach to win successive European Cups since the great Arrigo Sacchi of AC Milan in 1989 and 1990.
"We were considering more at one point, but I've worked tirelessly hard to get back and to get ready for this game. Now we will rest a bit and then think about next season".
"People doubt him, but he is out of this world, he is a machine and, from those I have seen, the best in Madrid's history", said another jubilant fan Diego Torulano.
The goals knocked the stuffing out of Juventus, who ended with 10 men after Juan Cuadrado was sent off in the 84th minute - 18 minutes after coming on as a substitute - following a second booking for the mildest of pushes on Sergio Ramos.
"It depends on the tactics that the coach puts". I'm also lucky to be part of this club and with this squad.
"Of course I like to play freer because it is a position in which I also play with Portugal, but obviously I also like the 4-3-3".
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"Every year we are kings of Europe".
"We knew this season was going to be different".
"We feel we are an awesome team and need to just keep doing what we are doing because I think we can win many more titles in the future".
Juventus, who are the Serie A champions, have now lost five Champions League finals since they last won the competition in 1996. Next year will be much more hard. "I'm happy, I'm incredibly satisfied". The second half was better. "I will never be front", said Ronaldo to La Sexta show "Jugones".
For all the talk of tactics, the threat posed by the Italian champions and the romantic notion of Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon finally claiming a Champions League winner's medal, Ronaldo yet again found a way to hog the headlines.
In an exceptional career in which he keeps rewriting the record books, Ronaldo scored twice to become the first player in the 25 seasons of the Champions League era to score in three finals.
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