But it was impossible to ignore Ronaldo, as his team mate Toni Kroos was quick to point out. That is what we worked on and that is how we scored three of our goals in the final.
It was another special evening for Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored twice as Real Madrid claimed an impressive win over Juventus to claim their 12 European title (maximum by any team).
Marca's front page proclaimed Zidane's side as "Masters of the Universe", while also pointing out Cristiano Ronaldo's brace meant he finished as the Champions League's top scorer for a fifth successive season. But I always knew really because I'd only been training for five days with the team and I was really lucky to be involved, to be honest.
The former Benfica and Manchester United winger-turned-striker turned 32 in February but far from fading he is as risky as ever - perhaps even more effective than in his younger days.
The second marker brought the four-time Ballon d'Or victor to 600 goals for club and country, including a record 105 in the Champions League. I'm very happy - an incredible season, we've won trophies.
"The most important (thing) is that I again had an awesome season, me and my team-mates have done the double". The numbers don't lie.
"I am happy", he said.
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"I am happy because it is not easy to win things like La Liga and the Champions League, and this year we did it with hard work and desire". "I am happy, these are good moments".
"I prepared myself for this, you win the biggest prizes because of what you do at the end of the season".
"We have won three Champions Leagues in four seasons so we have to be in that category", he said.
He helped Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 last summer, but missed three months of this season after undergoing ankle surgery in November.
Madrid drew first blood in the 20th minute when Ronaldo flicked the ball wide to Dani Carvajal before artfully sweeping the Spaniard's return pass into the bottom-left corner via a nick off Leonardo Bonucci.
For his second, Ronaldo read and anticipated Luka Modric's burst to the byline, timed his run perfectly and met the Croatian's low cross with a deft touch that lifted the ball over the helpless Buffon.
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