Real Madrid became the first team to score 500 goals in the Champions League after Cristiano Ronaldo put them ahead in the final against Juventus on Saturday.
The Portugal star swept home Dani Carvajal s cut-back in the 20th minute to put Zinedine Zidane s men in the ascendancy in Cardiff.
Madrid are the competition s most successful side and the strike added another milestone to their rich history.
It is a tapestry that includes memorable goals from the likes of Zidane, Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Brazil icon Ronaldo. Here, we recall those great moments in finer detail.
500 Real Madrid are the first team in Champions League history to reach 500 goals. Milestone.
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Predrag Mijatovic (v Juventus, 1997-98 final)
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Brazil fired their dreams of World Cup glory with a 3-0 win over Austria, according to Neymar – who had his fears of an injury relapse tested to the full.
The Paris Saint-Germain superstar endured some heavy challenges on his first start since suffering a broken metatarsal at the end of February and scored a delightful solo goal in the 63rd minute in between Gabriel Jesus opener and Philippe Coutinho s stylish third.
Injury also ruled Neymar out of Brazil s 7-1 humiliation on home soil against Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-final but he believes Tite s current crop should make no secret of their bold ambitions in Russia.
You have to trust, you dream, he told reporters after moving joint third on Brazil s all-time scoring chart, level with Romario on 55.
Diafra Sakho has taken it upon himself to attempt to force through a move to Rennes, undergoing a medical with the Ligue 1 side without West Ham s permission.
The forward, who joined the Hammers from Metz in 2014, has failed to build on a promising debut season in the Premier League with injuries and loss of form plaguing the Senegal striker.
In a saga reminiscent of Peter Odemwingie driving to QPR in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to hasten a switch from West Brom in 2013, Sakho reportedly travelled to Rennes to agree terms on Wednesday, despite West Ham chairman David Gold insisting the 27-year-old is going nowhere.
Diafra Sakho is not for sale in this transfer window he is an integral part of our first team squad and will play a part in our recovery, Gold wr…
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Serbia and the Republic of Ireland have been drawn together in a World Cup qualifications group again. They faced each other as they strove to reach the final tournament in Russia in 2018, with Serbia coming out better off while Ireland went on lose their play-off clash to Denmark.
This time around, it s Group A where they ll be battling against each other, and they start at the Rajko Mitic stadium in Belgrade on Wednesday. Serbia are second seeds behind Portugal, while Ireland are third. Azerbaijan and Luxembourg are in there as well.
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Having lost the play-offs for this year s European Championship to Scotland, Serbia will be aiming to make a fresh start here, with a new man in charge of the team Dragan Stojkovic, fond…
Luke Shaw believes the public criticism he previously received from Jose Mourinho has helped him become stronger mentally after the Manchester United defender earned an England recall.
Shaw missed out on Gareth Southgate s World Cup squad, the full-back reduced to the role of spectator as England reached the semi-finals in Russia.
The former Southampton defender has struggled to realise his potential at Old Trafford, with his development at the club hindered by a double leg fracture suffered in 2015.
He made his return during Mourinho s first season in charge, but his performances during the Portuguese s tenure have regularly drawn the ire of the former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter boss.
However, Shaw has made a strong start to the 2018-19 campaign and…
Borussia Dortmund are increasingly confident star striker Erling Haaland will be able to play in the DFB-Pokal final on Thursday.
RB Leipzig will be Dortmund s opponents in Berlin as BVB seek a fifth success in Germany s cup competition.
Haaland was forced to miss the emphatic 5-0 DFB-Pokal semi-final win over Holstein Kiel as well as Saturday s dramatic 3-2 Bundesliga triumph over final opponents Leipzig, which secured the title for Bayern Munich.
The Norway international has been out with a thigh injury but, in a major boost, sporting director Michael Zorc confirmed the recent optimism around Haaland s involvement in the cup final is well placed.
Haaland has scored 37 goals in 38 appearances for Dortmund in a remarkable campaign that has led to him bein…
Keisuke Honda has contacted Manchester United via , asking the 20-time English champions to make him an offer.
Now 33 years old, the former Japan international scored eight goals in 24 games for A-League side Melbourne Victory last season, at the end of which he was released and is now a free agent.
After starting out at Nagoya Grampus, the attacking midfielder tried his luck with VVV-Venlo in Netherlands, CSKA Moscow in Russia, AC Milan in Italy, and Pachuca in Mexico, before arriving to Melbourne last summer. It seems he is keen on playing in the Premier League as well.
There can hardly be any doubt as to Manchester United needing reinforcements, with the future of Paul Pogba with the club increasingly uncertain and Juan Mata past his 31st birthday, but given …
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel and Liverpool s Pep Lijnders were in agreement as they backed UEFA s decision to move the Champions League final from St Petersburg.
Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine on Thursday and that conflict escalated on Friday, with reports suggesting the fighting has now reached the capital of Kiev.
In response, many countries and organisations around the world have imposed sanctions on Russia, as well as Russian entities and individuals.
UEFA acted by moving the Champions League final to the Stade de France in Paris, a decision that The Russian Football Union (RFU) denounced, accusing UEFA of failing to detach sport from politics.
But Tuchel and Liverpool assistant Lijnders, whose sides face off in the EFL Cup final on Sunday, both…
Luka Jovic will make the grade at Real Madrid if he is afforded time, according to his former Eintracht Frankfurt captain Alexander Meier.
Jovic joined Eintracht on an initial two-year loan from Benfica in 2017 after struggling in Portugal and he went on to star in the Bundesliga.
The Serbia international scored 17 top-flight goals last season and netted a further 10 in the Europa League as Eintracht reached the semi-finals.
That form persuaded Madrid to pay a reported €60million for the 21-year-old, but he has made only two LaLiga starts, with Karim Benzema continuing his fine run of form.
Luka Jović
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But Meier, who spent a season with Jovic, is adamant there is no reason to panic about…
Arsenal are interested in signing Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Gunners are reportedly monitoring the Sweden international striker, who is rated highly by the North London club’s technical director Edu.
Isak has been on the books of Sociedad since 2019 when he joined from Borussia Dortmund. The Sweden international made 30 starts and four substitute appearances in La Liga for La Real this past , scoring 17 goals and providing two assists in the process. The 21-year-old striker also made seven starts and one substitute appearance in the Europa League for the Spanish club.
The Swede is a very talented and promising young player who could be a success at Arsenal. It remains to be seen if Soci…