Real Madrid fans celebrate Champions League title back home

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Published May 29, 2022 8:03 AM

By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid fans celebrated a Champions League title yet again by packing the streets of the Spanish capital and the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to welcome back their players. Several thousand fans had already spent the early hours of Sunday at the club’s traditional celebration spot, the Cibeles square, after Madrid clinched a record-extending 14th European title on Saturday in France. The fans lit up flares and chanted the club’s songs and anthem throughout the night. The festivities on Sunday began in a ceremony at a cathedral, then the squad met with local authorities before parading through the city’s streets.

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