Real Madrid win the Champions League: Team of the Millennium
Kings of Europe. In colour, in colour, in colour, in colour, in colour, in colour, in colour, in colour, in colour, in colour, in colour and in colour.
No, I haven't gone stark raving bonkers. I've written it 12 times in a row to remind everyone out there how many European Cups now sit in the trophy cabinet of the greatest club to grace both the 20th century and the 21st century.
The old 'in black and white' jibe is nothing but a propagandistic ruse on the part of those seeking to undermine the huge achievements of the Real Madrid of Alfredo Di Stéfano and Paco Gento. My father has confirmed to me that the grass was green, and the teams' shirts bursting with a range of bright colours.
Real Madrid's magnificent story goes on...
They've all been in colour, every one, and it remains a blissfully wonderful life for every Madridista, for every one of us citizens who had the good fortune to choose a club that continue to write the most magnificent story ever told.
Across Europe, people are staring at each other open-mouthed. 4-1 against that Juventus team - who boast nothing short of a brick wall in front of Gianluigi Buffon, but still had no answer to a Real attack that is simply out of this world. A colossal win. It'll be remembered for many a long year.
In the Real end at the Millennium Stadium, they sang it with gusto: "We are the kings of Europe".
