Diego Simeone was gracious in victory about the quality of Bayern Munich.

"Today in first half we played against a tremendous team, possibly the best I have faced ever as a coach,” said Simeone of Bayern.

Simeone compared this team to the one that won La Liga in 2014 and also reached the final of the Champions League. 

"That [2014] team was much more experienced, many players of 28 or 29 [years old], this team has many more young players, who are learning as they go along. Koke, Saul, Griezmann, [Jose] Gimenez, [Yannick] Carrasco ... it fills us with pride.

"We have a different chance, [in 2014] we had to play on Saturday in Barcelona, the following Saturday against Madrid. This year we will have a fortnight, which will help both finalists. Life is not about revenge, but about new opportunities, and this is a new opportunity."