Union Berlin coach Nenad Bjelica insists he's proud of the players after pushing Real Madrid last night.

Real eventually won their Champions League encounter 2-3 in Berlin.

Bjelica later said: "We lost again in the last few minutes. Madrid has been very dominant and made us play more defensively. We have been a brave team. We have to learn from this, from this number of games lost in the last finals.

"We should be proud of what we have done.

"We are glad to have demanded so much from Madrid. He may have been a little more relaxed, but Rüdiger and Kroos came off the bench. They made few rotations. They took the game very seriously and respected us.

"It's true that Bellingham didn't score, but they have so much quality that if it's not Bellingham, it's Joselu, Rodrygo...."