"La Vie d'Adèle" wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

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The prestigious Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival was last night awarded to a steamy three-hour movie about a lesbian love affair.

‘Blue Is the Warmest Colour’ took the prize for the best film from a jury led by Steven Spielberg and Nicole Kidman.

One scene includes a no-holds-barred twelve minute erotic sex scene between two women, played by Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos, that leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination.

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Emotional: Director Abdellatif Kechiche, left, smiles as Adele Exarchopoulos, right, is kissed by Lea Seydoux after they were presented the Palme d'Or award for La Vie D'Adele

 Winners: French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche poses on stage with French actresses Adele Exarchopoulos (C) and Lea Seydoux   

Steamy: The prestigious award was given to steamy three hour lesbian movie Blue Is The Warmest Colour

The naked women writhed, licked and explored every intimate inch of each others bodies.

During the gala the audience sat in silence and craned their necks as if to get a better view of the steamy scenes unfolding in plain sight on the huge screen.

It's the most sensational win at Cannes in years.

Tears: Emotional Lea Seydoux, left, and Adele Exarchopoulos embrace as they celebrate getting the most prestigious award of the year

Overjoyed: Director Kechiche is hugged by his two stars as they accept the prestigious award

Close: The actresses pose for waiting photographers   

ON STAGE Palme D'or awarded to lesbian film La Vie d'Adele

Sterling performances: The two young actresses in Blue Is The Warmest Colour impressed the jury

Kisses: It was a bit of a tactile celebration as the actresses and their director took part in a photocall after the announcement

The three hour movie directed by Abdellatif Kechiche becomes an instant classic not just because of its graphic sex but also because of the mind-blowing performances of its two young stars.

Seydoux plays Emma a fine arts student and painter with blue hair who meets a 17 year old student ,played magnificently by Exarchopoulos.

It may face problems with British film censors because of its erotic nature and for a scene involving what has been described as ''erotic impressive scissoring' where the two women are lock their limbs in an intimate,and sensual, embrace.

Thrilled: Uma Thurman presented the award to the trio

Looking good: the girls' performances impressed the judges at this year's festival

Proud: It is the most high profile prize Blue Is The Warmest Colour has won

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top 10 European Cup final goals of all time

This Saturday at Wembley will see two of Europe’s finest clubs clash as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund battle in the final of the Champions League.

Many anticipate a thriller between the German sides and with technically gifted players on show, there is a high chance of top quality strikes grabbing the attention.

But will any goals this weekend be able to compare with the great European Cup final goals of all time? Here Sportsmail compiles a list of the 10 finest.

 

10. Trevor Francis – NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-0 Malmo (30/5/1979)

Trevor Francis was famously the first £1m player after Brian Clough brought the forward to the City Ground and he sure made it a worthwhile investment.

In reality much of the credit for this goal should go to John Robertson. The Scot’s change of pace down the left flank saw him beat two defenders, before he looped a cross to the far post and out of the keeper’s reach for a grateful Francis to pounce with a diving header.

It was the only goal of the game and gave Forest the first of their two European Cups before they retained the trophy the following season.

9. Vladimir Smicer – AC Milan 3-3 LIVERPOOL (aet, 2-3 pens) (25/5/2005)

Comeback trail: Liverpool's Vladimir Smicer brought AC Milan's lead down to 3-2 with a bottom corner strike

The mother of all dramatic finals and comebacks even had its moments of high quality, with Liverpool adding pretty much all of theirs in the second half.

Given a glimmer of hope after pulling a goal back from 3-0 down in the 54th minute, Vladimir Smicer quickly struck two minutes later with a precise bottom corner strike from outside the box, with the effort straight from the school of Steven Gerrard finishing.

It swung the momentum fully the way of Liverpool, who would equalise on the hour before triumphing on penalty kicks.

8. Zoltan Czibor – Benfica 3-2 BARCELONA (31/5/1961)

You get two screamers for the price of one in this final, which would see Benfica win the first of their two European Cups.

Our pick though goes to the goal from Barcelona’s Zoltan Czibor, who lets a pass from a team-mate bounce before letting fly with an unstoppable 25-yard strike into the top corner – even if it proved only a consolation for the Spanish team 15 minutes from time.

That was because the Portuguese outfit had 20 minutes earlier moved into a 3-1 lead through a stunning Mario Coluna volley which paved the way for a similar strike in the final 41 years later...

7. Roberto Pruzzo – Liverpool 1-1 ROMA (aet, 4-2 pens) (30/5/1984)

Heads I win: Roberto Pruzzo beats Liverpool's Alan Hansen to the ball to equalise for Roma

Liverpool opened the scoring in this final with an opportunistic Phil Neal effort, but the equaliser was one to be admired.

Bruno Conti’s near post cross from the left flank found Roberto Pruzzo, who with his back to goal managed to loop a header over Bruce Grobbelaar and into the back of the net.

Roma’s goal easily won the style contest, but Liverpool ultimately won the trophy as Grobbelaar’s ‘spaghetti legs' in goal for the penalty shootout would lead to the Anfield club winning their fourth European Cup.

6. Didier Drogba – Bayern Munich 1-1 CHELSEA (aet 3-4 pens) (19/5/2012)

Head boy: Didier Drogba nodded Chelsea's equaliser in the dying stages against Bayern Munich

Kneesy does it: Drogba celebrates his equaliser against Munich

Having dominated the entire game, Bayern Munich finally looked like they had won the Champions League on their own ground when Thomas Muller scored with seven minutes left.

But with what was likely to be Chelsea’s best chance in the final moments of the game, Didier Drogba (in his last match for the club) jumped highest at the near post from a corner to bullet a header past Manuel Neuer and hand the Blues an unexpected equaliser in the 87th minute.

A stunned Munich never recovered and it was Drogba’s winning penalty in the shootout that would prove to be his last kick for Chelsea and hand the club their first ever Champions League title.

5. George Best – Benfica 1-4 MANCHESTER UNITED (aet) (29/5/1968)

Wembley winners: George Best (right) turns the ball home to hand Manchester United an extra-time lead

It looked like an easy win for United, but only a fine Alex Stepney save from the great Eusebio stopped the Portuguese side from winning in 90 minutes at Wembley.

Stepney would also play a part in helping United retake the lead in extra-time. The keeper launched a goal kick down field, which after being flicked on for George Best would see the forward beat a defender to the ball before taking it past the keeper and tapping into an empty net.

United would rifle another two goals before the end of the extended period which would eventually reward them with their first European Cup.

4. Alfredo Di Stefano – REAL MADRID 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt (18/5/1960)

One of the greatest club sides ever seen was at its peak, with the deadly strike force of Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas helping Madrid win a record fifth straight European Cup.

In this 10-goal thriller at Hampden Park in front of over 127,000 people, it was Madrid’s final strike and Di Stefano’s hat-trick goal that summed up the ruthlessness of the Spanish outfit.

Following Frankfurt’s second goal 18 minutes from time, Madrid immediately kicked off into a five-pass move before Di Stefano charged towards the edge of the box and blasted an effort into the bottom corner.

3. Hernan Crespo – AC MILAN 3-3 Liverpool (aet, 2-3 pens) (25/5/2005)

Three and easy: Hernan Crespo's second strike put Milan in total control of the 2005 Champions League final

It wasn’t just the fact that Milan threw away a three-goal lead in this final that caused a shock, but the manner in which they did following an insipid second-half display.

That’s because the Italian side totally ripped apart Liverpool in the first half, with Hernan Crespo’s second strike to move them 3-0 ahead a product of a truly stunning counter attack.

Kaka’s turn upon receiving the ball in his own half was classy in itself, but his perfect through ball for Crespo completely bamboozled the Liverpool defence, before the Argentine chipped the ball first time over the advancing Jerzy Dudek. 

2. Lars Ricken – BORUSSIA DORTMUND 3-1 Juventus (28/5/1997)

Will a substitute ever make a more instant impact on a game? Dortmund were shaking with 20 minutes left of this final, after Alessandro Del Piero had scored six minutes earlier to halve the German outfit’s two-goal lead from the first half.

But within seconds of Lars Ricken coming off the bench to replace Stephane Chapuisat, the whole dynamic of the game changed.

Racing on to a through ball, the German chipped a 25-yard shot over Juventus keeper Angelo Peruzzi to score with his very first touch of the game. Juve never recovered as Dortmund triumphed in their first Champions League final.

1. Zinedine Zidane – Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 REAL MADRID (15/5/2002)

Stunner: Michael Ballack can only look on as Zinedine Zidane scores a wonder strike in the 2002 final

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ALL ACTION UEFA CHAMP L FINAL BAYEN WINNER 5

KING OF EUROPE Bayern Munich 2 Borussia Dortmund 1:  

‘It’s coming home, it’s coming home,’ chanted the Bayern Munich fans as they waited for their team to mount Wembley’s steps and claim their European crown. Shortly after  their captain, Philipp Lahm, would hold that famous old trophy aloft, a cathartic moment for a club scarred by defeat in the previous two  Champions League finals.

And, as he did, the memory of that sad old song, now regularly appropriated by celebrating Germans, lingered, haunting the natives. Long have we been used to the German national team’s supremacy. Now their club teams are surpassing ours as well.

Last night at our brash, modern national stadium, Bayern and Dortmund delivered perhaps the finest final since Wembley reopened. Two years ago Barcelona staged a spectacular exhibition here but as a contest, this had at it all.

Top of the pile: Bayern Munich are the Champions of Europe for a fifth time after beating Borussia Dortmund

Top of the pile: Bayern Munich are the Champions of Europe for a fifth time after beating Borussia Dortmund 

At least we might claim something. The winning goal, scored in the 89th minute, was straight out of England: a hopeful long ball, dreadful confusion in defence as Franck Ribery  back heeled and former Chelsea player Arjen Robben seized the loose ball to sway past two challenges and slip the ball past Roman Weidenfeller to end Bayern’s status as serial losers.All around there were German lessons to absorb, from coaching development across the generations to the number of superb young German players developed through their federation’s emphasis on youth. Their clubs are owned by fans who seem to share a genuine bond with their team and it was all on show at our £750million stadium. We do the money so well in English football; shame about the substance.

Robben stood and screamed at his own fans — a man who had missed a penalty that might have won the game in extra time last year. Some hurts were being healed.

Big chances: The first-half was the tale of two goalkeepers with Roman Weidenfeller denying Arjen Robben twice, and Munich stopper Manuel Neuer keeping Robert Lewandowski out

‘To hear the whistle at the end of a Champions League final and to know we had won was perhaps they only thing we needed in our lives,’ said Robben. ‘And when we got there, after all that disappointment last year and in 2010, at last we had done it. And I had lost the World Cup final as well – that’s three finals and you don’t want the stamp of a loser.’

It was not quite the romantic result. Bayern are a financial juggernaut, with almost three times the income of their opponents. They take what they don’t have: Mario Goetze, Dortmund’s young star, was injured last night but will join Bayern this summer. Their outstanding striker, Robert Lewandowski, is likely to follow. 

The pathos of the charismatic Jurgen Klopp leading his defeated heroes on a sad walkabout, greeted by a standing ovation and an overwhelming gratitude, was remarkable. ‘Everything we have done this season was brilliant,’ said Klopp. 

‘The atmosphere in the stadium was brilliant, we enjoyed being in this Olympic town, the weather was great: only the result was s**t.’ Equally, it is hard not to feel a sense of elation for Jupp Heynckes, the 68-year-old Bayern coaching doyen.  

Controversy: Franck Ribery escaped punishment when his flailing arm caught Lewandowski in the face

Once before he won this trophy, in 1998, with Real Madrid, and he lost his job. Next weekend he could win the Treble but again he will leave, replaced by the eminently more fashionable Pep Guardiola, though this time at his own behest. Still, it was some finale to win the club’s fifth European Cup.

The sheer energy of Dortmund was overwhelming — chances for Lewandowski, Jakub Blaszczykowski, Marco Reus and Sven Bender came and went — yet it couldn’t last. Eventually Bayern established a hold, Javier Martinez and Bastian Schweinsteiger recovering their poise in midfield. Weidenfeller got a great hand to Mario Mandzukic’s header after 27 minutes, and then his fingers to a Robben strike three minutes later, when the Dutchman should have scored.

Thomas Muller then glanced a header wide before Robben got the better of Mats Hummels and, from eight yards out, prodded a shot that only Weidenfeller’s jutting jaw could block. It was quite breathless, exhilarating stuff and on the hour Bayern struck. Ribery charged down the left and fed Robben, who headed for the byeline, pulled back a cross and there, at close range, was Mandzukic to direct it in.

Breakthrough: Robben finally wriggled free to set up Mario Mandzukic for the opener in the second half

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Spot on: Dante smashed into Marco Reus to give Ilkay Gundogan the chance to level with a penalty

Winner: Robben skipped through a clutch of players before rolling the ball home and settling the match

Awash with colour: Fans - famous ones included - created a stunning atmosphere inside Wembley... and the entertainment before the match and at half-time was pretty special, too

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