Real Madrid beat Dortmund in Champions League final at Wembley
Spanish giants win competition for record 15th time
Carvajal & Vinicius Jr score for Real in second half
Kroos sets up first on final club appearance before Bellingham gets assist for second
Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid
The Real Madrid celebrations are set to continue long into the night.
But that's all for this live text, folks.
Next year's final is in Munich. Will Real Madrid be there?
Next stop is Euro 2024.
Bring. It. On.
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More from Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham speaking to TNT Sports about Carlo Ancelotti: "He has unlocked a part of my game that I didn't know I had. That is the thing about world class coaches, they make you realise how good you can be and test the limits of your potential. It is like being at school again, you learn something new every day and get better and better.
On the possible arrival of Kylian Mbappe: "It would be amazing if a player like him arrived. One of the best in the world."
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Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, speaking to TNT Sports:
On the senior players' in the squad: "They always said to me to enjoy the first one, a feeling like no other when you get to the top of the mountain. Never forget your first. They have told me all week. Dortmund had the better of the game, the better chances, but if you don't kill us then we will come back.
"[Toni Kroos and Luka Modric] They were a big part of my feeling before the game to be fair. When I was alone in my room I was thinking to myself and not as confident but you come down to dinner and they are playing cards, chatting, looking relaxed. Then you start to feel relaxed and settle into it. Champions of Europe, can't get any better than that.
On the pressure to win at Madrid: "The pressure is a lot, in the club there is the bubble of players and staff but outside it feels like the world is on top of you. Something happens in training and five minutes after it is in the media. But nights like this are why you want to play for this club, the pressure builds and builds but then you win and it is an amazing feeling."
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More from Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic speaking to TNT Sports:
On pushing on next season: "It is on us to push on and keep the belief high. In life everything is about belief and if you keep the belief high then comes the trust. In the world of sport there is always a winner and a loser and we were close to it but it's not only to taste the feeling but keep the belief high. No room for doubts."
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England's first game at Euro 2024 is two weeks on Sunday. Jude Bellingham tells TNT Sports he will not be linking up with the Three Lions squad until 8 June. That means he will miss Monday's friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina and the farewell friendly with Iceland on 7 June.
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Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels: "We had a great match. I’m super proud of the team for how we presented ourselves here. We played bravely, with heart, and played quality football. We only just missed out on scoring a goal. Real Madrid then strike, as they’ve done many times before."
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Chris Mitchell: Jude Bellingham is not only a world class footballer, he’s a world class person. So pleased for him and his family. Fingers crossed for similar scenes on 14 July.
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Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic, speaking to TNT Sports: "Difficult. Very tough to find the right words. Performance wise we showed a great game but we also found out why they [Madrid] just became European champions for the 15th time. They have been so effective and this is something we missed. The proud thing is that we gave a really good game and we showed everyone that we came here not just to play a game but to win.
"We were very close and it's been small things missing. Congratulations to them. To keep this kind of hunger to go and win it again, you see why they are the true champions.
Proud?: "Yes I am. That is the first thought. A proud moment. We brought nearly 100,000 people to London and everybody had the belief we could make it. It was a fantastic journey this year in the Champions League a great campaign, but to be honest it is a little empty inside. It was a great opportunity to win it and we unfortunately didn't make it."
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Earlier, Jude Bellingham went over to the crowd and placed his Champions League winners' medal around his mum's neck. She responded by kissing her son.
Then he led her onto the pitch so she could have a picture with Jose Mourinho, who is working for TNT Sports.
Lovely scenes.
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Borussia Dortmund boss Edin Terzic is asked by TNT Sports what he said to former Dortmund player Jude Bellingham after the game.
"When he left us I said the same thing I said to Erling Haaland - that I was proud to be their manager.
"It is his first Champions League win and it is a proud moment for him.
"I know what Mark, Denise and Jobe are doing to get this success in the family. Congratulations to Jude."
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Real Madrid's Toni Kroos, who has played the last game of his club career: "The decisive thing was that we didn’t concede in the first half. The first half really wasn’t good from us. Then we got into the game better and scored the goal. We were fully there and the better team. But it took a long time until we were the better team tonight."
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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley
Many will wonder quite how Real Madrid do it when they seem out of sorts so often. But muscle memory kicks in with these great players, as the departing Toni Kroos, Dani Carvajal, Nacho and late substitute Luka Modric claimed Champions League winners' medals for the sixth time.
As for the peerless Carlo Ancelotti, as impassive as ever, he continued his incredible record at the helm of this great club.
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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, speaking to TNT Sports: "It seems a dream but it is reality. Really happy for sure. Really difficult game as usual, they played better first half, we played better second half, but a final is always like this. We were able to win, a fantastic season and we are really happy to be able to win the cup again."
How do Madrid keep winning the Champions League? "It is the history and tradition of the club, of course the quality of the players, the club is a family, we work altogether without problems and the atmosphere is really good in the dressing room. I need to thank the club and the players, no big egos, really humble, it was not difficult to manage the squad this season.
Celebrations? "I don't know what we are going to do, but for sure we are not going to sleep."
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Cotswolds: Congrats to Real Madrid. What a great example of the ingredients of winning and succeeding consistently over decades. A strategy for winning a knockout competition which places all other teams in Europe in the shade. Bravo.
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Carlo Ancelotti turns 65 in a few days.
'Don Carlo' is dancing on Wembley's hallowed turf in front of the Champions League trophy.
Then he is picked up by his players and lifted into the air.
"I don't know what is going to happen tonight," the Italian tells TNT Sports.
"But we are not going to sleep!"
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There are thousands and thousands of Real Madrid fans still inside Wembley 40 minutes after full-time.
'Hey Jude' is blasting from the speakers and there is dancing on and off the pitch.
Jude Bellingham has a Champions League winners' medal around his neck.
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Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker & manager on TNT Sports
You think about boys growing up. They can dream, can't they? Well, Jude Bellingham has just fulfilled a dream. You can see how much it means to him.
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Real Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham, speaking to TNT Sports: "I've always dreamed of playing in these games. You go through life and there are so many people saying you can't do things and days like today remind you why...
"When it gets hard at times you start to wonder if it's all worth it. Nights like tonight make it all worth it.
"I was ok until I saw my Mum and Dad's faces. The nights they could have been home at seven o'clock but they are still out at eleven or twelve taking me to football. My little brother there who I am trying to be a role model for too. Hard to put it into words, best night of my life."
Real Madrid have won the Champions League five times in the past 10 years
Real Madrid rode their luck and overcame an outstanding challenge from Borussia Dortmund to win the Champions League at Wembley.
Carlo Ancelotti wrote more history with his fifth win as coach in the competition, while Real claimed the crown for the 15th time in trademark fashion as they survived a torrid first half and several missed opportunities from Dortmund before coming out on top.
Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi missed two first-half chances and striker Niclas Fullkrug hit the post, with recalled Real keeper Thibaut Courtois also providing a formidable barrier.
Real, inevitably, raised the stakes, with Dani Carvajal glancing home a header from a corner 16 minutes from time before Vinicius Jr raced clear on to Jude Bellingham's pass to add a second nine minutes later.
It crowned a glorious first season at Real for England's Bellingham, but it was a night of disappointment for compatriot Jadon Sancho, who is on loan to Dortmund from Manchester United.
Jude Bellingham helped Real win the trophy at the age of 20
Real Madrid's late surge to claim another victory in Europe's elite tournament carried an air of inevitability as they proved they are a ruthless winning machine when it comes to the Champions League.
As they have done previously in the competition this season, and in seasons before, Real stumbled along in the first half as they were pinned back by the intensity of Borussia Dortmund’s approach.
Real barely put together an attack worthy of the name while hanging on by the skin of their teeth at the other end, with Dortmund creating chances but crucially wasting them.
When that happens, as Liverpool and others have found before them in Champions League finals, there is normally only one outcome.
Match-winner Vinicius Jr was surrounded after the victory
And so it proved as Real, with keeper Courtois fully justifying Ancelotti's decision to pick him ahead of Andriy Lunin, picked up a head of steam to strike those two late blows to the heart of brave Borussia.
Many will wonder quite how Real Madrid do it when they seem out of sorts so often. But muscle memory kicks in with these great players, as the departing Toni Kroos, Carvajal, Nacho and late substitute Luka Modric claimed Champions League winners' medals for the sixth time.
As for the peerless Ancelotti, as impassive as ever, he continued his incredible record at the helm of this great club.
It was a quiet night for Bellingam, who missed a big chance before setting up Vinicius Jr for the second. But what a campaign he has had since joining Real from Dortmund.
England will hope this sets up their young superstar perfectly for Euro 2024.
Jadon Sancho couldn't inspire Dortmund to victory
Borussia Dortmund went into this Champions League final as heavy underdogs but played well enough, and created enough opportunities, to make a mockery of that tag in a superb first 45 minutes.
Adeyemi faltered as he raced clear in the early stages, choosing to go around Courtois but ending up too wide, wasting the opening. Courtois then saved well from Adeyemi before Fullkrug’s low shot rolled agonisingly against the inside of the post.
Courtois saved well from Fullkrug's header after the break, but the longer the game went on there was a sense that Dortmund would pay the ultimate price for not taking their chances, with Real experts at making their own opportunities count.
Dortmund were backed magnificently by their noisy and colourful fans, who gave their gallant team a rousing ovation after the final whistle, a reward for all their efforts.
But it was all to no avail as they lost their second Champions League final at Wembley after missing out against Bayern Munich in 2013.
When coach Edin Terzic reflects on this year's events at Wembley, he will do so with a sense of what might have been.
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| 3 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 5 |
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| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 4 |
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| 3 | Lens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 8 |
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| 3 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 4 |
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| 4 | Union Berlin | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 2 |
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| 4 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
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| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 6 |
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| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 9 |
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Manager: Edin Terzic
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2
Manager: Edin Terzic
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2
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This will be the 15th meeting between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid in European competition, all of which have been in the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid are the team Borussia Dortmund have faced most often in the competition (14), while the Spanish side have only faced FC Bayern München (22) and Juventus (16) more often.
Borussia Dortmund have only won three of their 14 meetings with Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (D5 L6). Among teams they’ve faced at least five times in the competition, only against Manchester City (17%) do they have a lower win percentage than against the Spanish side (21%).
Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid last faced each other in the UEFA Champions League in 2017-18, with los Blancos winning both games in the group stage (3-1 away, 3-2 at home). Neither side has previously managed to win three consecutive games in this fixture in European competition.
This will be Real Madrid’s 18th appearance in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, with their 17 already the most of any side. They’ve lifted the trophy in 14 of those previous 17 finals, while a victory here would mean they’ve won the European Cup (15) more than twice as many times as any other team (Milan with the next-most on 7).
Borussia Dortmund are appearing in just their third UEFA Champions League final (won in 1996-97, lost in 2012-13 previously), with their qualification meaning this will be the first final in the competition between German and Spanish opposition since the 2002 final – one which was won by Real Madrid (2-1 v Bayer Leverkusen).
Should they avoid defeat here, Real Madrid will have gone unbeaten across a European Cup/UEFA Champions League season for the first time in their history (currently P12 W8 D4). They’d be only the second Spanish side to win the trophy without losing a single game in that campaign, along with Barcelona in 2005-06 (P13 W9 D4).
Borussia Dortmund finished 5th in the German Bundesliga this season – they’ll be the second-lowest ranked German side to compete in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, after Bayern Munich in 1974-75 (10th).
Real Madrid have only trailed for 7.5% of their total game time in the UEFA Champions League this season (90 minutes out of 1,200), the lowest percentage of any side. They’ve come back to win four matches in which they’ve been behind in the competition this term, with only Barcelona in 1999-2000 and Real Madrid themselves in 2016-17 (five each) having more comebacks wins in a single campaign in the competition.
Borussia Dortmund’s opponents have hit the woodwork 12 times in the UEFA Champions League this season (including six times in the semi-final by Paris Saint-Germain); the most a team has ever seen their woodwork hit within a single campaign on record (since 2003-04).
Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has not missed a single minute of UEFA Champions League football this season. The last outfield player to play every minute of a winning season was Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017-18 with Real Madrid, while the last central defender to do so was Sami Hyypiä in 2004-05 with Liverpool.
With both featuring in the 2013 final, an appearance by either of Borussia Dortmund’s Mats Hummels or Marco Reus would be the biggest gap between European Cup/UEFA Champions League final appearances (11 years) since goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (12 years, 2003 – 2015), and second-largest by an outfield player in the showpiece event, after Lothar Matthäus (12 years, 1987 – 1999).
Should Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) and Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) both appear in this game, it would be the first time two English players have faced each other in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final while both playing for non-English sides.
Across the last three UEFA Champions League campaigns (since 2021-22), Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior has been directly involved in more goals than any other player (31 – 16 goals, 15 assists). 17 of those have come in the knockout stages (eight goals, nine assists), which is also the most of any player in this period.
Vinícius Júnior has five goals and four assists in the UEFA Champions League this season, following on from his seven goals and five assists in 2022-23. Only one player in Champions League history has registered 5+ goals and 5+ assists in consecutive seasons, with Luís Figo doing so in 1999-00 for Barcelona (5 goals, 9 assists) and 2000-01 for Real Madrid (5 goals, 7 assists).
Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has made the most line-breaking passes in the UEFA Champions League (194), as well as the most leading to final third entries (64). Indeed, Kroos made more line-breaking passes than any other player in the semi-finals of this year’s tournament (45 across the two legs).
Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham is the player who has made the most high-intensity pressures in the UEFA Champions League overall (572) and in the knockout stages (344) this season. Bellingham also has an almost 50-50 split between high intensity pressures made in the opposition half (49.7%) and the defensive half (50.3%) in the competition this term.
Jude Bellingham has created more chances under pressure (19) than any other midfielder in the UEFA Champions League, with four of those resulting in an assist for a Real Madrid teammate. The only player to provide more assists while under pressure from at least one opposition player in the current tournament is Borussia Dortmund’s Marcel Sabitzer (5).
Jadon Sancho has completed 25 dribbles across his six UEFA Champions League appearances for Borussia Dortmund this season; the most by a player in the knockout stages in a single edition since Neymar for finalists Paris Saint-Germain in 2019-20 (32).
Real Madrid’s Joselu is averaging 10.1 shots per 90 minutes in the UEFA Champions League this season (30 shots in 268 minutes), the most of any player to play 100+ minutes in a campaign on record (2003-04 onwards), while only Olivier Giroud (one every 43 minutes in 2020-21) has scored at a better mins/goal ratio than Joselu this season (five goals, one every 54 minutes) in a season in Champions League history (min. 250 mins played).
Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel has saved 84% of the shots on target he’s faced in this season’s UEFA Champions League (42/50). Indeed, based on the quality of shots on target faced using xG, he’s the goalkeeper who has prevented the most goals in the competition this term (+7.1 – seven conceded from 14.1 xG on target faced).
