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 0-0 Real Madrid
By the way, no changes by either side at the start of the second half.
Dortmund have won another corner. They continue to look sharp going forward.
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Dan: People are comparing Bellingham to Zidane! Jude isn't fit to lace his boots on this showing...
Paul: I know everyone loves him, and he is a quality player, but Bellingham has done nothing in this game so far. He didn’t do all that much in the semi finals or quarter finals either
As I said before, Bellingham isn't a big game player....
Nick
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It's Los Blancos who get the second half under way.
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Paul Clement
Former Real Madrid assistant coach on BBC Radio 5 Live
I am surprised how poorly Real Madrid have played, for the level of player they have, the experience they have in these types of games and for what they have done so far this season. I have been surprised by Dortmund. Definitely the better side and they have looked very dangerous, making the better chances too. I have to say I can't see Real Madrid playing as poorly as that in the second half.
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Carlo Ancelotti is first to emerge from the tunnel for the second half closely followed by both teams.
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JamBarrell: Bellingham looking like a CM playing out of position as CAM tonight. For England he should be a No 8 and Foden CAM.
Robert: Why is Hummels not in Germany's Euros squad?
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Paul Clement
Former Real Madrid assistant coach on BBC Radio 5 Live
Real Madrid will be looking to get Jude Bellingham more involved in the game in the second half. He has been very quiet so far. Borussia Dortmund have done a good job on him, Emre Can and Marcel Sabitzer have done well to stifle him in midfield.
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The fact that Hummels isn’t in the Germany squad for the Euros is absolutely baffling.
Steve
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The last three players to hit the woodwork in a Champions League final:
2024 - Niclas Fullkrug.
2023 - Federico Dimarco (lost his final with Inter).
2022 - Sadio Mane (lost his final with Liverpool).
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Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Borussia Dortmund have been the dominant side, had a couple of gilt-edged opportunities but didn't manage to take them. Real Madrid have offered very little in this first half, Dortmund deserve to be in front but they are not.
We all know at some stage Real Madrid will get their act together.
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It’s amazing what a bit of confidence, belief and a coherent strategy can do. Dortmund have been outstanding. Sancho is a joy to watch when he plays like this.
Dan, Darlington.
Great controlled aggression from Dortmund, but some silly yellow cards which may come back to bite them.
Derek
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Paul Clement
Former Real Madrid assistant coach on BBC Radio 5 Live
You have to say that Dortmund have been the better team, eight attempts, three on target to Real Madrid's two attempts, zero on target.
As the game has progressed Dortmund have gradually upped the possession and looked very confident, Real Madrid have not played well, certainly offensively.
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Gregor Kobel has not had a save to make.
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It's a good performance from Dortmund so far, but they need to take their chance. If Real score first it's going to be game over: there is no team better at playing on the counter attack.
Willem
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A fascinating 45 minutes. But will Borussia Dortmund pay for those missed chances?
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More pressure from Borussia Dortmund right at the end of the half. They win a corner after a move which started with Vinícius Jr carelessly conceding possession.
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Real are trying to slow it down as half-time looms. The 14-time European champions will be glad to get back into the dressing room unscathed.
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Four minutes added on at the end of the first half.
No goals but this is such an intriguing watch.
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VAR should be used for those sort of dives, rather than toenail offsides. Vini Jr would be gone now.
Alex
I wish VAR could intervene on things like Vinicius's dive. Blatant cheating, and clear error from the ref! Would have taken 15 seconds for VAR to buzz the ref and send Vinicius off!
Paul
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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.
After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
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| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
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| 2 | København | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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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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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2 | PSV | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 9 |
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| 3 | Lens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 8 |
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| 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 2 |
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| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 18 |
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| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
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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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| 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
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| 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
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| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 4 |
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| 4 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
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| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
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| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 6 |
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| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 4 |
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| 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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| 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
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| 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
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| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
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| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
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| 3 | Young Boys | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 4 |
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| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 1 |
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
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| 2 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
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| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 9 |
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| 4 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 3 |
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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).
