Dortmund were made to pay for missed chances as Real Madrid left it late to claim their 15th Champions League triumph at Wembley.
Dani Carvajal’s glancing header on 74 minutes and a Vinicius Jr strike nine minutes later proved the difference on a night when Madrid failed to hit their heights.
Dortmund enjoyed the best of the first hour and Niclas Fullkrug hot the inside of the post while Thibaut Courtois – playing his first game in the competition this season – had to deny Karim Adeyemi and Fullkrug while Carvajal denied Karemi after he had rounded the Belgian keeper.
The final whistle ensured a record sixth winner’s medal for Toni Kroos, on his final club game, along with Carvajal, Luka Modric and Nacho.
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The pre-match atmosphere had built to a crescendo before kick-off but less than 25 seconds later a series of pitch invaders made it onto the field.
Dortmund’s Marcel Sabitzer wrestled the third to the floor to cheers from the crowd but the interruption certainly took some of the edge of proceedings when play eventually resumed.
There was nothing in the way of action in the final third until Federico Valverde linked up well with Carvajal down the right but lashed well over the bar wit the first effort on 11 minutes.
The first chance came at the other end two minutes later when Julian Brandt burst into the box but could only side-foot well past Thibaut Courtois’s far upright.
Vinicius Jr blazed high and wide after Valverde found him on the right of the box on 15 minutes but Adeyemi should have put Dortmund ahead after breaking the offside trap to latch onto Mats Hummels’ pass on 21 minutes but went too wide as he rounded Courtois and saw his tame finish from an acute angle diverted behind by the back-tracking Carvajal.
Dortumd came even closer two minutes later when Ian Maatsen pinched possession in the Madrid half and…
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Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-06-01 20:57:47
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