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Record winners Real Madrid have underpinned their supremacy in European soccer with another Champions League victory. The Spaniards triumphed in the final on Saturday against Borussia Dortmund, who played strongly for a long time, in London's Wembley Stadium with a lackluster 2:0 (0:0) and thus celebrated their 15th title in the "premier class".
ÖFB star David Alaba was allowed to sit on the bench despite his cruciate ligament rupture, while Marcel Sabitzer played through for BVB.
Carvajal redeems Real
Full-back Dani Carvajal put the Spanish champions on course for victory in front of 86,212 spectators in the 74th minute with a header from a Toni Kroos corner. BVB, who were superior for long stretches, had previously missed a number of top chances. Goal scorer Vinicius Jr. scored the winner in the 83rd minute after a serious mistake in Dortmund's build-up play. Niclas Füllkrug's supposed follow-up goal (87') was rightly disallowed for offside.
Sabitzer, who was the second Austrian after Alaba to appear in a CL final and put in a strong performance in the first half, missed out on the crowning glory of his career to date. In the 43rd minute, the ÖFB international was shown a yellow card for criticism. For Dortmund, fifth in the German Bundesliga table, London was once again a place of misfortune; eleven years ago, Dortmund lost the CL final 2-1 to Bayern Munich at the same venue.
Fourth title for Alaba
The Spanish champions, on the other hand, won the double, winning all nine finals since the Champions League was founded in 1992/93. Coach Carlo Ancelotti's team gave Alaba his fourth Champions League title and German midfielder Kroos a dream farewell to club soccer before the end of his career after the home European Championships.
Hours before kick-off, yellow and black were the dominant colors in the English capital, with both fan camps giving each other nothing in the stands. BVB supporters carried banners criticizing the club's controversial sponsorship deal with arms manufacturer Rheinmetall. "Rheinmetall: With soccer to a clean-cut image?" read one banner.
Whirlwind of speed
Before the ball rolled, musician Lenny Kravitz performed. Zinedine Zidane and Karl-Heinz Riedle brought the trophy to the touchline. "You don't play a final, you win a final," was the motto of BVB coach Edin Terzic, who did without Marco Reus in the starting eleven. Sabitzer opened the final with the kick-off, but 21 seconds later two speedsters on the pitch immediately caused an interruption. The ÖFB midfielder played a decisive role in ensuring that play could resume after around two minutes.
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It was also Sabitzer who forced the first BVB attack in the sixth minute, but his cross found no takers. Julian Brandt had the first good chance to score when he fired the ball past the far corner from six meters out (14th minute). At the other end, Vinicius Jr. shot wide (15'). In the 21st minute, Karim Adeyemi found himself alone in front of Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois after a dream pass from Hummels. However, the ex-Salzburg player's attempt to round the Belgian failed. Shortly afterwards, Füllkrug knocked a shot against the bar from an offside position against an unsettled Madrid side (23').
BVB unlucky
The much more dangerous BVB squandered the best opportunities, with Adeyemi again failing to beat Courtois after a counter-attack (28'). In the 41st minute, Sabitzer tried his luck with a cross, but Courtois saved in only his fifth competitive game of the season. Real remained harmless in attack and barely got into the game, with the 8:2 shots on goal in BVB's favor being telling. Shortly before the restart, the Dortmund fans lit up the stadium with a pyrotechnic display, and shortly afterwards they saw goalkeeper Gregor Kobel fend off a Kroos free-kick from the far corner (49'). Kobel was also on hand to save a Carvajal shot (57').
The game became neutralized and nobody wanted to make the decisive mistake. Füllkrug tested Courtois with a diving header (63'), while Jude Bellingham narrowly missed a Vinicius cross (69'). Ancelotti's side came into the game better and were rewarded. Carvajal beat Füllkrug in the near corner and headed into the far corner. Three minutes later, Bellingham missed from a good position. In the 80th minute, Kobel was alert for another Kroos free-kick, as well as for a Camavinga shot (81st) and a Nacho header (82nd). Shortly afterwards, Ian Maatsen made a huge mistake and Bellingham fed Vinicius, who coolly slotted home.
Borussia Dortmund - Real Madrid 0:2 (0:0)
London, Wembley Stadium, 86,212, SR Vinčić (SLO)
Goals:
0:1 (74') Carvajal
0:2 (83') Vinícius Júnior
Dortmund : Kobel - Ryerson, Hummels, N. Schlotterbeck, Maatsen - Can (81. Malen) - Sancho (87. Bynoe-Gittens), Sabitzer, Brandt (81. Haller), Adeyemi (72. Reus) - Füllkrug
Real: Courtois - Carvajal, Rüdiger (90. Militão), Nacho, Mendy - Valverde, Camavinga, Kroos (86. Modrić) - Bellingham (85. Joselu) - Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior (94. Vázquez)
Yellow cards: Schlotterbeck, Sabitzer, Hummels and Vinícius Júnior respectively
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