Real Madrid has a new appointment with history and will try to strengthen its hegemony in Europe. Borussia Dortmund and Wembley are the last opponent and the last stadium which leads to the Fifteenth (9 p.m.). An unprecedented final, since the two teams meet for the first time in the match for the most coveted title: the Champions League.
To reach this meeting marked in red in the calendar, Ancelotti’s men had to win difficult qualifiers against the Bayern Munich, Manchester City And Leipzig. The Madrilenians’ journey has been brilliant, since they have not lost a single match in this edition of the Champions League and have a record of 8 wins and 4 draws.
First final at Wembley
Real will want to end a superb season in style after having already raised the League and the Spanish Super Cup. Our team will be playing its 18th European Cup final, but the first at Wembley, the stadium which will host the eighth final in its history in the competition.
“I am confident because the team has shown fantastic quality throughout the season,” Ancelotti said in press conference pre-match. The Italian is preparing to lead his sixth European Cup final as coach and has a squad counting on Nacho, Modric, Carvajal and Kroos. All four players can equal the legendary record of six European Cups won by Gento. They are accompanied in the list of summoned players by Vini Jr. and Rodrygo, the top scorers madridistas of the competition with 5 achievements each. Bellingham will not be missed either. The Englishman, who has scored 23 goals this season, will try to open his continental record in his country.
Borussia Dortmund’s strengths
The German team enters this evening’s meeting having eliminated PSG in the semi-finals, Atlético in the quarters and PSV in the round of 16. Before that, they had finished at the top of group F. The Germans will try to win their second European Cup after that of 1997 in the third final in their history. Füllkrug, with 3 goals, is the top scorer in this Champions League for a team that also counts on the talent of Adeyemi, Brandt and Sancho, among others.
The previous ones
For the 15th time, the two teams face each other in the European Cup, but the first in the final. The historical record is favorable to Madridistas with six wins, five draws and three defeats. Real Madrid won the last two duels in the group stage of the 2017/18 season. That season, our team won the Thirteenth. Tonight she aims to lift the Fifteenth in London.
