There is less and less to go, the countdown is already active and the anxiety to find out who will be the new champion of the UEFA Champions League does not stop. Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid will face each other in the final for the Orejona next Saturday, June 1.
Since the 2019/2020 edition when a German team did not reach the final of this competition, the last to be crowned champion was Bayern Munich, owner of six of the eight titles that Germany has accumulated so far in this tournament.
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The other two German titles in the competition were achieved by Borussia Dortmund, in the 1996/97 season, and by Hamburg, in 1982/83, both winning the grand final against Juventus of Turin.
He Borussia Dortmund has won a Champions Leaguein the aforementioned 1996/97 edition, when they beat Juventus, the defending champion, 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
They came close to achieving another, in 2013, but lost the final against Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium. Edin Terzićb’s team He will look for his second Orejona against Real Madridin its third final of this type, also in the London stadium.
In May 2013 we experienced a very final Champions League final with an exquisite Bundesliga aroma that entered the history books as the fifth Champions League that Bayern won, in the first final between German teams. Mario Mandzukic scored 1-0, Ilkay Gündogan equalized with a penalty, but Arjen Robben made it 2-1 almost on the hour mark, in the 88th minute, after a block by Franck Ribéry.
The German team is the surprise finalist of this 2024 edition, after defeating Kylian Mbappé’s PSG with authority in the semifinals. In England he will have the enormous challenge of facing the top European champion, Real Madrid. Terzic’s team will seek to make great history.
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