15 times Real Madrid! He won the Champions League against a very tough Borussia Dortmund

Real Madrid, once again, is the European champion. There are 15 titles already. This, the most recent, has been achieved with very similar matches, with rivals who demand it to the maximum and who are then overcome with lethal blows. This is what happened to Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. He did not score them in the rival goal, he received them in his own goal: 2-0 and those led by Carlo Ancelotti are once again at the top of the continent.

(Also read Real Madrid’s goals that gave them the fifteenth Champions League, at Wembley)

Borussia Dortmund made Real Madrid suffer in the first half, which began with an unusual event: at least five fans got onto the field in the first minute and one of them even had time to take a selfie with Jude Bellingham.

Dortmund came out on top. While the Germans surprised with a fast game, Carlo Ancelotti’s men went at a different speed and suffered enormously due to a lack of recovery in the middle of the field.

The options were for those in yellow, including a shot on the post by Niclas Füllkrug, in the 23rd, and a brilliant save by Courtous after a shot by Marcel Sabitzer from outside the area.

On the other hand, in the goal of Gregor Kobel, the Dortmund goalkeeper, hardly any testimonial records, with Vinicius Junior more concerned with finding fouls than with creating danger and with an opponent who left very few spaces for the two Brazilians from Madrid to be able to score. build something that would carry danger.

Modern measurements by data analysts assumed a goal from the Germans: at the end of the first half, the expectation of a Dortmund goal was 1.68. One for Real Madrid, 0.09, despite having had the ball for much longer.

But there is something that neither analysts, nor artificial intelligence nor any modern tool can measure in football, the surprise factor. And Real Madrid, who seemed on the ropes, already in the second half caused the first scare, a free kick from Toni Kroos that sent Kobel flying to take it out of the angle.

That action caused the party to fall into limbo. Dortmund, who had started the second half at full steam, slowed down. And Madrid began to gain meters towards the opposing goal. We had to wait more than 15 minutes to see a goal option again, in a Füllkrug header that forced Courtois to fly again.

Real Madrid may be finished, on the ropes and waiting for the knockout blow. But if you don’t apply it, the answer comes. And at 29 of the second half, Dani Carvajal put his head on a corner kick from Toni Kroos.

Madrid got into the game after 1-0. Nacho already warned, in the same way as Carvajal’s goal, and Kobel had to take her out to avoid the second. But he couldn’t avoid it anymore: with a team playing on the attack, the meringues found all the space to do damage. And from pressure from Rodrygo came a play in which Jude Bellingham left Vinicius ready to score 2-0, at 38 minutes.
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​Dortmund tried to at least get some discount, but there was no time. This story has been written many times. Once again, Real Madrid is at the top of Europe. So so so wins Madrid.
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José Orlando Ascencio
Sports Deputy Editor
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