Real Madrid beats Borussia Dortmund 2 to 1 in Champions League final, earning its 15th European Cup

Real Madrid beats Borussia Dortmund 2 to 1 in Champions League final, earning its 15th European Cup

Madrid’s victory comes one season following the time Manchester City lifted the trophy for the first time in its history, an event that many believed would signal the beginning of a new phase.
/ Source: The Associated Press
By The Associated Press

LONDON -Amid a blaze of silver and gold glitter, Real Madrid held aloft the Champions League trophy for the record-breaking 15th occasion on the weekend.

The most famous sight of European soccer’s most prestigious competition was as fresh as ever following an 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the final game at Wembley Stadium.

“Getting familiar with it? It’s never happened,” said Carlo Ancelotti who boosted his record of victories as a coach to five. “The dream continues.”

The white walls of Madrid fans on one side of the stadium sang to their heroes who defeated them after goals scored by Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior secured the win.

The result was predictable and came under less than predictably circumstances following Dortmund had the upper hand in the first half.

“It was a very difficult game, much more difficult than we had expected,” Ancelotti stated. “We changed things because in the first half we were a bit lazy.”

Carvajal made sure to put Madrid into the lead at the end of the first 74 minutes, and Vinicius added to his side’s lead in the 74th minute. Spanish giant’s lead a minute later.

His sixth Champions League title was his third title with Madrid in addition to two titles more than most prestigious Rival Zinedine Zidane, Pep Guardiola, and Bob Paisley.

Carvajal, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Nacho won the trophy for the sixth time, achieving the previous record set by Madrid legendary Paco Gento.

Madrid’s win came just one time before Manchester City lifted the trophy for the first time in its history, which many thought would signal the beginning of a new period of supremacy for Guardiola’s squad in Europe. However, it was Ancelotti who proved his case to be the most prestigious coach of his time due to his unwavering dominance at the top of the Champions League.

In addition to three titles in Madrid In addition, he was twice crowned champion with AC Milan.

Madrid’s dominance over the game is beyond belief with more than twice as many times as any other club. Milan is second in terms of successful club, with seven wins.

“This is the story of love that binds Real Madrid and the European Cup. The players come and the players go and we are able to say it’s our tournament,” Madrid president Florentino Perez said.

Dortmund suffered the consequences of not getting the most out of its advantage in the first half in the first half when Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made a string of saves, and Niclas Fullkrug struck the post.

Madrid made the most of the break as Carvajal took on Kroos his corner in the area of the near post and drove a header over Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.

Vinicius scored over Kobel to score 2-0. He was able to sprint off in celebration when his goal ended Dortmund hopes to pull off one of the most significant Champions League upsets in recent history. After the game, Vinicius celebrated and posed for photos with the rapper Jay-Z who was also in the 86,000-strong crowd.

For a long time the German team seemed capable of stopping Madrid after dominating the chances during the opening half.

Coach Edin Terzic was able to outmaneuver Ancelotti in all areas The Madrid superstars were tamed.

The mixture between Courtois and the goal’s frame made sure that the score was even at halftime, after the goalkeeper had twice stopped Karim Adeyemi out of scoring. The keeper the goalkeeper watched as Fullkrug’s slide attempt bounced from the goal post.

“There was the momentum when the game turned around and you see why they are the champions of this competition,” Terzic stated. “We couldn’t manage to score and that was the key why we didn’t manage to win the game.”

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