Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid: Champions League final 2024 – live
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It’s the 69th European Cup / Champions League final! Real Madrid have been involved in 17 of the previous stagings, winning 14 of them, last losing one in 1981, nine appearances ago. It’s not a point that desperately needs making, but let’s say it anyway: los Merengues are rather good at this.
Borussia Dortmund on the other hand have a more grounded record of one from two. BVB lifted this trophy in 1997; they lost on their other final appearance, here at Wembley, in 2013. They’re very much the underdogs tonight, and not just for all those historical, date-stamped reasons: Real are the new Spanish champions while Dortmund finished a disappointing fifth in the Bundesliga; Real boast Vinícius Júnior, Toni Kroos, Jude Bellingham, Luka Modrić plus The Wall in goal; Real are Real, who always find a way to get it done.
