Real Madrid has successfully secured their win over Borussia Dortmund in wembley on Saturday to lift the UEFA champions league for the fifteenth time.
Madrid bags their fifteenth time chamoins league. Real Madrid secured their win in a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Dortmund was at the better side for the majority of the game, mounting a lot of possible pressures on Madrid but failed to score. But Dani carvajal put Madrid ahead of the game after 74 minutes from a corner by Toni kroos.
Vinicius junior went ahead to double their lead nine minutes after following a devastating mistake from lan Maastsen. The laliga Giants finally won the trophy. They have just won the cup for the 15th time.
Real Madrid claimed the record-extending 15th UEFA Champions league title after battling past Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at wembley.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side had to withstand strong spells of pressure from their opponents, but second half goals from Carvajal and vinicius delivered los Blancos’ sixth European crown in eleven years.
Dortmund’s failure to convert a goal and Madrid’s dominance
Dortmund carried the greater threat during the opening of their first champions league final appearance since losing to compatriots Bayern Munich in 2013.
Dortmund winger Karim Adeyemi was unable to put the team in front in the 21st minutes after going through one-on-one with thibuat courtois, while Niklas Fullkrug struck the post soon after that.
The Bundesliga side were made to take the lead with those two clear opportunities but failed to do so. With Dani carvajal brilliantly guiding Toni kroos’ corner beyond Dortmund Goal keeper Gregor kobel into the back of the net helped to put Madrid in front.
Nico Schlotterbeck’s superb last-ditch intervention denied jude Bellingham three minutes later, but the laliga giants sealed victory seven minutes from time.
Ian Maastsen’s loose square pass was intercepted by Bellingham, who immediately presented vinicius junior with an opportunity that secured the trophy, which he did not miss.
Vinicius junior named man of the match
The Brazilian superstar’s contribution in the champions league has once again proved vital for Madrid.
Scoring in his second final after netting the winner against Liverpool two years ago, he has been directly involved in 22 goals in the champions league knockout stages, the joint-most by any player before turning 24.
Vinicius also completed also completed eight dribbles as many as every other player in the game combined for the most by a player in final since messi’s tally of 10 against juventus in 2015.
The 23-year-old is also the first player since Luis Figo to register five or more goals and assists in successive champions league seasons.
Madrid the masters of Europe
Once again, Real Madrid stand at the pinnacle of the European club football. Their record tally of 15 titles is more than double that of their nearest challengers, Milan who has seven.
Although Madrid being unable to register a shot on target, they demonstrated yet again how difficult they are to be beaten. Indeed only Atletico Madrid managed it all season.
Dortmund was left helpless with Ancelotti’s side striking twice in the final 16 minutes of the game to seal a hard-earned victory.
Toni kroos who assisted the first goal will hang up his boots in the summer amd Nacho is reportedly set to follow him out of Santiago Bernabeu.
However, the two do so as the most decorated players in champions league history along with team mates carvajal and Luka modric after winning their sixth champions league medals.
While this has become Madrid’s 15th triumph in Europe’s club competition, it is their first having gone unbeaten through out the campaign thereby becoming the second Spanish club to achieve that feat after Barcelona in 2005-06.
