CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Football-C1: Epic duel between Dortmund and Real Madrid

By: Kételène Guirand

Two days before the grand final of the Big Ears Cup, the two teams are preparing to play the most important match of the season.

The UEFA grand final is progressing quickly, the winner of La Liga faces the fifth in the Bundesliga for the fourteenth time in this Champions League competition, 6 Madrid victories against 3 victories for Dortmund and 5 draws.

A very surprising Borussia Dortmund

Beating Paris Saint-Germain in the two direct confrontations despite the presence of the excellent striker Kylian Mbappé (1-0) and (0-1), the yellow and black created a sensation in this C competition. However, among the big favorites, Borussia Dortmund was not one of them, such as: Manchester City, FC Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or even PSG; but the Germans were solid to reach the final with players who are not really big names on the European scene.

Real Madrid could leave with fifteenth

Being the most successful team in this UEFA competition with fourteen trophies, Madrid had to fight until the last minute to obtain a place at Wembley. From the very complicated round of 16 to the semi-finals, the merengues did not give up and believed until the end.

Real Madrid summons

To move to Wembley, the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti called up a list of 25 players:
Guardians
Thibaut Courtois,Lunin,Kepa,Fran
Defenders
Carvajal, Militão, Alaba, Natcho, Vasquez, Rüdiger, Fran Garcia, Mendy
Environments
Bellingham, Kroos, Modric, Valverde, Tchouameni,
Ceballos, Camavinga, Arda Güler, Mario Martin
Attackers
Vinicius, Rodrygo, Joselu, Brahim Diaz.