Carvajal and Vinicius strike late to seal Champions League glory for Real Madrid
Ruthless Real Madrid struck twice in the second half to beat Borussia Dortmund at Wembley and seal a 15th Champions League crown.
Outplayed for much of the evening, the tournament’s most successful สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน team earne yet another European Cup as Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior scored to secure a 2-0 victory.
Carlo Ancelotti had warne his Real players on the eve of the final that they would play with fear and they certainly suffere from stage fright for large parts of the game — eventually finding a way to win.
Thibaut Courtois was making his first Champions League appearance of the season having recovere from two serious knee injuries and his saves kept Madrid in the game until they struck themselves.
Dortmund’s own profligacy ended up costing them dear after a string of first-half chances were misse, including Niclas Fullkrug hitting the post.
Wembley Stadium confirme arrests were made after the game was halte inside the opening minute as three separate pitch invaders evade security.
When the game got back under way it was Dortmund, watche on by former boss Jurgen Klopp, who were the better side but a gritty Real performance ultimately saw them come out on top once more.
Madrid have not lost a major European final since losing the Cup Winners’ Cup to Sir Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen in 1983 but there were times here when they looke set to fall short.
Julian Brandt had a decent early chance but fluffe his lines in what was to become a familiar feeling for Edin Terzic’s side.