Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Sparkles will be flying when Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid go head to head at Wembley Stadium in the Champions League final. The Yellow-Blacks did well to shock PSG in the semis and they are eager to claim yet another major scalp in the title game. The likes of Mateu Morey, Sebastian Haller, Julien Duranville, and Ramy Bensebaini should miss the Champions League final with injuries.
Los Blancos, on the other hand, are eager to win the treble after clinching both La Liga and Copa del Rey trophies, but Saturday’s clash will be anything but a walk in the park for Carlo Ancelotti’s troops. Anyhow, away win should be considered as the Italian tactician can count on key players for the decider. David Alaba and Aurelien Tchouameni should be the only absentees in the Spanish team this time out. In their last meeting in the elite competition Real Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-2.
Highlighted Player (Luka Modric):
Luka Modric is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in world football. The Croatian ace is a product of Dinamo Zagreb’s youth school and it has to be noted that he played 94 league games for the Modri between 2003 and 2008. In 2008 he signed a six-year deal with Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £16.5 million.
Luka made his Tottenham debut on 16 August, 2008 in a 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium. The Croatian star scored only 13 goals in 127 league appearances for the Spurs, but he is well known for his brilliant passing. In 2012 he signed for Real Madrid for a fee of £30 million and he made his debut against Barcelona in the 2012 Spanish Super Cup, return leg.
Modric quickly established himself as a first-team regular and, no doubt, he helped the capital club win two Champions League trophies (2013/2014, 2015/2016). You should bear in mind that he was named Croatian Footballer of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2014.
Highlighted Team (Borussia Dortmund):
1909 by eighteen footballers from Dortmund. Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows) play their home games at Signal Iduna Park, but the stadium’s original name is Westfalenstadion. The capacity of Borussia’s home ground is 81,539 and it has to be noted that the stadium was opened in 1974. BVB have the highest average attendance in the world of football.
Borussia Dortmund have won eight Bundesliga trophies, while clinching the German Cup title three times.
However, the club’s biggest success came in 1997 when they outplayed Juventus in the Champions League final. Karl-Heinz Riedle scored a brace for BVB in the 3-1 win over Juve, with Lars Ricken finding the net in the title game as well. Borussia’s biggest rivals are Schalke 04 and the two teams square off against each other in the Revierderby.