Our prediction for this Champions League match:
After surviving Celta Vigo in the La Liga round 10, Real Madrid will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they face Borussia Dortmund in the replay of the last season’s Champions League final. Los Blancos aim to recover from a 2-0 loss to Lille and seeing that Carlo Ancelotti can count on key players for Tuesday’s clash, home win should be considered. The likes of David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, and Brahim Diaz should be the only absentees in the home team.
The Yellow-Blacks, on the other hand, recorded a hard-fought 2-1 win over St. Pauli at the weekend, but their display was anything but promising. As Real Madrid want this triumph more than Borussia Dortmund, who have already recorded two wins in the new Champions League campaign, we are going to bet on the home team. The likes of Adeyemi, Besong, Couto, Duranville, and Reyna are injured for the Bundesliga outfit, while towering defender Niclas Sule should recover in time to face the title holders.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a forward. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy and in 2013 he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe made his debut for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017 he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in the 2017/2018 and it has to be noted that Unai Emery’s troops eventually won the national championship.
Speaking of his international career, Mbappe played an important role for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, with the pacey rising star scoring a brace in a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament. The PSG attacker was born in Paris on December 20, 1998.
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.