Borussia Dortmund is known for its youthful energy and attacking style of play.
Borussia Dortmund scored the most goals (35) in the Champions League group stage and knocked out PSG in the semifinals.
Carlo Ancelotti is Real Madrid's manager and has won 4 Champions League trophies.
Edin Terzic is Borussia Dortmund's manager and grew up as a fan of the team.
Jadon Sancho, Karim Adeyemi, and Donyell Malen are key players for Borussia Dortmund.
Real Madrid has conceded 9 goals in 12 Champions League matches and kept 6 clean sheets this season.
Real Madrid is a successful European football club with 14 Champions League titles.
Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, and Vinicius Junior are key players for Real Madrid.
Welcome to the Champions League final preview between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. This highly anticipated match will take place at Wembley Stadium in London on June 1, 2024. With both teams showcasing impressive performances throughout the season, it's time to delve into what you need to know before the big game.
Real Madrid: The Kings of Europe
Real Madrid is one of the most successful clubs in European football history with a record 14 Champions League titles. They have a strong squad led by manager Carlo Ancelotti, who has won four Champions League trophies throughout his career. Some key players to watch include Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, and Vinicius Junior.
Borussia Dortmund: The Underdogs
Borussia Dortmund is known for their youthful energy and attacking style of play. They have a strong squad led by manager Edin Terzic, who grew up as a fan of the team. Some key players to watch include Jadon Sancho, Karim Adeyemi, and Donyell Malen.
The Battle for European Glory
Both teams have had impressive runs in the Champions League this season. Real Madrid has kept their composure throughout, while Borussia Dortmund has shown resilience and determination. The final promises to be a thrilling encounter between two talented teams.
Key Statistics
Real Madrid has conceded just 9 goals in their 12 Champions League matches and kept 6 clean sheets this season.
Borussia Dortmund has scored the most goals (35) in the Champions League group stage and knocked out PSG in the semifinals.
Prediction
It's a tough call, but based on their past performances and squad depth, Real Madrid is favored to win. However, Borussia Dortmund's youthful energy and attacking style could pose a challenge. Regardless of the outcome, it promises to be an exciting match.
Real Madrid is the most successful club in the Champions League with 15 titles, while Borussia Dortmund’s only major European success is their 1997 victory.
Jadon Sancho, Karim Adeyemi, and Donyell Malen provide pace for Borussia Dortmund’s attack, complementing Niclas Fullkrug in the center-forward position.
Borussia Dortmund has conceded just nine goals in their 12 Champions League matches and kept six clean sheets this season.
Jude Bellingham, a summer signing from Borussia Dortmund, is the team’s top scorer with 23 goals in all competitions.
Carlo Ancelotti is leading Real Madrid in his sixth Champions League final as a manager and has a record of four Champions League trophies won.
Edin Terzic, the coach of Borussia Dortmund, grew up as a fan of the team and has faced opposition from his own supporters during this season.
Real Madrid will wear their famous all-white kit while Borussia Dortmund will wear their yellow and black kit in the final.
Toni Kroos will play his last match for Real Madrid in the Champions League final, after 10 years with the club. He is retiring from football after playing for Germany at this summer’s European Championship.
Marco Reus, a Borussia Dortmund legend, will also be playing his final match for the club in the Champions League final before potentially moving to MLS.
Real Madrid has a history of producing improbable comebacks in the Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund last reached the Champions League final in 2013 and lost to Bayern Munich.
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Fallacies
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The author makes an appeal to history and tradition when describing Real Madrid's success in the Champions League. This is a form of informal fallacy known as 'appeal to tradition'. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing Real Madrid's comebacks as 'improbable' and 'magic', which can be considered an attempt to manipulate emotions. Lastly, the author quotes Carlo Ancelotti using the phrase 'we're not thinking about being the favorites', but then goes on to describe how Real Madrid has a history of winning in the Champions League and is favored to win again. This creates a dichotomous depiction of Real Madrid, presenting them as both underdogs and favorites.
The team's road to the final in the knockout stages this season was marginally less fraught... After winning all six group games without getting out of second gear, Real narrowly edged past RB Leipzig in the round-of-16 before a nerve-shredding penalty shootout win against a dominant Manchester City in the quarterfinals. Then came this season's greatest escape act. Two goals from Joselu – the man who attended Real’s last final in 2022 as a fan – in the 88th and 91st minutes turned a 3-2 aggregate deficit into a 4-3 win against Bayern in the semifinals.
Simply put: No matter how perilous the position, never count Real Madrid out in the Champions League. The team's history in the competition began in the '50s. It's something special for the club, for all madridistas and for us, who are also madridistas.
They haven’t lost in eight Champions League finals in a row. What’s important is what happens in the next one and we’re responsible for that.
The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League season is coming to an end with the Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund match at London’s Wembley Stadium this Saturday.
Real Madrid are the current favorites to win, having won the title 14 times before.
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The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is taking place today at 8pm local time (3pm ET) in London at Wembley Stadium.
Real Madrid is the most successful club in the Champions League with 15 titles, while Borussia Dortmund’s only major European success is their 1997 victory.
Borussia Dortmund has conceded just nine goals in their 12 Champions League matches and kept six clean sheets this season.
Jude Bellingham, a summer signing from Borussia Dortmund, is the team’s top scorer with 23 goals in all competitions.
Carlo Ancelotti is leading Real Madrid in his sixth Champions League final as a manager and has a record of four Champions League trophies won.
Edin Terzic, the coach of Borussia Dortmund, grew up as a fan of the team and has faced opposition from his own supporters during this season.
Real Madrid will wear their famous all-white kit while Borussia Dortmund will wear their yellow and black kit in the final.
Toni Kroos will play his last match for Real Madrid in the Champions League final, after 10 years with the club. He is retiring from football after playing for Germany at this summer’s European Championship.
Marco Reus, a Borussia Dortmund legend, will also be playing his final match for the club in the Champions League final before potentially moving to MLS.
Dortmund have adopted a model of signing young talents, selling them at a profit, and using the proceeds to invest in more young players
Lars Ricken, Dortmund’s new managing director, has outlined the club’s transfer priorities as ‘young, hungry players who have market value potential’ and ‘a framework of experienced players that young players can lean on'
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Borussia Dortmund are playing in the Champions League final against Real Madrid
Dortmund have a chance to win the Champions League final and change their reputation as perennial bridesmaids
Real Madrid is the most successful club in the Champions League with 15 titles, while Borussia Dortmund's only major European success is their 1997 victory.
Borussia Dortmund finished fifth place in the Bundesliga this season, behind runaway champion Bayer Leverkusen.
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The article contains editorializing and pontification by the author. The author expresses his opinions about Dortmund's past failures and their current chances in the Champions League final against Real Madrid. He also makes assumptions about Dortmund's motivations for building a model based on young players, implying that they are only doing so because they cannot compete financially with bigger clubs.
All week, and by small degrees, London has been turning yellow and black... Few give them a hope at Wembley on Saturday night.
And if Real Madrid are here for business and business alone, for Dortmund the equation has always been slightly more complex.
But there is a fine line between adjusting to reality and acquiescing to it, and somewhere amid those seven second places came an internal acceptance that Dortmund had become a club preoccupied with cementing its position rather than challenging it.
Few elite clubs, however, have deployed this strategy more successfully than Dortmund’s opponents at Wembley.
Fallacies
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The author makes an appeal to history and tradition by describing Dortmund as 'perennial bridesmaids,' 'eternal seconds,' and 'arch-bottlers.' This is an attempt to elicit an emotional response from the reader and create a sense of sympathy for Dortmund. However, it is not a logical argument or evidence that they will win the Champions League final.
'perennial bridesmaids,'
'eternal seconds,'
'arch-bottlers'
Bias
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The author expresses a bias towards Dortmund's underdog status in the Champions League final against Real Madrid. He repeatedly emphasizes Dortmund's past failures and their opponents' financial superiority, while also highlighting Dortmund's ability to develop young talent and their innovative approach to transfers. The author does not provide any negative or derogatory comments about Real Madrid or their players.
Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham both excelled at Dortmund before moving on to Manchester City and Real Madrid respectively... Few elite clubs, however, have deployed this strategy more successfully than Dortmund’s opponents at Wembley.
London has been turning yellow and black... Few give them a hope at Wembley on Saturday night... Their last Champions League final, also at Wembley in 2013, had a similar ambience... The second issue is that much bigger clubs are now fishing in Dortmund’s water.
The new managing director, Lars Ricken, has an academy background... That has to be our way.
Win this final, and never again will Dortmund be known as the perennial bridesmaids...
