Already crowned in 1997, Borussia Dortmund will try to defy the odds to win a new Champions League on Saturday at Wembley. He will challenge the formidable Real Madrid, 14 times winner of the event, in the final. A summit final to follow live on France24.com.
Published on: 06/01/2024 – 2:53 p.m.
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The 2023/2024 edition of the Champions League will experience a thrilling finale, Saturday June 1 at Wembley Stadium. In search of a 15th coronation to improve its record, Real Madrid challenges Borussia Dortmund in the final, a surprise guest who defeated PSG in the previous round.
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Europe’s football world is buzzing with impatience before the Champions League final between Real Madrid, the big favorite on Saturday at Wembley with its fourteen titles and its host of stars, and the outsider Borussia Dortmund, much less accustomed to these summits. stars.
“The king of Europe seeks to give even more shine to his eternal legend,” wrote the Madrid sports daily Marca on Saturday, with on the front page a photo of the white Real jersey flocked with the inscription “On the way to the 15th”.
Opposite, Dortmund dreams of beating the odds and offering its fervent yellow and black supporters a second European title, twenty-seven years after that of 1997 against Juventus.
“It’s the most important match, and the most dangerous too,” summarized Carlo Ancelotti, the Real Madrid coach with six C1 titles, two as a player and four on the bench.
So far, the Spaniard Nacho and the German Emre Can, armbands on their arms, have foiled all obstacles to lead their troops to London and hope to lift the 73.5 centimeters and 7.5 kilos of the supreme trophy.
The former owner, Manchester City, was defeated in the quarter-finals by the eternal Real, master of the competition with 17 finals played, 14 titles and only three failures, the last of which in 1981.
The “Merengues” have incomparable experience, a formidable three-bladed attack (Bellingham, Rodrygo and Vinicius) and an unshakeable “confidence”, a word that they repeated numerous times on Friday to the media .
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