Real Madrid v Dortmund LIVE: Champions League final score, result and reaction after Vinicius Jr caps win
Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium to win their 15th European title
Real Madrid were crowned kings of Europe for a record-extending 15th time with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley on Saturday.
Huge favourites going in to the game, the Spanish side were outplayed for long periods but broke Dortmund’s resistance with late goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr.
Veteran right back Carvajal glanced in a header from a Toni Kroos corner in the 74th minute and from that moment Carlo Ancelotti’s side sparked into life.
Vinicius Jr slid home Real’s second in the 83rd minute to silence the yellow-clad Dortmund fans who had created a wall of noise throughout the final.
It was hard on the German side who missed several good first-half chances, the best of which saw Niclas Fuellkrug hit the post from close range. Relive all the action and follow the reaction from Wembley below:
Bellingham speaks to TNT
More from Jude Bellingham, who called tonight the best night of his life.
“I’ve always dreamed of playing in these games. You go through life and there are so many people saying you can’t do things and days like today remind you why [you do it].
“When it gets hard at times you start to wonder if it’s all worth it. Nights like tonight make it all worth it.”
The Englishman, who moved to Madrid from Dortmund for around €100m, finishes top of the assists chart in this season’s Champions League.
Jude Bellingham mimics Real Madrid greats with one decisive moment on Champions League stage
Real Madrid’s No 5 won them the Champions League against German opposition on British soil with a magnificent goal. But at Hampden Park, not Wembley; in 2002, not 2024; when it was Zinedine Zidane, not Jude Bellingham. A stunning volley against Bayer Leverkusen can still feel fresh, but it came the year before Bellingham’s birth.
In one respect, Bellingham is Zidane’s successor. In another, Dani Carvajal is. Real can win Champions League finals with extraordinary goals from remarkable players, as Gareth Bale can testify. Or they can win them with defenders applying the final touch from set-pieces, as Sergio Ramos proved. Or, in the 2020s, they can win them with Vinicius Junior strikes. The common denominator, almost the inevitability, is that Real win them. And so, at 20, Jude Bellingham joins Real’s list of Champions League winners. They are less a band than an army, given the size of them.
The near guarantee of glory is a reason players join Real. Yet Bellingham is not one to accept destiny as much as shape it. Even on what had started to feel like one of his poorest performances for Real, he ended with an assist in the biggest game of his life.
Jude Bellingham mimics Real Madrid greats with one decisive moment
Even on a night when he appeared short of full fitness and below his best, Bellingham still played his part in Real Madrid’s 15th European triumph
FT: Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
Madrid’s anthem rings around Wembley as Jose Mourinho consoles Edin Terzic and Real’s players run around the pitch celebrating.
For Dortmund fan Terzic, this defeat will hurt doubly, but his attention will soon turn to Dortmund’s domestic future and a need to rebuild an ageing squad.
For Calro Ancelotti, celebrations will continue for now, while behind the scenes Florentino Perez concocts a plan to keep Los Blancos at the top of European football for the foreseeable future.
FT: Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
Carlo Ancelotti collects his seventh Champions League winner’s medal, while Kroos, Nacho and Modric collect their sixth!
15 and counting for Los Blancos as Nacho raises the trophy!
FULL-TIME! Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
Both sides are lining up for the medal ceremony and trophy lift now. The officials through first before Edin Terzic leads Dortmund through.
FULL-TIME! Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
Jude Bellingham is the first to speak to TNT Sports, and he’s almost in tears as he talks.
He calls it “the best night of my life”, adding that “I have always dreamed of playing in these games”.
“You go through life and there are so many people who say you cannot do things. I was alright until I was in my mum and dad’s face.
“My little brother is there and I’m trying to be a role model for him. I cannot put it into words.”
FULL-TIME! Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
FULL-TIME! Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
Jose Mourinho makes a pertinent point at the end of the game.
Real Madrid don’t sell a philosophy – they put trophies in their trophy cabinet, he says.
“Ask the fans if they care” about how they played in the first half, or during the game against Manchester City, he adds.
FULL-TIME! Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
Heartbreak in London again for Borussia Dortmund. Once again, they produced a spirited display and had the chances to maybe even win the game, but they fall short at the final hurdle.
Not really a vintage Real Madrid side by any means, but with Endrick and maybe Mbappe still to come, it’ll be hard to stop them in Spain and Europe over the coming years.
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