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:
FULL-TIME! Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
FULL-TIME! And that’s it! All over, and Madrid have a 2-0 win and a fifteenth European Cup.
Europe’s greatest club side continue their journey, with the 2023/24 team the latest to be written into the continent’s most illustrious history book.
Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
95 mins: Courtois punches away the corner, and that should do it.
Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
94 mins: A chance for a dangerous ball in for Dortmund as Mendy concedes a free-kick near the edge of the box.
Reus delivers a lovely ball in, but Militao heads behind.
Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
92 mins: Courtois takes his time over collecting the ball, and he launches it long. Modric almost manages to slip a through ball to Vini Jr., but it’s intercepted.
The Croatian has the ball in midfield again and he passes it on to Vini Jr. The Brazilian tries to chip a cheeky cross over to Modric, but it’s cleared.
Moments later, Lucas Vasquez comes on for Vinicius Jr., who leaves to a chorus of cheers and whistles.
Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
90 mins: Real Madrid are heading, almost unchallenged now, to their fifteenth European Cup win.
There will be five minutes of added time in London. The English capital just isn’t a lucky place for Dortmund.
Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
89 mins: Eder Militao replaces Rodrygo in the closing stages. Just before, Sancho came off for Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
88 mins: DISALLOWED GOAL! Dortmund have the ball in the net but Fullkrug is offside!
Malen beats his man on the left and swings in an early delivery which Fullkrug converts past Courtois, but he was a yard or so offside.
Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
86 mins: Substitutions for Real Madrid, as Bellingham and Kroos come off for Modric and Joselu.
Kroos gets just the ovation you’d expect.
GOAL! Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid – Champions League final
83 mins: GOAL! And Real Madrid surely have number 15!
A shocker in truth from Ian Maatsen. He has the ball in the left-back position and he opts to square it across goal, but he passes it straight to Bellingham. The Englishman spreads it wide to Vinicius Jr., who bears down on goal and slots it past Kobel after hitting it into the ground.
Dortmund 0-1 Real Madrid – Champions League final
81 mins: CLOSE! Two chances in as many minutes for Real!
First, Camavinga unleashes a venomous effort from range, which Kobel flies across to save.
From the corner, Real try the same near-post routine and Nacho meets the header, but Kobel does well to claw it away.
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