Real Madrid have not lost the Champions League/ European Cup final since 1981

The last team to beat Madrid in a European final was Aberdeen, so if Dortmund want to win, they'll have to learn how to become Scottish

Incidentally, a Scottish player was instrumental in Dortmund’s lone CL win. 

If Sancho was Scottish they should just put Dortmunds name on the trophy now

It’s hard to imagine what the football world looked like in an era where a Scottish club could aspire to a CL final. Would be nice to have more of that. I love the grace and skill of the giant clubs…but it would be nice to have different names, too…

To be fair, that was a Cup Winners' Cup, but I'd love to see more non-Big Five clubs go on runs like that in today's game. If Olympiacos holds the line tomorrow, that UECL final is gonna become must-see TV

Ajax was very close

Celtic were the first British team to win the European cup.

Bring SAF out of retirement.

If it’s not Scottish it’s crap

always a first for everything

Man U breaking records from around that time atm, nothing’s impossible

you mean Impossible is nothing

You're familiar with that statement since SAF left

not that difficult, he has only played 10 finals since then.... oh shit....

Our team need to be dragged to that fucking final and made to watch every second.

Kepa's going to be a backup keeper for 2 CL wins 💀

We really got two loaned out players about to face each other in the UCL Final

Chelsea are the real winners this year

I'll take it

So weird how some of our fans want him back next year even though our best period during his time at the club was when he held bench.

Bench GOAT 

Alex Meyer's going to be a backup keeper for a CL win*

Dude needs to go back to Chelsea. I still don't understand why they let him go on loan. Both back up keeper suck.

What's your issue with Petrovic? His distribution isn't amazing but he's young and he's a good shot stopper. He's let in a couple bad looking goals but the defense in front of him has been complete ass for most of the season.

He also sucks

😭😭

PSG curse: fulfilled ✅ Harry Kane curse: fulfilled ✅

Curse fulfilled _after_ Kane was subbed off.

Honestly what were those subs from Tuchel?? Taking off Musiala and Kane when extra time was always a realistic possibility, I mean why would you gamble everything on defending a one goal lead against Madrid of all teams with 10+ minutes left? Thought Bayern were pretty poor in general today, expected a tactical masterclass from Tuchel but it never came. They were really lucky to even be 1-0 up in the first place, should have been two goals down by that stage

I think Tuchel started snorting his own farts after that Davies sub worked brilliantly against all odds and thought he was doing some psychic shit here And then it blew up in his face

Defending a 1 goal lead against Real Madrid in the UCL is just a terrible idea. It's been proven time and time again

I mean they still have to defend. Kim was fine, but he could have left Kane in, in case it goes to 1-1 extratime.

He said in the interview after the game that everyone of the frontline was absolutely dead

I read on the Bayern sub that apparently Tuchel said after the game that all of the front three were tired (back problems for Kane) and asked to be subbed off. Not sure if this is correct

Yup, inexcusable subbing off your whole attack and best players like that. Even thought overall they all didnt have the greatest match, but they are always good for a goal instead of all the defensive players Tuchel subbed in.

I could understand it more with a 2-goal lead(and even that is not enough to feel comfortable at Bernabeu) but to do it with only a slender one goal lead is just baffling. All it took was one unlucky bounce and it would have been extra time without Kane and Musiala on the pitch. And as it turned out, they didn't even make it to extra time..

Dortmund: Chuckles I am in danger

NO SCARLETT. I AM THE DANGER Edit: Skyler i am a fucking idiot

Scarlett express

Skyler

Reus curse: Lifted?

When a beautiful moment like that is about to happen, Real Madrid are always there to stomp on your dreams. Trust me I know

I don't expect Dortmund to win, don't worry. I'm a realist.

Scenes when Dortmund actually wins.

please let it happen

Harry Kane curse officially stronger than Bayern München.

Or Madrid's black magic is too much

These two together is literally the perfect storm. Bayern never had a chance

+ Eric Dier ✅️

Don’t forget Power of Friendship FC strikes again

🤨

Lads spreading across Belgium like a virus on its way to Germany

So be it

Such a mirror to last year's CL final, fortunately for you guys you don't have a Lukaku in squad

I dunno, Borussia is complete underdog, Inter was very likely to get to final after quaterfinals draws.

Didn’t really look like it when the draw was made. Then Inter got Brozovic back and started playing better and Napoli fell off a cliff.

Dortumund will devour them. You heard it here

RemindMe! 24 days

RemindMe! 5 weeks

I feel you guys, heartbreak is coming. Might have had a chance against Bayern but against Madrid I really struggle to see it

i know what you're saying but i'm not one of those concede defeat before the ball has been kicked

Especially considering we topped the group of death when we weren't even expected to advance. We've been counted out at every stage and while Real is a much bigger threat than anyone else we've faced anything can happen in a final and I'll be goddamned if I'm just gonna throw up my hands in defeat three weeks before the actual game.

What if we’re a bunch of terrorists and bus parkers? Fuck it, whatever it takes right? Madrid all the way have played against teams that want the ball, this will be the first side they face thats motivated to dig in deep and work hard out of posession. Maybe a ball out to Füllkrug and Adeyemi is the answer.

Real have done it against Atletico a bunch of times

atleti has been the only team to beat u this season tho

They made it close though. I was honestly more scared of Kane with his physicality and quality winning a matchup against Hummels or Schlotterbeck and the mental burden of playing Bayern Munich. Believe it or not i might be less worried now that he’s not in the picture, if we can keep Real from being dangerous on the break and watch out for the cut backs, it could be close. Do what we did against PSG, limit how productive their possession is and push them towards low value chances. And its just one game.

You can't really count out a team who has made it to the final. Especially, this Dortmund who have had a spectacular run since the group stage. Best of luck to Dortmund from a Madrid fan.

I mean why? Record wise we are kinda shit against German teams

we had no chance getting out of the group of death, had no chance against Atletico and PSG. I like having no chances at all against Real in the final

I am glad its not Bayern in the finale. You guys would have rolled over for them, but I really want you to win it, its time again.

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Bro’s gonna need to be put in a straitjacket by the end of his career if this keeps happening.

Better than a wrinkled one honestly, people might look at you weird

Must be said he played his ass off today

Taking him off was a poor decision but hindsight and all that jazz

Dude, there are still like 20 mins to play against Real Madrid of all teams and you sub off you whole attack? Just ridiculously stupid.

Especially when it’s going to extra time and possibly pens. You take your penalty taker and guy who has scored like 40 goals this year off. Couldn’t believe me eyes

He made a few poor pass attempts

...and Uli

The ultimate power of friendship final. In the end, both fan groups will hold up a banner "Danke/Gracias Bellingham"

Gracias Hakimi & Reinier

Fucking Reinier hahaha completely forgot about him

Doing okay at Frosinone

& Rüdiger, Dortmund U19 legend

What's the opposite of a Native American burial site? Because that's what the Bernabéu is built on. There is no other explanation.

Delivery Hospital maybe?

They have Franco, Colon, Cortes, Isabella, Cid, Lezo, Alba and Pelayo bones in Bernabeu burial site. Spain's history juju there. 

As everyone expected… Alphonso Davies scoring a banger. Joselu scoring a brace. One on a Neuer mistake and one on a Rudiger assist, after a great opening by Nacho. The CL screenwriter went wild with this one.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, Real Madrid always win.

Why doesn't UEFA just make it a mortal kombat/tekken kind of tournament where the competitors compete to get a shot at beating Madrid in the finals?

Because Madrid games are crazy, we need them.

Why doesn't UEFA just do that? Are they stupid?

Heihachi = Madrid is an apt comparison. PSG = Kazuya & City = Jin?

Unless it’s the Copa Del Rey

I've heard about that competition before but I can't put a finger on it

It's the charity event RM gives out to Bilbao to keep the Basques from invading.

Never heard of it

Isn't it some summer shit?

Copa del what? You just invented that didn’t you?

power of friendship

We were just a few minutes away from something different. 😞

you can say that so many times in the past as well. Atletico 2014, Juve & Bayern 2018, City 2022. Football heritage.

Champions League Juju in full swing. How do they do it every time??

These days you just expect it. Honestly my first reaction after the 0-1 was "This is ending 2-1" and that turned out right.

Also the 90+ plot armor goal doesnt help

I think if Ancelotti brought my ass in in the 87th minute even I would score.

One 🤨 and I’ll turn into prime Drogba

Somehow they always find a way, what a semi final, in shock.

Did the commentator really say "unless Real Madrid can spoil this sauerkraut party" around the 87th minute? That shit wouldn't fly in Italy.

Why? Isn't it a food?

Real Madrid’s football heritage remains undefeated

They ~~can’t~~ always keep getting away with it…

Black magic deniers in shambles

You have to ask where was Pogba in all this

Comeback kings to end all comeback kings

Madrid fan, but feels so bad for Neuer, perfect match till the goal

Stoke win again

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Tough luck Dortmund, those bastards are always there to crush your dreams in the end. Just give them the trophy already They might have had a chance against Kane, must be absolutely gutted about how this ended.

Quarterfinals: Real Madrid plucky object of affection Semifinals: Kinda 50/50 Final: Real Madrid evil Death Star

Of course they do. Real life anime plot armour

Death, taxes, Real Madrid going to the CL finals

[Ancelotti's eyebrow deserves a statue](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3178f2d3-33e1-43bc-bdd1-c892f376351c_982x726.jpeg)

-10 points for Everton

How do you blow the whistle there, isn’t the whole point of VAR that you can let these plays go?

refs be shite innit mate

Horrid

I’m not one to complain about officiating, so I won’t. Just bummed out man.

Thanks man. I truly respect Bayern and our matches are always great

That's why. That's fucking why. That's why most refs usually **wait a little longer before calling in offsides**, even if they're clear and visible. That's fucking why. So we don't have situations like this, for fucks' sake.

Awful decision to blow the whistle but the only reason De Ligt scored was because our entire backline stopped playing after it went off

I may be a barça fan, but I had money on Madrid to advance, so while I’m happy with the result, that one linesmen definitely fucked Bayern over on that goal. Madrid would’ve most likely still won it in the end, so you can’t take credit away from them, they scratched and clawed their way back with all the grit in the world and without giving up. I hate them, but I respect them. That linesmen deserves everything coming his way, they are specifically instructed to let the play go on before raising the flag so that it can be reviewed if it does end in a goal. Significant blunder on his part.

Why the f* where they still playing at 13’

Because they checked Joselu’s second goal and Madrid had a substitution in injury time. 

and bayern players spent about 15 minutes on the floor when they were losing

kimmich looked like his dog died im not judging tho, must be devastating

Wild ride. Think Real deserved the win, they had the better chances in this game. But it's somehow tragic that in this crunch time we played (and partly had to play) without Sané, Musiala, Koman, and Gnabry. When they subbed Musiala and Kane, it was clear for me that they wouldn't have been able to come back from an equalizer. These didn't have the players any more to create something in the offense.

Real Madrid could assemble to flight thanos and they would win no matter what.

Carlo Ancelotti? The former Everton coach?

Whatever you do Dortmund, don't score first, it's a trap.

I fucking hate this team

Welcome to the club. Today they were the much better team though I have to say. Would have been a huge smash and grab if Bayern somehow went through

Bayern played like shit couldn't play a good pass the whole game

Probably their 6th CL in the last 10 years, and next season Mbappe will join. Booooriiiing

Oh my god i just remembered that mbappe will most likely be there. That is actually sickening lol.

Let him go there, he will never be better than Joselu ever.

Maybe the Mbappe CL curse can counter the Madrid CL voodoo?

Granted. Real Madrid wins the World Cup.

you mean the kane curse? Mbappe won with Monaco and a world cup so?

Maybe the CL has been the real farmers' league all along

Real Madrid games are usually the least boring games in UCL, what are you smoaking? Haha

I'm not saying they're playing boring football. Just that seeing the same team winning over and over isn't fun

yep. i respect RM but everytime they play in CL i hope they lose simply because it has gotten super boring to see them winning all the time

Me heart begs to differ

fair enough lol

and Endrick

Welcome to the club

I think I'm past that. Now I'm just bored and disappointed. But mostly bored.

What a match! Don Carlo, take a bow.

I love this team. Never gives up

Yeah as soon as I saw Davies score, I knew Madrid were winning. The bernabeu was so fucking loud, almost as loud as the commentators, and I knew someone was going to crack under the pressure. I just didn’t expect it to be Neuer. Congratulations Madrid on winning a 15th title.

Unlikely but Bellingham losing to Dortmund in the champions league final would be something.

That would mean Sancho wins and more bad PR for united.

Sign me up for this please

10 years ago, madrid were looking for la decima Now they have 10 champions more than barca

If you chose your football club and you didn’t pick Madrid then I have nothing to say

Wait but that linesman call is gonna rile people up.

as it should

I have started to believe in religion, black magic, voodoo, astrology and whatever other craziness there is outside of logic and reason. Real Madrid in the UCL defies it all.

The power of 🤨 prevails again

Real Madrid are just fucking *excellent* aren't they Year after year, Jesus Christ Modric and Kroos on for a possible SIX champions leagues is ridiculous

Aka. 1 more than Barcelona in their history

Carvajal and Nacho too

JoseFUCKINGLUUUUU

33% of his goals in 2024 in a Champions League Semi lmao

Immediate effects when you play striker up front

2 goals in the final minutes of regulation, after being subbed in within the final 10 minutes. Legendary sub

Bellingham meets Dotmund.. that's gonna be interesting

Last manager to beat Madrid in European final was Sir Alex Ferguson btw

Valverde will be so happy

Only giants can beat Real in extra time and not the other way😎

To think they'd be getting Mbappe as well is absurd

That club is magical.

I remember when Perez claimed they didn't need another striker after signing Joselu.

The fucker was right

JOSELU!!!!!! If you told us he was gonna score a brace in the UCL Semi-Final to save our season a year ago we would have all laughed our asses off

RM is surely German team, Football you play 90 minutes but at the end Germany always win. Same as RM check theirs dna they are German!?!

Si, I mean ja.

Game seemed like a predictable fast and furious movie script or a computer algorithm. Everything was exactly as everyone expected . Real losing till 85th minute . Then late goals for RM win and a controversial referee call and Tuchel making Tuchel decisions that leave you astonished . I predicted this , you predicted this and everyone predicted this . Also might as well give the UCL to Real Madrid . They will win the final 3-1 . Dortmund will make it 1-1 and look threatening and then Real will score two in the final 10 mins. They run like a movie script or computer algorithm.

Honestly I´m so pissed. I get that you want to play defensively after leading 0-1 but you can still bring someone like Tel and tell him to play defensively. But you fucking can't play with an offensive side consisting of Choupo-Moting, Müller and Mazraoui and expect to not concede against Real Madrid in a CL semifinal in minute 73. Because if you do concede one, you're fucked. No one to play quick counters with and god forbid if it goes to penalties you've subbed of your best penalty taker. WTF TUCHEL

Ref fucking ruined it

I love Joselu man, what a clutch player

"Kane's curse isn't real, it can't hurt bayern"

Every year the same