Real Madrid wins the 2023-2024 Champions League by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final played today at Wembley. The Blancos prevailed with goals from Carvajal (74′) and Vinicius (83′) who in the last position of the match decided the match played on equal terms by the Germans for over an hour. Real Madrid wins the 15th Champions League in their history. Carlo Ancelotti, coach of the Spanish champions, lifts the trophy for the fifth time in his career.
Less than 30 seconds from kick-off and three fans peacefully invade the pitch, two leave the pitch alone, while a third is tackled by four security personnel. After two minutes the match resumes. In the 6th minute, first initiative from Sabitzer, who runs away with the ball and crosses from the right: he intercepts Rudiger with his head and clears. In the 12th minute there was an excellent exchange between Bellingham and Valverde, minus the Uruguayan’s left-footed shot which ended very high. Two minutes pass and the yellow-black reply arrives. Schlotterbeck’s launch for Fullkrug who starts in a regular position behind Rudiger, an excellent ball in tow for Brandt who misses the target. Shortly after the quarter of an hour, Vinicius tries but his left-footed shot is inaccurate. At 21′ great chance for the Germans: Hummels finds a corridor to Adeyemifree to fly in front of Courtois, the German goes around the Real goalkeeper but goes wide, favoring Nacho’s sliding save.
In the 23rd minute Dortmund are still on the attack. The invitation is from Sancho for Fullkrug, the attacker’s position at the limit (it would have been evaluated by the VAR) and a shot into the corner that hits the post. In the 27th minute Vinicius looks for Bellingham in the area, with a last-gasp advance from Schlotterbeck. Shortly after, Adeyemi shoots with his left foot, a diagonal shot blocked by Courtois. Fullkrug tries to head the rebound on the rebound, but his pass is to the opposing goalkeeper. In the 35th minute Vinicius received a yellow card, who presses Kobel very high and knocks him down by entering late. Shortly afterwards Schlotterbeck also received a warning for protesting. In the 41st minute Sabitzer takes aim from distance and shoots with his right foot: Courtois gets his hands on it and blocks it. Before the end of the first half, like Schlotterbeck, Sabitzer also exaggerates with the referee who warns him. After 4 minutes of added time, a half ended in which Real Madrid never had a shot on target.
In the 4th minute of the second half Kroos, in his last game in the white jersey, came close to scoring from a free kick but Kobel managed to deflect it for a corner. From the corner Carvajal tries to head it just over. In the 12th minute Carvajal again, this time with a right-footed shot that was blocked by Maatsen, making it an easy save for Kobel. In the 18th minute Brandt serves Adeyemi, who crosses for Fullkrug to run in: header and Courtois gets his fists in. In the 20th minute, Rodrygo’s first brilliant shot, who runs away from Maatsen and looks for a low shot in the centre: Schlotterbeck closes. Shortly afterwards Kroos crosses for Vinicius’s head: ball to the side. In the 24th minute there was a great opportunity for the Merengues. Vinicius crosses into the area from the left, the ball misses Bellingham’s head and is touched by Kobel who comes out high and ends up just wide.
In the 28th minute, great play by Vinicius to beat Ryerson, Hummels takes care of blocking him for a corner. A minute passes and Real finds the goal that breaks the game: Kroos’ cross for Carvajal’s winning header. Having found the advantage, the game becomes downhill for the Spaniards. In the 32nd minute Camavinga serves Bellingham from an excellent position, a right-footed shot but Schlotterbeck’s deflection keeps the Germans standing. In the 35th minute Kroos tries from a free kick, Kobel again present to respond. In the 37th minute Nacho almost scored with a header from a corner: Kobel deflected it with his fingertips. In the 38th minute the second goal came with Vinicius. Maatsen is surprised by Bellingham, who opens for Vinicius: winning diagonal and 2-0.
Two minutes later Kroos’ adventure at Real Madrid ends: Modric is brought in, but he has just renewed for a year with Los Blancos. Joselu also comes on in place of Bellingham. In the 42nd minute a goal by Fullkrug, who had scored following an assist from Malen, was disallowed for offside. After 5 minutes of injury time granted by the Slovenian referee Vincic, the Madrid celebrations can begin.
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