LIVE: Dortmund 1-2 Bayern: CL Final

Welcome to the Official Champions League Final Thread which see's Borrusia Dortmund v Bayern Munich face each other, hosted by LRF!

Date: Saturday 25th May
Kick Off: 19:45
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: TBC

Match Build-Up

Dortmund: Jurgen Klopp has recently come out in a Press Conference saying that he 'relishes' the chance to play Bayern tonight. Jurgen Klopp: "If this is my only final and I die in 60 years, it won't have been so bad."

Bayern: For Bayern this will be Jupp Heynckes final game for the club at 69 years of age before he hands his reign over to Pep Guardiola. After an emotional Press Conference from him on his Final League game, he will want to walk out with a trophy.

How both teams got here

Dortmund:

Round of 16

Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmind 3-0 Shakhtar Donetsk

Quarter Final

Malaga CF 0-0 Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Malaga CF

Semi Final

Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund

Bayern:

Round of 16

Arsenal 1-3 Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich 0-2 Arsenal

Quarter Final

Bayern Munich 2-0 Juventus
Juventus 0-2 Bayern Munich

Semi Final

Bayern Munich 4-0 Barcelona
Barcelona 0-3 Bayern Munich

Match Preview

Dortmund finished 25 points behind Bayern in the Bundesliga and the 4 times they have played them this season, they have failed to win, drawing on 2 occasions.

Team News & Line Ups

Mario Gotze will definitely miss out for Dortmund who is set to join Bayern in the summer for a reported £31.5M (37M Euro's).

Line Ups:

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer, Bender, Gundogan, Blaszczykowski, Reus, Grosskreutz, Lewandowski. Subs: Langerak, Kehl, Leitner, Sahin, Kirch, Schieber, Felipe Santana.

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Dante, Alaba, Javi Martinez, Schweinsteiger, Robben, Muller, Ribery, Mandzukic. Subs: Starke, Van Buyten, Shaqiri, Pizarro, Gustavo, Gomez, Tymoschuk.

KEY UPDATES

00:00 Kick Off

28:41 Dante Dante booked after he body checked Marco Reus. Free kick Dortmund.

29:52 Robben Robben clean through on goal but his chip stopped by Weindenfella.

35:22 Lewandowski Lewandowski played through, at a tight angle but can't squeeze past Neuer.

36:13 Robben Robben played through at an angle but Subotic with good defending.

37:09 Muller Muller heads wide from 8 yards when he should have scored.

42:22 Robben Robben through on goal again but F's up again and Weindenfella saves with his head.

45:00 Half Time 1st half - Dortmund 0-0 Bayern

45:00 2nd Half Kick Off - Dortmund 0-0 Bayern

57:23 Mandzukic Mandzukic heads straight at Weindenfella from 3 yards.

59:44 Mandzukic Mandzukic taps in from 3 yards from Robben's cut back, 1-0

67:53 PENALTY Reus fouled by Dante, Gundogan to take...

69:29 Gundogan (pen) Gundogan sends Neuer the wrong way for 1-1

71:44 OFF THE LINE! Neven Subotic with a superb challenge on the line and to deny Robben

73:20 Ribery and Grosskeurt both booked for an off the ball incident

74:33 XX Lewandowski has the ball in the net with a cracking strike but pulled up for a foul

75:29 OH! David Alaba's great shot is well saved by Weindenfella

87:57 Weindenfella makes a great save from Schweinsteiger's shot

88:11 Robben The <curfer> has actually won it for Bayern!! What a twát!!

90:00 FULL TIME - Borrusia Dortmund 1-2 Bayer Munich

BAYERN MUNICH ARE CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!!!

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