On 25th
May, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will go head to head in the first all German
UEFA Champions League final at Wembley. Like in 2001 it was all Spain final, in
2003 Italy and 2008 was for England.
Only once before
have two German teams met in the final of a European competition. In 1980,
Eintracht Frankfurt won the UEFA Cup beating Borussia Monchengladbach. Jupp
Heynckes was the Monchengladbach coach, the present Bayern gaffer.
Bayern stormed
their way to reach the final by beating Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate, whereas
Dortmund won by a narrow win over Real Madrid, 4-3 on aggregate.
Bayern won all
four matches of Quarter and Semi Finals without conceding any goal. They are
the fifth team in the history of Champions League to not concede any goals in
these rounds.
This will be the
last match for the Bayern manager, Jupp Heynckes as
he decided to retire.
Jupp Heynckes
has won a champions league title with Real Madrid in 1997. And Bayern was
runner up under him in 2009.
Bayern has
qualified for the final for the third time in 4 years. First against Inter
Milan in 2010 and second against Chelsea in 2012. Though they lost both of
them, now lets see what will happen.
Bayern could
become the first German to win the treble, they have won league, domestic cup
and can win Champions league later this week. Last team who won the treble was
Inter Milan in 2010.
Cristiano
Ronaldo has scored 12 goals more than Robert Lewandowski who is with 10 and is
followed by Thomas Muller with 8 goals.
Mario Gotze an
exciting young player who will be unavailable for the final because of injury, will
be going to Bayern in this summer for a fee of 37 million euros. Only Zlatan
Ibrahimovic has more assists in this Champions League campaign (7) than Gotze
(5).
Neven Subotic
and Mats Hummels have been forced into making more clearances than any other players
with 133 and 106 in this CPL.
And for
interception Javi Martinez is leading the chart with 39 interception followed
by Arturo Vidal of Juventus with 44 and then his teammate Bastian
Schweinsteiger with 43.
Bayern has
scored more headed goals in the Champions League than any other side this
season.
Borussia
Dortmund has kept just three clean sheets in their last 12 European games.
The last final
played at Wembley was between Barcelona and Manchester United in which
Barcelona won 3-1 that was one of the last five Champions League finals in
which goal ratio was over 2.5 goals.
The match will
going to be excited because both are in good form and both matches in
Bundesliga resulted in draw, this season. Bayern has won in the German cup
against them but with a close victory, 1-0.
Last five
meetings between them:
Borussia
Dortmund 1-1 Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)
Scorers:
Grosskreutz - Gomez
Bayern Munich
1-0 Borussia Dortmund (German Cup)
Scorer: Robben
Bayern Munich
1-1 Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga)
Scorers: Kroos –
Gotze
Bayern Munich
2-1 Borussia Dortmund (German Super Cup)
Scorers:
Mandzukic, Muller - Lewandowski
Borussia
Dortmund 5-2 Bayern Munich (German Cup)
Scorers: Kagawa,
Hummels, Lewandowski x3 - Robben, Ribery
Probable Line
Ups for the Final;
Bayern:
Neuer, Lahm,
Boating, Dante, Alaba, Schweinsteiger, Martinez, Robben, Muller, Ribery and
Mandzukic
Dortmund:
Weidenfeller,
Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer, Bender, Gundogan, Reus, Sahin,
Blaszczykowski and Lewandowski
My prediction: Borussia
Dortmund 2-1 Bayern Munich
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