Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund will be wondering how it happened but they need only ask Bayern Munich. Manchester City might provide a sympathetic ear too. The beaten finalists are just the latest to find themselves sucker-punched by this Real Madrid team.

Bayern made it to the 88th minute of the second leg of their Champions League semi-final in the Bernabeu still believing they were bound for Wembley. City had 33 shots in the second leg of their quarter-final but still succumbed on penalties.



For Dortmund, the moment came and went during the opening 45 minutes of this Champions League final. Edin Terzic's team had seven of the eight shots from inside the box. "We could not manage to score," said Terzic afterwards. "That is the key."

Two opportunities, in particular, will haunt them. Karim Adeyemi tried to go around Thibaut Courtois but that only made the chance more difficult. Niclas Fullkrug did beat the goalkeeper but not his far post. They were three minutes in which history passed them by.

It is a strange feeling when every Dortmund near-miss only increases the conviction that Real Madrid will win. Such is the hold that they have over the mind, such is the grip that they now have on this trophy. Champions of Europe for a fifteenth time.

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