BAYERN MUNICH 2 - 1 BORRUSSIA DORTMUND
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Arjen Robben scored a late goal to crown Bayern Munich as the Champions of Europe, as they beat their main rival all season in the Bundesliga in Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley. It was Dortmund that was the best side as they came out of the traps flying.
Bayern struggled to keep up with the fast paced game that Dortmund were playing as their defence was being terrorised by the Reus and Lewandowski upfront for the Yellow & Black shirts.
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Bayern had to try and soak up all the pressure that was being put onto them, as the first chance fell to Lewandowski as his curler from just outside the area was on target and Manuel Neuer had to tip his effort over the bar for a corner.They had equally another good chance, as from the resulting Corner the ball was whipped in the area and came to Blaszczykowski, whose first time shot was down to the goalkeepers bottom left corner but Neuer made yet another good stop to avoid Borussia from leading.
Bayern weren`t in the game at all as when they had possession there was always 2 to 3 Dortmund players hassling the Munich players and dispossessing them easily and was it clearly getting to frustrate the men in red shirts.
The men in the Yellow & Black stripes had another chance, as this time it was Reus that went close as they broke down the middle of the pitch and a pass found Reus who ran in unchallenged towards goal and let a shot go with the Munich keeper once again called into action as he made a save that went for a corner kick.
Dortmund continued the peppering off Bayern`s goal as Bender had the ball in the box as his shot went through a couple of legs with a curling low shot that beat the defenders but not the keeper, as he made a very good save to keep the score at 0-0.
Neuer had made more saves in this one game alone than he had in possibly the group games combined, he seemed to enjoy the challenge as Weidenfeller in the Dortmund goals had just been a spectator as he watched his side play fantastically well without scoring.
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On 26 minutes clearly the frustration was showing now for Bayern Munich, as Franc Ribery lashed out at Lewandowski with a elbow that caught the Polish striker Lewandowski in the head and that move seemed to kick start Bayern in attack as they started to play better then.
Bayern finally found some attacking threat as Mandzukic gets a header from a perfect cross but he couldn`t beat Weidenfeller in nets as he tipped it over for a corner kick.
Dante was then given a yellow card for bringing down Blaszczykowski and Munich were right back in this contest now.
Arjen Robben then had a great chance for Bayern as the Dutch midfielder was put through one-on-one with Weidenfeller, but the shot stopper came out to narrow the angle and made a good block on the shot and had Robben`s teams mates infuriated with him as they were left unmarked and the better option for him was to pass across. This was quite an open game as chances started to fall end to end for both sides as it made for an enthralling final and a very entertaining Champion’s League final indeed.
Neuer made another save from Lewandowski as the striker avoided his marker and got in the box but as he tried to fire from a tight angle, Neuer closed the man down and gathered the ball.
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It was approaching half time and Bayern or Robben wasted yet another chance as a long ball was sent up field and as the ball evaded Hummels in the Dortmund defence, the Dutchman then poked the ball forward and Weidenfeller got the brunt of the ball against his chops.Robben had a chance to set up a Bayern attack, but he couldn`t get his cross over as Subotic pressured him and could only win a corner for his side.
Half time was signalled and so we both sides went into the break deadlocked at 0-0 as this All-German final was an exciting end to end game of football with plenty of moments and the second half was sure to follow suit with both sides nicely poised level.
Second half of this final got under way and saw the game become stop start with play being slowed down, as fouls were traded between sides and made for a slow start to the second period of play, but the tempo of the game seemed to help Bayern out, as the constant fouling was disrupting Dortmund face paced approach to the game.
Bayern had their first attack on goal as a corner was flicked on to Mandzukic, and his header on goals didn`t have much on it and was cleared away.
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Bayern nearly doubled their lead a couple minutes later on when a fantastic ball across the pitch found Thomas Muller who took control of the ball but his strike on goal was sadly lacking in power.
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Borussia Dortmund was then awarded a penalty after Dante attempted clearance missed the ball completely and found Reus stomach instead.
Guendogan was the man given the job to try and put the team on level terms again and he did so, as he dispatched his penalty past Neuer for 1-1 and made it game on again.
Both sides had chances with Hummels blazing a shot over high and wide for Borussia Dortmund, Then Bayern should have made it 2-1 when a ball across the face of goal was cleared off the line by a sliding Neven Subotic from the oncoming Arjen Robben.
Robben and Grosskreutz were then both given yellow cards each as they had a disagreement over Grosskreutz trying to get a foul for his side, Which eventually saw the referee dish out the yellow cards to both players.
Lewandowski then scored an absolute screamer from 30 yards out in the top corner which unfortunately for him the Polish striker had been flagged already for offside.
Weidenfeller then produced a great save off a Alaba strike from 20 yards out to keep the scores level, Bayern came again when Muller beat the offside trap as he ran down the middle of the pitch. As he headed goal wards he was coming under pressure from Subotic and his attempted pass to Mandzukic was hit heavily to him and ended up hitting the side netting instead
Lewandowski was lucky to stay on the pitch as he trod on Jerome Boateng ,as the German defender screamed in agony over the incident and saw Klopp the Dortmund coach have a little word with him to cool down his striker as he was lucky to stay on the field.
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He then had another crack on goal, as this time Schweinsteiger blasted a fierce strike from 20- yard which the Dortmund keeper yet again pushed away for a corner kick and the German Champions were edging it now.We headed into the final 10 minutes of this all German Champions League final with it nicely poised at 1-1 and unsure as to where the winner would come from. Bayern had a couple of chances as Weidenfeller had to be alert to the danger as he pushed a ball round for a corner, and from the corner Schweinsteiger shot high into the gods of Wembley stadium with an effort.
Then after all the shots the Dutchman had missed and failed to put home he finally scored what turned out to be the winner, as with 88 minutes gone on the board a long ball was kicked up field to Franc Ribery and his back heel found Arjen Robben who scuffed effort went in to make it 2-1 for Bayern Munich and had some of the Dortmund players floored with the goal as they couldn`t believe it.
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The Munich fans behind the goal went ballistic with joy and was a different feeling from last year`s final when they conceded a late goal so this year they got the late goal to make up for the heartbreak of losing on home ground.
Three additional minutes were added but nothing came of them and so as the whistle went Bayern players and fans alike celebrated winning the Champions League trophy and seeing them secure the Second part of their historic treble this season.
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