Real Madrid won a 15th Champions League title after withstanding a hugely impressive Borussia Dortmund performance to triumph at Wembley thanks to late goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior.
We had all seen this movie before: Real Madrid pitch up in a Champions League final, stumble out of the blocks, seem to be there for the taking, ride their luck… but still prevail.
More than two decades later, as he won his sixth Champions League medal, Carvajal confirmed his place alongside Di Stefano as a Blancos legend.
Their expected-goals (xG) value of 1.68 was the biggest by a team in the first half of a Champions League final on record (since 2013-14).
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Dani Carvajal, Vinicius Junior, Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi, Thibaut Courtois, Niclas Fullkrug, Vinicius Jr, Gregor Kobel, Jose Mourinho, Carvajal, Jude Bellingham, Oliver Kay, Toni Kroos, Mats Hummels ’, Nacho, Lucas Vazquez, Alfredo Di Stefano, Di Stefano, Dermot Corrigan, —, Edin Terzic’s, Emre, Ian Maatsen, Marcel Sabitzer, Karim Adeyemi’s, Madrid, Mark Carey, Vinicius, Vinicius Jr’s, Jay, Kobel, Julian Ryerson, Vinicius ’, Jurgen Klopp, Jadon Sancho, It’s, Sebastian Stafford, Baroness Louise Casey, Dortmund’s Marcel Sabitzer —, Marc Atkins, Edin, we’ve, ”, “ We’ve, Carlo Ancelotti, Ina Fassbender
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