Coach Edin Terzic of Borussia Dortmund thinks that “anything is possible” as his team prepares to surprise Real Madrid at London’s Wembley stadium on Saturday in the Champions League final.

Coach Edin Terzic of Borussia Dortmund thinks that “anything is possible” as his team prepares to surprise Real Madrid at London’s Wembley stadium on Saturday in the Champions League final. Against a Dortmund squad that has defied the odds to get to the English capital, the star-studded Spanish giants are overwhelming favorites to win the title of European champions for the fifteenth time, and for the sixth time in the previous eleven seasons. This season, Madrid has only lost twice in 54 games across all competitions. Along the road, they defeated Barcelona 4-1 to win the Spanish Super Cup and easily won La Liga by a margin of 10 points.
To get to what coach Carlo Ancelotti called the “biggest game of any season” in the Champions League, they had to work hard once again.
Before pulling off another historic late comeback at the Santiago Bernabeu to defeat Bayern Munich in the round of four, Ancelotti’s team weathered a storm from the reigning champions, Manchester City, to win their quarterfinal match on penalties.
“We never stop believing, no matter how the circumstances are,” stated Luka Modric, who, in the last game of his club career, has the opportunity to win the European Cup for a record-tying sixth time as a player together with Nacho, Dani Carvajal, and Toni Kroos.
“We never stop believing, pushing, and battling to the very end. Ultimately, we are able to defeat our opponents.
“Many people say there is luck, but when it happens so many times, I think it’s not just luck.”
Jude Bellingham’s professional trajectory serves as an example of the magnitude of Dortmund’s challenge.
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He was signed as a teenager by German powerhouse Bayern Munich after being plucked from English Championship team Birmingham. A year ago, Madrid acquired him for a transfer cost above 100 million euros ($109 million).
Dortmund had a difficult domestic season without him, coming in seventh in the Bundesliga, 27 points behind Bayer Leverkusen.
Dortmund had a difficult domestic season without him, coming in seventh in the Bundesliga, 27 points behind Bayer Leverkusen.
To make it to the final for the third time in the team’s history and the first since they were defeated by Bayern Munich at Wembley eleven years ago, Terzic’s team has nevertheless kept their best for the Champions League stage.
In the group of death, which also included Newcastle, AC Milan, and Paris Saint-Germain, Dortmund triumphed.
After that, PSV Eindhoven and Atletico Madrid were eliminated, and in the semifinals, PSG was shut out over two legs thanks to a valiant defensive effort.
“They are the favourites but we don’t care, we haven’t been the favourites against Atletico or against PSG,” Terzic stated.
“But if we are brave and not here to watch Real Madrid lift the trophy, if we are here to give them a game, then we have a chance.”
In sharp contrast to Madrid’s reputation as the league’s dominant team, Dortmund has only once before won the Champions League, back in 1997.
The German powerhouses are thought to have brought around 100,000 supporters to London, even though the team was only given 30,000 tickets.
One of just two Dortmund players who was part of the team that fell to Bayern at Wembley eleven years ago, Marco Reus is hoping for the ideal conclusion to his career.
The 429th and last game of Reus’s Dortmund career is scheduled for this Saturday; it may have a happily ever after conclusion.
Reus, who turned 35 on Friday, added, “I would say there is nothing better than playing your last game in a Champions League final and winning it.”
“Now the objective is to win the trophy because we cannot imagine how things could be the very next day in Dortmund.”
When it comes to the players on the pitch at full time, UEFA will be praying that their choice to return to Wembley for a major final is not called into doubt.
Violence erupted at the Euro 2020 final three years ago when supporters without tickets assaulted the stadium doors in an attempt to enter.
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The Euro 2028 final will be held at Wembley, where the English Football Association has committed five million pounds ($6 million) to upgrade the venue’s infrastructure and safety.
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