Real Madrid were crowned kings of Europe for a record-extending 15th time with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley on Saturday.Huge favourites going in to the game, the Spanish side were outplayed for long periods but broke Dortmund's resistance with late goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr.
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00:00 Well, all over at Wembley and it's a record-extending, 15th Champions League round for Real Madrid,
00:06 who just seem to get the big matches right, don't they? In the first half they were so,
00:10 they looked so far below the levels that we know that they can play at.
00:14 Richard Dortmund were definitely the better team and had a host of missed chances.
00:20 Karim Adeyemi, Kikos Fulkruge and Julian Grant responsible for some of those misses.
00:25 Fulkruge came closest, hitting the post.
00:28 I think the black and yellow, or the yellow wall rather, were over the moon with how their team
00:33 were playing but they probably knew that there was a chance that those missed chances could
00:37 come back to haunt their side and indeed they did. In the second half, Dani Carvajal, who's
00:43 such an experienced general for Real Madrid, who's been through it so many times before in the big
00:47 games, came up drops, rising highs above Fulkruge with a header and heading home for 1-0. And then
00:54 Jude Bellingham, who had a quiet afternoon, a quiet evening really, assisted the second goal,
01:00 scored by Benicios Junior, who was man of the match and exceptional throughout,
01:04 as an outlet down the left flank for Real Madrid. Their record-extending 15th crown,
01:09 an incredible performance to come from so far below par in the first half, to just get the big
01:16 moments right, win 2-0, keep a clean sheet and they've won the Champions League yet again.
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