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Champions Stats
Bayern Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates with the trophy after defeating Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League Final soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London May 25, 2013.
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Bayern Munich’s Jupp Heynckes became the fourth coach to win the European Cup with two different clubs following his 1998 success with Real Madrid. The others were Ottmar Hitzfeld, Ernst Happel and Jose Mourinho. Bayern have been in 10 European Cup finals with five victories and five defeats, including losses in two of the previous three finals before this success. They are now joint third with Liverpool on the list of European Cup winners. Real Madrid lead with nine, followed by AC Milan with seven. Dortmund also now have a fifty-percent record, having won one final and lost one. Bayern remained on track for a historic German treble. Having already won the Bundesliga they are due to play in the German Cup final on June 1. Bayern’s starting lineup featured seven players who started in last year’s defeat by Chelsea, and four Arjen Robben, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller - played in the 2010 defeat to Inter Milan as well. They are only the second team to win the final the year after losing it, the other being AC Milan in 1994. The final was the first between two German sides and fourth between two clubs from the same country. Bayern’s success meant they will meet Europa League winners Chelsea in next season’s European Super Cup, a repeat of the 2012 Champions League final.
Ribery and Robben combine to give Bayern victory Reuters
LONDON - A brilliant Franco-Dutch move involving Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben in the final minutes settled a memorable all-German Champions League final as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday. Frenchman Ribery’s backheel allowed Dutchman Robben to break through a gap in the Dortmund defence and dance round goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller to score the 89th minute winner. The goal sent Bayern’s fans into raptures as their team became European champions for the fifth time to match Liverpool’s haul of titles. Only Real Madrid with nine triumphs and AC Milan with seven have been
crowned champions more often. Bayern soaked up almost nonstop Dortmund pressure before going ahead in the 60th minute when Ribery and Robben again combined in the build-up to set up Croatian Mario Mandzukic to hook in with his left foot from close range from a Robben cross. Dortmund, who fashioned seven scoring chances in the first half, pulled level when Bayern defender Dante
clumsily kicked Marco Reus in the stomach eight minutes later with Ilkay Guendogan sending Manuel Neuer the wrong way with his penalty. But just as the match appeared destined for extra time, Robben, who missed a penalty in last season’s final, pounced to collect Ribery’s clever backheel and score the winner. “So many people told me I’d score a goal tonight. the first few chances I missed. I got another chance at the end and took advantage of it,” said Robben. “It means a lot to me. It’s still hard to fathom. I’ll be able to put it in words later. There are so many emotions right now, it’s incredible.” The victory eased the pain of
Bayern’s defeats by Inter Milan in the 2010 final and the heartbreaking defeat to Chelsea on penalties in their own stadium a year ago as they lifted the European Cup for the first time since 2001. UNPRECEDENTED TREBLE Bayern’s success puts them in touching distance of an unprecedented treble for a German club as they have already been crowned Bundesliga champions and play VfB Stuttgart in the domestic cup final in Berlin next week. It also means Bayern’s 68-yearold coach Heynckes, who is leaving at the end of the season, becomes only the fourth manager to win the
European Cup with two different clubs following his earlier success with Real Madrid in 1998. He joins an elite group of Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Jose Mourinho and either his tactics or fortune stood him in good stead at Wembley where Bayern finished the stronger side after Dortmund threatened to overrun their opponents in a blistering first half exhibition of attacking football. For their part, Bayern, coming back off the ropes, attacked almost as much and between them the two sides produced 12 scoring efforts in the opening 45 minutes with Bayern creating five good chances - three of them falling to Robben. Continued on page 6