Real Madrid won a record-extending 15th Champions League title with a 2-0 victory against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley, but the LaLiga champions were pushed to the limit by the Bundesliga side, which went into the game as a heavy underdog.
strike on 83 minutes sealed Madrid's win and clinched a fifth Champions League success for coach Carlo Ancelotti, furthering a record already held by the former"It seems quite normal but it's not normal, it's something special to be able to win for this club six Champions Leagues in 10 years because, as what happened tonight, it's difficult. Dortmund played really well, they were strong and better than us in the first half," Ancelotti told CBS Sports.
"And in that moment you have to stay calm."I said to the players, stay calm. It's a fantastic result 0-0 because they played better and could deserve to be up. Second half was better." While Madrid emerged as European champions once again, Dortmund were unlucky not to pull off a huge upset in London, the scene of their 2013 final defeat againstBut after weathering the first-half storm, Real settled down in the second period and eventually asserted their dominance before Carvajal and Vinícius scored the decisive goals.
"It was a very difficult game," Carvajal told Movistar."In the first half we came out alive, they were quite a lot better. We knew our moment would come ... We knew how to suffer. That's football.""This generation of players, starting also from the players who are not here -- Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale - did fantastic," Ancelotti added."Ten years, six victories is something unbelievable to think.
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