Goals from Mario Mandzukic and Arjen Robben were enough to beat a battling Borussia Dortmund side 2-1. After previous years of misery in Champions League finals, most notably last year losing to Chelsea on penalties, Bayern Munich have finally won the prestigious Champions League trophy for another year.
Borussia Dortmund started the game stronger Lewandowski, Blaszkowski, Reus and Bender all came close to scoring the opening goal but an imperious Neuer kept the game at 0-0. Bayern Munich eventually hit back after 30 minutes with Mandzukic and Robben both going close for the German champions but it was not enough to break the deadlock and the match ended 0-0 at Half-Time.
Bayern came out in the second half on the front foot as mounting possession paid off after Robben broke through the Dortmund defence in the 60th minute and calmly squared the ball across to Mandzukic who slotted the ball home from close range to put Bayern 1-0 up. The lead only lasted seven minutes as Dante fouled Reus with a high foot inside the box which gave the referee no choice but to point to the spot. Lewandowski handed the duty over to Gundogan who expertly sent Neuer the wrong way and place the ball into the opposite corner, levelling the score 1-1. Both teams came close to netting a winner as Lewandowski had a majestic goal ruled out for handling the ball whilst Subotic was able to clear the ball off the line after Muller looked to have scored. However, it was Bayern Munich who managed to score the winner as mounting pressure saw Robben split the Dortmund centre backs and slot the ball past a despairing Weidenfeller to secure a memorable 2-1 victory over their German counterparts. In the end it was a quality match but Bayern Munich are deserving winners this year.
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