UEFA Champions League Final - 2013

2013 UEFA Champions League Final

Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich 1 2
Event	2012–13 UEFA Champions League
Date	25 May 2013
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
UEFA Player of the Match	Arjen Robben (FC Bayern Munich)
Referee	Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Attendance	86,298
Weather	Sunny
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The 2013 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the 58th season of Europe's premier club footballtournament organised by UEFA, and the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The match took place on Saturday, 25 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

The final was played between two German teams, Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. This was the first time that two German clubs reached the UEFA Champions League final. In winning the final, Bayern Munich qualified to play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, and will also enter the semi-finals of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup as the UEFA representative.

Match summary

Dortmund was the dominant team in the first half an hour of the match, with intense pressing towards Bayern. Neuer made five important saves in the first 35 minutes, including two shots from Lewandowski and one from Reus. Bayern later took the initiative and first scored in the 60th minute, when Mandžukić finished the combination of passes by Robben and Ribery. Shortly after, Dante raised his foot and caught Reus in the stomach. Gundogan scored from the penalty spot, in the 68th minute. Robben, in the 89th minute, set the final score, after a pass from Ribery.

Details

25 May 2013 19:45 BST	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Bayern Munich	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 86,298 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Gündoğan  68' (pen.)	Report	Mandžukić  60' Robben  89'

GK 1 Roman Weidenfeller (c) RB 26 Łukasz Piszczek CB 4 Neven Subotić CB 15 Mats Hummels LB 29 Marcel Schmelzer DM 6 Sven Bender 90+2' DM 8 İlkay Gündoğan RW 16 Jakub Błaszczykowski 90' AM 11 Marco Reus LW 19 Kevin Großkreutz 73' CF 9 Robert Lewandowski Substitutes: GK 20 Mitchell Langerak DF 27 Felipe Santana MF 21 Oliver Kirch MF 5 Sebastian Kehl MF 7 Moritz Leitner MF 18 Nuri Şahin 90+2' FW 23 Julian Schieber 90' Manager: Jürgen Klopp

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 21 Philipp Lahm (c) CB 17 Jérôme Boateng CB 4 Dante 29' LB 27 David Alaba DM 8 Javi Martínez DM 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger RW 10 Arjen Robben AM 25 Thomas Müller LW 7 Franck Ribéry 73' 90+1' CF 9 Mario Mandžukić 90+4' Substitutes: GK 22 Tom Starke DF 5 Daniel Van Buyten MF 11 Xherdan Shaqiri MF 30 Luiz Gustavo 90+1' MF 44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk FW 14 Claudio Pizarro FW 33 Mario Gómez 90+4' Manager: Jupp Heynckes

UEFA Man of the Match: Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) Fans' Man of the Match: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) Assistant referees: Renato Faverani (Italy) Andrea Stefani (Italy) Fourth official: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Additional assistant referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

First half Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 7 5 Shots on target 5 3 Saves 3 5 Ball possession 40% 60% Corner kicks 5 3 Fouls committed 5 2 Offsides 0 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Goals scored 1 2 Total shots 5 9 Shots on target 3 6 Saves 4 1 Ball possession 44% 56% Corner kicks 1 5 Fouls committed 6 5 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Goals scored 1 2 Total shots 12 14 Shots on target 8 9 Saves 7 6 Ball possession 42% 58% Corner kicks 6 8 Fouls committed 11 7 Offsides 1 4 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0