Champions League 2013: The night German football stole the show in London

This was German football’s moment. Both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund arrived in this hugely anticipated Champions League final in London having topped their respective groups. Both had beaten Spanish teams, the dominant force in Europe, in the semifinals. Bayern had dismantled Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate in one of the greatest modern semifinal maulings in the competition’s history, while Robert Lewandowski’s special four-goal performance in the first leg against Real Madrid was enough to see them through their tie. Bayern were purring. Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and ‘Robbery’ were in the midst of their peak years. And in Jupp Heynckes they had a wise, taciturn leader who was a perfect fit in Bavaria. The same could be said of his counterpart Jürgen Klopp, a head coach who reignited the fires of passion and had everyone believing. Dortmund were flowing, riding the wave of a special spell in club history and, coming off a domestic double, they represented the exciting upstarts who were full of flair and youth. Pre-match in Wembley was breathtaking, if a little OTT at times With the stage of a European final the biggest possible, the match-up an advertisement of German football, and the added sprinkling of drama that… Read full this story

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