Champions League
‘No One Expected Us’ Says Marco Reus As Dortmund Return To Wembley
Borussia Dortmund veteran Marco Reus expressed his surprise at his team’s achievement in reaching the Champions League final at Wembley, stating that “nobody expected us to make it.” This came after their victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Dortmund will revisit the location of the 2013 Champions League final, where the team, then coached by Jurgen Klopp, suffered a 2-1 defeat to German counterparts Bayern Munich.
Dortmund secured victory in this year’s semi-final second leg with a 1-0 win Dortmund Secures Champions League Final With Victory Over PSG courtesy of a from Mats Hummels, who had also played for Dortmund in the 2013 final. With a 2-0 aggregate score, they advanced after winning the first leg by the same scoreline.
“Tomorrow nobody will ask how we did it. They will just see the name Borussia Dortmund in the final at Wembley,” Reus said to Amazon Prime. “Today it was clear that we needed to suffer and that we needed some luck, but what the lads did was crazy, crazy.”
The veteran player, who revealed on Friday his decision to leave his childhood club after the season, described the sensation of reaching the pinnacle event of European football as “indescribable.”
“Now we better win it, otherwise that would suck,” said Reus.
Reus re-joined Dortmund in 2012 having come through the club’s junior system before moving first to Rot-Weiss Ahlen aged 15 then to Borussia Monchengladbach.
“What a week for me. To finish in the Champions League final, where it all started for me in 2013 – more than 10 years later!”
A potential rematch with Bayern is still a possibility, as Thomas Tuchel’s team faces Real Madrid in the other semi-final on Wednesday. Bayern and Real Madrid drew 2-2 in the first leg.
Dortmund had strokes of luck in both semi-final matches, as PSG struck the woodwork six times, four of which occurred on Tuesday.
Even with the help of the goal frame, Dortmund’s central defensive duo of Hummels and Nico Schlotterbeck successfully contained PSG’s star forward Kylian Mbappe.
The upcoming final at Wembley on June 1 will mark Dortmund’s third appearance in the Champions League final, with their previous victory in the competition coming in 1997.
