Dortmund acquire Real Madrid for heavyweight contest
For a second deteriorate in a row, a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre brings together Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid CF – and fashion suggests a holders could be in for a tough dusk in Germany.
• Madrid have never won in Dortmund – and notwithstanding new successes, have historically struggled in divided games opposite Bundesliga sides – nonetheless Zinédine Zidane’s side are already on a house in Group H carrying beaten APOEL FC 3-0 on matchday one. For Dortmund, 3-1 losers during Tottenham Hotspur FC in their initial fixture, a certain outcome is essential to forestall them slipping serve off a pace.
Previous meetings
• The clubs’ record from 6 prior meetings on German dirt is 3 wins for Dortmund, nothing for Madrid and 3 draws.
• In final season’s organisation stage, both contests finished 2-2. Madrid twice led in Dortmund, by Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphaël Varane; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and, in a 87th minute, André Schürrle replied for Thomas Tuchel’s Dortmund.
• The teams during a BVB Stadion Dortmund on 27 Sep 2016 were:
Dortmund: Bürki, Piszczek, Ginter, Papastathopoulos, Schmelzer, Guerreiro (Emre Mor 77), Castro, Weigl, Götze (Schürrle 58), Dembélé (Pulišić 73), Aubameyang.
Madrid: Navas, Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Danilo, Kroos, Modrić, James RodrÃguez (KovaÄić 69), Bale, Benzema (Morata 88), Ronaldo.
• Dortmund cumulative initial place in a section by entrance from 2-0 down to waylay a indicate during a Santiago Bernabéu on matchday six. Karim Benzema’s double (28, 53) had put Madrid in command, though goals from Aubameyang (60) and Marco Reus (88) gave a visitors a profitable point.
• They also met in a 2013/14 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Madrid prevalent 3-2 on total en track to lifting a trophy. Gareth Bale, Isco and Ronaldo warranted Carlo Ancelotti’s Madrid a 3-0 first-leg lead before Dortmund, coached by Jürgen Klopp, narrowed a necessity with a 2-0 victory in Germany by dual Reus strikes.
• The line-ups for that second leg on 8 Apr 2014 were:
Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Piszczek (Aubameyang 81), Friedrich, Hummels, Durm, Kirch, Mkhitaryan, Jojić, Reus, Grosskreutz, Lewandowski.
Madrid: Casillas, Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Alonso, Illarramendi (Isco 46), Modrić, Di MarÃa (Casemiro 73), Bale, Benzema (Varane 90+1).
• The teams also met in a organisation theatre of a 2012/13 foe when Dortmund finished above Madrid with a assistance of a 2-1 home win – Robert Lewandowski and Marcel Schmelzer scoring possibly side of Ronaldo – and a 2-2 draw in Madrid where Reus again featured on a scoresheet.
• The clubs were reunited in a semi-finals that deteriorate and Dortmund won a initial leg 4-1 during home, Lewandowski removing all 4 goals and promulgation his side by notwithstanding a 2-0 reverse in Madrid where Benzema and Sergio Ramos scored.
• The line-ups for a semi-final initial leg during a BVB Stadion on 24 Apr 2013 were:
Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Piszczek (Grosskreutz 83), Subotić, Hummels, Schmelzer, Błaszczykowski (Kehl 82), Bender, Gündoğan (Schieber 90), Götze, Reus, Lewandowski.
Madrid: López, Pepe, Varane, Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Alonso (Kaká 80), Khedira, Modrić (Di MarÃa 68), Ronaldo, Özil, HiguaÃn (Benzema 68).
• Roman Weidenfeller is a unique survivor of a sides’ meetings in a 2002/03 second organisation stage, when Madrid won 2-1 during a Santiago Bernabéu and afterwards drew 1-1 in Dortmund. Zidane played in both matches.
• Dortmund sporting executive Michael Zorc and youth-team coordinator Lars Ricken played in Dortmund’s 1997/98 UEFA Champions League semi-final detriment to Madrid (0-2 away, 0-0 home).
Match background
Dortmund
• Before final season’s pull with Madrid, a Bundesliga side had won their prior 4 home matches opposite Spanish visitors. Their altogether record during home opposite Liga antithesis is W7 D4 L2.
• Dortmund, contesting a organisation theatre for a 12th time and a sixth in 7 years, have reached a knockout theatre on their final 4 UEFA Champions League appearances. In 2016/17 they beat SL Benfica 4-1 on total in a turn of 16, subsequently losing 6-3 to Monaco over dual legs (2-3 home, 1-3 away).
• That home better by Monaco finished Dortmund’s seven-match dominant home run in Europe (W5 D2).
• Dortmund picked adult 7 points during home in final season’s organisation stage, violence Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 and Legia Warszawa 8-4 – a latter outcome a many goals in a UEFA Champions League match.
Real Madrid
• Zidane’s charges were winning on their final tour to Germany, winning 2-1 during FC Bayern München in final season’s quarter-final initial leg and going by 6-3 on aggregate.
• Overall, their record in Germany is W5 D7 L19 – 4 of those wins entrance in their final 7 visits.
• A 2-1 better during Clube Atlético de Madrid in final season’s semi-final second leg (4-2 aggregate) finished Madrid’s six-game dominant divided run in a UEFA Champions League (W3 D3). That was usually their second detriment in their final 12 divided matches, a other a 2-0 retreat during VfL Wolfsburg in a 2015/16 quarter-final initial leg; they won 6 of those matches.
• Champions of Europe for a 12th time in 2016/17 – courtesy of their 4-1 final win opposite Juventus – Madrid will aim to turn a initial organisation given Bayern in 1976 to explain 3 unbroken European Champion Clubs’ Cups. AFC Ajax (1971–73) and Madrid themselves (1956–60) are a usually other sides to have won 3 or some-more in a row.
• In 21 prior participations in a UEFA Champions League, Madrid have never unsuccessful to swell to a final 16.
• Madrid finished second in their organisation in 2016/17, behind Dortmund – the initial time given 2012/13 they had unsuccessful to tip their section.
Coach and actor links
• Zidane was in a Juventus organisation defeated 3-1 by Dortmund in a 1996/97 UEFA Champions League final.
• Nuri Şahin spent 2011/12 with Madrid, creation 12 appearances.
• Åukasz Piszczek’s Poland suffered a UEFA EURO 2016 quarter-final defeat on penalties opposite Ronaldo’s Portugal.
• Nuri Şahin was a half-time surrogate in a Turkey organisation beaten 3-0 by a Spain of Sergio Ramos in a UEFA EURO 2016 organisation stage.
• Schürrle and Toni Kroos any scored twice as Germany kick a Brazil side containing Marcelo 7-1 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
• Kroos played 17 times opposite Dortmund for Leverkusen and Bayern, scoring one idea (W5 D3 L9).
• Marc Bartra’s usually tour for FC Barcelona opposite Madrid came in their 2-1 Copa del Rey final better in 2014.
• Mario Götze was in a Bayern side beaten by Madrid in a 2013/14 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
• As a Bayer 04 Leverkusen actor in 2012/13, Dani Carvajal mislaid home (2-3) and divided (0-3) to Dortmund.
• As an Eintracht Frankfurt actor final season, Jesús Vallejo available a win and better opposite Dortmund in a Bundesliga, and mislaid a German Cup final 2-1.
• International team-mates (non-Germany/Spain):
Raphaël Guerreiro Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Adrián Ramos James RodrÃguez (Colombia)
• Have played together:
Ömer Toprak, Gonzalo Castro, André Schürrle Dani Carvajal (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 2012/13)
Mario Götze Toni Kroos (Bayern, 2013/14)
• Borja Mayoral spent 2016/17 with Wolfsburg.