Dortmund roared back. – Reus was brought down by Dante in the box. Penalty. Ilkay Gündogan stepped up and calmly sent Neuer the wrong way. 1–1.
Bayern vs. Juventus. The Old Lady hadn’t lost in 18 European games. Bayern beat them 2–0 in Turin—then 2–0 again in Munich. Juve, so solid, looked slow. Bayern looked like machines. champions league 12 13
– The Young Wolves. First leg in Dortmund: 4–1. Robert Lewandowski scored four goals . Four. Against Mourinho’s Real Madrid. He could have had five. The world watched a Polish striker destroy Ramos and Varane with movement, strength, and cold finishing. Second leg in Madrid: Real won 2–0, but it wasn’t enough. Dortmund held on. Mourinho knelt on the pitch afterward—his last Champions League game for Real. Dortmund roared back
Second half: – Mandžukić turned in Robben’s cross after a brilliant Ribery backheel. 1–0 Bayern. Ilkay Gündogan stepped up and calmly sent Neuer
The stage was set for a German revolution. No one in England, Spain, or Italy saw it coming.
Dortmund landed in the “Group of Death” with Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Ajax. Pundits predicted third place. Instead, Klopp’s men played with reckless joy. At the Bernabéu, they won 2–1. At home, they dismantled City 1–0. They finished top—ahead of José Mourinho’s Madrid.