Bayern, Dortmund Face Off in Champions League Final

Players from Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will hope to etch their names in European football history on Saturday when the two German sides clash in the final of the Champions League at Wembley.

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SHOTLIST: WEMBLEY, BRITAIN, MAY 24, 2013 SOURCE: AFPTV - VAR Bayern Munich training session at Wembley Stadium - Heynckes arrives at presser SOUNDBITE 1 - Jupp Heynckes, Bayern Munich coach (man, in German, 17 sec) " I think the coming together of two German teams in the Champions League final is pretty extraordinary for German football." - Press conference underway - VAR Bayern Munich training session at Wembley Stadium SOUNDBITE 2 - Jupp Heynckes, Bayern Munich coach (man, in German, 33 sec) "I know what my team can achieve, I said that before the Juventus game and before the Barcelona game when we were not the favourites and I was always very confident that we could win this. I take the same approach ahead of tomorrow. We have a great team that plays great football, that plays as a team and if we can draw on that we will win." - Press conference underway - VAR Bayern Munich training session at Wembley Stadium - VAR of Dortmund training at Wembley Stadium SOUNDBITE 1 Jurgen Klopp (man) Manager, Borussia Dortmund (English, 24 sec) "It's an absolutely special game. If you want, you can see it as the next game [unclear] against Bayern Munich. We met 4 times in this season but it's not a normal game of course because it's the biggest cup in the world. And I think we all will feel it tomorrow. It is more when it feels normal, I have to say, it's absolutely normal, but tomorrow we will feel the difference, a big difference, and we will see it." - VAR of Dortmund training at Wembley Stadium WEMBLEY, BRITAIN, MAY 24, 2013 SOURCE: SID - VAR of the Wembley Stadium WEMBLEY, BRITAIN, MAY 24, 2013 SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 2 Jurgen Klopp (man) Manager, Borussia Dortmund (English, 19 sec) "Moscow is a great city, but it's not this great football tradition like Wembley is. So for me, if this will be my only final in my life, it's a perfect place for this. It's a perfect opponent it's a perfect place." WEMBLEY, BRITAIN, MAY 24, 2013 SOURCE: SID - VAR of the Wembley Stadium /// ----------------------------------- AFP TEXT STORIES: fbl-Eur-C1-GER-Dortmund-Bayern,PREVIEW Football: Bayern, Dortmund eye Champions League glory by Tom WILLIAMS LONDON, May 24, 2013 (AFP) - The home of English football will reverberate to the roar of German voices on Saturday when Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund collide at Wembley Stadium in the first all-Bundesliga final in Champions League history. It is only two years since Barcelona confirmed their status as Europe's pre-eminent side by outclassing Manchester United in the same arena to win the 2011 tournament, but the way that Bayern and Dortmund have torn through this season's competition suggests a new continental order is asserting itself. Bayern left Barca in ruins with an incredible 7-0 aggregate win in the semi-finals, while Dortmund's 4-1 defeat of Real Madrid in the same round left the football world open-mouthed in amazement. Irrespective of the result, it is certain to be a monumental evening for German football, but the two sides approach the game driven by very different motivations. For Bayern, the game represents an opportunity to make amends for painful final defeats in 2010 and, in particular, 2012, when a heart-breaking penalty shoot-out loss to Chelsea was played out before a crowd of horrified and disbelieving fans at their own Allianz Arena. Dortmund, the 1997 champions, yearn to inflict further misery upon Bayern, who have gravely undermined their opponents' attempts to establish themselves as creditable long-term rivals by snatching away star playmaker Mario Goetze in a sensational 37 million euros (£31.7 million, $47.8 million) transfer. A hamstring injury to Goetze has reduced the risk of diplomatic embarrassment on Saturday, but Bayern are also believed to lead the race for Dortmund's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, who put Madrid to the sword with an extraordinary four-goal haul in the first leg of their semi-final. Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller has tried to downplay the significance of Goetze's injury by pointing to the 2012 German Cup final, when Dortmund thrashed Bayern 5-2 in his absence. "It goes without saying that with him we have a different quality," he said. "But everything shouldn't rest on him. In the DFB-Pokal final in 2012, Mario also didn't play." After losing five times in a row to Dortmund during the Ruhr club's back-to-back Bundesliga title successes in 2011 and 2012, Bayern have redressed the balance this season, avoiding defeat in all four of their most recent contests en route to a nigh-on flawless triumph in the German title race. Saturday's game will be the 101st competitive meeting between the sides and after seven encounters over the last two seasons, Bayern manager Jupp Heynckes believes there is little scope for sleight of hand. "Both teams know each other very well, both trainers are fully informed about the opponent, so there are no secrets," he said. Heynckes can become only the fourth coach to win the competition with two different clubs, having previously led Madrid to their eighth Champions League title in 1998. It will, however, be the 68-year-old's final match in the dug-out. He has announced his retirement after former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was appointed to succeed him, despite a phenomenal campaign that could end with Bayern claiming their first ever treble of league, German Cup and Champions League honours. ""We've taken a massive stride towards perfection, and we're aiming for a perfect performance in the final," said midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, whose side will tackle Stuttgart in the German Cup final on June 1. "If we play to our potential, it's very hard for anyone to win against us." Nine years after almost going bust, Dortmund hope to repeat their shock 1997 success, when a young Lars Ricken, now the club's youth team co-ordinator, came off the bench to seal a 3-1 win over Juventus at Munich's Olympiastadion with an audacious 25-yard chip. Juergen Klopp's side have charmed neutrals with their breathless counter-attacking football over the last three seasons and the likeable 45-year-old Dortmund manager hopes their rise has not left the impartial observer unmoved. "We are a club, not a company, but it depends on which kind of story the neutral fan wants to hear," he told British newspaper The Guardian. "If he respects the story of Bayern, and how much they have won since the 1970s, he can support them. But if he wants the new story, the special story, it must be Dortmund." Aside from Goetze's confirmed absence, Dortmund also have concerns over the fitness of former Bayern centre-back Mats Hummels, who injured his ankle in Saturday's 2-1 loss to Hoffenheim. Bayern are missing long-term injury victims Holger Badstuber and Toni Kroos, but unlike 12 months ago, when they were without Badstuber, David Alaba and Luiz Gustavo due to suspension against Chelsea, they are otherwise at full strength. -------------- Fbl-C1-Eur-GER-Teams,TEAM Football: Bayern, Dortmund Champions League final teams LONDON, May 24, 2013 (AFP) - Probable starting line-ups in the Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Wembley on Saturday: Bayern Munich: (4-2-3-1) Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm (c), Jerome Boateng, Dante, David Alaba; Bastian Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez; Arjen Robben, Thomas Mueller, Franck Ribery, Mario Mandzukic Coach: Jupp Heynckes Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1) Roman Weidenfeller (c); Lukasz Piszczek, Neven Subotic, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer; Sven Bender, Ilkay Gundogan; Jakub Blaszczykowski, Marco Reus, Kevin Grosskreutz; Robert Lewandowski. Coach: Juergen Klopp Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) --------- Fbl-C1-Eur-Bayern-Dortmund-Paths,FACTS Football: Dortmund, Bayern's paths to Euro final LONDON, May 24, 2013 (AFP) - Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich's paths to the 2012-13 Champions League final at Wembley stadium on Saturday: BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) Group D (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) Borussia Dortmund 6 4 2 0 11 5 14 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 15 9 11 Ajax Amsterdam 6 1 1 4 8 16 4 Manchester City 6 0 3 3 7 11 3 Round of 16 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2 (Srna 31, Douglas Costa 68) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Lewandowski 41, Hummels 87) Borussia Dortmund 3 (Felipe Santana 31, Goetze 37, Blaszczykowski 59) Shakhtar Donetsk 0 Dortmund win 5-2 on aggregate Quarter-finals Malaga (ESP) 0 Borussia Dortmund 0 Borussia Dortmund 3 (Lewandowski 40, Reus 90+1, Felipe Santana 90+2) Malaga 2 (Joaquin 25, Eliseu 82) Dortmund win 3-2 on aggregate Semi-finals Borussia Dortmund 4 (Lewandowski 8, 50, 55, 67-pen) Real Madrid (ESP) (Ronaldo 43) Real Madrid 2 (Benzema 82, Sergio Ramos 88) Borussia Dortmund 0 Dortmund win 4-3 on aggregate BAYERN MUNICH (GER) Group F (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 15 7 13 Valencia 6 4 1 1 12 5 13 BATE 6 2 0 4 9 15 6 Lille OSC 6 1 0 5 4 13 3 Round of 16 Arsenal (ENG) 1 (Podolski 55) Bayern Munich 3 (Kroos 7, Mueller 21, Mandzukic 77) Bayern Munich 0 Arsenal 2 (Giroud 3, Koscielny 85) Bayern go through on away goals Quarter-finals Bayern Munich 2 (Alaba 1, Mueller 63) Juventus (ITA) 0 Juventus 0 Bayern Munich 2 (Mandzukic 64, Pizarro 90+1) Bayern win 4-0 on aggregate Semi-finals Bayern Munich 4 (Mueller 25, 82, Gomez 49, Robben 73) Barcelona (ESP) 0 Barcelona 0 Bayern Munich 3 (Robben 48, Gique 72-og, Mueller 76) Bayern win 7-0 on aggregate Final At Wembley (Saturday, 1845GMT) Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich