final against my and munich. they lost that and plenty of the fans have been going down wembley way. 11 years ago, wanting to put things right. we have team news. let s start with borussia dortmund, the home team, and they are unchanged from the side that ran out in the second leg against pere st germain. this is how the team released their starting 11 s on the social channels. let s make a bit of sense of the formation for you. so kobel in goal. hummel s at the heart of the defence. julian brandt, the driving force in that made the field. jaden sancho back at borussia dortmund for a second bill, back in his happy place after being rescued from manchester united where he was rotting away on the bench frozen out. on the other flank, full crew
if carlo ancelotti wins this, they are up against a borussia dortmund team this season who are really underperforming, but they have found a way in the champions league to get to the final. they got really lucky, didn t they? but they won 1 0 home and away. real madrid romped through the group stages, it looked a little bit iffy against leipzig. penalties against manchester city and then those late goals against bayern munich, but you talked about borussia dortmund finding a way. what is it about the real madrid? they always seem to be playing within themselves, real madrid, and the semifinal going down against bayern munich at home, how many times have we seen a madrid side do that over the years? it doesn t seem a fluke when it happens to them. and the former stoke city player coming off the bench and a couple of goals to get them to the final, you couldn t write that, really. they ve got big game players. belllingham s had
theyjust saw me as the little brother. they made no exceptions for me, and i think that s naturally what led me to be the person that i am today, because without that tough love, in a sense, than i might ve been a completely different person. he wasn t introduced to table tennis until he was 16. but soon discovered a rare talent that has now taken him all the way to the paralympics. much to the delight of the head coach. he finally got there and the whole club is overwhelmed with it. we booked our tickets, as soon as he got through, we booked our tickets. my god, it was amazing. also going out to paris, martin s wife, siobhan and their six month old. i was so happy for them. it s the biggest tournament he will go to. he s so determined. he will not stop at anything. and that is everything in life. that s notjust table tennis. most of the family forget that he is disabled. while siobhan is at work, the baby comes along to training with dad. i love being a new dad.
was not in double figures. now, let s talk football and look ahead to tonight s champions league final. real madrid face borussia dortmund at wembley in just a few hours. the spanish side are record i4 time winners of the competition and will start as favourites. 0ur sports correspondent, 0lly foster, has spent the day among the fans at wembley. is so busy on wembley way. we visit the stadium three orfour times a season and you just kind of forget what an iconic global venue this is for football. so there are thousands upon thousands of real madrid and dortmund fans who have come here so earlyjust to soak up the atmosphere ahead of this champions league final. real i4 times winners and it s kind of almost an annual event for them.
one of my old team mates, former borussia dortmund player, 1997. againstjuventus going into the final, he said everybody had written them off in that particular game, and they ended up winning, and borussia dortmund fans have got to think back to that and think maybe it is just going to be our evening. it has got those vibes from 1997 and they hope they can upset the odds once again. i will be here for a couple of days at wembley, and there were still hundreds of real madrid and borussia dortmund supporters here yesterday. we forget how iconic this stadium is. ijust wanted to get here early on arrival in the countryjust get here early on arrival in the country just to do get here early on arrival in the countryjust to do a little bit of sightseeing. and i spotted two dortmund supporters who had arrived by bite, they cycled all the way from dortmund, a50 miles or so. it took them three days. and one of them was yannis brandt, brother to julian brandt, starting in the