Borussia Dortmund have qualified for the Champions League final where they will face either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid at Wembley Stadium. The German side recorded a 1-0 win away from home against PSG on Tuesday night to book their place in the final, following a 1-0 victory on home turf last week.
Dortmund's run to the final is poetic as this season marks 11 years since they last reached the Champions League final – also at Wembley Stadium. On that occasion, they lost to Bayern Munich which means we could be getting a repeat of the 2013 final on the 1st of June.
The match will be a particularly poignant one for Marco Reus who confirmed this week that he will be leaving Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season.
Reus has been a Dortmund player since 2012 and is synonymous with the club. While star players from that early 2010s team such as Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Gundogan jumped ship, Reus remained with Dortmund and is now regarded as one of their greatest-ever players.
Reus celebrates with Dortmund fans in Paris
At the age of 34, Reus is now a squad player at the club but his experience was key on Tuesday night. He came on from the substitutes bench in the 56th minute, shortly after Dortmund had taken a 2-0 aggregate lead and his experience was important as the German side saw the game out.
After the final whistle, the Borussia Dortmund players ran over to the travelling supporters in one corner of the Parc des Princes and celebrated with them. Reus made his way into the stand despite security warnings and led the celebrations.
Marco Reus celebrated amongst the travelling Borussia Dortmund fans after reaching the Champions League final, just 4 days after announcing that he’ll be leaving the club 🥹💛 pic.twitter.com/axqLLioKLH
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Speaking after the celebrations, Reus told reporters:
“Indescribable. After more than ten years, I am in the final with Borussia again. Ousmane Dembélé and Achraf Hakimi brought a tremendous amount of pace and we suffered a lot.
“How we won the game, no one will ask tomorrow. Shots against the post won’t matter tomorrow. What counts is that Borussia Dortmund is in the final again. Nobody expected this. It’s just incredible.”