5 reasons why Borussia Dortmund will beat Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League
Facing record UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid will be no easy task for last season's runners-up Borussia Dortmund, but Nuri Şahin's side have plenty of tools to take revenge and all three points.
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bundesliga.com outlines five reasons why Dortmund can get the better of Los Blancos.
1) They've done it before
BVB have a reputation for making life difficult for Real Madrid in the Champions League, and they’ll be looking to do so again under the guidance of Nuri Şahin, who played for both clubs. In their 2012/13 campaign, Dortmund faced Madrid twice in the group stage and twice in the semi-finals, winning two games, drawing one, and losing just once. That loss came in the second leg of the semi-final after Dortmund had already secured a stunning 4-1 victory in the first leg, with all four goals coming from Robert Lewandowski.
The following season, Dortmund exited in the quarter-finals but still managed a 2-0 win at the Bernabeu before their departure. In the 2016/17 season, the two sides drew twice before Madrid won the next three encounters. Despite this, Dortmund have consistently shown an ability to challenge Madrid, both home and away, a pattern that Şahin will undoubtedly look to capitalise on against the most successful team in the competition's history.
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