Borussia Dortmund’s confirmed starting line-up vs Real Madrid in the 2024 Champions League final

For today’s Champions League final against Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic has made no changes to the team that beat Paris Saint-Germain home and away in the semi-finals.

How will Dortmund line up against Real Madrid?

Gregor Kobel will start in goal, behind a centre-back pairing of Nico Schlotterbeck and Mats Hummels, who did such a tremendous job of shackling PSG striker Kylian Mbappé in the last four. The full-backs will be Julian Ryerson and Ian Maatsen, two players who throughout the Champions League campaign have shown their eagerness to push forward and join in the Dortmund attack.

In midfield, Emre Can will sit in front of the back four to break up the play or launch attacks, depending on which team has the ball. Marcel Sabitzer and Julian Brandt will be tasked with pulling the creative strings for Dortmund, with the latter without doubt the Germans’ most inventive player in the final third. On the wings, Karim Adeyemi and Jadon Sancho will look to bring plenty of penetration to the attack and provide service to Dortmund’s powerful centre-forward, Niclas Füllkrug.

There can be few doubts about what Dortmund’s game plan will be: the underdogs will look to remain a solid defensive unit when out of possession - and when they win the ball back, will try to make the most of the speedy attacking transitions that characterise this team.

Borussia Dortmund’s confirmed line-up vs Real Madrid:

Kobel, Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen, Sabitzer, Can, Brandt, Sancho, Füllkrug, Adeyemi.

Dortmund’s substitutes bench:

Lotka, Meyer, Süle, Nmecha, Özcan, Wätjen, Reus, Wolf, Bynoe-Gittens, Haller, Malen, Moukoko.

Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid: start time, how to watch

The 2024 UEFA Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid will be played today, Saturday 1 June 2024, at Wembley Stadium in London, the UK. Kick-off is scheduled for 8pm local time, which in the US is 3pm ET/12 noon PT. Viewers in the US will be able to watch the showpiece event on CBS, Univisión, TUDN USA, Paramount+ and ViX. Your streaming options also include fuboTV, which offers new users a free trial.

Enjoy the Champions League final on fubo.

You can also follow live-text coverage of the Champions League final at AS USA. Joe Brennan will be building up to the game from around two hours ahead of kick-off, before bringing you minute-by-minute commentary of Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid.

Who will the referee, VAR be at Wembley?

Slovenia’s Slavko Vincic will be the match referee in the UK capital, and countrymen Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic will be his assistant referees. The fourth official will be the Frenchman François Letexier. The Slovenian Nejc Kajtazovic will be the video assistant referee (VAR), and the assistant VAR will be his compatriot Rade Obrenovic.