Champions League Final Match Preview
Mario Gotze is set to miss Saturday's Champions League Final after being ruled out through a thigh injury.
Kevin Grosskreutz is expected to take the 20-year-old's place in the starting XI, with Marco Reus shifting into the centre of the attacking trio behind Robert Lewandowski.
At the back, Lukasz Piszczek is fit to play, but will undergo thigh surgery in the summer, while Mats Hummels is expected to shake off a minor ankle injury to feature against the club that bred him.
Borussia Dortmund go into their first final in 16 years since their one and only previous appearance in the showpiece – beating Italian giants Juventus 3-1 at the Olympiastadion in Munich.
The 1997 European champions were led by the same man who masterminded Bayern’s triumph four years later, Hitzfeld.
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The game at Wembley will also signal the penultimate game of Jupp Heynckes' reign as Bayern Munich coach, as the German coach retires from the Bundesliga at the age of 68. Having already secured the Bundesliga title, Heynckes is in line to secure his second trophy of the season as his side strive towards treble glory.
Heynckes will be without the services of Toni Kroos and Holger Badstuber - the former ruled out for the rest of the season, the latter announced to be out of action for the next ten months on Wednesday - but otherwise has a strong squad to pick from.
Since last season's German Cup final, when Dortmund beat Bayern 5-2, Heynckes' side have won two of four meetings with the Westfalenstadion club, with the other two matches ending in a stalemate as the Bavarians clinched the Bundesliga title by 25 points.
Dortmund hosted Bayern earlier this month in the Bundesliga with Kevin Grosskreutz and Mario Gomez scoring in a 1-1 draw as both coaches gave some of their key players a rest.
The only previous all-German final in the history of European club competition was in the 1980 Uefa Cup final, when Eintracht Frankfurt beat Borussia Monchengladbach on away goals after recording a 3-3 draw over two legs.
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Kevin Grosskreutz is expected to take the 20-year-old's place in the starting XI, with Marco Reus shifting into the centre of the attacking trio behind Robert Lewandowski.
At the back, Lukasz Piszczek is fit to play, but will undergo thigh surgery in the summer, while Mats Hummels is expected to shake off a minor ankle injury to feature against the club that bred him.
Borussia Dortmund go into their first final in 16 years since their one and only previous appearance in the showpiece – beating Italian giants Juventus 3-1 at the Olympiastadion in Munich.
The 1997 European champions were led by the same man who masterminded Bayern’s triumph four years later, Hitzfeld.
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The game at Wembley will also signal the penultimate game of Jupp Heynckes' reign as Bayern Munich coach, as the German coach retires from the Bundesliga at the age of 68. Having already secured the Bundesliga title, Heynckes is in line to secure his second trophy of the season as his side strive towards treble glory.
Heynckes will be without the services of Toni Kroos and Holger Badstuber - the former ruled out for the rest of the season, the latter announced to be out of action for the next ten months on Wednesday - but otherwise has a strong squad to pick from.
Since last season's German Cup final, when Dortmund beat Bayern 5-2, Heynckes' side have won two of four meetings with the Westfalenstadion club, with the other two matches ending in a stalemate as the Bavarians clinched the Bundesliga title by 25 points.
Dortmund hosted Bayern earlier this month in the Bundesliga with Kevin Grosskreutz and Mario Gomez scoring in a 1-1 draw as both coaches gave some of their key players a rest.
The only previous all-German final in the history of European club competition was in the 1980 Uefa Cup final, when Eintracht Frankfurt beat Borussia Monchengladbach on away goals after recording a 3-3 draw over two legs.
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