Terzic: Dortmund ready to thwart Madrid’s perfect record in Champions League finals

Edin Terzic believes Borussia Dortmund can end Real Madrid’s winning streak in the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Madrid have won all eight finals they have played in since the Champions League replaced the European Cup in 1992, including five Champions League wins in the past 10 seasons and 14 European titles in total.

Terzic said records are to be broken but Dortmund needed to perform at the highest level.

“We have to have the belief that we can achieve big things,” Terzic told a news conference. “We have to give it our all to bring the trophy back to Dortmund. It’s been a long time coming.”

Dortmund won the tournament in 1997 and reached the final again in 2013, losing to Bayern Munich in an all-German clash.

“The most important thing is, if you want to win the Champions League, you have to beat the champions,” Terzic said. “We’re now playing against the undisputed champions.

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“They’ve been through this 14 times and won it five times in the last 10 years, but our goal is always to put it down to one game.”

“We’ve been in eight Champions League finals and we’ve never lost. But it’s not what happened in the last eight that matters. The only thing that matters is the next game. It’s time to end that losing streak.”

Dortmund finished this season’s Bundesliga in fifth place, narrowly securing a place in next season’s Champions League and were favourites to win it in 2023, only to narrowly miss out on the league title in the final game of the season.

But Terzic said the difficult experience from a year ago has contributed to their success this season.

“At the time I said I wanted to leave that chapter of my life behind, but this day has been part of our path to success from that point on,” he said.

“Now we are here with the same fans who came to London a year ago after that bitter match. [on the final Bundesliga matchday]”They’ve been cheering us on and singing for us for hours, and now it’s time to give back and hopefully have a chance to celebrate with us.”