Jude Bellingham Can't Believe Meeting Borussia Dortmund In Champions League Final

England Real Madrid midfielder #5 Jude Bellingham celebrated his team's victory (photo: dock. between)

JAKARTA - Real Madrid player Jude Bellingham expressed his admiration when he realized that his team would meet his former club, Borussia Dortmund, in the Champions League final which is scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium on June 2. Bellingham, who was previously an important pillar for Die Borussen, was shocked and emotional by this meeting.

Before being with Madrid, Bellingham was a major midfielder with Die Borussen for three seasons with a record of 24 goals and 25 assists from 132 matches in all competitions. The English midfielder was then contested by Europe's top clubs in last year's summer transfer window before finally dropping his heart to El Real who made it up with a fantastic tag of 103 million euros. On Wednesday night local time or Thursday morning WIB, he helped deliver Madrid to the UCL final after Joselu Mato's two goals in the 88th minute and 90+1 reversed the position of Bayern Munich with a score of 2-1 or 4-3 on the semifinal second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu. "This is a dream come true. If someone predicted this before this season, I probably wouldn't believe it," Bellingham said as quoted by Real Madrid's official website on Thursday. "I'm still quite shocked and emotional. I have to give him a night sleep to digest all of this," he continued.

"Saya tidak percaya saya akan bermain melawan Dortmund di Inggris sekarang," tambahnya. Dalam kesempatan yang sama, ia menambahkan bahwa sekali lagi kedalaman skuad Los Blancos menjadi pembeda laga.Joselu yang menjadi aktor kemenangan adalah striker yang baru masuk pada menit ke-81 menggantikan Federico Valverde."Bangku cadangan kami jelas merupakan salah satu kualitas hebat kami. Jika kami tertinggal, kami selalu bisa menambahkan sesuatu yang lebih baik. Itu penting," kata gelandang 20 tahun itu.Final UCL musim ini adalah final ke-18 kalinya sepanjang sejarah klub bagi Madrid yang kini sedang mengincar "A Por La 15" atau gelar ke-15-nya di turnamen antar klub Eropa paling prestisius tersebut.