Real Madrid prepares for the Champions League final by trying to maintain its championship DNA. As for Dortmund, on the contrary, they are ready to kneel before the match for the prestigious Elephant Ear Cup.

Both Real Madrid and Dortmund are eagerly waiting to enter the 2023/24 Champions League final. But their preparations for the upcoming battle in London on June 2 are completely opposite. Real Madrid still shows winning DNA. And Dortmund let go of everything to save their strength for the battle for the prestigious Elephant Ear Cup.

During the trip to Granada’s stadium on Saturday night, May 11, Real Madrid still showed a fiery spirit of victory, even though they had won the La Liga championship two rounds ago. Coach Carlo Ancelotti’s students crushed the home team with 4 unanswered goals, on the day Brahim Diaz scored a double and the remaining 2 goals were scored by Fran Garcia and Arda Guler.That victory helped Real Madrid continue to maintain the “beat” of winning seamlessly. For the capital Madrid team, that is necessary. It shows the high concentration of the players, they do not fall asleep in the ecstasy of winning the 36th La Liga championship in history. In other words, Real Madrid’s mindset entering the upcoming Champions League final is that of a winner.

Dortmund is the complete opposite. During the trip to the stadium of the team struggling to stay relegated Mainz, they let the opponent bury 3 goals without reply. Notably, all 3 goals the away team lost came quickly in the first half and Mr. Edin Terzic’s students had no intention of rising up in the second half to find even just an honorable goal.

The ideology of Dortmund players is too clear. They accepted to give up in the domestic tournament, to save all their strength for the upcoming Champions League final in London. However, the yellow shirt team’s sloppy performances made the fans feel extremely dissatisfied. That is a show of disrespect for the audience. They spent money to buy tickets to enter the stadium, not to watch such a bland comedy performance from Dortmund players.

Witnessing Dortmund turning itself into a “fool” for the team struggling to stay in relegation Mainz, the legendary Lothar Matthaus had to exclaim: “No Dortmund player wants to play football. It seems that in their minds there are only 90 minutes of the Champions League final left.” Coach Terzic himself also felt angry with his students’ “actively losing” style. Speaking at the press conference after the match, he called it “cowardice”.