Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund - Champions League Final: Live score, team news and updates as Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho meet at Wembley

Sami Mokbel, Mail Sport, at Wembley Stadium:

Just look how rammed it is on Wembley Way.

This final really is the hottest ticket in town, isn't it?

On my way to the office today I saw incredible numbers of fans in the tube stations, lining the streets, and in the cafe's. They were everywhere.

The sport's biggest club occasion.

Ian Ladyman, Mail Sport Football Editor, at Wembley Stadium:

While we are on the topic of Jude Bellingham, you will want to give this a read.

Mail Sport's Chief Sports Writer Oliver Holt has written about Real Madrid's newest superstar, and he hits the nail on the head.

Bellingham has indeed been a phenomenan, there is no other way you can describe it, really.

To read more on Mail+, click below:

Real Madrid may have been here a lot, but Jude Bellingham hasn't...

The England star will be taking to the Wembley turf in a few hours but this time in the white of Real Madrid, not the Three Lions.

It's his first-ever European Cup final and he has the chance to cap off a sensational first season at Los Blancos in style.

I bet when he signed for the Spanish giants he knew a Champions League final was in his near future, but surely he didn't expect it to be against his former team.

It will be a weird feeling for him when he stands in the tunnel across from his former team-mates, but they are his enemies tonight.

If he is on form it could be a special night for him.

Right, it's time to get excited!

Real madrid have pulled the trigger early and released their line up two-and-a-half hours before kick-off.

Carlo Ancelotti revealed yesterday that Thibaut Courtois would be starting, so that isn't really a surprise.

The only other change from the semi-final second leg win over Bayern Munich is that Eduardo Camavinga comes into the midfield for the injured Aurelien Tchouameni.

Of course, Jude Bellingham gets the nod to face his former side at the top of a diamond midfield.

You don't get many stronger line-ups than that....

What a journey it has bene for Borussia Dortmund, it’s been Box Office.

Unlike Real Madrid, the German giants did not have it plain sailing in the group stage. After a poor start though, they managed to top the ‘group of death’.

Then came the real drama. The knockout stages were certainly memorable for them. Let’s see how it went for them:

Round of 16: Borussia Dortmund 3-1 PSV

Quarter-final: Borussia Dortmund 5-4 Atletico Madrid

Semi-final: PSG 0-2 Borussia Dortmund

*All results are aggregate scores

Real Madrid’s route to the final has certainly been one to remember, it always is when they are involved.

It didn’t start off too chaotic, they coasted through the group stage with six wins from six. Life was just too easy for them.

That soon changed, every tie in the knockout stage was a real slog for them, but like clockwork, they pulled through. Let’s have a look at them:

Round of 16: Real Madrid 2-1 RB Leipzig

Quarter-final: Manchester City 4-4 (P) Real Madrid

Semi-final: Real Madrid 4-3 Bayern Munich

*All results are aggregate scores

The Champions League final is back at Wembley.

It’s been 11 years since England’s national stadium hosted the biggest match in club football, but it feels like so much longer.

To put it into perspective, when it was last hosted here, I hadn’t even started my GCSE’s at school.

David Cameron was the Prime Minister, Sir Alex Ferguson had just retired from management, and Carlo Ancelotti was one month away from becoming Real Madrid manager for the first time.

Well, it’s back now, and the atmosphere is already building. As Ian Ladyman has already alluded to, Dortmund fans are making it yellow.

Cue the Coldplay song...

Ian Ladyman, Mail Sport Football Editor, at Wembley Stadium:

The European machine that is Madrid are gunning for glory once again tonight.

When you think of Los Blancos, you think of the Champions League, the two things just go hand in hand.

Their love affair with the European Cup is never ending, they have won it 14 times, seven more than second best AC Milan.

Not just that, they have won their last eight European Cup finals, they just don’t know how to lose when they get to this stage.

When their backs are up against the wall in this competition they just always find a way. The semi-final win over Bayern Munich is the perfect example of that.

There is a reason they are favourites to claim a record-extending 15th UCL title, its because no matter how they play, they almost always get the job done.

Borussia Dortmund can’t put a foot wrong tonight, if they do, it will be game over.