Uefa - Champions League 2012-13 Final

Dortmund threw everything forward in stoppage time. Neuer punched away a last-ditch header from Mats Hummels. Then the whistle.

Then, the 89th minute.

And there, sliding in at the far post, was . The man who missed a penalty in the 2012 final. The man they called a choker. The man who had just beaten his defender, sprinted 60 yards, and thrown himself into history. uefa champions league 2012-13 final

Bayern Munich had won the Treble. They had exorcised the agony of 2012 on the same pitch where Chelsea had broken them. Dortmund threw everything forward in stoppage time

In the 26th minute, it happened. A lightning counter: Reus fed Lewandowski, who held off Dante with a shove, then rolled a perfect, unsavable pass into the path of . The midfielder didn’t think. He just struck. A low, skidding shot that beat Manuel Neuer at his near post. Then, the 89th minute

Robben, named man of the match, stood with the trophy, his face a strange mixture of joy and disbelief. "I don't know what to say," he stammered into a microphone. "This is... this is everything."

Wembley inhaled. Then it exploded.