JURGEN KLOPP: I WILL DIE HAPPY WHETHER DORTMUND WIN OR LOSE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
ABOVE: Jurgen Klopp knows that Borussia Dortmund are the underdogs against Bayern on Saturday
If I will die in 60 years, it is not so bad. This team has been growing over the last five years, working towards this final.
Borrusia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp
JURGEN KLOPP says he will die a happy man no matter what happens in the Champions League final.
Dortmund boss Klopp (right) insists Wembley is the perfect venue for the first-ever all-German final.
He said: "It is the biggest cup in the world. It is a special thing to have two clubs from one country.
"If this will be the only final in my life, it is the perfect place and the perfect opponent. If I will die in 60 years, it is not so bad. This team has been growing over the last five years, working towards this final.
"We think that there can only be one club in this situation. And perhaps that's why this is a more emotional situation for us compared to a club where success is normal.
"We have to play to our utmost. We are obviously not favourites. But people have climbed Mount Everest knowing 10m from the top you might have to turn around. But they've tried and we've tried so we will see."
Dortmund's Champions League hopes were hit when star midfielder Mario Gotze was ruled out of the final with a thigh injury.
It would also have been his last game for the club before his controversial £32m summer switch to Bayern.
And defender Mats Hummels took a swipe at Gotze, saying: "It will be fantastic if we did (beat Bayern) just to show the players who might like to go to Munich that they might be missing out on something."
He said: "It is the biggest cup in the world. It is a special thing to have two clubs from one country.
"If this will be the only final in my life, it is the perfect place and the perfect opponent. If I will die in 60 years, it is not so bad. This team has been growing over the last five years, working towards this final.
"We think that there can only be one club in this situation. And perhaps that's why this is a more emotional situation for us compared to a club where success is normal.
"We have to play to our utmost. We are obviously not favourites. But people have climbed Mount Everest knowing 10m from the top you might have to turn around. But they've tried and we've tried so we will see."
Dortmund's Champions League hopes were hit when star midfielder Mario Gotze was ruled out of the final with a thigh injury.
It would also have been his last game for the club before his controversial £32m summer switch to Bayern.
And defender Mats Hummels took a swipe at Gotze, saying: "It will be fantastic if we did (beat Bayern) just to show the players who might like to go to Munich that they might be missing out on something."
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