UEFA Champions League 2023/24 final (Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid)
The 2023/24 Champions League final at Wembley ended Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid - Carvajal heading in from a Kroos corner (74th) and Vinicius Junior sealing it (83rd) - for Madrid's record-extending 15th European crown, Ancelotti's fifth as coach, and a sixth winners' final for Modric and Carvajal, matching Paco Gento.
Why this wins its question: The 15th-crown final with the Gento-equalling and Ancelotti records bound to UEFA's official report, linking the Madrid era into the 2025-26 Paris arc of this graph.
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Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the 2023/24 Champions League final at Wembley, their 15th European Cup, with Dani Carvajal heading in from a Toni Kroos corner in the 74th minute and Vinicius Junior scoring in the 83rd, after Dortmund had made most of the running.
Luka Modric and Dani Carvajal matched Paco Gento's record of six winning European Cup finals as players, and Carlo Ancelotti extended his coaching record to five Champions League wins.