The Champions League 2023/2024 it is coming to its end. This Saturday June 1st at Wembley, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund They face each other in the final of the most important competition in European football. The whites want to expand their legend in the tournament, and the Germans are looking to win their second gold medal.
The old European Cup usually leaves us with moments full of emotion and feeling, and this year it will be no different. In this edition we will experience two painful farewells for the world of football in the final: the retirement of Kroos and the Reus departure from Borussia Dortmund. The story of the German striker with the club of his life is a story of love and loyalty which can end in the best way if it manages to beat Real Madrid in the final.
However, even though Reus He has been playing for Borussia Dortmund for 12 consecutive seasons (more than any other player) and is a club legend, he is not the captain of the team.
The reason why Reus is not captain
Marco Reus is a person different from the rest, a super class who did not abandon his team when the rest did. The season 2012/2013 It was his first season as a Borussia Dortmund first team player, and since then he has been a key player for the German team. In 2018 became the captain of Borussia, but surprisingly He stopped being one last summer by his own decision.
With a video that both he and Borussia Dortmund shared on social networks, it was announced that the German striker would no longer be captain of the team considering that “It was time to find his successor”. Already with a less prominent role in the team of his loves, Reus assumed that it was time to take a step back and, in fact, announced a few months later that He will leave Borussia at the end of the current campaign.
Hummels, the one who has played the most years for Borussia Dortmund
Although Marco Reus is the player with the most consecutive seasons with 12, Hummels has played more seasons than him at Borussia Dortmund. Since his debut with the German team in the 2007/2008 season, the German center back has played 14 seasons in the team.
However, it has not done so consecutively, since In 2016 he packed his bags to sign with Bayern Munich, a team of which he is a youth player and eternal rival of Borussia. He played three seasons at the Allianz Arena, and in 2019 he returned to Borussia Dortmund to add to his legend. Now, at 35 years old, it is one of the reasons why his team is in the Champions League final.
Who is the current captain
After Reus’ decision to leave the captaincy, Edin Terzic and Sebastian Kahlcoach and sporting director of Borussia Dortmund, chose Emre Can as captain, who has been on the team for 5 years. At 30 years old, the versatile midfielder has managed to perfectly lead his team, and he has played 37 games in which he has scored 2 goals and given 2 assists.
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