Emotional Bellingham 'couldn't have dreamed it better'

Jude Bellingham says he "couldn't person dreamed it better" aft ending his first play pinch Real Madrid by lifting nan Champions League trophy.

The 20-year-old group up nan 2nd extremity for Vinicius Jr arsenic nan Spanish giants hit his erstwhile nine Borussia Dortmund 2-0 successful nan final astatine Wembley.

Bellingham has enjoyed a stellar debut run astatine nan Bernabeu, scoring 23 times successful each competitions, winning nan convention title and being voted La Liga's subordinate of nan season.

"I've ever dreamed of playing successful these games," he told TNT Sports.

"When it gets difficult astatine times you commencement to wonderment if it's each worthy it - but nights for illustration coming make it each worthy it.

"It's sewage to beryllium up location successful position of nan cleanable season. I can't put it into words, it's nan champion nighttime of my life."

The England midfielder was visibly affectional aft nan game, initially struggling to find nan correct words successful his post-match question and reply connected TV, earlier saying he was "OK until I saw my mum and dad's faces".

Bellingham is now owed to nexus up pinch nan Three Lions connected 8 June to hole for Euro 2024.

Both Real Madrid and Bellingham struggled for agelong periods successful nan final, pinch underdogs Dortmund squandering galore first-half chances, including hitting nan post.

But Los Blancos grew into nan crippled aft nan break, culminating successful precocious goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr.

Bellingham spent 3 seasons pinch Dortmund, playing much than 100 times for nan German nine earlier moving to Spain past summer.

"I person to beryllium honest, they [Dortmund] were nan amended squad successful nan first half," Bellingham told DAZN. "They could’ve been 2 aliases 3 up.

"But it’s conscionable that character... [we can] travel backmost to haunt you.

"The nine I’m astatine now is truthful typical to maine and truthful is my aged club. It wouldn’t beryllium imaginable without them. I'll ever beryllium grateful and ever person respect for what that nine did for me."

Borussia Dortmund leader Edin Terzic congratulated his erstwhile subordinate Bellingham aft nan game.

"When he near america I said nan aforesaid point that I said to Erling Haaland - that I was proud to beryllium their manager.

"It is his first Champions League triumph and it is simply a proud infinitesimal for him.

"I cognize what Mark, Denise and Jobe [Bellingham's dad, mum and younger brother] are doing to get this occurrence successful nan family. Congratulations to Jude."

Bellingham, who turns 21 astatine nan extremity of June, went complete to nan crowd and placed his Champions League winner's badge astir his mum's cervix aft nan game.

She responded by kissing her son.

He past led her onto nan transportation truthful she could person a image pinch erstwhile Real Madrid leader Jose Mourinho, who was moving for TNT Sports.

Real Madrid leader Carlo Ancelotti, who has now won nan Champions League 5 times arsenic a manager, besides admitted nan crippled was "very difficult, overmuch much truthful than we thought it would be".

His broadside grounded to person a changeable connected target during nan first half.

"I didn't for illustration nan level we were playing at," he told Movistar. "We mislaid nan shot excessively often and successful nan incorrect place. We fto Dortmund play nan measurement they wanted to – forcing turnovers and playing successful transitions. That's wherever they're astatine their astir dangerous.

"You ne'er get accustomed to this. First half, we had to suffer. But 2nd half, we mislaid nan shot little and played better."

He added to TNT Sports: "It seems a dream but it is reality."