BTW, Nacho will also be leaving Real Madrid this season so maybe this is the last UCL farewell gift for him. Talking about who deserves the UCL trophy, for me these two teams really deserve to win the UCL league trophy this season because both Real Madrid and Dortmund have performed very impressively from the Group phase to reaching the Final.
However, if we talk about the strength and quality of the Real Madrid squad, they are very favorites to win the 15th trophy. Moreover, when Real Madrid advanced to the final, they never lost and definitely won. Apart from that, Real Madrid never underestimate their opponents, whatever team they face is an opponent they have to beat and they are always focused.
Real Madrid loss two great player for next season after Nacho announce will leave and recently Toni Kroos have announced retired from football after Euro 2024. Its opportunity for both of them getting six Champion League trophies if can winning the last appearance with Real Madrid against Dortmund in the final round. In this season, both of them have many appearance for Real Madrid in domestic league and Champion League matches will make bigger loss difficult to find who will replace both position space left by Nacho and Toni Kroos.
Considering the players level perform, Real Madrid have good composition and get bigger winning percentage ration than Dortmund indeed success eliminating many top team from Atletico Madrid until PSG from quarter until semifinal round. I see Madrid has opportunity to make another history as the most winner UCL and reaching 15 Champion League trophies.
Nacho and Toni Kroos have been confirmed to be leaving Real Madrid this season, it will be the most beautiful farewell if they manage to bring home the champions league trophy, it is indeed the best gift for them with Real Madrid and don't forget the La Liga trophy is in hand, even though they don't get UCL they have La Liga this season, but I doubt they will miss the UCL.
For their replacement I think it's not so clear yet, maybe a few days later we will see who will be targeted by Ancelotti to replace their seats in the Real Madrid Squad, usually they will choose the best players according to them who have extraordinary potential to maintain their performance like now.
Indeed, Real Madrid's win ratio is quite high in any case, but we should not close our eyes about Dortmund, they reached the final and it was not just luck, they played quite well and were good at maintaining victory to make them reach the champions league final this season, even though they were not so good in the domestic league.