Final: Uefa Champions League 2012-13

From the first whistle, Dortmund were a yellow fever dream. Jürgen Klopp, all wild eyes and manic energy on the sideline, had his team pressing like wolves. Marco Reus drifted like smoke. Mario Götze—already announced as a future Bayern signing, the ultimate betrayal—pulled the strings. And then there was Robert Lewandowski, a battering ram with a poet’s touch.

The air tasted of rain and destiny.

Ribéry, who had been anonymous for long stretches, found a sliver of space on the left touchline. He didn't try to beat his man. Instead, he contorted his body and back-heeled the ball—an absurd, balletic flick—into the path of . The Austrian crossed first-time, low and fizzed across the six-yard box.