Jude Bellingham has spent the past 11 months watching Vinicius Jr receive the ball on the left side of the final third, surging towards goal like a shark through water. Bellingham has seen hundreds of times what Vinicius can do, in training and in matches, and he evidently knew what would happen from the moment he played his pass to the Brazilian.
Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium to win their 15th European title
Such is the way with Champions League finals of the last decade: you can come up with the perfect plan, create chances and quell the great players on the opposition side and then, when the crunch comes, Real Madrid win it anyway.