It’s the end of the 2013 football season in Europe, and that means the entire world is glued to their televisions screens to watch the final game of the season. It was the culmination of what has been a fantastic season of football as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund play out their Der Klassiker at Wembley in the Champions League final. Somehow, the game is level with less than two minutes of normal time left and Bayern Munich’s Jerome Boateng has the ball.

They had after all dominated German football with ruthless gegenpressing and counter-attacking football while Bayern transitioned and created a super team. But few will say that Klopp and his men didn’t deserve their titles with a 27-game unbeaten run in the league to end the 2011/12 season and trouncing their only opponents in Bayer Leverkusen the year before that. Yet with Bayern Munich back in the fray, Dortmund struggled to keep up as the Bavarians strolled to a 25-point lead. That is despite not beating their Der Klassiker rivals twice in the league although elsewhere the same couldn’t be said.

Not only for Dortmund after the events of the season but more so for Bayern Munich after what their Der Klassiker rivals did to them over the last three seasons. You see, since the start of the 2010/11 season to the end of the 2012/13 season, Borussia Dortmund were the kings of Germany and Bayern could say nothing about that. They won two league titles, lifted a German Cup and were beloved by the entire Bundesliga thanks to their exuberant brand of football. Bayern struggled to hit the same heights and their performances in the Der Klassiker proves that rather nicely.

Somehow with six games played in the league, two in the DFB Pokal and one in the DFL Supercup, Bayern had managed to win just two. Dortmund walked away with five wins and two draws including a 5-2 thrashing they handed out in the final of the DFB-Pokal in the 2011/12 season despite Arjen Robben putting on a show. The Dutchman was at his best between the 2010 World Cup and the 2014 World Cup, doing some of his most destructive work during that period.

That game also saw Robben face his former side in the Los Blancos with him getting the chance to do it all over again against Chelsea. Then came that final against the Blues and Robben was far from his best despite Bayern Munich dominating and yet his part was still to come. It eventually did, after Thomas Muller opened the scoring before Didier Drogba equalised in normal time, and it took added time for Robben to turn into a villain. That role was supposed to go to Drogba after he gave away the penalty but Robben stepped up and missed his spot kick which meant that the game would go to a shootout.

Yet, his form or lack thereof affected the game with the Bavarians struggling to find themselves a foothold in the first half. Instead, Jurgen Klopp and his merry band of young and speedy stars found theirs as they hurried and hassled Bayern into making mistakes at Wembley. The BVB had chances and a bucket full of them although the real talking point of the first half would be Robben and his ability to miss the net. The winger had not one but two immense chances to take the lead but failed to take either although Roman Weidenfeller was in the form of his life.

So was Manuel Neuer at the other end, and it was probably why the first half ended goalless. The second half arrived and for those who don’t know it, Wembley is a huge ground. Not just in terms of its capacity or looks but the ground itself is massive which doesn’t play well for a team that loves to press and press from the front. It would see Dortmund eventually tire out in the second half and Bayern took their chances with their pressure growing and growing as every moment passed.

The stadium celebrated and so did most of the world as they all wanted the “Robin Hoods” to win. But four minutes later and Muller rounds Weidenfeller and passes the ball into what should be an empty net. Yet with Neven Subotic charging down the ball and Robben on the other side, few expected the Dortmund man to reach first and produce a sensational goal-line clearance. Shocked, the stadium held their head in their hands and waited for the whistle to blow but Bayern were the furthest thing from done.

The Bavarians had five more clear cut chances, including a penalty shout that wasn’t given, with Weidenfeller pulling off saves or blocks every time. Bavaria groaned each time because the Dortmund legend was at his very best and seemed absolutely unstoppable on the night which brings us to our moment in time. Jerome Boateng stands over the ball with him looking down the field and at a lot of heads including the cheer of what seems like a billion people.

Welcome to a moment in history.