The last time Dortmund reached the final of the UCL was more than ten years ago. Dortmund was returning but failed to acquire the trophy because Real Madrid had stopped them from doing it last season. Dortmund was not fortunate to have Madrid as their opponent.
We know how big the gap is between Madrid and Dortmund. I was rooting for Madrid, and they have won the UCL 15 times. The quality of the players says it all.
But again, I wouldn't describe Dortmund as a small team. Though not as popular as Madrid, Dortmund's name was quite well known.
Honestly I really wanted Dortmund to have the trophy again after all these years as it's been really a long time since they last had the champions league trophy. I knew Madrid had more Chance of winning the trophy than Dortmund does but I still wanted something really different from the usual, it's been Madrid having it all these years and it would have been really beautiful and interesting to have another team win it for the first time after a very long time.
Getting to the champions league finals alone is enough reason not to see Dortmund as been small for any reason, even if they didn't get to win the champions league, getting pass all the hurdles to the finals is more than enough reason to see them as been big because there were other teams who where considered bigger a d experienced who still didn't make it to the finals , some couldn't go beyond the round of sixteen but getting to the finals was the peak of the champions league and Dortmund did made it to that point which is deserving of every applaud.
Hopefully in the next season they could attempt it again having been able to get this far, they can say that have been able gather more experience in the champions league than they have had before and are now more experienced to face the champions league having more confidence and determination but Interestingly Madrid keeps getting better so chances are if they meet again, Madrid may still repeat history.