The only possible narrative going into this game is: Are Real Madrid capable of winning 3-0 or 4-1 (or 5-1, or 6-1…)?

Certainly they are. Imagine something like this: an early defensive mistake, let’s just randomly say a misplayed Mats Hummels backpass, leads to a Madrid goal. Dortmund, shaken, let Madrid dominate for ten minutes, during which time Madrid gets a second. Imagine there are 70 minutes left to play. Would you say Real Madrid–a team with the attacking firepower of Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Özil, Angel Di Maria, et al., are incapable of scoring one or two more?

That it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s likely, however. I don’t expect Real Madrid to look quite as toothless as they did in the away leg. But with a 4-1 advantage, Dortmund don’t have to be amazing to win the tie. They just have to be okay. And they’re much, much better than okay.

I’m hoping for an entertaining match. Let Real get a goal relatively early and not stupidly give one up. Let there be something to play for. Either that, or let Real make a couple of stupid defensive mistakes early (I’m looking at you, Sergio Ramos) so that I can shrug my shoulders, call it over, and go do something else with my afternoon.