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Goetze out of Champions League final

(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze will miss Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, leaving the team without one of its best players.

Dortmund confirmed Wednesday that Goetze will not be fit in time to face his future club at Wembley Stadium in London. It would have been the 20-year-old Goetze's last game for Dortmund before his 37-million euro switch to Bayern next season.

"The final was my main aim and I fought hard for it in the last weeks," Goetze said on Dortmund's website.

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