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UEFA Champions League Facts and Flashbacks

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah are the first two players that enter your frame of mind once you mention the upcoming UEFA Champions League Final. 

Let’s look at some flashbacks and facts ahead of the final in Kiev on Saturday the 26th of May.

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  • Real Madrid have won the competition a total of 12 times with their first title coming in 1956. They first completed the treble in 1956 – 1957 – 1958. This weekend they have a chance to do the same, following their wins in 2016 – 2017.  

  • Zidane is the first person in history to win two consecutive UEFA Champions League titles as a manager in the modern era, and this weekend he can shatter that record again.  
  • Zidane has also won the UEFA Champions League as a player back in 2001-02 season.
  • Liverpool are the most successful English club in European Cup history. With five trophies in their cabinet, their last win came in 2005 when the best AC Milan on penalties.

  • Liverpool’s ace attacking midfielder – Phillipe Coutinho played his last game for the Reds on the 30th of December 2017.  He moved to Barcelona for an initial fee of £105 million. The transfer sparked outrage in Liverpool and all signs of competing at the highest level in the UEFA Champions league were reduced to dust.
Since the moment I arrived in Liverpool , me and my family have been made to feel so welcome and have made so many friends. On the pitch and off the pitch, we have experienced the beauty of this club and its fans. In turn, I hope I have delivered memories and moments that have brought happiness to the Liverpool supporters. Moving to Liverpool, I knew the club’s greatness and history but what I did learn during my time was the unique heart and soul of the place. It has its own personality and character. I leave Liverpool because Barcelona is a dream for me. Liverpool was a dream that I was fortunate enough to realise and I have given five years of my life to it. A career on the pitch only lasts for so long and to play for Barcelona as well as Liverpool is something I want to experience and enjoy while I am blessed enough to be able to do so. I hope the supporters understand that choosing to experience something new is not about diminishing their importance to me or the club’s importance. Nothing will ever diminish that in my heart. I wish Jürgen and the team nothing but joy and success for the rest of this season and beyond. This is an amazing team and they are getting better and better all the time. There are too many people I want to thank, but I cannot name everyone individually. To all the amazing club staff who have been part of my life in Liverpool – I will miss you. To the owners, whom have tried so hard to bring success, and to the football recruitment staff for showing faith in me to bring me here and rewarding me during that journey, and to my incredible teammates, past and present, who have helped me grow and improve as a player and a person, I would like to say thank you to you all. Anything I have achieved here would not have been possible without you. And finally, to the most important people of Liverpool – the Liverpool supporters. I can never thank you enough for what you have given me during this time and no matter where I go in the world, for the rest of my life, I will always cherish Liverpool in my heart. You, the club and the city will always be a part of me. You’ll Never Walk Alone. Philippe.
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  • The exit of Coutinho gave birth to one of the highest scoring attacking trios in Champions league history.  Salah – Firmino – Sane. 
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  • Mohamed Salah is currently Liverpool’s second highest goal scorer in the club’s history in a single season after Ian Rush. The Premier League golden boot winner has led his team to a UEFA Champions League final for the first time in 11 years. And should he lift the trophy on Saturday he could certainly win the Ballon d’Ór award.
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  • Liverpool fans even came up with a song dedicated to the Egyptian king.

  • Jürgen Klopp has brought Liverpool to their first UEFA Champions League final in 11 years since his appointment in 2015. His team has scored 46 goals and conceded 16 goals on the road to the Final, 16 more goals scored than their counterparts Real Madrid. 

  • Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time leading goal scorer in the UEFA Champions League with 120 goals (excluding qualifying).
  • Ronaldo has won the UEFA Champions League four times – once with Manchester United and three times with Real Madrid. The four-time Ballon d’Or winner will be Liverpool’s biggest threat come Saturday night. 
  • He’ll be looking to secure his fifth Ballon d’Or award and his fifth UEFA Champions League title.  
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