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.
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- 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.
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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.
- 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.
- Liverpool fans even came up with a song dedicated to the Egyptian king.
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- 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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