CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL

LIVERPOOL v REAL MADRID SATURDAY, MAY 28, 8pm Stade de France, Paris

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REAL MADRID have qualified for their 17th European Cup final — six more than any other club (AC Milan and Bayern Munich 11, Liverpool 10). Real versus Liverpool is the final for a record third time, having faced off in Paris in 1981 and Kyiv in 2018.

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THIS will be a record fifth Champions League final for Carlo Ancelotti. He has won three of his previous four (two at AC Milan, one at Real Madrid) and can be the first manager to win the trophy four times. Ancelotti is also one of just seven men to win it as both a player and manager.