We are all looking forward to the final of the Champions League that will take place next Saturday (19:45, UK time ) at Cardiff. Real Madrid would like to lift the 13th Champions League trophy against Juventus, the team that has lost more finals in the history. Now we want you to have a look at some stats given by UEFA.
Real Madrid will be the first time to score 500 goals in the Champions League, from group stage to final, if they are able to score a goal in Cardiff.
Real Madrid and Juventus will play their 6th Champions League final, a record equaling AC Milan.
Real Madrid have the record of titles -having won five-, while Juventus have lost more fixtures with four defeats and only one victory, against Ajax in 1996.
Apart from Real Madrid, only Inter Milan, Marseille and Porto have a 100% record winning. The other teams only arrived once to the final.
Los Blancos try to become the first team to win back to back titles in the Champions League. Milan (1989. 1990), Ajax (1995, 1996), Juve (1996, 1997) and Manchester United (2008, 2009) lost their finals as holders.
After the defeat at Vicente Calderón in the second leg, Juventus is the only undefeated team in the tournament. Manchester United, in 2008, was the last undefeated champion.
Ronaldo and Ramos can become the first players to score in three finals. Now, Raúl González (Madrid 2000 and 2002), Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona 2006 and 2009), Lionel Messi (Barcelona 2009 and 2011), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United 2008, Real Madrid 2014) and Ramos (Real Madrid 2014, 2016) have scored twice.
Ronaldo could become a record four-time winner of the UEFA Champions League. Only Clarence Seedorf was able to do it.
Italy and Spain have the most appearances in the Champions League finals. Spain has 16 victories in 27 appearances whereas Italy has 12 victories and 15 defeats.
If Los Blancos win, it will be the 10th Champions League title for a Spanish side, the fourth in a row. No country has done this.
This is the fourth Spain v Italy final, the most frequent of all times. One more than England v Spain or Spain v Spain.
In the previous 24 UEFA Champions League finals, there have been 17 outright wins and seven games decided by penalty shoot-outs.
Seventeen European Cup finals have gone to extra time, including the 2016 decider.
No player has scored a hat trick in a Champions League final. Daniele Massaro (Milan 1994), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Borussia Dortmund 1997), Hernán Crespo (Milan 2005), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan 2007) and Diego Milito (Internazionale 2010) scored twice.
If Juventus win, Gigi Buffon will become the oldest player to appear in a final victory with 39 years and 126 days.
