Summary

  • Real Madrid with record 12th European Cup win

  • Ronaldo with his 104th and 105th Champions League goals

  • Bale came off the bench for real

  • Juve sub Cuadrado sent off after 18 minutes

  • Mandzukic with superb overhead strike

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance

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    We asked for those who really should've won the Champions League at least once - and maybe those who can count themselves fortunate...

    Chelsea's starting 11 in 2012 included Salomon Kalou, Jose Bosingwa and Ryan Bertrand at left wing who are pretty unlikely winners

    Matt in Orpington

    I won't hear a bad word said about Biscan. A silky midfielder, not a centre back though. Can't believe he didn't start... Djimi Traore on the other hand. His wonder own goal against Burnley about sums him up.

    Ed, Wirral

  2. Is Bale finished at Real?

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    Andy West
    Spanish football writer

    The debate about whether Gareth Bale or Isco should be named in Zinedine Zidane's starting line-up has been the talking point in Spain in the build-up.

    And more significantly, it has become much more than a debate about this game, with Bale's longer-term future at the Bernabeu under more scrutiny than at any other time since he arrived from Tottenham for a world-record fee four years ago.

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    These fans in Cardiff still love him

    Writing in Marca on Monday, for example, Roberto Palomar headlined his article: "And what if selling Bale isn't such a bad idea?"

    He claimed that "in time, his absence stops being a problem" and also argued that, for Real fans, the sight of Isco, Marco Asensio or Nacho watching from the stands is "more painful" than the absence of Bale, who "doesn't even provoke nostalgia".

  3. Filling up already...

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    It looks like fans have heeded the plea to get in early tonight as the stadium fills up.

    The roof is closed tonight, by the way. Why? I couldn't tell you.

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  4. Doubling up?

    Juventus v Real Madrid (19:45 BST)

    Having secured their first La Liga title for five years earlier this month, Real are looking to rewrite club history.

    They have not been crowned champions of Spain and Europe in the same season since 1957-58.

  5. See you in San Carlo

    Juventus v Real Madrid (19:45 BST)

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    San Carlo Square in Turin looks like a decent place to be tonight!

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    Never won it/somehow won it

    Ian Funnell: Bergkamp has to be the best player never to win

    James Henry: Wasn't the splendidly-coiffured Jonathan Greening on the bench for #MUFC's famous night in Barcelona?

    He was indeed. Jonathan Greening has won more European Cup finals than Dennis Bergkamp. Fact.

  7. Back-to-back?

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    Real Madrid will attempt to become the first team since AC Milan (1989, 1990) to win back-to-back European Cup/Champions League trophies.

    For years it has eluded the top teams in Europe. Is Zinedine Zidane the man to make it happen?

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  8. 'World class' Buffon

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    Champions League final 2017: Edwin van der Sar hails Juventus icon Gianluigi Buffon

    Former Manchester United and Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar wishes Juventus and Italy icon Gianluigi Buffon "all the best", describing the stopper as "world class".

  9. 'Buffon deserves the trophy'

    Juventus v Real Madrid (19:45 BST)

    Mina Rzouki
    European football expert on BBC Radio 5 live

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    He is everything, the personification of a professional. He stayed with Juve when they went into Serie B. He is genuinely a good guy who everyone wants to see have this fairytale. He has a human element to him. He really leads the team, pushes them forwards and is the authority at the back.

    His longevity speaks volumes. He deserves the trophy that he has coveted for such a long time.

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    How did they win the Champions League?

    Van Nistelrooy; never collected a winner's medal despite being one of the greatest strikers in the history of the competition.

    Joe O'G, Norwich

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  11. 1998: Real get the better of Juve

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    These two have met 18 times before in the European Cup - but only once in the final.

    In 1998, as now, both sides were packed with class acts, and, as now, looked evenly matched on paper.

    Deschamps, Davids, Zidane, Inzaghi, Del Piero v Roberto Carlos, Redondo, Seedorf, Raul, Morientes.

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    In the end it was 1-0 in Amsterdam, with Predrag Mijatovic etching his name into the crowded Real history books with a chipped finish.

  12. You needed to be pretty decent to be back up to Maldini, Baresi, Costacurta and co though...

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    How did they win the Champions League?

    Maybe in Milan it's a different story.....

    To the guy who thought Wes Brown was lucky to win a champions league medal.... twice. Most people won't even know who Stefano Nava is, played all of a few minutes in the 94 final for Ac Milan.... talk about being at the right bus stop at the right time!!!!

    Nick, Maston

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    How did they win the Champions League?

    dude: Wes Brown had an amazing season at right back in 2008. Djimi Traore for me

    Fissuh Hailu: Former Man United player Anderson never deserved to win the Champion League.

  15. Bale in British top 10?

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    Scored in a Champions League final? Check

    Real Madrid and Wales forward Gareth Bale is one of the "best British players of all time", says former England striker Gary Lineker.

    Since joining the Spanish giants from Tottenham for £85m in 2013, Bale has won a La Liga title, two Champions Leagues and the Copa del Rey.

    The 27-year-old has scored 67 goals in 149 appearances for Los Blancos.

    "I'd put him right up there," said Match of the Day presenter Lineker. "He has certainly got to be in the top 10."

  16. How the Welsh see it

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    Champions League final: John Charles' Juventus v Gareth Bale's Real Madrid

    A look at the Welsh links between tonight's two sides here...

  17. Multiple winners

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    Nobody has won more than six European Cup titles as a player, and none of tonight's stars can quite reach that figure.

    But Juventus right-back Dani Alves can move on to four (level with Phil Neal), as can Cristiano Ronaldo.

    Alves has lifted the trophy with Barcelona in 2009, 2011 and 2015, while Ronaldo won it with Manchester United in 2008, and with Real in 2014 and 2016.

    If Gareth Bale wins his third trophy he'll become the most decorated Welshman, moving ahead of Joey Jones and Ryan Giggs.

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    How did they win the Champions League?

    Text us on 81111....

    Zlatan has had a knack of leaving teams at just the wrong moment: left Inter Milan before their treble winning season, then moved to AC Milan on loan when Barca won in 2011. Now looks like he'll be leaving United before they win it next season! (ahem....maybe.)

    Will Robinson

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    Steven Gerrard has a medal. Carlton Palmer does not. One of the all-time great footballing injustices.

    Chris, Kesh

  19. Juventus v Real Madrid (19:45 BST)

    We should have team news in around an hour but all of the noise from Madrid is that Gareth Bale will be on the bench.

  20. Is Bale finished at Real?

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    Andy West
    Spanish football writer

    While Gareth Bale may struggle to adapt to the new 4-4-2 diamond system at Real, it has been tailor-made for Isco to finally start to fulfil his undoubted potential. The Spain international and Cristiano Ronaldo have been Real's best players for the past few weeks.

    Isco's technical ability, graceful style and good-humoured personality have always made him extremely popular with Real fans, who can be heard singing the 25-year-old's name far more regularly than Bale's.

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    Now there's overwhelming support for the opinion that he should start ahead of the Welshman - not just this weekend, but for good.

    An article in Marca claimed it would be "the greatest injustice in memory" if Isco wasn't picked tonight, while a piece in El Pais underlined the Spaniard's greater suitability for the congested spaces of a midfield diamond - with the headline 'Footballer Isco; player Bale'.