Liverpool will be looking to clinch their sixth Champions League title as they take on the first-time finalists Tottenham Hotspur in an all-English final – a first at the top tier European club competition since 2008 – in the Spanish capital.
Their fans will share 33,226 tickets for the final, which takes place in the 68,000-capacity Wanda Metropolitano stadium, although many more will travel in the hope of finding a ticket, or just to soak up the occasion.
Part 1
The two Premier League sides will meet at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium on Saturday evening.
Many fans spent Friday making long, last-minute journeys from the UK, after both teams made remarkable comebacks in the semi-finals.
Uefa said “an organised group of people impersonating genuine stewards” is behind a plot to steal match tickets.
Part 2
Their style of play has been much praised this season, and their 97 points and one defeat are English records for a team finishing runners-up in the top flight.
Thomas Cook said it had been awaiting the flight times from Madrid airport, but all passengers have now received their itineraries.
A company spokesman said the firm’s six flights would arrive in Madrid at least six hours before the kick-off, allowing fans to “soak up the atmosphere”.
But they have not won anything since manager Jurgen Klopp’s arrival in 2015 – and the German has lost his last six finals, including the Champions League final in 2013 with Borussia Dortmund and last year with Liverpool.
“All the circumstances were different, the teams were different,” said Klopp on Friday. “If I were the reason for losing six finals then everyone needs to worry.
Last year was a world-class goal and two strange goals we normally don’t concede which defeated us.