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Notable Facts Ahead Of Champions League Final

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By Ekene Dike

PSG and Bayern will go into the fray for Europe’s most prized possession in club football. These teams have proven to be the best out of the 32 teams that contested in the competition this season.

Bayern’s Hans-Dieter Flick and PSG’s Thomas Tuchel are the managers at this Sunday’s epic final.

On the other hand, these are five jaw-dropping facts ahead of tonight’s final.

1. This Will Be The Fourth Final Between A German and French Opposition: A fourth major European final between a German and French opposition. The Germans have won three of those finals in the past.

2. Bayern Have Scored The Highest Number Of Goals: Bayern Munich will be hoping to better the record set by Barcelona in the 2000/2001 season with 45 goals in a single UCL campaign. Previously, Real Madrid and Liverpool have scored 41 each. Bayern have found the back of the net 40 goals this season and if they can score five or more in the final, they would have set a new Champions League record.

Lewandowski has history in his sights at the Sunday Final

3. Bayern Hold A Winning Record: An impeccable campaign for Bayern has seen them win all the games they have played in the competition this season. In the event that they win the final, they will be the first team to win all the games they played in the competition’s illustrious history.

4. Robert Lewandowski Is The Highest Goal scorer: With display of exceptional goal scoring in its finest form, Bayern’s marksman Robert Lewandowski tops the goal scoring log with 15 goals. He has Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 17 goals in a single season in sight.

Albeit Erling Haaland is second in the rankings with 10 goals and Serge Gnabry has 9 goals.

5. Robert Lewandowski’s Goal scoring Streak : Poland’s representative in this season’s final has scored in 9 consecutive games. Scoring tonight will stretch his streak to 10 games and he will be third in the rankings of players who have the highest goal scoring streaks with Cristiano Ronaldo having scored in 11 games consecutively in 2018 and Ruud Van Nistelrooy doing the same thing in 2003.

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