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#5 Life is empty without football
What the Champions League has made abundantly clear over the past couple of nights is that we are witnessing a truly magical year in the sport. The things that have happened in the past 72 hours, one could not have imagined even in his wildest of dreams.
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Yesterday, it was a Barcelona - Ajax final for more than half the footballing world but we have witnessed English football making a mesmerising comeback to the grandest stage of them all. We have seen players who we'd never have thought would get here make telling contributions in crunch moments and the grand finale is yet to come.
Football, as we all know, originated from England, and 1 June will mark only the second time ever in the history of Champions League football that two English sides face off in the final, the only other time being when Ronaldo's United beat Chelsea a little more than a decade ago. It could also be a rare Europa League moment as well, with Chelsea and Arsenal both looking probable to qualify for the final over Frankfurt and Valencia respectively.
