Champions League final: All you need to know

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Live coverage of the Champions League final on Saturday evening from 7:00pm on RTÉ 2 and RTÉ Player.

Liverpool v Real Madrid, Stade de France, kick-off 8pm

Liverpool are unbeaten since March, have lost only three games all season and have already lifted two domestic cups, but they will play Real Madrid under pressure to avoid ending the campaign as nearly men.

Having spent the latter part of the season being touted for a unique quadruple, they face the prospect of potential double disappointment after missing out on the Premier League title to Manchester City by a solitary point on the last day.

For Real, the situation could not be more different. They began the season with low expectations but ended up romping to the LaLiga title and became the comeback kings of Europe after heroic and improbable fightbacks en route to the final.

So while bookies' favourites Liverpool have lost fewer games in all competitions this term than Madrid have in the Champions League alone, the pressure appears to be more on the Reds to lift the trophy at the Stade de France.

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Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

The Madrid striker has hit 15 goals in 11 Champions League games, 10 in the knockout stage, and his goals have put Real on the verge of winning Europe's elite club title for the fifth time in nine years, while the France striker is also favourite to claim the Ballon D'Or after scoring 44 goals, with 15 assists, in 45 games in all competitions.

It has been a stellar season that took some time to arrive for the 34-year-old Frenchman, who took has cemented a place as the undisputed leader and most influential player in a team that needed a talisman after losing Cristiano