When the Champions League returned post-lockdown, the one-legged format and general 2020 uncertainty suggested we were ripe for a string of upsets. And while some heavyweights -- Manchester City, Juventus, Atletico Madrid -- did fall to less illustrious opposition, we ended up with two super clubs in the final: Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.
It is nevertheless a study in contrasts. PSG are in their first final and see it as the next step in the evolution of a super club that, other than its hometown, had nothing super about it until a decade ago.