The quadruple is still alive as Paris prepares to host the Champions League final, but only when it comes to Carlo Ancelotti's pursuit of a fourth European Cup. The Real Madrid coach can eclipse Liverpool's Bob Paisley and his Madrid predecessor, Zinedine Zidane, by becoming the first to win four Champions Leagues as a manager if the LaLiga champions beat Liverpool in Stade de France on Saturday.
History awaits for Ancelotti, the 62-year-old Italian manager who also won two European Cups as a midfielder in Arrigo Sacchi's great AC Milan side in 1989 and 1990, but there is no sense of personal legacy being a driving force for him this weekend.