After a bright opening period saw Olympique Lyonnais spurn a number of great chances, a Serge Gnabry brace and a Robert Lewandowski goal was for enough for Bayern Munich to make the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League final. Once again, we bring you the best numbers from the game.
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In the 65 years of the European Cup/Champions League, this is only the second time a German team will have faced a French team in the final. The first happened in 1976, when Bayern Munich beat Saint-Étienne 1-0.
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Bayern Munich are just the second team to win all of their UCL matches en-route to the final. The other team to do so? AC Milan in 1992-93.... they lost to a French team, Marseille, in the final.
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Well, Thomas Muller was right on that one wasn't he? Lewan-goal-ski, indeed. Robert Lewandowski has now scored in nine straight matches in the UCL; the third time a player has scored in 9 straight games in European Cup history (Cristiano Ronaldo (11 in 2018) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (9 in 2003).
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Serge Gnabry's 9 UCL goals this season are the second most by a German in a single season. Only Mario Gomez (12 in 2011-12) has scored more.
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Bayern Munich advancing to the final means that there will be a ninth European Treble winner this season, as both PSG and Bayern won their domestic leagues and cups.
Bayern have won the European Treble once before, in 2012-13, so if they win this one, they will join Barcelona as the only club that has won the European Treble in multiple seasons.
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Bayern Munich will play their 11th European Cup/UCL final. This equals AC Milan for second place in the all-time list. The team in first place? Real Madrid, who have played 16 finals.
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Lewandowski's 15 goals this UCL season are tied for the third most goals in a single UCL season (with Cristiano Ronaldo). He is now only the second player to score 15 or more goals in a single campaign after that man Ronaldo (who's done it three times - 15 in 17/18, 16 in 15/16, 17 in 13/14).
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The 24 combined goals scored by Lewandowski (15) and Gnabry (9) are the most by a pair of teammates in a single UEFA Champions League season, surpassing the tally by Cristiano Ronaldo (17) and Gareth Bale (6) in 2013-14 for Real Madrid.
The 24 they have scored is more than every other team in the competition except PSG (who have scored 25)
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Bayern Munich are undefeated in their last 29 matches. This is how their results look over that period (most recent first): WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWW
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This is quite the stat. This season's UCL final will see the top scoring attack (Bayern 42 goals scored) take on the best defense (PSG, 5 goals conceded, 7 clean sheets).
(Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)