On Saturday evening Barcelona and Juventus face each other in the Champions League final to see who is the best team in Europe for the 2014/15 season.
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However, it is also a chance for an individual player to make his mark in the biggest club game in world football. Both sides have players who could take the match by the scruff of the neck and mark their place in the history books.
Could Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Paul Pogba, Carlos Tevez, or any of the others equal this lot?
5) Henrik Larsson, Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal, 2006
He may have only been on the pitch for half an hour, but the former Celtic player made all the difference for the Catalan club. The Gunners were a goal up when the striker came on to the pitch, but thanks to his intelligent movement in the final third both Samuel Eto’o and Juliano Belletti were able to score and win the game for the Blaugranas.
4) Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
With what was possibly one of the greatest goals in history, let alone just the Champions League, the Frenchman scored the winner against their obstinate German opponents. Roberto Carlos looped a cross to the edge of the area, where the midfielder volleyed it left footed in to the back of the net. Although Leverkusen went on to pressure Los Blancos for the second half, they couldn’t match the spark of brilliance that more than deserved to win the match.
3) Xavi, Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United
Finally leaving the Camp Nou this summer, Xavi will be remembered for years for this as well as many other amazing performances for Barca. The ex-Spain international passed the Red Devils to death, and marked his brilliance with two amazing assists to Eto’o and Messi for the goals.
2) Didier Drogba, Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich, Chelsea win on penalties
No one fancied the Blues to win against Barcelona to get in to the final, and again they were massive underdogs in the match itself. Being played in Bayern’s home ground, the Allianz Arena, it would take something very special for the London outfit to come through and win. For 85 minutes it looked like that wasn’t going to happen, with the German side controlling the match and eventually scoring through Thomas Muller in the 83rd minutes.
However, Drogba had other ideas, scoring in the dying minutes of the 90, and then netting the winning penalty after a close extra time. It was no less then he deserved after a tireless performance up front, almost single handedly having to build attacks with the team sitting so deep.
1) Steven Gerrard, Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan, Liverpool win on pens
3-0 down at half time many thought the game was over for the Merseyside club. However, an inspired Gerrard alongside the recently brought on Dietmar Hamann turned the game around. When it was 3-3 after 60 minutes many even thought the Reds would win in normal time. However, the Serie A giants didn’t get completely swept away and held on for penalties, where Jerzy Dudek would complete the win with some unorthodox goalkeeping. None of it would have been possible without their legendary captain though.