This will be the eighth Champions League final in a row not to feature Pep Guardiola – which perhaps should not feel as extraordinary as it does.
This is, after all, knockout competition; odd things happen. Nobody, not even in the superclub era, has a divine right to be in the final.
Written by Jonathan Wilson
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