ESPN Soccer reports that See if you can remember the last time both teams scored in the UEFA Champions League final: What rings a bell?
It wasn't last year, of course, with Paris Saint-Germain's 5-0 demolition of Inter Milan being the most lopsided final of all time.
The year prior, it seemed like Borussia Dortmund scored a couple of times in the first half against Real Madrid, but they didn't.
In 2023, Romelu Lukaku accidentally blocked a shot by his teammate to keep Inter Milan off the board.
In 2022, Thibault Courtois was named Man of the Match precisely because he prevented Liverpool from scoring a goal.
No, the last time both teams scored in the Champions League final, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were still playing for Madrid and Barcelona, Fabian Delph was starting for the team that won the Premier League, no one outside of Norway yet knew who Erling Haaland was, and Lamine Yamal was 10 years old.