CL final Cool Stats 2 – England and Spain 50/50 in CL's finals

Although being two of the three most successful countries in the CL, clubs from Spain and England have only faced each other in the final on two occasions, with which country retaining one title. This opens doors to a new duel at the Olimpico at Rome; the most powerful championships in the world will want to get the upper-hand and to end this 1-1 draw.
Besides all this, Barcelona and Man.Utd have played the Cup Winners Cup final in 1991, with the red devils winning the trophy 2-1, at de Kuip in Rotterdam, two from Mark Hughes against one from Ronald Koeman.
But let’s get back to the CL and do a rewind to the first clash between England and Spain in the final.

Year: 1981
Venue: Paris – Parc des Princes (48.360)
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Teams:
Liverpool – Clemence; Neal, Thompson, Hansen, A.Kennedy; Lee, McDermott, Souness, R.Kennedy; Dalglish (Case), Johnson
Coach: Paisley
Real Madrid – Agustin; Cortes (Pineda), Navajas, Sabido; Del Bosque, Angel, Camacho, Stielike; Juanito, Santillana, Cunningham
Coach: Boskov
Score: Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid: A.Kennedy (82’)

Short summary: For the fifth year in a row an English side got their hands on the European Champions Clubs Cup. A battle between giants, two of the most successful sides on European football went on to a classic tactical game, while everybody was aiming for extra-time Alan Kennedy (left back) went ahead and break the deadlock, becoming one of history’s most unlikely heroes. Still today the Merseysider’s pay respect to his name.

Year: 2006
Venue: Paris – Stade de France (80.000)
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Teams:
Barcelona – Víctor Valdés; Oleguer Presas (Juliano Belletti 71), Carles Puyol, Rafael Márquez, Giovanni van Bronckhorst; José Gomes de Moraes “Edmílson” (Andrés Iniesta 46), Anderson Luis de Souza “Deco”, Mark van Bommel (Henrik Larsson 61); Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira “Ronaldinho”, Samuel Eto'o;
Coach: Frank Rijkaard
Arsenal – Jens Lehmann; Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Abib Touré, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole; Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, Cesc Fábregas (Mathieu Flamini 74); Robert Pirès (Manuel Almunia 19), Aleksandr Hleb (José Antonio Reyes 85), Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry;
Coach: Arséne Wenger
Score: Barcelona 2 – 1 Arsenal (Eto’o 76’, Belletti 81’; Campbell 37’)

Short summary: Seen as underdogs from London, the gunners produced an impressive final, playing with only ten mans (Lehman sent off 18’) for most of the time they scored first and created a couple of chances to end the game. In the second half they got too tired and where force to defend with all they’ve got, it almost last, but a late goal from Belletti gave the blaugranas the cup.