This match will be televised live from Glasgow, Scotland on ESPN2 beginning at 2:30 p.m. The weather should be perfect as at 12:00 noon (EDT) it's 62-degrees and partly cloudy at Hampden Park.
This will be the 47th European Cup Final and the third held at Hampden Park -- but the first at that site in 26 years. Real Madrid leads the series with Bayer Leverkusen 3-0-1 ('98, 1-1 & 3-0); ('00, 3-2 & 5-3).
Real Madrid has lifted the European Cup Championship eight times ('56-'57-'58-'59-'60-'66-'98-'00), while Bayer Leverkusen has never won the title. However, BL is the fourth German finalist in the last six seasons, but RM is Spain's fifth finalist in the past five years -- including their third trip.
Luis Figo (Portugal) and Zinedine Zidane (France) lead Real Madrid, while Michael Ballack (Germany) will head up the Bayer Leverkusen squad. Ballack will be featuring in his final match with BL as he will move to Bayern Munich next season.
Both teams lost their domestic cup finals and domestic league titles. Leverkusen is the second smallest city to produce a European Cup finalist with a population of only 165,000.
Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga with a 21-7-6 record (W-L-T), while Real Madrid completed its' Primera season with a 19-10-9 mark and third-place finish.
