Everything Is Set, Only One Will Reach The Glory

The history of Spanish football has a date in Lisbon, where Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will see face to face for the scepter of the best team in Europe this season and a spot in the history of the Champions, where whites are seeking to enroll their tenth Cup and Atletico its first.

Madrid's Final, the second Spanish so far, joins the ways of 'Team Champions' par excellence, Real Madrid, with an applicant who has been waiting forty years his chance for revenge, Atletico . Very different record, both have reasons to match in their eagerness to win the title.

White, the team that has more 'eared ones' in their cases, has long waited for this moment . The assault on the ' Tenth ' has become an obsession from the moment in which Zidane signed the artwork and gave Real Madrid its last Champions. The Bernabeu yearns to expand their European cups account to double digits.

It's been twelve years since the French gave Madrid its ninth Champions with his goal against Bayer Leverkusen and since then, the number one goal of the season in the White House has been to raise once again the precious one once again. Only Casillas remains in the template from that final in Glasgow and merengue captain today has been a key element in the way of Real Madrid to stadium Da Luz.

The Athletic has been dreaming about this moment for more time, nothing less than 40 years. In 1974 after passing the semifinals in the ‘Glasgow battle’ against Celtic, they reached the Final. Their rival: Beckenbauer’s Bayern Munich who ruined the white and red dreams.

Since then, Atletico has dreamed of revenge against the germans and honoring that team, led by Adelard and commanded by Luis Aragones, he was on the verge of a dream that now is a few step from Simeone.

Diego Costa may still make Champions League final

Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone has said he will give Diego Costa and Arda Turan every chance to prove their fitness ahead of the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday.

Both players were forced off with injuries inside the first 25 minutes as Atlético claimed their first La Liga title in 18 years with a 1-1 draw away to Barcelona at the weekend.

Spanish media reported on Monday that Costa will miss the final after suffering the recurrence of a hamstring problem, whilst Turan has a hip injury.

"We are just starting the week. There are still a few days to go and we are not going to jump the gun because I think it is too early for such an important game, but we need the players to be in the right condition.

"We will wait to see how Costa and Arda recover until the end of the week and we will look for alternatives if they don't recover."

Atlético go into the game full of confidence having ended Real and Barcelona's 10-year domination of La Liga and having lost just twice in 10 meetings against the two this season.

However, Simeone played down the influence winning the league could have in Lisbon.

"Winning is always good, but you have to move on straight away. We need to be 100 per cent concentrated and I am sure the players will respond as they have always done in the biggest games."

Victory on Saturday would deliver the fifth trophy of a glorious two-and-a-half year spell since Simeone took over in December 2011.