When Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid were knocked out of the Champions League last season by Manchester City, it brought to an end an incredible run for the French coach.
Since taking over in January 2016, Zidane had never been eliminated from the competition, winning nine knockout rounds and three finals consecutively.
If his team beat Chelsea he would be 90 minutes from going past Carlo Ancelotti and Bob Paisley as a four-time winner of the European Cup as a coach.
Yet there are no statues planned in Madrid and he’s still disparagingly referred to by some as the ‘selector’, someone who has done nothing more than pick the team for those three finals and the two La Liga titles he’s also won.