It's almost unthinkable in an age when Real Madrid have won four of the last six Champions Leagues that they once went 32 years without lifting the trophy.
The 13-times holders – the club that won the first five European Cups – won it in 1966, a year before Celtic and two years before Manchester United, and never won it again until 1998 when they beat Juventus 1-0 in Amsterdam.
The proud president of the club that night was Lorenzo Sanz who died on Saturday at the age of 76 after contracting the coronavirus.